The Baby Names That Are Far More Common in Michigan Than Anywhere Else



Mahdi is the most distinctively Michigan name in America, with 55% of every American Mahdi born there. Hussein follows at 46% and Hadi at 30%. Michigan produces 2.77% of US births but claims an outsized share of Arabic names, a pattern rooted in the Detroit area's Arab American communities — the largest and oldest in the country.


What does it mean for a name to be "distinctively Michigan"?
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