State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 120,059 Michigan births in 1984 across 1,718 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#98Gerald#176 nationally
#75Jonathon#142 nationally
#87Kelli#147 nationally
#90Jaclyn#134 nationally
#99Lawrence#143 nationally
#88Anne#127 nationally
#88Lance#127 nationally
#59Nichole#97 nationally
#100Kristy#135 nationally
#85Andre#119 nationally
#77Renee#108 nationally
#83Troy#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,982US #1
#2Jessica1,694US #2
#3Amanda1,465US #4
#4Sarah1,258US #5
#5Ashley1,250US #3
#6Nicole1,168US #7
#7Stephanie953US #6
#8Heather868US #9
#9Melissa847US #8
#10Elizabeth820US #10
#11Danielle747US #16
#12Megan743US #11
#13Amy708US #13
#14Rachel701US #15
#15Amber678US #18
#16Crystal652US #12
#17Emily631US #24
#18Michelle613US #17
#19Laura587US #19
#20Erin583US #25
#21Angela575US #26
#22Kelly563US #27
#23Rebecca563US #23
#24Andrea550US #28
#25Tiffany542US #14
#26Lisa522US #29
#27Kimberly518US #22
#28Christina509US #20
#29Sara505US #32
#30Lauren436US #21
#31Katherine435US #30
#32Jamie424US #31
#33Lindsay411US #36
#34Lindsey393US #35
#35Katie381US #44
#36Erica350US #34
#37Kristen345US #38
#38Shannon341US #37
#39Alicia330US #40
#40Samantha330US #39
#41Mary321US #33
#42Kathryn316US #48
#43Holly296US #53
#44Kristin281US #47
#45April279US #42
#46Christine267US #43
#47Courtney267US #46
#48Julie263US #52
#49Tara236US #49
#50Stacy224US #67
#51Jenna223US #54
#52Stacey221US #79
#53Allison197US #51
#54Latoya196US #60
#55Chelsea192US #84
#56Kathleen188US #71
#57Kristina182US #68
#58Carrie181US #78
#59Nichole181US #97
#60Dana180US #73
#61Brandy174US #64
#62Cassandra172US #63
#63Natalie172US #55
#64Meghan171US #65
#65Jacqueline168US #56
#66Anna165US #57
#67Krystal161US #74
#68Brittany160US #41
#69Brandi157US #61
#70Bethany155US #93
#71Karen155US #82
#72Maria152US #50
#73Leah150US #83
#74Monica149US #58
#75Victoria148US #59
#76Jillian147US #106
#77Renee142US #108
#78Susan141US #90
#79Catherine140US #69
#80Patricia134US #66
#81Rachael127US #103
#82Melanie124US #85
#83Heidi122US #101
#84Candice121US #86
#85Kara118US #95
#86Katrina117US #105
#87Kelli117US #147
#88Anne116US #127
#89Tracy115US #91
#90Jaclyn113US #134
#91Erika112US #81
#92Jill111US #120
#93Tina109US #111
#94Valerie109US #76
#95Natasha107US #77
#96Vanessa106US #45
#97Leslie105US #75
#98Sheena105US #80
#99Brooke104US #99
#100Kristy104US #135

Boys

#1Michael2,730US #1
#2Christopher2,096US #2
#3Matthew2,074US #3
#4David1,579US #5
#5Ryan1,505US #12
#6Joshua1,477US #4
#7Daniel1,342US #6
#8Jason1,339US #11
#9Andrew1,274US #14
#10Robert1,270US #9
#11James1,261US #7
#12Joseph1,242US #10
#13Adam1,196US #18
#14Brandon1,139US #15
#15Nicholas1,118US #20
#16Brian1,059US #17
#17John1,050US #8
#18Justin1,039US #13
#19Eric1,029US #22
#20Anthony869US #21
#21Steven846US #23
#22Kevin819US #24
#23William781US #16
#24Thomas760US #25
#25Jeffrey730US #28
#26Aaron728US #29
#27Timothy723US #26
#28Jonathan670US #19
#29Kyle660US #34
#30Scott647US #39
#31Benjamin582US #30
#32Mark566US #32
#33Nathan539US #38
#34Jeremy519US #31
#35Richard517US #27
#36Jacob496US #37
#37Paul463US #40
#38Patrick444US #36
#39Charles440US #33
#40Stephen414US #35
#41Chad389US #51
#42Bradley380US #53
#43Gregory362US #44
#44Kenneth362US #46
#45Sean333US #43
#46Bryan319US #48
#47Derek313US #52
#48Travis308US #42
#49Dustin307US #41
#50Zachary290US #45
#51Keith255US #61
#52Donald239US #63
#53Joel239US #66
#54Shawn231US #56
#55Tyler228US #47
#56Marcus227US #57
#57Jesse219US #50
#58Peter211US #60
#59Alexander210US #54
#60Corey208US #69
#61Ronald203US #67
#62Craig196US #75
#63Douglas190US #71
#64Jordan189US #65
#65Brent175US #89
#66Edward167US #58
#67Gary166US #76
#68Erik163US #84
#69Jared161US #59
#70Phillip161US #70
#71Jeffery160US #94
#72Samuel157US #55
#73Brett155US #72
#74Todd155US #92
#75Jonathon152US #142
#76Philip149US #81
#77Ian146US #78
#78Nathaniel146US #80
#79Antonio143US #77
#80Raymond143US #73
#81Shane135US #85
#82Evan134US #98
#83Troy134US #114
#84Alan131US #105
#85Andre129US #119
#86Derrick129US #79
#87Randy129US #100
#88Lance128US #127
#89Cory126US #83
#90Curtis126US #96
#91Trevor126US #115
#92Dennis125US #97
#93Casey122US #82
#94Carl120US #108
#95Larry116US #91
#96Cody111US #62
#97George111US #68
#98Gerald98US #176
#99Lawrence98US #143
#100Shaun97US #121

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑40Chelsea#55
↑21Tyler#55
↑19Danielle#11
↑19Cassandra#62
↑15Latoya#54
↑15Maria#72
↑15Jillian#76
↑15Andre#85

Falling

↓25Jill#92
↓19Renee#77
↓15Heidi#83
↓15Dennis#92
↓14Catherine#79
↓12Jacqueline#65
↓12Anna#66
↓12Kelli#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.