State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 108,348 Michigan births in 2001 across 2,429 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#88Nolan#180 nationally
#74Mitchell#156 nationally
#44Brendan#115 nationally
#77Kennedy#138 nationally
#76Collin#136 nationally
#90Devon#147 nationally
#75Owen#130 nationally
#67Madelyn#121 nationally
#93Gage#144 nationally
#77Jalen#127 nationally
#80Colin#125 nationally
#71Isabelle#113 nationally

Girls

#1Madison930US #2
#2Emily897US #1
#3Hannah819US #3
#4Olivia678US #10
#5Alexis644US #5
#6Lauren570US #15
#7Elizabeth547US #9
#8Abigail543US #8
#9Samantha537US #7
#10Emma534US #13
#11Taylor534US #12
#12Grace530US #16
#13Sarah530US #6
#14Ashley513US #4
#15Megan497US #20
#16Alyssa459US #14
#17Sydney420US #23
#18Jessica414US #11
#19Anna398US #19
#20Morgan388US #29
#21Hailey358US #33
#22Rachel358US #24
#23Brianna354US #18
#24Kayla354US #17
#25Chloe349US #30
#26Jenna346US #45
#27Mackenzie344US #40
#28Julia325US #27
#29Haley293US #34
#30Isabella287US #28
#31Gabrielle285US #50
#32Kaitlyn275US #31
#33Paige259US #71
#34Victoria254US #21
#35Destiny253US #22
#36Faith252US #53
#37Natalie251US #32
#38Allison247US #44
#39Autumn246US #72
#40Brooke242US #57
#41Sophia233US #37
#42Katherine223US #35
#43Makayla223US #54
#44Jasmine221US #25
#45Alexandra219US #38
#46Jordan218US #47
#47Nicole216US #36
#48Danielle211US #63
#49Amanda210US #39
#50Erin205US #60
#51Amber202US #51
#52Shelby199US #68
#53Rebecca196US #46
#54Madeline195US #56
#55Sierra194US #55
#56Katelyn192US #52
#57Sara180US #58
#58Kaylee178US #66
#59Maria175US #41
#60Mariah175US #85
#61Mary174US #48
#62Zoe174US #65
#63Marissa173US #79
#64Claire168US #82
#65Savannah165US #42
#66Jennifer164US #26
#67Madelyn154US #121
#68Leah152US #87
#69Stephanie149US #43
#70Breanna147US #94
#71Isabelle145US #113
#72Alexandria144US #91
#73Molly144US #90
#74Courtney141US #73
#75Kelsey140US #100
#76Riley139US #106
#77Kennedy137US #138
#78Mikayla136US #109
#79Arianna135US #108
#80Audrey135US #112
#81Christina135US #80
#82Jade133US #98
#83Lillian128US #111
#84Lindsey127US #105
#85Bailey125US #69
#86Jada125US #75
#87Kylie125US #95
#88Angel124US #104
#89Lily122US #103
#90Trinity120US #67
#91Caitlin119US #89
#92Jillian117US #120
#93Cassidy115US #107
#94Ariana110US #92
#95Ava110US #132
#96Isabel110US #88
#97Andrea108US #49
#98Gabriella108US #83
#99Alicia106US #130
#100Maya106US #110

Boys

#1Jacob1,384US #1
#2Nicholas947US #6
#3Joshua936US #4
#4Michael923US #2
#5Andrew899US #7
#6Matthew877US #3
#7Tyler828US #13
#8Joseph796US #8
#9Zachary771US #16
#10Ryan695US #15
#11Austin679US #25
#12Ethan676US #17
#13Alexander648US #20
#14Anthony631US #11
#15Noah629US #28
#16Logan625US #29
#17Dylan601US #21
#18Justin593US #22
#19Benjamin587US #27
#20Christopher585US #5
#21David585US #12
#22Brandon581US #18
#23Nathan577US #31
#24Kyle547US #40
#25Hunter534US #36
#26James533US #19
#27William516US #10
#28Cameron514US #35
#29John505US #14
#30Daniel490US #9
#31Samuel474US #26
#32Caleb444US #37
#33Robert431US #30
#34Christian414US #24
#35Thomas412US #33
#36Jordan402US #39
#37Connor387US #49
#38Jonathan379US #23
#39Jack377US #48
#40Luke364US #50
#41Evan350US #56
#42Aaron345US #42
#43Gabriel345US #38
#44Brendan337US #115
#45Jason327US #41
#46Adam324US #51
#47Kevin309US #32
#48Devin302US #71
#49Trevor285US #76
#50Blake279US #77
#51Seth278US #68
#52Ian273US #70
#53Mason268US #54
#54Eric267US #44
#55Lucas261US #83
#56Nathaniel245US #61
#57Steven241US #63
#58Cody240US #64
#59Charles239US #55
#60Chase235US #79
#61Timothy235US #67
#62Jared229US #65
#63Sean228US #57
#64Gavin225US #78
#65Cole218US #74
#66Alex216US #62
#67Elijah214US #45
#68Isaac201US #47
#69Jackson199US #60
#70Bryce196US #92
#71Dominic188US #106
#72Brian185US #46
#73Garrett184US #80
#74Mitchell177US #156
#75Owen175US #130
#76Collin170US #136
#77Jalen169US #127
#78Antonio168US #85
#79Carter165US #111
#80Colin160US #125
#81Richard157US #73
#82Isaiah156US #43
#83Patrick156US #72
#84Spencer154US #103
#85Dakota152US #93
#86Kenneth152US #97
#87Carson150US #95
#88Nolan150US #180
#89Riley148US #105
#90Devon142US #147
#91Wyatt142US #107
#92Shane141US #128
#93Gage140US #144
#94Grant139US #135
#95Aidan138US #86
#96Jose138US #34
#97Marcus138US #104
#98Mark138US #84
#99Maxwell137US #124
#100Parker136US #123

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑27Isabella#30
↑24Zoe#62
↑22Owen#75
↑19Faith#36
↑17Madelyn#67
↑17Audrey#80
↑16Mason#53
↑14Riley#76

Falling

↓22Courtney#74
↓22Andrea#97
↓21Mark#98
↓18Jared#62
↓17Brian#72
↓16Nicole#47
↓16Savannah#65
↓16Jada#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.