State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 116,631 Michigan births in 1994 across 2,164 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#80Jalen#183 nationally
#91Diamond#170 nationally
#89Jonathon#154 nationally
#97Collin#151 nationally
#66Autumn#117 nationally
#75Devon#117 nationally
#88Chad#130 nationally
#93Kara#134 nationally
#87Keith#126 nationally
#86Rachael#124 nationally
#100Carly#138 nationally
#48Bradley#83 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,198US #2
#2Jessica1,090US #1
#3Emily1,050US #3
#4Samantha990US #4
#5Sarah875US #5
#6Taylor852US #6
#7Rachel721US #13
#8Megan718US #10
#9Amanda683US #8
#10Brittany680US #7
#11Lauren654US #14
#12Nicole652US #11
#13Kayla626US #12
#14Elizabeth574US #9
#15Amber544US #21
#16Hannah543US #16
#17Alexis523US #18
#18Alyssa515US #26
#19Danielle515US #20
#20Courtney481US #22
#21Kelsey462US #29
#22Stephanie422US #15
#23Jasmine415US #23
#24Chelsea412US #38
#25Jennifer409US #17
#26Rebecca402US #24
#27Morgan390US #25
#28Brianna383US #27
#29Alexandra376US #28
#30Shelby370US #40
#31Victoria361US #19
#32Allison342US #34
#33Paige336US #63
#34Erin311US #45
#35Kaitlyn307US #48
#36Olivia300US #50
#37Katherine294US #30
#38Katelyn292US #58
#39Abigail290US #42
#40Sara287US #43
#41Anna284US #41
#42Brooke276US #54
#43Tiffany273US #35
#44Erica264US #57
#45Haley264US #36
#46Melissa260US #31
#47Andrea256US #49
#48Heather249US #44
#49Christina247US #39
#50Marissa244US #53
#51Michelle226US #33
#52Jenna222US #80
#53Gabrielle219US #67
#54Jordan218US #52
#55Mary218US #37
#56Katie214US #70
#57Mariah213US #75
#58Miranda210US #61
#59Kathryn205US #79
#60Lindsey202US #69
#61Alexandria197US #73
#62Shannon196US #60
#63Kimberly195US #32
#64Madison193US #51
#65Briana189US #68
#66Autumn187US #117
#67Natalie187US #56
#68Emma185US #74
#69Laura182US #46
#70Mackenzie178US #102
#71Angela175US #81
#72Jamie175US #87
#73Kelly173US #62
#74Sierra171US #71
#75Alicia167US #83
#76Cassandra166US #66
#77Caitlin165US #78
#78Sydney163US #76
#79Kristen157US #55
#80Breanna155US #85
#81Leah154US #101
#82Julia148US #72
#83Lindsay143US #107
#84Molly140US #96
#85Madeline139US #92
#86Rachael139US #124
#87Amy137US #77
#88Destiny134US #86
#89Holly134US #112
#90Meghan134US #100
#91Diamond131US #170
#92Erika131US #90
#93Kara128US #134
#94Jacqueline126US #65
#95Brittney124US #89
#96Whitney124US #91
#97Maria122US #47
#98Alexa121US #95
#99Kendra121US #126
#100Carly119US #138

Boys

#1Jacob1,689US #7
#2Michael1,600US #1
#3Tyler1,533US #5
#4Nicholas1,225US #9
#5Joshua1,223US #4
#6Matthew1,181US #3
#7Brandon1,164US #6
#8Zachary1,163US #12
#9Christopher1,089US #2
#10Andrew1,018US #10
#11Kyle997US #24
#12Austin987US #17
#13Joseph955US #11
#14Ryan943US #16
#15Alexander873US #22
#16Daniel837US #8
#17Cody803US #25
#18Anthony783US #18
#19James776US #14
#20Justin761US #20
#21Robert761US #21
#22David760US #13
#23John677US #15
#24Aaron624US #28
#25Thomas546US #27
#26William542US #19
#27Jordan538US #29
#28Adam536US #38
#29Nathan529US #40
#30Eric521US #30
#31Kevin513US #26
#32Benjamin464US #31
#33Steven464US #34
#34Dylan458US #32
#35Jonathan422US #23
#36Travis414US #53
#37Trevor383US #58
#38Timothy367US #39
#39Brian362US #37
#40Mitchell361US #71
#41Samuel325US #33
#42Alex323US #50
#43Cameron316US #52
#44Evan308US #62
#45Jeremy306US #47
#46Sean301US #44
#47Jason296US #46
#48Bradley293US #83
#49Patrick293US #42
#50Charles290US #43
#51Devin290US #61
#52Christian285US #35
#53Jared267US #63
#54Mark267US #48
#55Stephen265US #49
#56Derek262US #77
#57Jesse259US #45
#58Connor258US #59
#59Scott256US #80
#60Richard254US #41
#61Caleb253US #60
#62Dakota246US #69
#63Paul227US #64
#64Jeffrey226US #55
#65Ian218US #74
#66Kenneth218US #65
#67Corey216US #73
#68Lucas210US #95
#69Blake207US #81
#70Logan205US #70
#71Nathaniel202US #78
#72Dustin198US #56
#73Spencer190US #98
#74Gregory188US #76
#75Devon185US #117
#76Luke184US #91
#77Shane184US #92
#78Marcus182US #75
#79Brett179US #107
#80Jalen179US #183
#81Alec172US #109
#82Garrett169US #82
#83Bryan167US #66
#84Taylor166US #54
#85Hunter157US #67
#86Shawn157US #86
#87Keith155US #126
#88Chad152US #130
#89Jonathon152US #154
#90Peter150US #87
#91Seth148US #90
#92Ethan145US #89
#93Gabriel138US #68
#94Dominic137US #128
#95Antonio136US #88
#96Colin133US #124
#97Collin128US #151
#98Cory127US #102
#99Donald127US #132
#100Chase126US #114

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑39Miranda#58
↑29Abigail#39
↑28Autumn#66
↑27Emma#68
↑23Dakota#62
↑22Devon#75
↑16Gabrielle#53
↑16Sierra#74

Falling

↓22Brittney#95
↓18Cassandra#76
↓18Taylor#84
↓17Kelly#73
↓16Breanna#80
↓16Amy#87
↓15Scott#59
↓15Jeffrey#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.