State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 104,909 Michigan births in 2002 across 2,425 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#84Alioutside the national top 200
#77Mitchell#177 nationally
#80Nolan#172 nationally
#40Brendan#124 nationally
#76Collin#148 nationally
#67Lydia#137 nationally
#75Kennedy#136 nationally
#64Madelyn#120 nationally
#89Mya#145 nationally
#91Jalen#145 nationally
#83Shane#130 nationally
#94Skylar#141 nationally

Girls

#1Madison900US #2
#2Emily808US #1
#3Emma730US #4
#4Hannah724US #3
#5Olivia680US #10
#6Alexis627US #5
#7Abigail575US #7
#8Grace575US #15
#9Elizabeth532US #11
#10Samantha511US #9
#11Lauren509US #13
#12Alyssa456US #12
#13Sarah441US #8
#14Taylor414US #18
#15Isabella409US #14
#16Megan403US #22
#17Anna399US #20
#18Kayla399US #19
#19Ashley394US #6
#20Morgan370US #29
#21Sydney368US #23
#22Brianna365US #17
#23Rachel363US #24
#24Jessica353US #16
#25Chloe347US #25
#26Jenna339US #47
#27Paige323US #51
#28Mackenzie310US #42
#29Hailey285US #31
#30Julia280US #33
#31Sophia280US #27
#32Kaitlyn279US #32
#33Allison268US #44
#34Victoria254US #21
#35Natalie253US #30
#36Brooke250US #52
#37Haley245US #35
#38Gabrielle243US #66
#39Makayla241US #50
#40Jasmine232US #26
#41Faith228US #48
#42Destiny218US #34
#43Jordan210US #45
#44Katelyn206US #53
#45Madeline203US #56
#46Riley201US #77
#47Autumn193US #73
#48Katherine191US #36
#49Nicole190US #37
#50Kaylee183US #57
#51Rebecca181US #54
#52Kylie179US #61
#53Ava178US #82
#54Alexandra174US #38
#55Sara173US #59
#56Savannah173US #39
#57Claire172US #95
#58Lillian169US #96
#59Amanda168US #46
#60Lily168US #79
#61Zoe168US #60
#62Amber165US #65
#63Ella163US #89
#64Madelyn160US #120
#65Jada155US #78
#66Erin154US #72
#67Lydia152US #137
#68Maria150US #40
#69Danielle148US #71
#70Shelby148US #75
#71Sierra148US #62
#72Jennifer146US #28
#73Isabelle145US #111
#74Leah143US #87
#75Kennedy142US #136
#76Angel140US #109
#77Mia140US #43
#78Alexandria137US #106
#79Trinity137US #70
#80Gabriella136US #76
#81Breanna134US #104
#82Audrey133US #100
#83Mary133US #49
#84Courtney132US #88
#85Marissa130US #99
#86Stephanie129US #41
#87Jade128US #86
#88Angelina126US #74
#89Mya124US #145
#90Alexa121US #69
#91Maya121US #90
#92Aaliyah118US #64
#93Molly117US #107
#94Skylar116US #141
#95Andrea114US #55
#96Kelsey114US #118
#97Angela107US #83
#98Mariah107US #130
#99Alicia106US #121
#100Christina106US #97

Boys

#1Jacob1,304US #1
#2Joshua874US #3
#3Ethan870US #5
#4Michael859US #2
#5Nicholas826US #9
#6Andrew788US #6
#7Joseph785US #7
#8Matthew744US #4
#9Tyler715US #14
#10Zachary706US #19
#11Alexander653US #15
#12Logan631US #29
#13Ryan619US #16
#14Austin617US #26
#15Nathan580US #28
#16Anthony570US #12
#17Benjamin532US #27
#18William529US #11
#19James511US #18
#20Dylan508US #23
#21Christopher507US #8
#22Noah501US #31
#23Brandon491US #20
#24David486US #13
#25Daniel484US #10
#26Hunter483US #38
#27Kyle472US #40
#28Justin471US #22
#29Caleb460US #35
#30Cameron454US #39
#31John443US #17
#32Samuel437US #25
#33Jack425US #44
#34Jordan407US #37
#35Christian387US #24
#36Gabriel385US #32
#37Connor384US #47
#38Luke383US #46
#39Robert367US #34
#40Brendan362US #124
#41Thomas356US #36
#42Adam335US #55
#43Evan329US #56
#44Gavin313US #61
#45Lucas294US #75
#46Jonathan292US #21
#47Mason288US #53
#48Aaron287US #43
#49Elijah283US #41
#50Jason275US #42
#51Charles270US #58
#52Dominic264US #83
#53Seth264US #72
#54Blake262US #76
#55Cole260US #69
#56Ian257US #67
#57Isaac253US #48
#58Trevor249US #81
#59Kevin244US #33
#60Devin242US #74
#61Cody230US #71
#62Eric220US #52
#63Chase219US #82
#64Owen219US #94
#65Nathaniel217US #62
#66Sean214US #59
#67Aidan211US #60
#68Jackson211US #50
#69Alex210US #63
#70Timothy200US #70
#71Steven190US #68
#72Carter187US #108
#73Bryce184US #97
#74Colin181US #116
#75Brian178US #51
#76Collin167US #148
#77Mitchell163US #177
#78Isaiah161US #45
#79Antonio157US #85
#80Nolan157US #172
#81Jaden155US #87
#82Garrett152US #91
#83Shane150US #130
#84Ali149
#85Jared148US #84
#86Carson146US #105
#87Maxwell143US #129
#88Grant142US #127
#89Mark141US #93
#90Dakota140US #107
#91Jalen138US #145
#92Jeremiah135US #86
#93Riley131US #99
#94Spencer130US #110
#95Kaleb129US #111
#96Hayden128US #96
#97Richard128US #77
#98Julian127US #78
#99Patrick127US #79
#100Brady126US #147

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑42Ava#53
↑35Kylie#52
↑30Riley#46
↑29Lily#60
↑28Aidan#67
↑25Lillian#58
↑21Jada#65
↑20Gavin#44

Falling

↓38Mariah#98
↓23Jared#85
↓22Mary#83
↓22Marissa#85
↓21Danielle#69
↓21Kelsey#96
↓20Molly#93
↓19Christina#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.