State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,513 Michigan births in 1982 across 1,724 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Michigan more than they say America.

#77Jonathon#153 nationally
#100Jodi#176 nationally
#89Trevor#146 nationally
#92Kari#136 nationally
#61Nichole#99 nationally
#89Kelli#127 nationally
#85Anne#122 nationally
#88Kristopher#125 nationally
#76Bethany#112 nationally
#53Stacey#85 nationally
#69Renee#101 nationally
#61Brent#91 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,268US #1
#2Jessica1,736US #2
#3Amanda1,502US #3
#4Sarah1,436US #4
#5Nicole1,185US #6
#6Melissa1,095US #5
#7Stephanie848US #7
#8Elizabeth830US #8
#9Angela796US #16
#10Amy794US #10
#11Heather764US #12
#12Rebecca751US #15
#13Michelle715US #11
#14Rachel692US #21
#15Andrea658US #27
#16Kelly656US #25
#17Erin648US #20
#18Amber646US #18
#19Lisa646US #23
#20Crystal637US #9
#21Tiffany620US #13
#22Kimberly616US #14
#23Emily589US #24
#24Sara569US #28
#25Christina515US #19
#26Jamie504US #29
#27Laura504US #22
#28Danielle448US #31
#29Kristen430US #33
#30Katherine406US #36
#31Julie399US #41
#32Lindsay399US #39
#33Kristin393US #37
#34Erica370US #35
#35Mary370US #30
#36Megan365US #34
#37April363US #32
#38Lindsey355US #40
#39Lauren352US #26
#40Katie346US #45
#41Shannon341US #38
#42Ashley326US #17
#43Kathryn309US #48
#44Carrie305US #57
#45Courtney301US #43
#46Samantha278US #44
#47Tara256US #47
#48Christine242US #46
#49Holly239US #61
#50Kristina229US #70
#51Alicia226US #53
#52Stacy197US #72
#53Stacey195US #85
#54Brandy194US #50
#55Anna187US #56
#56Allison185US #58
#57Jacqueline182US #54
#58Natalie181US #51
#59Monica173US #52
#60Heidi172US #86
#61Nichole172US #99
#62Brandi171US #55
#63Dana170US #67
#64Leslie170US #60
#65Krystal168US #83
#66Patricia168US #59
#67Karen164US #68
#68Melanie164US #65
#69Renee164US #101
#70Jill162US #89
#71Maria157US #42
#72Katrina156US #87
#73Cassandra155US #62
#74Kathleen155US #77
#75Catherine150US #73
#76Bethany147US #112
#77Dawn146US #95
#78Susan145US #76
#79Candice142US #78
#80Theresa142US #109
#81Tracy137US #88
#82Kristy135US #104
#83Leah135US #79
#84Meghan135US #110
#85Anne134US #122
#86Erika132US #81
#87Kara132US #113
#88Jillian131US #96
#89Kelli129US #127
#90Pamela128US #82
#91Diana127US #63
#92Kari126US #136
#93Rachael122US #120
#94Cynthia121US #64
#95Latoya121US #91
#96Victoria121US #66
#97Julia120US #84
#98Tina119US #90
#99Tonya119US #126
#100Jodi116US #176

Boys

#1Michael2,808US #1
#2Christopher2,160US #2
#3Matthew2,066US #3
#4Jason1,935US #4
#5David1,547US #5
#6James1,448US #6
#7Joshua1,447US #7
#8Ryan1,430US #13
#9Robert1,385US #9
#10Joseph1,303US #11
#11Daniel1,220US #10
#12Justin1,154US #12
#13John1,140US #8
#14Brian1,137US #14
#15Andrew1,123US #17
#16Nicholas1,088US #22
#17Eric1,026US #20
#18Adam995US #19
#19Brandon893US #18
#20Kevin838US #25
#21Steven830US #26
#22Jeffrey816US #29
#23William809US #15
#24Anthony776US #21
#25Aaron765US #30
#26Timothy762US #24
#27Thomas741US #23
#28Scott721US #34
#29Jeremy677US #28
#30Mark674US #32
#31Jonathan649US #16
#32Benjamin616US #33
#33Nathan564US #36
#34Richard534US #27
#35Charles513US #31
#36Paul513US #35
#37Patrick447US #37
#38Gregory432US #40
#39Bradley410US #51
#40Chad409US #48
#41Kenneth407US #45
#42Jacob394US #41
#43Kyle387US #47
#44Stephen381US #38
#45Bryan338US #49
#46Derek329US #50
#47Sean329US #44
#48Donald313US #58
#49Travis304US #39
#50Jesse292US #43
#51Dustin267US #42
#52Shawn256US #52
#53Douglas243US #68
#54Edward240US #53
#55Keith239US #59
#56Ronald231US #60
#57Joel205US #69
#58Peter203US #57
#59Zachary199US #55
#60Corey197US #74
#61Brent196US #91
#62Jeffery193US #92
#63Todd192US #82
#64Gary191US #64
#65Craig186US #73
#66Dennis183US #87
#67Jared177US #54
#68Jordan171US #85
#69Phillip167US #67
#70Marcus166US #63
#71Brett165US #72
#72Erik163US #80
#73Samuel161US #56
#74Nathaniel154US #75
#75Philip154US #79
#76Raymond154US #70
#77Jonathon152US #153
#78Larry143US #77
#79Randy143US #94
#80Derrick141US #78
#81Terry136US #105
#82George135US #62
#83Alexander131US #65
#84Curtis130US #101
#85Ian129US #83
#86Alan127US #107
#87Shane124US #84
#88Kristopher123US #125
#89Trevor123US #146
#90Antonio122US #76
#91Carl120US #104
#92Casey117US #86
#93Cory117US #93
#94Jeremiah114US #89
#95Luke114US #119
#96Troy112US #115
#97Tyler112US #66
#98Shaun109US #96
#99Frank107US #81
#100Russell105US #97

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑30Ashley#42
↑27Jacqueline#57
↑23Allison#56
↑22Katrina#72
↑20Jordan#68
↑19Lindsey#38
↑16Monica#59
↑16Zachary#59

Falling

↓33Tina#98
↓27Dawn#77
↓23Jeremiah#94
↓22Latoya#95
↓22Shaun#98
↓15Susan#78
↓15Tracy#81
↓13Karen#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.