State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 129,874 Michigan births in 1989 across 2,015 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#100Darius#194 nationally
#74Nichole#136 nationally
#78Jonathon#128 nationally
#82Troy#124 nationally
#79Kiara#115 nationally
#72Jillian#106 nationally
#90Alisha#123 nationally
#88Alan#120 nationally
#87Brent#118 nationally
#62Bianca#91 nationally
#66Kaitlyn#95 nationally
#97Dennis#123 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,138US #2
#2Jessica1,775US #1
#3Amanda1,597US #4
#4Brittany1,240US #3
#5Sarah1,214US #5
#6Samantha1,123US #6
#7Nicole956US #12
#8Stephanie934US #8
#9Lauren837US #9
#10Jennifer815US #7
#11Emily795US #13
#12Amber790US #14
#13Megan781US #11
#14Elizabeth771US #10
#15Danielle731US #17
#16Rachel720US #18
#17Heather686US #15
#18Chelsea664US #27
#19Tiffany611US #16
#20Melissa578US #19
#21Michelle502US #22
#22Courtney496US #21
#23Kayla485US #20
#24Rebecca464US #24
#25Christina434US #23
#26Sara426US #29
#27Laura423US #25
#28Kelsey418US #31
#29Andrea414US #39
#30Jasmine413US #30
#31Katherine388US #26
#32Kelly384US #37
#33Alyssa374US #33
#34Erica374US #34
#35Angela373US #47
#36Erin367US #40
#37Katie362US #45
#38Kristen335US #36
#39Amy329US #35
#40Alicia312US #53
#41Kimberly312US #28
#42Crystal309US #32
#43Lindsey300US #48
#44Mary295US #38
#45Allison293US #46
#46Brittney291US #41
#47Jamie287US #52
#48Lisa276US #55
#49Kathryn268US #58
#50Lindsay259US #63
#51Cassandra257US #54
#52Alexandra256US #43
#53Hannah246US #42
#54Anna238US #51
#55Caitlin229US #49
#56Kristin228US #60
#57Katelyn221US #76
#58Shannon220US #61
#59Victoria208US #44
#60Christine203US #59
#61Natalie194US #62
#62Bianca185US #91
#63Tara184US #70
#64Kristina181US #65
#65Jenna180US #71
#66Kaitlyn177US #95
#67Julie172US #78
#68Brooke169US #74
#69Holly168US #79
#70April167US #66
#71Whitney162US #57
#72Jillian160US #106
#73Krystal158US #82
#74Nichole158US #136
#75Erika157US #73
#76Jacqueline155US #64
#77Jordan155US #72
#78Bethany151US #102
#79Kiara150US #115
#80Kara146US #101
#81Kathleen146US #90
#82Leah146US #83
#83Catherine143US #67
#84Meghan142US #80
#85Rachael142US #109
#86Maria139US #56
#87Abigail138US #94
#88Dana137US #105
#89Melanie136US #88
#90Alisha135US #123
#91Molly135US #93
#92Brianna133US #77
#93Alexandria131US #104
#94Kendra131US #99
#95Kaitlin129US #100
#96Taylor129US #75
#97Vanessa127US #50
#98Monica126US #68
#99Natasha123US #87
#100Brandi121US #98

Boys

#1Michael2,590US #1
#2Christopher1,884US #2
#3Joshua1,839US #4
#4Matthew1,801US #3
#5Andrew1,535US #7
#6Ryan1,408US #13
#7Nicholas1,371US #14
#8Justin1,361US #8
#9David1,333US #5
#10James1,202US #9
#11Kyle1,179US #20
#12Joseph1,132US #11
#13Daniel1,118US #6
#14Robert1,112US #10
#15Anthony1,052US #16
#16Brandon1,011US #18
#17John944US #12
#18Jacob907US #26
#19Kevin872US #19
#20Steven867US #22
#21Adam857US #27
#22Eric856US #21
#23Aaron750US #31
#24William738US #15
#25Zachary732US #25
#26Brian729US #24
#27Thomas712US #23
#28Timothy645US #28
#29Jonathan638US #17
#30Benjamin625US #29
#31Alexander598US #32
#32Nathan583US #43
#33Jeremy547US #34
#34Scott542US #51
#35Jason528US #35
#36Tyler524US #30
#37Jeffrey516US #37
#38Mark504US #42
#39Jordan503US #44
#40Travis499US #41
#41Patrick470US #38
#42Richard447US #33
#43Sean445US #39
#44Charles425US #36
#45Cody407US #45
#46Derek406US #54
#47Stephen392US #40
#48Bradley388US #58
#49Kenneth383US #53
#50Paul377US #49
#51Corey350US #55
#52Dustin336US #48
#53Gregory336US #52
#54Samuel307US #47
#55Jesse282US #50
#56Chad279US #74
#57Cory274US #61
#58Bryan272US #56
#59Alex259US #60
#60Marcus253US #67
#61Shawn218US #65
#62Jared217US #57
#63Keith213US #70
#64Shane213US #71
#65Donald211US #82
#66Austin206US #59
#67Trevor203US #83
#68Edward200US #62
#69Ian198US #68
#70Brett197US #81
#71Evan196US #69
#72Ronald194US #85
#73Cameron193US #64
#74Mitchell191US #93
#75Antonio184US #76
#76Douglas184US #92
#77Peter166US #66
#78Jonathon165US #128
#79Raymond164US #86
#80Vincent163US #80
#81Joel162US #88
#82Troy160US #124
#83Nathaniel159US #84
#84Craig157US #105
#85Phillip157US #75
#86Derrick152US #99
#87Brent149US #118
#88Alan141US #120
#89Erik137US #95
#90Ethan137US #87
#91Caleb136US #91
#92Gary136US #106
#93Devin131US #96
#94Curtis130US #111
#95Blake127US #97
#96Casey127US #90
#97Dennis127US #123
#98George127US #79
#99Spencer124US #107
#100Darius122US #194

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑32Kelsey#28
↑29Bianca#62
↑29Kaitlyn#66
↑27Jasmine#30
↑17Jillian#72
↑14Cassandra#51
↑14Hannah#53
↑12Brooke#68

Falling

↓25Monica#98
↓20Whitney#71
↓20Kendra#94
↓19Brent#87
↓16Natasha#99
↓14Holly#69
↓13Lisa#48
↓13Caitlin#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.