Michigan's Top 50 Baby Names in 2015: Noah Rules, Apollo Flops

If you worried that Michigan parents might steal some of the more interesting name combinations used by the glitterati — like Apollo Bowie Flynn, the son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, or Summer Rain, daughter of Christina Aguilera and Matthew Rutler — you needn’t have.

What the 2015 list of the most popular girl and boy names released by the Social Security Administration does reveal is that Michigan is crawling with toddlers named Noah and Olivia.

Noah was also the most popular name name for boys nationally. Emma was a favorite of parents of baby girls in 2015.

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Here are the Top 25 boys’ and girls’ names in Michigan for 2015, along with the number of times it was written on a birth certificate:

1. Noah, 863, and Olivia, 813
2. Liam, 709, and Emma, 808
3. Alexander, 703, and Sophia, 733
4. Jacob, 650, and Mia,665
5. William, 618, and Isabella, 641
6. Michael, 617, and Ava, 635
7. Benjamin, 616, and Sofia, 480
8. Daniel, 601, and Abigail,468
9. Mason, 594, and Emily, 458
10. James, 576, and Amelia, 475
11. Logan, 568, and Charlotte, 456
12. Ethan, 560, and Evelyn, 419
13. Aiden, 547, and Grace, 398
14. Anthony, 524, and Madison, 371
15. Henry, 514, and Avery, 351
16. Oliver, 502, and Elizabeth, 345
17. Jayden, 480, and Harper, 338
18. Lucas, 471, and Victoria, 320
19. Matthew, 449, and Ella, 303
20. Jackson, 447, and Aubrey, 294
21. Owen, 446, and Lillian, 288
22. Sebastian, 433, and Alexa, 286
23. Carter, 429, and Nora, 282
24. Joseph, 427, and Natalie, 281
25. Isaac, 421, and Brooklyn, 278

See Also

• What Were the Top Baby Names in America in 2015?