State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 133,476 Michigan births in 1990 across 2,157 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#89Darius#152 nationally
#68Jonathon#124 nationally
#96Nichole#151 nationally
#98Devon#151 nationally
#93Alisha#135 nationally
#90Brent#127 nationally
#94Troy#128 nationally
#62Mitchell#93 nationally
#69Shelby#100 nationally
#81Kara#110 nationally
#53Paige#79 nationally
#59Chad#85 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,060US #2
#2Jessica1,721US #1
#3Amanda1,387US #4
#4Brittany1,314US #3
#5Samantha1,237US #5
#6Sarah1,064US #6
#7Stephanie972US #7
#8Nicole890US #13
#9Megan879US #11
#10Emily873US #12
#11Lauren836US #10
#12Jennifer780US #8
#13Elizabeth699US #9
#14Amber698US #15
#15Rachel696US #16
#16Danielle687US #18
#17Chelsea674US #24
#18Heather655US #19
#19Kayla653US #14
#20Courtney640US #17
#21Rebecca538US #21
#22Melissa531US #20
#23Alyssa509US #27
#24Michelle479US #22
#25Jasmine465US #28
#26Kelsey441US #32
#27Tiffany425US #23
#28Andrea396US #40
#29Sara388US #34
#30Katherine384US #26
#31Erica365US #36
#32Alicia356US #54
#33Laura353US #29
#34Christina351US #25
#35Erin348US #43
#36Katie342US #53
#37Angela339US #52
#38Hannah329US #30
#39Kelly329US #41
#40Kristen327US #42
#41Mary304US #35
#42Brittney303US #44
#43Crystal299US #39
#44Kimberly297US #31
#45Amy296US #38
#46Lindsey282US #51
#47Jamie277US #55
#48Cassandra276US #49
#49Allison272US #48
#50Anna263US #45
#51Brooke263US #70
#52Alexandra261US #37
#53Paige259US #79
#54Taylor255US #46
#55Kathryn250US #57
#56Katelyn245US #75
#57Victoria241US #33
#58Caitlin239US #50
#59Lisa239US #64
#60Kaitlyn233US #78
#61Lindsay224US #69
#62Shannon213US #68
#63Brianna211US #61
#64Alexis196US #66
#65Jordan196US #59
#66Leah192US #82
#67Holly190US #89
#68Jenna189US #81
#69Shelby189US #100
#70Kristina185US #77
#71Olivia185US #72
#72Kristin183US #65
#73Whitney183US #60
#74Bianca182US #84
#75Morgan172US #58
#76Gabrielle167US #99
#77Natalie163US #63
#78Kaitlin162US #101
#79April160US #73
#80Maria160US #47
#81Kara158US #110
#82Abigail157US #90
#83Christine157US #62
#84Meghan157US #91
#85Bethany155US #107
#86Rachael155US #111
#87Erika154US #74
#88Tara154US #85
#89Dana146US #114
#90Julie146US #93
#91Molly145US #80
#92Brandi142US #103
#93Alisha141US #135
#94Melanie138US #86
#95Jacqueline134US #67
#96Nichole134US #151
#97Catherine132US #71
#98Alexandria130US #95
#99Kendra129US #117
#100Krystal129US #104

Boys

#1Michael2,590US #1
#2Joshua1,914US #4
#3Matthew1,725US #3
#4Christopher1,703US #2
#5Andrew1,476US #7
#6Ryan1,423US #11
#7Nicholas1,305US #14
#8Kyle1,295US #18
#9David1,270US #6
#10Justin1,216US #9
#11Joseph1,192US #10
#12Daniel1,179US #5
#13James1,177US #8
#14Jacob1,149US #20
#15Robert1,075US #13
#16Anthony1,066US #15
#17Brandon1,006US #19
#18Eric890US #24
#19John880US #12
#20Zachary864US #22
#21Steven850US #25
#22Kevin824US #23
#23Jordan803US #29
#24Tyler790US #21
#25Adam766US #32
#26William702US #16
#27Thomas691US #26
#28Brian687US #27
#29Aaron671US #34
#30Alexander654US #28
#31Jonathan645US #17
#32Cody635US #31
#33Timothy610US #30
#34Benjamin599US #33
#35Nathan568US #44
#36Mark509US #47
#37Travis503US #42
#38Sean466US #37
#39Scott460US #53
#40Patrick454US #36
#41Jeffrey445US #43
#42Richard438US #35
#43Jeremy435US #40
#44Jason428US #46
#45Charles413US #38
#46Bradley388US #65
#47Stephen383US #39
#48Kenneth373US #52
#49Corey361US #56
#50Derek350US #54
#51Paul344US #49
#52Gregory300US #51
#53Samuel297US #45
#54Jesse291US #48
#55Alex277US #59
#56Dustin276US #50
#57Bryan268US #57
#58Cameron264US #62
#59Chad260US #85
#60Ethan259US #58
#61Evan249US #71
#62Mitchell243US #93
#63Jared242US #63
#64Austin236US #55
#65Shawn217US #69
#66Trevor217US #76
#67Marcus213US #72
#68Jonathon211US #124
#69Shane209US #73
#70Cory208US #67
#71Ian208US #70
#72Brett201US #84
#73Keith200US #80
#74Donald197US #87
#75Antonio192US #77
#76Peter177US #74
#77Edward170US #68
#78Vincent167US #78
#79Ronald165US #97
#80Caleb164US #88
#81Erik156US #96
#82Joel156US #95
#83Devin155US #98
#84Blake154US #91
#85Taylor153US #64
#86Nathaniel152US #86
#87Douglas151US #103
#88Casey150US #89
#89Darius150US #152
#90Brent148US #127
#91Craig146US #117
#92Phillip144US #81
#93Derrick143US #106
#94Troy143US #128
#95Spencer140US #105
#96Dylan139US #83
#97Curtis138US #121
#98Devon131US #151
#99Raymond130US #92
#100Gary128US #114

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑42Taylor#54
↑30Ethan#60
↑29Brianna#63
↑17Brooke#51
↑17Kaitlin#78
↑16Leah#66
↑16Jordan#23
↑15Hannah#38

Falling

↓27Krystal#100
↓25Tara#88
↓23Christine#83
↓23Julie#90
↓22Nichole#96
↓20Raymond#99
↓19Jacqueline#95
↓16Kristin#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.