State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 120,344 Michigan births in 1986 across 1,790 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#100Trishaoutside the national top 200
#75Jonathon#129 nationally
#57Nichole#105 nationally
#97Kelli#142 nationally
#90Jaclyn#133 nationally
#93Lance#134 nationally
#89Renee#127 nationally
#70Jillian#107 nationally
#98Andre#133 nationally
#100Shaun#132 nationally
#94Alisha#125 nationally
#74Rachael#103 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,036US #1
#2Ashley1,946US #2
#3Amanda1,782US #3
#4Jennifer1,338US #4
#5Sarah1,318US #5
#6Nicole1,082US #7
#7Stephanie943US #6
#8Heather823US #9
#9Megan767US #11
#10Rachel748US #15
#11Melissa713US #12
#12Amber708US #13
#13Elizabeth677US #10
#14Danielle644US #16
#15Samantha603US #21
#16Emily579US #24
#17Laura533US #20
#18Sara528US #27
#19Amy526US #22
#20Lauren526US #14
#21Angela524US #33
#22Kelly524US #29
#23Tiffany508US #17
#24Michelle503US #23
#25Kimberly495US #18
#26Christina494US #19
#27Katie485US #38
#28Brittany475US #8
#29Rebecca463US #26
#30Jamie452US #34
#31Andrea440US #36
#32Crystal436US #25
#33Erin426US #30
#34Katherine421US #28
#35Lisa404US #40
#36Courtney366US #35
#37Erica357US #31
#38Lindsey340US #39
#39Lindsay318US #46
#40Shannon316US #44
#41Alicia315US #45
#42Kristen308US #41
#43Kathryn294US #48
#44Allison293US #42
#45Mary285US #37
#46Whitney277US #32
#47Kristin260US #50
#48Krystal236US #61
#49Julie233US #58
#50Christine224US #47
#51Holly223US #63
#52Jenna219US #55
#53Chelsea208US #73
#54Kristina203US #62
#55Anna202US #51
#56April199US #53
#57Nichole192US #105
#58Tara191US #56
#59Kathleen188US #68
#60Cassandra187US #60
#61Stacy164US #87
#62Victoria164US #54
#63Bethany163US #91
#64Monica163US #59
#65Meghan156US #71
#66Natalie154US #52
#67Catherine151US #67
#68Jacqueline150US #57
#69Stacey149US #94
#70Jillian144US #107
#71Caitlin143US #69
#72Leah142US #78
#73Dominique141US #98
#74Rachael141US #103
#75Patricia140US #66
#76Maria138US #49
#77Vanessa136US #43
#78Kendra132US #101
#79Felicia131US #89
#80Mallory131US #83
#81Brittney129US #65
#82Carrie128US #109
#83Natasha123US #70
#84Brandi122US #79
#85Brandy122US #84
#86Dana120US #92
#87Kayla119US #64
#88Krista119US #93
#89Renee119US #127
#90Jaclyn118US #133
#91Kara116US #102
#92Jasmine115US #95
#93Molly113US #110
#94Alisha112US #125
#95Brooke112US #104
#96Alexandra111US #72
#97Kelli111US #142
#98Erika110US #74
#99Katrina110US #99
#100Trisha107

Boys

#1Michael2,555US #1
#2Matthew1,936US #3
#3Christopher1,867US #2
#4Andrew1,584US #8
#5David1,478US #5
#6Joshua1,475US #4
#7Ryan1,428US #11
#8Robert1,293US #9
#9Daniel1,267US #6
#10Brandon1,219US #13
#11James1,186US #7
#12Nicholas1,109US #17
#13Joseph1,104US #12
#14Jason1,022US #18
#15Justin1,017US #14
#16Kyle985US #23
#17John974US #10
#18Eric913US #22
#19Anthony911US #19
#20Adam895US #24
#21Kevin864US #21
#22Brian855US #20
#23Steven834US #25
#24William732US #15
#25Jonathan697US #16
#26Thomas681US #26
#27Timothy668US #27
#28Aaron631US #33
#29Jacob617US #31
#30Mark616US #35
#31Jeffrey608US #32
#32Jeremy577US #28
#33Benjamin556US #30
#34Scott554US #44
#35Nathan502US #43
#36Richard493US #29
#37Sean448US #37
#38Zachary435US #38
#39Stephen422US #36
#40Paul421US #45
#41Alexander411US #41
#42Charles407US #34
#43Bradley406US #54
#44Patrick402US #39
#45Kenneth374US #50
#46Gregory365US #46
#47Tyler352US #40
#48Bryan349US #47
#49Chad344US #59
#50Jordan327US #53
#51Dustin325US #42
#52Derek301US #57
#53Shawn281US #55
#54Jesse278US #48
#55Corey265US #62
#56Travis259US #49
#57Joel229US #72
#58Shane226US #67
#59Keith223US #66
#60Brett221US #69
#61Donald219US #71
#62Craig218US #80
#63Ronald207US #75
#64Edward206US #61
#65Samuel203US #52
#66Phillip188US #70
#67Douglas187US #82
#68Marcus186US #63
#69Jared183US #58
#70Alex182US #64
#71Cody182US #56
#72Cory180US #68
#73Brent173US #94
#74Peter172US #60
#75Jonathon171US #129
#76Gary170US #84
#77Trevor164US #98
#78Antonio154US #73
#79Evan154US #81
#80Raymond150US #77
#81Philip141US #86
#82Derrick139US #87
#83Jeffery139US #102
#84Nathaniel136US #78
#85Todd135US #110
#86Erik134US #92
#87Ian130US #85
#88Alan128US #107
#89Dennis127US #104
#90George126US #74
#91Luke124US #106
#92Mitchell124US #105
#93Lance116US #134
#94Curtis115US #100
#95Randy115US #103
#96Troy113US #123
#97Carl110US #114
#98Andre104US #133
#99Frank101US #91
#100Shaun93US #132

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑19Alex#70
↑17Samantha#15
↑16Brittany#28
↑15Caitlin#71
↑14Cory#72
↑12Shane#58
↑12Jared#69
↑11Alexander#41

Falling

↓23Renee#89
↓19Dominique#73
↓18Lance#93
↓16Erika#98
↓14Brooke#95
↓12Carrie#82
↓11Andrea#31
↓11Brandy#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.