State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 129,075 Michigan births in 1991 across 2,171 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#100Autumn#171 nationally
#87Brent#146 nationally
#79Jonathon#125 nationally
#95Troy#137 nationally
#93Devon#132 nationally
#99Craig#135 nationally
#97Dominique#132 nationally
#71Chad#104 nationally
#44Paige#76 nationally
#75Kara#106 nationally
#97Curtis#126 nationally
#80Breanna#107 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,877US #1
#2Jessica1,585US #2
#3Samantha1,245US #5
#4Amanda1,214US #4
#5Brittany1,063US #3
#6Sarah1,027US #6
#7Emily895US #10
#8Megan826US #11
#9Stephanie771US #7
#10Chelsea762US #18
#11Rachel749US #14
#12Lauren741US #13
#13Nicole707US #15
#14Elizabeth698US #9
#15Kayla682US #12
#16Jennifer654US #8
#17Amber632US #16
#18Danielle627US #17
#19Courtney555US #19
#20Rebecca551US #21
#21Alyssa521US #30
#22Kelsey514US #26
#23Shelby510US #33
#24Melissa505US #20
#25Heather489US #23
#26Jasmine468US #24
#27Michelle428US #22
#28Katherine397US #25
#29Sara396US #37
#30Tiffany384US #27
#31Taylor367US #32
#32Hannah361US #29
#33Andrea342US #39
#34Katie330US #53
#35Alexis322US #47
#36Erica320US #40
#37Alexandra319US #36
#38Victoria313US #28
#39Christina298US #31
#40Erin294US #44
#41Laura291US #35
#42Brooke279US #65
#43Kelly279US #42
#44Paige278US #76
#45Allison276US #50
#46Alicia273US #63
#47Mary266US #38
#48Brianna265US #51
#49Amy264US #43
#50Cassandra262US #54
#51Anna258US #46
#52Angela255US #59
#53Crystal250US #41
#54Olivia248US #61
#55Jamie247US #60
#56Kimberly246US #34
#57Kathryn235US #57
#58Lindsey233US #52
#59Brittney232US #58
#60Kaitlyn229US #82
#61Jenna228US #80
#62Katelyn228US #75
#63Mariah228US #69
#64Kristen218US #48
#65Caitlin217US #55
#66Jordan217US #62
#67Alexandria212US #78
#68Shannon207US #71
#69Lisa203US #83
#70Ariel193US #66
#71Morgan189US #49
#72Molly183US #74
#73Leah179US #91
#74Lindsay176US #77
#75Kara170US #106
#76Natalie169US #64
#77Kristin168US #86
#78Miranda162US #90
#79Marissa160US #81
#80Breanna159US #107
#81Julia156US #67
#82Holly152US #105
#83Meghan152US #94
#84Bianca150US #89
#85Erika148US #84
#86Whitney145US #68
#87Gabrielle144US #97
#88Bethany143US #109
#89Julie143US #98
#90Christine141US #73
#91Kristina141US #87
#92Catherine138US #72
#93Tara138US #104
#94Brandi137US #110
#95Haley137US #79
#96Briana136US #95
#97Dominique135US #132
#98April134US #88
#99Abigail130US #92
#100Autumn130US #171

Boys

#1Michael2,351US #1
#2Joshua1,771US #4
#3Matthew1,615US #3
#4Christopher1,524US #2
#5Jacob1,397US #17
#6Andrew1,374US #5
#7Nicholas1,243US #12
#8Ryan1,230US #11
#9Joseph1,192US #9
#10Brandon1,170US #15
#11Kyle1,168US #21
#12Tyler1,125US #16
#13James1,121US #7
#14Daniel1,079US #6
#15David1,073US #8
#16Justin1,071US #14
#17Anthony1,032US #18
#18Robert1,028US #13
#19Zachary924US #22
#20John841US #10
#21Cody789US #24
#22Eric764US #25
#23Kevin760US #23
#24Jordan742US #29
#25Alexander734US #26
#26William703US #19
#27Steven698US #27
#28Aaron685US #31
#29Adam642US #36
#30Thomas639US #28
#31Jonathan577US #20
#32Benjamin576US #33
#33Timothy555US #32
#34Brian540US #30
#35Travis528US #44
#36Nathan521US #42
#37Patrick423US #35
#38Jeffrey397US #45
#39Richard395US #34
#40Charles392US #38
#41Jason385US #49
#42Sean382US #40
#43Mark372US #47
#44Scott369US #57
#45Bradley358US #67
#46Stephen356US #41
#47Jeremy351US #43
#48Samuel326US #39
#49Dylan314US #46
#50Derek312US #59
#51Paul310US #53
#52Corey308US #58
#53Kenneth298US #54
#54Gregory297US #55
#55Austin294US #50
#56Trevor285US #69
#57Dustin278US #56
#58Evan273US #70
#59Alex271US #63
#60Shane269US #75
#61Jesse266US #51
#62Cameron265US #62
#63Jared247US #64
#64Taylor227US #52
#65Shawn225US #71
#66Christian214US #48
#67Ian214US #73
#68Ethan210US #65
#69Brett206US #88
#70Antonio203US #79
#71Chad201US #104
#72Devin199US #83
#73Bryan198US #61
#74Keith197US #89
#75Nathaniel195US #84
#76Caleb191US #78
#77Cory191US #74
#78Mitchell188US #96
#79Jonathon186US #125
#80Marcus182US #76
#81Ronald177US #101
#82Donald175US #102
#83Garrett165US #91
#84Douglas159US #109
#85Casey154US #90
#86Peter153US #77
#87Brent152US #146
#88Blake151US #86
#89Raymond150US #97
#90Edward148US #68
#91Logan139US #94
#92Spencer139US #105
#93Devon138US #132
#94Vincent137US #81
#95Troy135US #137
#96Joel134US #100
#97Curtis128US #126
#98Erik128US #95
#99Craig127US #135
#100Luke123US #113

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑47Dylan#49
↑46Shelby#23
↑31Alexandria#67
↑29Alexis#35
↑23Taylor#31
↑21Taylor#64
↑19Victoria#38
↑19Molly#72

Falling

↓24Kristen#64
↓21Kristina#91
↓19April#98
↓17Brittney#59
↓17Abigail#99
↓17Erik#98
↓16Bryan#73
↓16Mitchell#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.