State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,265 Michigan births in 1997 across 2,213 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#99Diamond#181 nationally
#27Brendan#107 nationally
#47Mitchell#96 nationally
#74Collin#122 nationally
#75Grant#115 nationally
#89Dominic#129 nationally
#80Devon#119 nationally
#87Colin#125 nationally
#86Alec#123 nationally
#55Autumn#91 nationally
#30Paige#64 nationally
#79Scott#113 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,074US #1
#2Hannah857US #5
#3Samantha797US #6
#4Sarah787US #4
#5Taylor781US #7
#6Ashley733US #3
#7Jessica695US #2
#8Alexis694US #8
#9Rachel646US #13
#10Madison612US #10
#11Megan588US #11
#12Kayla575US #12
#13Alyssa540US #15
#14Lauren536US #14
#15Elizabeth512US #9
#16Brianna449US #17
#17Nicole441US #21
#18Olivia439US #27
#19Amanda437US #16
#20Morgan421US #22
#21Brittany419US #20
#22Abigail374US #26
#23Sydney372US #35
#24Amber352US #29
#25Rebecca346US #25
#26Courtney344US #28
#27Anna342US #33
#28Allison338US #39
#29Brooke336US #45
#30Paige319US #64
#31Emma309US #36
#32Haley306US #31
#33Danielle298US #34
#34Victoria295US #19
#35Katherine290US #32
#36Shelby289US #43
#37Alexandra284US #30
#38Mackenzie282US #71
#39Kelsey277US #57
#40Gabrielle276US #51
#41Kaitlyn266US #41
#42Stephanie262US #23
#43Jennifer259US #18
#44Jordan252US #40
#45Jasmine249US #24
#46Julia241US #37
#47Chelsea240US #73
#48Jenna239US #76
#49Savannah239US #47
#50Sierra239US #56
#51Miranda231US #70
#52Marissa226US #60
#53Erin224US #52
#54Katelyn224US #63
#55Autumn223US #91
#56Madeline221US #59
#57Sara220US #50
#58Mariah218US #67
#59Bailey207US #65
#60Destiny207US #42
#61Breanna206US #74
#62Natalie204US #48
#63Mary196US #46
#64Alexandria193US #78
#65Cheyenne193US #68
#66Sabrina176US #53
#67Andrea174US #58
#68Hailey174US #80
#69Melissa174US #44
#70Tiffany172US #61
#71Grace170US #69
#72Christina169US #62
#73Maria165US #38
#74Alicia158US #89
#75Leah156US #104
#76Erica151US #84
#77Katie150US #87
#78Lindsey140US #95
#79Laura139US #66
#80Kathryn138US #86
#81Claire137US #108
#82Cassandra134US #81
#83Chloe134US #109
#84Mikayla132US #112
#85Michelle131US #55
#86Molly131US #98
#87Caitlin130US #88
#88Makayla130US #102
#89Cassidy129US #105
#90Heather128US #90
#91Shannon128US #85
#92Jamie125US #103
#93Kaylee124US #107
#94Angela122US #93
#95Margaret121US #110
#96Monica121US #79
#97Kristen119US #82
#98Sophia119US #94
#99Diamond115US #181
#100Briana112US #72

Boys

#1Jacob1,752US #2
#2Michael1,374US #1
#3Austin1,226US #9
#4Tyler1,178US #10
#5Nicholas1,101US #6
#6Joshua1,040US #5
#7Andrew1,030US #7
#8Matthew1,018US #3
#9Brandon973US #8
#10Zachary930US #13
#11Joseph873US #12
#12Kyle828US #24
#13Christopher806US #4
#14Ryan794US #16
#15Alexander720US #22
#16Justin708US #20
#17Anthony668US #18
#18David665US #14
#19James659US #17
#20Daniel650US #11
#21John606US #15
#22Robert585US #23
#23Jordan576US #26
#24William515US #19
#25Benjamin512US #29
#26Nathan483US #34
#27Brendan477US #107
#28Aaron470US #33
#29Dylan456US #30
#30Thomas447US #31
#31Noah446US #38
#32Christian416US #25
#33Adam402US #39
#34Cody400US #36
#35Jonathan397US #21
#36Samuel395US #27
#37Logan366US #42
#38Eric362US #35
#39Kevin360US #28
#40Cameron352US #45
#41Hunter347US #44
#42Devin337US #59
#43Trevor337US #62
#44Steven334US #40
#45Caleb322US #47
#46Jared314US #56
#47Mitchell307US #96
#48Ethan300US #46
#49Alex297US #55
#50Timothy296US #43
#51Jason292US #41
#52Connor286US #52
#53Charles279US #49
#54Evan272US #61
#55Brian264US #37
#56Sean261US #48
#57Travis242US #81
#58Patrick239US #50
#59Jack236US #76
#60Chase232US #77
#61Bradley228US #94
#62Dakota226US #66
#63Nathaniel217US #65
#64Blake211US #80
#65Luke208US #78
#66Antonio198US #75
#67Jeremy198US #64
#68Mark198US #58
#69Lucas196US #98
#70Ian195US #70
#71Kenneth192US #83
#72Spencer192US #104
#73Paul185US #79
#74Collin182US #122
#75Grant177US #115
#76Gabriel174US #57
#77Garrett173US #85
#78Richard173US #51
#79Scott171US #113
#80Devon167US #119
#81Stephen166US #68
#82Jesse165US #63
#83Marcus165US #93
#84Seth164US #97
#85Cole160US #72
#86Alec158US #123
#87Colin157US #125
#88Shane157US #114
#89Dominic151US #129
#90Malik151US #111
#91Mason150US #89
#92Brett149US #116
#93Elijah144US #74
#94Derek142US #106
#95Jeffrey138US #84
#96Peter138US #102
#97Dustin133US #88
#98Isaac133US #73
#99Corey132US #110
#100Tristan131US #92

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑31Bailey#59
↑21Jack#59
↑20Emma#31
↑16Ethan#48
↑14Claire#81
↑13Sydney#23
↑13Julia#46
↑13Gabriel#76

Falling

↓21Jeffrey#95
↓19Jesse#82
↓17Briana#100
↓16Richard#78
↓15Angela#94
↓15Kristen#97
↓14Heather#90
↓13Shelby#36

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.