State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,094 Michigan births in 1988 across 1,877 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#87Autumn#169 nationally
#97Lance#146 nationally
#77Jonathon#125 nationally
#75Nichole#115 nationally
#68Brent#107 nationally
#84Jeffery#120 nationally
#89Troy#124 nationally
#100Todd#135 nationally
#94Alexandria#124 nationally
#90Stacey#119 nationally
#98Alisha#126 nationally
#94Luke#119 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,110US #2
#2Jessica1,906US #1
#3Amanda1,682US #3
#4Sarah1,212US #4
#5Nicole983US #9
#6Jennifer960US #5
#7Stephanie941US #7
#8Samantha836US #8
#9Brittany819US #6
#10Danielle817US #17
#11Megan766US #12
#12Elizabeth745US #10
#13Amber740US #15
#14Emily721US #18
#15Heather692US #14
#16Rachel691US #19
#17Tiffany648US #13
#18Lauren646US #11
#19Melissa597US #16
#20Michelle562US #21
#21Chelsea498US #33
#22Sara471US #30
#23Rebecca466US #26
#24Courtney457US #24
#25Laura442US #23
#26Kayla420US #20
#27Katie397US #40
#28Katherine395US #27
#29Amy394US #29
#30Andrea394US #35
#31Christina389US #22
#32Erica383US #31
#33Kelly373US #32
#34Angela369US #38
#35Lisa366US #43
#36Crystal346US #28
#37Erin344US #37
#38Kristen334US #36
#39Kimberly330US #25
#40Alicia327US #50
#41Jamie305US #45
#42Caitlin291US #44
#43Mary285US #34
#44Alyssa284US #47
#45Lindsay284US #57
#46Lindsey274US #48
#47Shannon273US #56
#48Allison261US #46
#49Kristin259US #58
#50Kathryn241US #55
#51Whitney235US #39
#52Brittney234US #52
#53Alexandra224US #49
#54Anna221US #54
#55Holly220US #72
#56Christine218US #51
#57Jasmine207US #53
#58Kristina205US #68
#59Victoria203US #42
#60Kelsey202US #64
#61Jenna199US #66
#62Julie193US #71
#63Katelyn190US #84
#64Natalie189US #63
#65Cassandra181US #59
#66Tara176US #67
#67Hannah170US #61
#68Krystal169US #74
#69Bethany165US #89
#70Kathleen165US #75
#71April163US #65
#72Meghan160US #81
#73Monica159US #70
#74Kendra152US #80
#75Nichole151US #115
#76Leah149US #82
#77Jacqueline148US #62
#78Molly146US #86
#79Erika145US #76
#80Brooke136US #87
#81Dana136US #90
#82Kara136US #95
#83Natasha133US #73
#84Maria132US #60
#85Rachael131US #100
#86Kaitlin130US #98
#87Autumn128US #169
#88Catherine126US #69
#89Jillian125US #104
#90Stacey125US #119
#91Bianca121US #108
#92Vanessa121US #41
#93Brandi120US #91
#94Alexandria119US #124
#95Kaitlyn119US #106
#96Margaret118US #93
#97Jaclyn117US #114
#98Alisha116US #126
#99Patricia116US #77
#100Stacy116US #125

Boys

#1Michael2,493US #1
#2Matthew1,877US #3
#3Christopher1,776US #2
#4Joshua1,665US #4
#5Andrew1,613US #5
#6Justin1,397US #7
#7David1,378US #6
#8Ryan1,284US #13
#9Robert1,214US #10
#10Daniel1,196US #8
#11Nicholas1,180US #14
#12James1,162US #9
#13Joseph1,059US #12
#14Brandon1,056US #17
#15Kyle1,013US #21
#16John964US #11
#17Eric910US #19
#18Anthony858US #18
#19Kevin805US #20
#20Adam793US #26
#21Steven782US #24
#22Brian765US #22
#23William751US #16
#24Jacob708US #28
#25Jason704US #27
#26Aaron703US #31
#27Timothy689US #25
#28Benjamin677US #30
#29Thomas669US #23
#30Jonathan648US #15
#31Zachary643US #29
#32Jeffrey559US #36
#33Alexander510US #34
#34Mark502US #39
#35Scott498US #47
#36Jeremy486US #35
#37Nathan465US #44
#38Richard449US #32
#39Tyler440US #33
#40Travis434US #41
#41Bradley421US #57
#42Patrick418US #42
#43Stephen417US #40
#44Sean407US #38
#45Jordan396US #52
#46Derek394US #53
#47Paul392US #46
#48Charles391US #37
#49Kenneth355US #51
#50Cody340US #43
#51Corey333US #56
#52Gregory324US #50
#53Dustin318US #48
#54Chad301US #65
#55Bryan264US #54
#56Alex253US #58
#57Samuel251US #45
#58Shawn223US #61
#59Jesse220US #55
#60Cory219US #59
#61Keith214US #70
#62Jared212US #60
#63Donald209US #76
#64Brett204US #73
#65Shane204US #67
#66Edward197US #62
#67Evan195US #74
#68Brent184US #107
#69Ronald178US #79
#70Marcus175US #66
#71Trevor174US #87
#72Antonio172US #72
#73Ian172US #77
#74Peter171US #64
#75Douglas170US #88
#76Austin166US #63
#77Jonathon166US #125
#78Mitchell166US #95
#79Phillip155US #71
#80Joel154US #85
#81Craig152US #96
#82Cameron150US #69
#83Nathaniel147US #81
#84Jeffery146US #120
#85Raymond144US #84
#86Alan137US #110
#87Erik135US #92
#88Casey129US #83
#89Troy129US #124
#90Derrick124US #97
#91Gary124US #100
#92Vincent124US #82
#93Curtis123US #105
#94Luke121US #119
#95Dennis115US #116
#96George113US #78
#97Lance110US #146
#98Philip109US #94
#99Blake108US #103
#100Todd107US #135

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑28Jasmine#57
↑24Austin#76
↑18Caitlin#42
↑18Molly#78
↑16Courtney#24
↑15Chelsea#21
↑14Brittney#52
↑14Evan#67

Falling

↓23Jacqueline#77
↓17Stacey#90
↓17Vanessa#92
↓13Philip#98
↓11Stacy#100
↓11Craig#81
↓10Lindsay#45
↓10Bethany#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.