State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,308 Michigan births in 2000 across 2,410 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#90Nolan#182 nationally
#88Diamond#162 nationally
#69Kennedy#139 nationally
#37Brendan#101 nationally
#68Mitchell#132 nationally
#95Alec#156 nationally
#75Collin#128 nationally
#97Owen#145 nationally
#73Dominic#118 nationally
#84Madelyn#126 nationally
#93Skylar#135 nationally
#90Riley#131 nationally

Girls

#1Emily942US #1
#2Hannah900US #2
#3Madison868US #3
#4Alexis758US #6
#5Olivia648US #16
#6Lauren604US #11
#7Samantha593US #7
#8Sarah590US #5
#9Taylor566US #10
#10Kayla550US #13
#11Ashley546US #4
#12Megan530US #18
#13Alyssa528US #12
#14Grace514US #19
#15Emma502US #17
#16Abigail486US #14
#17Elizabeth484US #9
#18Sydney464US #23
#19Jessica455US #8
#20Morgan441US #25
#21Anna435US #22
#22Rachel434US #21
#23Brianna389US #15
#24Haley366US #28
#25Julia332US #29
#26Hailey329US #35
#27Kaitlyn323US #30
#28Mackenzie323US #43
#29Chloe314US #38
#30Jenna295US #63
#31Nicole293US #31
#32Allison291US #44
#33Destiny289US #24
#34Gabrielle288US #49
#35Paige279US #69
#36Natalie263US #34
#37Amanda259US #32
#38Alexandra256US #36
#39Jasmine256US #27
#40Rebecca254US #39
#41Brooke250US #51
#42Victoria250US #20
#43Madeline237US #56
#44Katelyn232US #54
#45Katherine231US #33
#46Danielle229US #48
#47Autumn225US #77
#48Jordan219US #50
#49Savannah218US #37
#50Shelby216US #70
#51Amber215US #47
#52Courtney212US #59
#53Makayla210US #67
#54Sophia208US #42
#55Faith207US #66
#56Erin204US #61
#57Isabella203US #45
#58Jennifer203US #26
#59Kaylee198US #72
#60Claire180US #86
#61Sierra180US #53
#62Stephanie175US #40
#63Sara174US #57
#64Breanna169US #80
#65Mariah166US #75
#66Maria161US #41
#67Mary154US #46
#68Alexandria152US #91
#69Kennedy149US #139
#70Jada148US #84
#71Mikayla143US #108
#72Kelsey140US #88
#73Bailey138US #68
#74Marissa138US #78
#75Andrea137US #55
#76Brittany137US #60
#77Erica133US #102
#78Leah133US #97
#79Lindsey129US #103
#80Angel128US #119
#81Caitlin128US #76
#82Christina126US #73
#83Miranda126US #112
#84Madelyn125US #126
#85Molly125US #96
#86Zoe124US #82
#87Cassidy123US #107
#88Diamond121US #162
#89Kathryn121US #89
#90Riley121US #131
#91Cheyenne115US #99
#92Sabrina115US #92
#93Skylar115US #135
#94Cassandra114US #100
#95Meghan113US #134
#96Alexa112US #87
#97Audrey112US #115
#98Jillian112US #120
#99Kylie112US #104
#100Lily111US #124

Boys

#1Jacob1,570US #1
#2Joshua1,016US #4
#3Michael996US #2
#4Nicholas970US #6
#5Andrew941US #7
#6Tyler910US #10
#7Matthew892US #3
#8Zachary850US #15
#9Joseph803US #8
#10Ryan745US #13
#11Alexander706US #20
#12Austin687US #23
#13Justin681US #19
#14Brandon651US #12
#15Noah647US #27
#16Christopher636US #5
#17Benjamin633US #26
#18Nathan620US #30
#19Ethan594US #25
#20Kyle585US #37
#21James583US #18
#22Hunter579US #35
#23Dylan566US #24
#24Anthony564US #17
#25David541US #16
#26John536US #14
#27William528US #11
#28Daniel520US #9
#29Cameron504US #31
#30Logan501US #40
#31Jordan470US #36
#32Robert469US #29
#33Thomas468US #33
#34Christian447US #22
#35Samuel418US #28
#36Adam394US #45
#37Brendan383US #101
#38Jack382US #46
#39Jonathan379US #21
#40Caleb375US #38
#41Aaron373US #41
#42Evan362US #55
#43Connor321US #50
#44Jared316US #56
#45Devin308US #69
#46Trevor301US #75
#47Kevin291US #32
#48Eric290US #42
#49Luke288US #59
#50Jason277US #39
#51Seth258US #63
#52Gabriel256US #44
#53Cody255US #60
#54Cole253US #71
#55Brian252US #43
#56Chase251US #77
#57Steven250US #54
#58Nathaniel246US #61
#59Lucas245US #83
#60Ian244US #73
#61Blake240US #80
#62Isaac238US #53
#63Sean236US #57
#64Alex230US #62
#65Garrett230US #74
#66Charles228US #51
#67Timothy227US #58
#68Mitchell225US #132
#69Mason220US #64
#70Elijah219US #52
#71Gavin214US #85
#72Dakota199US #88
#73Dominic189US #118
#74Jalen189US #106
#75Collin185US #128
#76Richard185US #65
#77Mark182US #79
#78Patrick181US #68
#79Antonio180US #82
#80Bryce180US #92
#81Jackson176US #72
#82Spencer176US #98
#83Travis173US #115
#84Jeremy169US #84
#85Isaiah168US #47
#86Marcus164US #99
#87Shane163US #116
#88Kenneth160US #94
#89Maxwell155US #113
#90Nolan155US #182
#91Paul152US #100
#92Colin145US #117
#93Bradley144US #131
#94Carson142US #119
#95Alec141US #156
#96Devon135US #133
#97Owen131US #145
#98Parker130US #127
#99Grant129US #123
#100Jake129US #96

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑23Jada#70
↑22Chloe#29
↑22Kennedy#69
↑20Cole#54
↑19Hailey#26
↑18Sophia#54
↑17Madeline#43
↑17Jordan#48

Falling

↓32Brittany#76
↓24Marissa#74
↓22Bradley#93
↓16Cassandra#94
↓14Diamond#88
↓13Amanda#37
↓13Kelsey#72
↓13Alex#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.