Name Legacy

Baby names in Michigan, 2010s

2010–2019 · 886,458 recorded births

Olivia was the most common name given in Michigan across the 2010s, with 5,645 births in the decade. The state recorded 886,458 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Michigan in the 2010s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Batoul6313×
Zeinab10011×
Breslyn6211×
Hussein30911×
Zahraa13410×
Mahdi22310×
Mohamad186
Abbas153

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Olivia5,645
#2Emma5,552
#3Ava5,402
#4Noah5,325
#5Liam5,118
#6Sophia5,024
#7Mason5,022
#8Jacob4,645
#9Carter4,458
#10Logan4,418
#11Lucas4,376
#12Isabella4,281
#13Benjamin4,202
#14Elijah4,183
#15Michael4,126
#16William4,024
#17Ethan3,943
#18Alexander3,883
#19Jackson3,858
#20James3,760
#21Owen3,653
#22Aiden3,617
#23Charlotte3,592
#24Amelia3,419
#25Oliver3,371

Other decades in Michigan

All Michigan names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org