How popular is the baby name Michael in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Michael.
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According to an article published in late January by Moldovan news site Publika TV, the most popular baby names in Moldova in 2016 were Sofia and David.
The article was hard to interpret, but here’s my guess at Moldova’s top girl names and top boy names of 2016:
Girl Names 1. Sofia 2. Anastasia 3. Daria 4. Victoria 5. Alexandra 6. Evelina 7. Amelia 8. Andrea 9. Valeria 10. Gabriela
Boy Names 1. David 2. Maxim 3. Alexandru 4. Artiom (…which is based on the name of Greek goddess Artemis) 5. Ion (…looks molecular, but it’s actually a form of John) 6. Bogdan 7. Daniel 8. Matthew 9. Nikita 10. Michael
According to provisional data released on January 10th by Tennessee’s Office of Vital Records, the most popular baby names in the state in 2016 were Emma and William.
Here are Tennessee’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:
Girl Names 1. Emma 2. Olivia 3. Ava 4. Harper 5. Isabella 6. Amelia 7. Elizabeth 8. Ella 9. Charlotte 10. Abigail
Boy Names 1. William 2. Elijah and James (tie) 3. Mason 4. Noah 5. Jackson and Liam (tie) 6. John and Michael (tie) 7. Benjamin 8. Aiden 9. Jacob 10. Carter
New York City’s less-popular names (used 10 times each) included…
Damaris, Eunice, and Shirin (girl names)
Dimitri, Immanuel, and Ousmane (boy names)
The news release also mentioned that NYC’s baby name data goes back as far back as 1898. That year, the top girl names were Mary, Catherine, and Margaret, and the top boy names were John, William, and Charles.
According to provisional data released yesterday by the Arizona Department of Health Services, the most popular baby names in the state in 2016 were Emma and Liam.
Here are Arizona’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:
Girl names
Emma, 419 baby girls
Sophia, 411
Olivia, 385
Mia, 382
Isabella, 345
Ava, 267
Emily, 267
Sofia, 263
Abigail, 242
Charlotte, 234
Boy names
Liam, 404 baby boys
Noah, 394
Daniel, 322
Sebastian, 309
Alexander, 298
Michael, 295
Julian, 285
Oliver, 268
Benjamin, 267
Mason, 267
In the girls’ top 10, Charlotte replaced Victoria.
In the boys’ top 10, Oliver, Benjamin and Mason replaced Ethan, Jacob, and Aiden.
The Arizona Daily Sun also notes that…
A decade ago, before Arizona approved one of the harshest laws in the nation aimed at those here illegally, names like Angel, Jose, Jesus and Juan were among the Top 20. In fact in 2005 Jose was the top name for all boys born in the state.
Now Angel has dropped to 26, Jose to 34, Jesus to 37 and Juan to 78.
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