State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,396 Michigan births in 1985 across 1,745 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#96Kari#166 nationally
#73Jonathon#139 nationally
#75Lance#130 nationally
#87Kelli#142 nationally
#89Jill#143 nationally
#66Renee#118 nationally
#100Kristy#145 nationally
#78Jillian#115 nationally
#88Heidi#125 nationally
#60Bethany#94 nationally
#61Nichole#95 nationally
#75Tracy#107 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,951US #1
#2Amanda1,727US #4
#3Ashley1,714US #2
#4Jennifer1,536US #3
#5Nicole1,211US #7
#6Sarah1,197US #5
#7Stephanie946US #6
#8Heather896US #8
#9Megan805US #10
#10Rachel786US #13
#11Melissa779US #11
#12Elizabeth757US #9
#13Danielle698US #18
#14Amber632US #16
#15Laura618US #14
#16Amy602US #20
#17Kelly601US #28
#18Christina600US #12
#19Emily596US #24
#20Andrea575US #33
#21Michelle561US #22
#22Rebecca540US #25
#23Sara539US #30
#24Lauren530US #15
#25Angela516US #31
#26Erin510US #26
#27Crystal490US #21
#28Jamie482US #27
#29Kimberly478US #19
#30Tiffany468US #23
#31Lisa454US #36
#32Samantha434US #29
#33Katherine421US #32
#34Katie412US #39
#35Erica368US #34
#36Lindsey363US #37
#37Lindsay362US #40
#38Kristen352US #38
#39Kathryn332US #48
#40Alicia328US #45
#41Shannon321US #41
#42Mary300US #35
#43Courtney287US #43
#44Brittany278US #17
#45Julie275US #55
#46Kristin273US #49
#47Holly271US #56
#48Kristina262US #57
#49Christine257US #44
#50Jenna254US #50
#51Allison251US #46
#52Tara247US #51
#53Krystal244US #53
#54Dominique221US #83
#55Stacy212US #67
#56April209US #47
#57Chelsea205US #75
#58Meghan198US #63
#59Anna186US #54
#60Bethany184US #94
#61Nichole180US #95
#62Cassandra177US #62
#63Natalie170US #58
#64Kathleen168US #68
#65Leah164US #78
#66Renee164US #118
#67Stacey164US #89
#68Jacqueline162US #60
#69Victoria157US #59
#70Carrie153US #96
#71Monica150US #61
#72Catherine146US #65
#73Patricia139US #64
#74Brandy138US #70
#75Tracy135US #107
#76Brandi134US #69
#77Vanessa131US #42
#78Jillian129US #115
#79Melanie129US #88
#80Dana127US #82
#81Brooke125US #102
#82Erika125US #80
#83Kara124US #98
#84Rachael124US #100
#85Maria122US #52
#86Caitlin118US #77
#87Kelli114US #142
#88Heidi113US #125
#89Jill113US #143
#90Natasha113US #79
#91Candice112US #86
#92Katrina111US #93
#93Alison110US #97
#94Jaclyn110US #123
#95Molly106US #119
#96Kari104US #166
#97Karen103US #87
#98Tina102US #110
#99Valerie101US #71
#100Kristy100US #145

Boys

#1Michael2,616US #1
#2Christopher2,108US #2
#3Matthew1,974US #3
#4Joshua1,657US #4
#5David1,543US #6
#6Andrew1,521US #11
#7Ryan1,488US #12
#8Daniel1,401US #5
#9Brandon1,335US #13
#10Robert1,251US #8
#11James1,191US #7
#12Joseph1,163US #10
#13Jason1,154US #14
#14Nicholas1,138US #19
#15Justin1,006US #15
#16Eric988US #21
#17John983US #9
#18Adam973US #22
#19Brian969US #18
#20Steven894US #24
#21Kyle892US #27
#22Anthony876US #20
#23William804US #16
#24Kevin796US #23
#25Timothy734US #26
#26Jeffrey725US #29
#27Thomas720US #25
#28Jonathan677US #17
#29Aaron664US #33
#30Scott614US #44
#31Mark586US #32
#32Benjamin554US #31
#33Jacob544US #35
#34Nathan526US #40
#35Jeremy525US #30
#36Richard517US #28
#37Charles451US #34
#38Paul443US #42
#39Patrick424US #37
#40Stephen413US #36
#41Sean401US #38
#42Bryan400US #48
#43Bradley398US #53
#44Gregory393US #45
#45Kenneth392US #47
#46Zachary380US #39
#47Chad378US #57
#48Derek345US #56
#49Dustin326US #41
#50Tyler298US #43
#51Travis288US #46
#52Alexander274US #50
#53Shawn274US #55
#54Jesse265US #51
#55Jordan264US #62
#56Joel235US #67
#57Donald231US #66
#58Corey230US #63
#59Keith227US #64
#60Edward224US #59
#61Brett218US #70
#62Douglas207US #76
#63Brent203US #89
#64Cody200US #52
#65Peter196US #60
#66Samuel194US #54
#67Ronald193US #71
#68Craig185US #79
#69Marcus185US #61
#70Shane181US #68
#71Phillip171US #69
#72Gary168US #82
#73Jonathon167US #139
#74Nathaniel167US #77
#75Lance163US #130
#76Raymond162US #75
#77Trevor160US #105
#78Jeffery159US #96
#79Ian157US #78
#80Derrick155US #83
#81Jared153US #58
#82Philip150US #84
#83Todd148US #99
#84Dennis137US #103
#85Antonio136US #73
#86Cory134US #81
#87Erik131US #87
#88Evan130US #91
#89Alex129US #80
#90Larry129US #97
#91Alan127US #109
#92Randy123US #102
#93Troy123US #123
#94Curtis122US #98
#95George121US #72
#96Mitchell112US #115
#97Carl111US #112
#98Drew103US #126
#99Vincent103US #95
#100Andre100US #124

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑32Cody#64
↑24Brittany#44
↑19Vanessa#77
↑18Brooke#81
↑14Krystal#53
↑14Tracy#75
↑14Trevor#77
↑13Lance#75

Falling

↓26Karen#97
↓20Dana#80
↓19Erik#87
↓15Stacey#67
↓15Andre#100
↓13Brandy#74
↓13Maria#85
↓13Marcus#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.