State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 117,807 Michigan births in 1983 across 1,661 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#98Autumnoutside the national top 200
#70Jonathon#160 nationally
#79Kari#145 nationally
#75Kelli#136 nationally
#88Trevor#130 nationally
#94Ebony#135 nationally
#58Renee#97 nationally
#95Lawrence#132 nationally
#57Nichole#93 nationally
#88Rachael#123 nationally
#67Jill#98 nationally
#74Stefanie#105 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,242US #1
#2Jessica1,723US #2
#3Amanda1,467US #3
#4Sarah1,354US #5
#5Nicole1,184US #7
#6Melissa971US #6
#7Ashley928US #4
#8Stephanie872US #8
#9Heather812US #9
#10Elizabeth796US #10
#11Michelle719US #13
#12Rachel691US #20
#13Amy678US #12
#14Erin667US #18
#15Angela622US #22
#16Amber617US #17
#17Rebecca616US #19
#18Lisa600US #27
#19Andrea592US #30
#20Emily583US #25
#21Crystal573US #11
#22Kelly553US #26
#23Megan550US #21
#24Tiffany537US #14
#25Kimberly529US #15
#26Jamie516US #28
#27Christina506US #16
#28Laura506US #23
#29Sara474US #31
#30Danielle456US #29
#31Lindsay403US #36
#32Lauren402US #24
#33Katherine397US #34
#34Lindsey390US #35
#35Erica368US #33
#36Katie358US #45
#37Shannon355US #38
#38Mary348US #32
#39Kristen328US #37
#40Julie322US #46
#41Holly301US #48
#42Samantha300US #40
#43Kristin292US #42
#44Kathryn287US #50
#45Alicia277US #41
#46Tara271US #51
#47Courtney255US #44
#48April237US #39
#49Christine211US #47
#50Stacy211US #61
#51Carrie210US #65
#52Stacey194US #76
#53Jacqueline193US #53
#54Anna191US #55
#55Kristina191US #63
#56Krystal184US #78
#57Nichole181US #93
#58Renee181US #97
#59Brandy180US #57
#60Dana177US #72
#61Allison173US #59
#62Brandi169US #56
#63Natalie165US #52
#64Kathleen163US #73
#65Catherine161US #66
#66Meghan160US #75
#67Jill155US #98
#68Heidi153US #95
#69Latoya152US #90
#70Patricia150US #60
#71Monica149US #54
#72Bethany146US #99
#73Victoria145US #58
#74Stefanie143US #105
#75Kelli137US #136
#76Melanie137US #79
#77Leah131US #82
#78Susan131US #86
#79Kari130US #145
#80Katrina130US #108
#81Cassandra129US #70
#82Tracy128US #89
#83Candice127US #84
#84Kara126US #101
#85Karen126US #77
#86Natasha126US #71
#87Maria125US #43
#88Rachael125US #123
#89Dawn124US #106
#90Leslie123US #67
#91Jillian122US #115
#92Erika121US #80
#93Theresa115US #122
#94Ebony114US #135
#95Chelsea112US #102
#96Pamela112US #91
#97Alexis109US #83
#98Autumn108
#99Julia108US #85
#100Valerie107US #74

Boys

#1Michael2,756US #1
#2Matthew2,222US #3
#3Christopher2,015US #2
#4David1,586US #4
#5Jason1,579US #7
#6Ryan1,371US #13
#7James1,317US #6
#8Joshua1,296US #5
#9Robert1,295US #10
#10Daniel1,292US #8
#11Andrew1,215US #15
#12Joseph1,196US #11
#13Adam1,121US #18
#14Justin1,106US #12
#15John1,075US #9
#16Brian1,074US #14
#17Nicholas1,023US #21
#18Brandon993US #17
#19Eric953US #20
#20Steven915US #23
#21William824US #16
#22Anthony809US #22
#23Aaron772US #29
#24Timothy771US #26
#25Kevin766US #25
#26Jeffrey749US #28
#27Thomas702US #24
#28Jonathan657US #19
#29Scott643US #38
#30Kyle626US #34
#31Mark588US #31
#32Jeremy553US #30
#33Richard518US #27
#34Nathan507US #40
#35Benjamin499US #32
#36Jacob492US #36
#37Paul460US #39
#38Patrick448US #37
#39Charles444US #33
#40Stephen419US #35
#41Gregory414US #42
#42Kenneth394US #45
#43Chad384US #49
#44Sean356US #44
#45Bradley351US #52
#46Travis325US #41
#47Bryan322US #47
#48Derek311US #51
#49Dustin290US #43
#50Jesse256US #46
#51Keith252US #61
#52Donald243US #60
#53Zachary243US #50
#54Ronald237US #64
#55Shawn213US #53
#56Douglas211US #69
#57Peter209US #59
#58Craig206US #70
#59Joel196US #67
#60Edward191US #55
#61Gary185US #68
#62Jordan180US #72
#63Corey178US #74
#64Marcus177US #58
#65Phillip173US #66
#66Brent171US #94
#67Todd164US #87
#68Erik162US #80
#69Jeffery156US #91
#70Jonathon155US #160
#71Nathaniel152US #79
#72Samuel152US #54
#73Alexander150US #63
#74Jared149US #56
#75Brett146US #73
#76Tyler143US #57
#77Dennis140US #92
#78Philip134US #82
#79Ian131US #77
#80Shane131US #84
#81Alan129US #102
#82Raymond126US #71
#83Troy126US #113
#84Curtis122US #100
#85Derrick121US #78
#86Larry121US #85
#87Antonio120US #76
#88Trevor120US #130
#89Randy118US #96
#90Carl116US #106
#91George113US #65
#92Cory110US #83
#93Luke110US #105
#94Vincent106US #97
#95Lawrence104US #132
#96Evan99US #93
#97Shaun97US #111
#98Allen96US #120
#99Russell96US #104
#100Andre94US #126

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑35Ashley#7
↑26Latoya#69
↑23Victoria#73
↑21Tyler#76
↑18Meghan#66
↑14Kelli#75
↑13Megan#23
↑13Kari#79

Falling

↓26Leslie#90
↓18Karen#85
↓16Maria#87
↓13Theresa#93
↓12Monica#71
↓12Dawn#89
↓11April#48
↓11Dennis#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.