State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 110,151 Michigan births in 1999 across 2,368 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#88Jalen#172 nationally
#74Diamond#150 nationally
#91Kennedy#165 nationally
#34Brendan#96 nationally
#72Collin#130 nationally
#92Lydia#148 nationally
#64Mitchell#112 nationally
#84Meghan#127 nationally
#87Grant#128 nationally
#78Dominic#118 nationally
#100Scott#140 nationally
#29Paige#67 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,081US #1
#2Hannah898US #2
#3Alexis825US #3
#4Madison750US #7
#5Samantha676US #5
#6Taylor674US #8
#7Sarah666US #4
#8Ashley621US #6
#9Lauren589US #12
#10Megan577US #15
#11Olivia530US #20
#12Alyssa527US #11
#13Jessica525US #9
#14Elizabeth511US #10
#15Kayla492US #13
#16Emma473US #17
#17Abigail462US #18
#18Rachel459US #19
#19Morgan431US #24
#20Brianna413US #14
#21Sydney407US #23
#22Grace405US #27
#23Anna369US #29
#24Amanda338US #22
#25Nicole312US #25
#26Kaitlyn311US #33
#27Julia309US #30
#28Haley307US #31
#29Paige307US #67
#30Victoria302US #16
#31Mackenzie301US #52
#32Allison297US #40
#33Brooke295US #47
#34Jenna289US #61
#35Gabrielle282US #46
#36Destiny281US #28
#37Alexandra280US #32
#38Rebecca270US #38
#39Danielle266US #43
#40Natalie260US #34
#41Autumn254US #77
#42Courtney251US #44
#43Amber242US #41
#44Brittany242US #35
#45Hailey242US #54
#46Erin239US #58
#47Jasmine233US #26
#48Katherine233US #36
#49Shelby208US #62
#50Marissa205US #73
#51Chloe204US #63
#52Savannah203US #42
#53Makayla198US #66
#54Katelyn196US #55
#55Sara196US #50
#56Claire193US #86
#57Mary192US #45
#58Kaylee191US #69
#59Kelsey189US #72
#60Madeline189US #70
#61Mariah188US #68
#62Faith186US #76
#63Alexandria185US #83
#64Sierra185US #49
#65Jordan184US #48
#66Jennifer180US #21
#67Breanna179US #74
#68Isabella179US #60
#69Mikayla178US #85
#70Maria176US #39
#71Stephanie175US #37
#72Sophia173US #53
#73Leah148US #103
#74Diamond143US #150
#75Christina135US #75
#76Lindsey135US #96
#77Bailey134US #65
#78Cassandra134US #87
#79Cheyenne133US #84
#80Andrea130US #59
#81Katie129US #92
#82Michelle127US #56
#83Miranda126US #94
#84Meghan125US #127
#85Erica123US #106
#86Kiara123US #78
#87Angela122US #90
#88Molly121US #102
#89Alexa119US #89
#90Kathryn116US #91
#91Kennedy115US #165
#92Lydia115US #148
#93Jada114US #111
#94Sabrina114US #88
#95Angel113US #121
#96Caitlin111US #93
#97Kylie110US #109
#98Skylar110US #131
#99Chelsea108US #122
#100Tiffany108US #80

Boys

#1Jacob1,744US #1
#2Michael1,079US #2
#3Nicholas1,021US #5
#4Tyler1,006US #10
#5Joshua999US #4
#6Andrew994US #7
#7Matthew994US #3
#8Austin946US #13
#9Zachary877US #17
#10Joseph873US #8
#11Brandon797US #11
#12Ryan778US #12
#13Kyle726US #28
#14Alexander714US #21
#15Justin696US #20
#16Christopher663US #6
#17Noah654US #24
#18Anthony639US #18
#19James594US #19
#20David593US #16
#21Daniel591US #9
#22Nathan579US #32
#23Dylan572US #23
#24Benjamin537US #29
#25John521US #15
#26William509US #14
#27Hunter506US #36
#28Jordan481US #30
#29Cameron474US #33
#30Robert454US #26
#31Thomas435US #31
#32Samuel430US #27
#33Logan423US #42
#34Brendan408US #96
#35Ethan404US #37
#36Christian403US #25
#37Jonathan390US #22
#38Aaron375US #38
#39Adam361US #44
#40Caleb352US #41
#41Jack340US #52
#42Eric327US #39
#43Jared323US #54
#44Evan318US #57
#45Connor317US #48
#46Devin317US #68
#47Trevor303US #66
#48Kevin301US #34
#49Jason291US #40
#50Cody290US #45
#51Alex280US #58
#52Seth275US #65
#53Charles269US #50
#54Timothy258US #49
#55Steven245US #47
#56Luke244US #67
#57Lucas233US #90
#58Chase231US #76
#59Ian230US #72
#60Nathaniel225US #62
#61Sean216US #56
#62Brian214US #43
#63Gabriel213US #53
#64Mitchell211US #112
#65Blake209US #84
#66Dakota200US #77
#67Garrett199US #78
#68Patrick193US #63
#69Isaac188US #64
#70Bryce186US #93
#71Bradley185US #104
#72Collin185US #130
#73Richard185US #61
#74Cole184US #75
#75Travis184US #102
#76Antonio183US #80
#77Mark180US #69
#78Dominic178US #118
#79Jeremy178US #81
#80Maxwell178US #106
#81Spencer178US #92
#82Mason174US #71
#83Elijah170US #60
#84Gavin169US #101
#85Marcus156US #98
#86Shane154US #110
#87Grant150US #128
#88Jalen150US #172
#89Kenneth148US #89
#90Parker146US #124
#91Jesse143US #82
#92Paul143US #94
#93Devon135US #125
#94Isaiah133US #51
#95Jeffrey132US #100
#96Gregory129US #122
#97Stephen128US #85
#98Alec127US #132
#99Colin125US #119
#100Scott125US #140

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑31Grace#22
↑26Chloe#51
↑25Diamond#74
↑24Faith#62
↑22Isabella#68
↑19Makayla#53
↑18Seth#52
↑18Maxwell#80

Falling

↓28Chelsea#99
↓27Jordan#65
↓20Alec#98
↓18Miranda#83
↓18Sabrina#94
↓17Madeline#60
↓17Caitlin#96
↓17Tiffany#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.