State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,602 Michigan births in 1987 across 1,831 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#99Kari#167 nationally
#78Jonathon#132 nationally
#83Renee#134 nationally
#68Nichole#111 nationally
#80Dominique#114 nationally
#90Troy#122 nationally
#95Carl#126 nationally
#73Stacey#103 nationally
#87Jaclyn#116 nationally
#59Bethany#87 nationally
#93Todd#120 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,316US #2
#2Jessica2,221US #1
#3Amanda1,835US #3
#4Jennifer1,225US #4
#5Sarah1,224US #5
#6Nicole1,048US #8
#7Stephanie894US #6
#8Heather828US #9
#9Danielle818US #14
#10Megan788US #12
#11Amber761US #15
#12Melissa749US #13
#13Rachel744US #17
#14Samantha733US #11
#15Elizabeth699US #10
#16Emily673US #19
#17Brittany661US #7
#18Lauren575US #16
#19Tiffany522US #18
#20Michelle519US #21
#21Rebecca502US #25
#22Katie482US #38
#23Laura481US #22
#24Amy477US #24
#25Christina458US #20
#26Angela451US #35
#27Andrea445US #36
#28Sara428US #29
#29Kelly422US #30
#30Kimberly413US #23
#31Katherine397US #28
#32Erica387US #31
#33Crystal384US #26
#34Erin380US #34
#35Lindsay358US #49
#36Chelsea355US #47
#37Lisa355US #40
#38Jamie351US #39
#39Kayla334US #27
#40Courtney320US #33
#41Alicia310US #46
#42Lindsey305US #41
#43Mary287US #37
#44Shannon274US #45
#45Allison269US #44
#46Kristen252US #42
#47Kathryn240US #51
#48Whitney234US #32
#49Kristina227US #62
#50Christine221US #48
#51Holly219US #71
#52Kristin218US #55
#53Anna214US #52
#54Jacqueline213US #54
#55Jenna208US #57
#56Alyssa199US #60
#57Julie192US #65
#58Alexandra190US #59
#59Bethany189US #87
#60Caitlin186US #63
#61Krystal183US #70
#62Natalie182US #56
#63Kelsey181US #67
#64Kathleen179US #72
#65April177US #58
#66Brittney171US #61
#67Tara171US #69
#68Nichole168US #111
#69Leah158US #82
#70Erika155US #75
#71Meghan154US #78
#72Victoria152US #50
#73Stacey151US #103
#74Hannah148US #66
#75Vanessa148US #43
#76Cassandra147US #68
#77Mallory147US #91
#78Rachael144US #98
#79Monica143US #64
#80Dominique142US #114
#81Kendra142US #77
#82Natasha137US #73
#83Renee136US #134
#84Dana135US #83
#85Jasmine135US #79
#86Catherine130US #74
#87Jaclyn128US #116
#88Maria126US #53
#89Stacy126US #101
#90Brandy120US #92
#91Brooke120US #94
#92Casey116US #81
#93Alison114US #100
#94Julia114US #86
#95Kara111US #104
#96Molly111US #97
#97Jillian109US #99
#98Alisha108US #118
#99Kari106US #167
#100Brandi105US #88

Boys

#1Michael2,513US #1
#2Matthew1,919US #3
#3Christopher1,796US #2
#4Andrew1,597US #6
#5Joshua1,575US #4
#6David1,456US #5
#7Ryan1,394US #13
#8James1,214US #8
#9Justin1,201US #9
#10Nicholas1,197US #16
#11Daniel1,196US #7
#12Robert1,168US #10
#13Joseph1,149US #12
#14Brandon1,096US #14
#15Kyle1,022US #22
#16Anthony975US #17
#17Eric928US #21
#18John919US #11
#19Kevin852US #19
#20Brian826US #20
#21Steven825US #25
#22Adam800US #27
#23Jason796US #23
#24William762US #15
#25Timothy728US #26
#26Thomas724US #24
#27Jacob663US #31
#28Benjamin652US #28
#29Jonathan638US #18
#30Aaron588US #34
#31Jeffrey581US #32
#32Scott581US #43
#33Mark579US #36
#34Jeremy577US #29
#35Nathan485US #45
#36Richard471US #30
#37Zachary466US #33
#38Alexander464US #37
#39Paul448US #46
#40Charles434US #35
#41Bradley427US #56
#42Kenneth403US #53
#43Stephen402US #38
#44Patrick396US #41
#45Travis384US #42
#46Tyler378US #39
#47Sean377US #40
#48Jordan371US #52
#49Derek358US #54
#50Gregory353US #47
#51Dustin335US #44
#52Chad308US #63
#53Bryan288US #51
#54Cody285US #49
#55Corey283US #57
#56Shawn267US #59
#57Jesse253US #55
#58Keith249US #69
#59Donald244US #70
#60Brett238US #71
#61Alex222US #60
#62Samuel212US #50
#63Shane210US #65
#64Edward207US #61
#65Cory197US #62
#66Douglas194US #85
#67Ronald189US #73
#68Peter187US #64
#69Phillip177US #68
#70Craig175US #88
#71Trevor172US #93
#72Joel170US #75
#73Marcus170US #67
#74Jared162US #58
#75Antonio161US #72
#76Nathaniel161US #78
#77Ian153US #81
#78Jonathon152US #132
#79Raymond149US #79
#80Mitchell147US #101
#81Evan146US #83
#82Brent142US #103
#83Casey141US #80
#84Gary141US #87
#85Philip140US #84
#86Erik138US #94
#87Derrick135US #86
#88Jeffery128US #109
#89Curtis125US #100
#90Troy124US #122
#91Randy116US #105
#92Alan115US #112
#93Todd114US #120
#94George113US #77
#95Carl107US #126
#96Dennis104US #107
#97Garrett103US #113
#98Luke102US #111
#99Russell102US #119
#100Austin101US #76

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑48Kayla#39
↑38Alexandra#58
↑28Erika#70
↑17Chelsea#36
↑17Cody#54
↑15Brittney#66
↑14Jacqueline#54
↑12Mitchell#80

Falling

↓28Stacy#89
↓27Jillian#97
↓19Catherine#86
↓16Cassandra#76
↓16Brandi#100
↓15Monica#79
↓15Joel#72
↓13Krystal#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.