State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,206 Michigan births in 1998 across 2,325 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#95Brendenoutside the national top 200
#100Jalenoutside the national top 200
#26Brendan#99 nationally
#99Diamond#164 nationally
#80Collin#130 nationally
#57Mitchell#103 nationally
#81Dominic#120 nationally
#94Brett#133 nationally
#99Malik#138 nationally
#98Maxwell#136 nationally
#67Bradley#101 nationally
#78Alec#112 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,094US #1
#2Hannah857US #2
#3Alexis821US #6
#4Samantha757US #3
#5Taylor752US #7
#6Madison749US #9
#7Sarah710US #4
#8Ashley630US #5
#9Megan628US #13
#10Jessica578US #8
#11Rachel573US #15
#12Alyssa542US #11
#13Kayla536US #12
#14Elizabeth526US #10
#15Olivia524US #21
#16Lauren517US #14
#17Emma436US #22
#18Abigail421US #18
#19Brianna412US #17
#20Morgan412US #23
#21Nicole359US #24
#22Amanda353US #19
#23Anna348US #31
#24Sydney348US #28
#25Allison339US #38
#26Victoria319US #16
#27Julia309US #32
#28Haley306US #36
#29Kaitlyn304US #35
#30Paige304US #63
#31Brittany299US #25
#32Alexandra295US #27
#33Amber295US #37
#34Brooke290US #46
#35Courtney287US #39
#36Rebecca287US #30
#37Gabrielle273US #47
#38Jordan273US #42
#39Mackenzie264US #64
#40Jenna263US #65
#41Destiny262US #34
#42Danielle260US #41
#43Madeline251US #50
#44Autumn248US #77
#45Katelyn245US #58
#46Natalie244US #40
#47Shelby240US #49
#48Jasmine239US #26
#49Kelsey233US #56
#50Mariah233US #62
#51Jennifer231US #20
#52Katherine227US #33
#53Grace226US #53
#54Sara220US #48
#55Erin218US #57
#56Stephanie209US #29
#57Kaylee198US #86
#58Mary194US #44
#59Hailey191US #70
#60Marissa189US #66
#61Sierra186US #51
#62Breanna185US #76
#63Savannah182US #45
#64Bailey178US #60
#65Miranda177US #80
#66Claire174US #91
#67Mikayla174US #82
#68Cheyenne171US #72
#69Alexandria166US #81
#70Maria163US #43
#71Chelsea156US #94
#72Makayla151US #71
#73Andrea147US #61
#74Leah145US #106
#75Melissa145US #59
#76Sabrina143US #68
#77Chloe141US #87
#78Katie140US #88
#79Caitlin139US #78
#80Lindsey138US #97
#81Cassandra135US #85
#82Christina133US #69
#83Tiffany132US #67
#84Erica128US #92
#85Angela127US #100
#86Faith127US #107
#87Heather126US #99
#88Kathryn126US #89
#89Sophia122US #73
#90Isabella121US #84
#91Laura120US #74
#92Alicia118US #98
#93Cassidy117US #113
#94Molly117US #108
#95Jamie113US #112
#96Kelly113US #90
#97Jade112US #125
#98Kristen112US #102
#99Diamond111US #164
#100Alexa109US #93

Boys

#1Jacob1,763US #2
#2Michael1,198US #1
#3Joshua1,078US #4
#4Austin1,068US #10
#5Nicholas1,052US #6
#6Tyler1,049US #8
#7Matthew1,025US #3
#8Brandon925US #7
#9Andrew924US #9
#10Zachary903US #16
#11Joseph873US #11
#12Kyle796US #24
#13Ryan753US #17
#14Alexander732US #22
#15Christopher730US #5
#16Justin679US #20
#17Anthony656US #19
#18Noah641US #29
#19James629US #18
#20Daniel618US #12
#21David602US #13
#22John579US #15
#23Nathan563US #34
#24Jordan545US #27
#25Robert530US #23
#26Brendan506US #99
#27Dylan504US #25
#28Hunter504US #36
#29William494US #14
#30Benjamin482US #30
#31Cameron470US #35
#32Logan431US #44
#33Aaron422US #37
#34Samuel414US #28
#35Thomas410US #31
#36Eric386US #39
#37Caleb366US #42
#38Adam362US #45
#39Christian355US #26
#40Jonathan355US #21
#41Ethan354US #38
#42Connor349US #47
#43Cody348US #43
#44Trevor342US #58
#45Devin337US #62
#46Kevin321US #32
#47Jared312US #51
#48Jason306US #40
#49Jack287US #61
#50Evan283US #63
#51Steven282US #46
#52Alex275US #55
#53Charles262US #48
#54Chase262US #67
#55Timothy260US #49
#56Sean257US #50
#57Mitchell253US #103
#58Brian247US #41
#59Nathaniel237US #60
#60Ian218US #73
#61Dakota213US #72
#62Patrick212US #57
#63Luke210US #75
#64Mark210US #64
#65Gabriel209US #54
#66Spencer208US #84
#67Bradley199US #101
#68Blake197US #85
#69Jeremy194US #68
#70Seth194US #86
#71Garrett188US #80
#72Lucas188US #93
#73Richard186US #56
#74Travis185US #98
#75Bryce184US #94
#76Cole184US #77
#77Antonio181US #79
#78Alec174US #112
#79Isaac174US #65
#80Collin170US #130
#81Dominic167US #120
#82Jesse167US #70
#83Kenneth167US #87
#84Shane166US #118
#85Derek162US #110
#86Devon160US #119
#87Mason159US #83
#88Stephen155US #78
#89Paul154US #89
#90Jeffrey152US #91
#91Marcus151US #96
#92Colin150US #122
#93Grant143US #127
#94Brett141US #133
#95Brenden140
#96Elijah136US #66
#97Gavin136US #116
#98Maxwell135US #136
#99Malik129US #138
#100Jalen128

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑36Kaylee#57
↑19Julia#27
↑19Destiny#41
↑19Isaac#79
↑18Grace#53
↑17Mikayla#67
↑16Natalie#46
↑16Makayla#72

Falling

↓24Chelsea#71
↓18Alicia#92
↓18Grant#93
↓17Katherine#52
↓17Travis#74
↓16Paul#89
↓14Stephanie#56
↓14Savannah#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.