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Popular baby names in Arizona, 2018

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According to Arizona’s Department of Health Services, the most popular baby names in the state in 2018 were Emma and Liam.

Here are Arizona’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names
1. Emma
2. Olivia
3. Mia
4. Isabella
5. Sophia
6. Mila
7. Camila
8. Charlotte
9. Amelia
10. Emily

Boy Names
1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Sebastian
4. Oliver
5. Benjamin
6. Daniel
7. Mateo
8. Alexander
9. Julian
10. Elijah

In the girls’ top 10, Mila and Camila replaced Ava (now 12th) and Evelyn (now 13th). Also notable: Luna is now sitting just outside the top 10, having jumped from 20th to 11th.

In the boys’ top 10, Mateo replaced Logan (now 16th).

(These rankings are based on provisional data covering the year up to mid-December.)

In 2017, the top names in Arizona were also Emma and Liam.

Source: Top Baby Names in Arizona 2018 Announced

Image: Adapted from Flag of Arizona (public domain)

Popular baby names in Michigan, 2017

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According to Michigan’s Department of Health & Human Services, the most popular baby names in the state in 2017 were Emma and Liam.

Here are Michigan’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl Names

  1. Emma, 546 baby girls
  2. Ava, 537
  3. Olivia, 514
  4. Charlotte, 426
  5. Amelia, 416
  6. Evelyn, 407
  7. Harper, 375
  8. Sophia, 373
  9. Isabella, 365
  10. Grace, 284

Boy Names

  1. Liam, 514 baby boys
  2. Noah ,485
  3. Oliver, 475
  4. Lucas, 449
  5. Mason, 438
  6. Logan, 436
  7. Benjamin, 435
  8. Henry, 404
  9. Wyatt, 391
  10. William, 384

In the girls’ top 10, Grace replaced Abigail.

In the boys’ top 10, Logan, Henry, Wyatt, and William replaced James, Owen, Elijah, and Carter.

In 2016, the top two names were Ava and Noah.

The SSA’s 2017 rankings for Michigan are the same on the girls’ side, but slightly different for boys (including a tie for 10th place between William and James).

Source: Michigan Baby Names – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Image: Adapted from Flag of Michigan (public domain)

Popular baby names in Alaska, 2017-2021

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According to Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services, and to the U.S. Social Security Administration, these were the most popular baby names in the state of Alaska from 2017 to 2021.

Girl Names

Alaska’s dataSSA’s data
20211. Amelia, 46 babies
2. Ava/Hazel/Olivia, 32 each
3. Charlotte, 31
4. Emma/Evelyn, 28 each
5. Aurora/Eleanor, 27 each		1. Amelia, 42 babies
2. Hazel, 32
3. Olivia, 31
4. Ava/Charlotte, 30 each
5. Emma, 28
20201. Charlotte, 44
2. Amelia, 43
3. Olivia, 38
4. Sophia, 36
5. Aurora, 35		1. Amelia, 43
2. Charlotte, 41
3. Olivia, 37
4. Sophia, 35
5. Aurora/Ava, 33 each
20191. Emma, 42
2. Evelyn, 41
3. Amelia/Ava/Olivia, 40 each
4. Aurora, 35
5. Charlotte, 31		1. Emma/Evelyn, 41 each
2. Amelia/Ava, 40 each
3. Olivia, 38
4. Aurora, 34
5. Charlotte, 31
20181. Olivia, 48
2. Amelia, 46
3. Aurora/Charlotte, 45 each
4. Emma, 44
5. Sophia, 42		1. Aurora, 46
2. Amelia, 45
3. Charlotte, 44
4. Olivia, 43
5. Sophia, 41
20171. Emma, 58
2. Olivia, 57
3. Aurora, 41
4. Isabella, 39
5. Evelyn/Sophia, 35 each		1. Emma, 57
2. Olivia, 56
3. Aurora, 40
4. Isabella, 39
5. Sophia, 35

Boy Names

Alaska’s dataSSA’s data
20211. Noah/Oliver, 42 babies each
2. Wyatt, 38
3. Liam, 36
4. James, 35
5. Lucas/William, 33 each		1. Noah, 42 babies
2. Oliver, 40
3. Liam/William/Wyatt, 34 each
4. James/Lucas, 31 each
5. Theodore, 29
20201. Liam/Oliver, 46 each
2. Elijah, 42
3. Theodore, 41
4. William, 38
5. Noah, 36		1. Liam, 44
2. Oliver, 43
3. Elijah, 42
4. Theodore, 40
5. William, 36
20191. Liam, 54
2. Oliver, 46
3. Henry/James, 41 each
4. Noah, 38
5. William, 34		1. Liam, 53
2. Oliver, 46
3. Henry/James, 41 each
4. Noah, 38
5. William, 34
20181. Oliver, 55
2. Logan, 44
3. Liam, 43
4. Elijah/Michael, 41 each
5. Benjamin, 39		1. Oliver, 54
2. Logan, 44
3. Liam, 42
4. Elijah/Michael, 41 each
5. Benjamin, 39
20171. James, 48
2. Liam, 46
3. Wyatt, 40
4. William, 39
5. Noah/Oliver, 38 each		1. James, 47
2. Liam, 46
3. Wyatt, 41
4. Oliver/William, 38 each
5. Noah, 37

According to the SSA data, Alaska is the only state (so far) in which Aurora — one of the fastest-rising girl names in the nation during the mid-to-late 2010s (e.g., 2015, 2017) — has been a top-5 name.

Aurora is also popular in Italy, where it’s been a top-3 name since 2013, though it has yet to reach the #1 spot. (Here are Italy’s rankings for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.)

Sources: Alaska Vital Statistics – 2021 Annual Report (PDF), Popular Names by State – SSA, How Many Babies Are Named…? – Istat

Image: Adapted from Flag of Alaska (public domain)

[Latest update: May 2023]

Popular baby names in Oregon, 2017

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According to the Oregon Health Authority, the most popular baby names in the state in 2017 were Emma and Oliver.

Here are Oregon’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 211 baby girls
  2. Olivia, 209
  3. Sophia, 159
  4. Charlotte, 153
  5. Evelyn, 147
  6. Amelia, 145
  7. Harper, 128
  8. Ava, 120
  9. Mia, 118
  10. Abigail, 116

Boy names

  1. Oliver, 233 baby boys
  2. Liam, 220
  3. Benjamin, 193 (tie)
  4. Henry, 193 (tie)
  5. William, 181
  6. Noah, 166
  7. Logan, 165
  8. James, 160
  9. Wyatt, 159
  10. Samuel, 150

In the girls’ top 10, Mia replaced Isabella.

In the boys’ top 10, Logan, James, and Samuel replaced Owen, Mason, and Elijah.

In 2016, the top names were Olivia and Oliver.

The SSA’s 2017 rankings for Oregon show the same top 10 names for both genders, though the boy names are in a slightly different order.

Source: Oregon Health Authority – Annual Report Volume 1, 2017

Image: Adapted from Flag of Oregon (public domain)