State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,072 Michigan births in 2005 across 2,533 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#91Brendan#176 nationally
#66Nolan#149 nationally
#97Skylar#154 nationally
#67Kennedy#118 nationally
#97Collin#145 nationally
#82Conner#127 nationally
#87Kendall#132 nationally
#88Alexandria#133 nationally
#65Bryce#109 nationally
#80Breanna#124 nationally
#78Lydia#119 nationally
#70Brady#110 nationally

Girls

#1Emma741US #2
#2Emily701US #1
#3Madison689US #3
#4Olivia657US #5
#5Ava655US #9
#6Grace587US #14
#7Abigail580US #4
#8Hannah507US #7
#9Isabella487US #6
#10Alexis481US #13
#11Sophia431US #12
#12Samantha426US #8
#13Lauren417US #21
#14Elizabeth411US #11
#15Ella377US #23
#16Natalie373US #18
#17Anna362US #22
#18Alyssa336US #16
#19Chloe333US #19
#20Sydney321US #30
#21Taylor301US #24
#22Hailey300US #26
#23Sarah294US #15
#24Morgan293US #33
#25Ashley289US #10
#26Kayla283US #25
#27Paige279US #60
#28Megan272US #41
#29Brooke267US #47
#30Mackenzie258US #51
#31Lily254US #39
#32Lillian242US #50
#33Brianna241US #20
#34Jenna240US #62
#35Gabrielle239US #55
#36Julia238US #31
#37Makayla227US #44
#38Allison225US #45
#39Jessica221US #27
#40Nevaeh218US #69
#41Rachel213US #38
#42Savannah212US #35
#43Faith207US #49
#44Kaylee204US #40
#45Kaitlyn203US #34
#46Brooklyn200US #78
#47Avery196US #67
#48Mia195US #17
#49Destiny184US #32
#50Victoria181US #28
#51Gabriella177US #61
#52Jasmine177US #29
#53Riley174US #54
#54Leah172US #68
#55Trinity172US #48
#56Katelyn167US #59
#57Autumn164US #90
#58Katherine162US #36
#59Mya162US #98
#60Mariah160US #85
#61Isabelle159US #96
#62Alexandra158US #37
#63Audrey158US #77
#64Amelia154US #84
#65Angelina152US #43
#66Marissa151US #91
#67Kennedy150US #118
#68Jada147US #76
#69Maria147US #46
#70Arianna138US #88
#71Sara138US #75
#72Madeline137US #70
#73Rebecca137US #81
#74Maya136US #73
#75Kylie135US #57
#76Claire131US #95
#77Jordan130US #86
#78Lydia130US #119
#79Haley126US #53
#80Breanna124US #124
#81Molly122US #97
#82Zoe121US #58
#83Nicole119US #56
#84Sofia118US #52
#85Madelyn117US #107
#86Amanda116US #79
#87Kendall115US #132
#88Alexandria114US #133
#89Aaliyah112US #93
#90Mary104US #72
#91Alexa102US #66
#92Jade102US #114
#93Rylee102US #128
#94Erin100US #112
#95Gracie100US #94
#96Isabel100US #89
#97Skylar98US #154
#98Amber97US #101
#99Shelby97US #117
#100Addison96US #106

Boys

#1Jacob962US #1
#2Andrew820US #6
#3Ethan784US #5
#4Joshua693US #3
#5Michael680US #2
#6Joseph657US #9
#7Tyler652US #16
#8Alexander635US #13
#9Matthew629US #4
#10Ryan624US #14
#11Nicholas607US #15
#12Logan598US #26
#13Nathan538US #20
#14Noah535US #23
#15Anthony529US #8
#16Benjamin509US #25
#17Jack496US #34
#18David481US #12
#19William477US #11
#20Zachary471US #29
#21Daniel457US #7
#22Evan453US #39
#23James453US #17
#24Dylan444US #24
#25Austin434US #38
#26Connor428US #48
#27Caleb421US #35
#28Aiden413US #50
#29Christopher411US #10
#30Luke406US #41
#31Gavin403US #47
#32John398US #18
#33Cameron396US #52
#34Gabriel388US #28
#35Samuel378US #21
#36Hunter376US #53
#37Christian372US #22
#38Owen356US #60
#39Lucas353US #58
#40Brandon352US #27
#41Mason344US #42
#42Jordan340US #46
#43Robert335US #37
#44Aidan327US #43
#45Elijah325US #31
#46Thomas322US #40
#47Kyle310US #69
#48Justin304US #36
#49Carter296US #77
#50Charles284US #56
#51Jonathan282US #19
#52Adam273US #64
#53Jackson263US #44
#54Isaac255US #49
#55Landon243US #61
#56Jayden241US #54
#57Ian237US #68
#58Dominic232US #85
#59Cole231US #79
#60Jason229US #51
#61Isaiah227US #45
#62Aaron217US #57
#63Wyatt208US #81
#64Alex205US #71
#65Bryce204US #109
#66Nolan203US #149
#67Seth201US #91
#68Blake200US #99
#69Kevin200US #33
#70Brady199US #110
#71Hayden199US #76
#72Colin198US #95
#73Chase197US #82
#74Jeremiah197US #78
#75Brayden193US #80
#76Eric186US #66
#77Nathaniel179US #67
#78Caden175US #98
#79Devin172US #90
#80Trevor167US #112
#81Antonio163US #92
#82Conner163US #127
#83Sean163US #75
#84Liam162US #104
#85Cody159US #96
#86Xavier157US #87
#87Parker155US #119
#88Ashton154US #107
#89Carson152US #101
#90Kaden151US #100
#91Brendan147US #176
#92Brian146US #63
#93Jaden144US #88
#94Riley142US #106
#95Timothy141US #84
#96Steven133US #83
#97Collin128US #145
#98Jesse127US #89
#99Kenneth125US #122
#100Paul124US #130

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑34Landon#55
↑29Mariah#60
↑28Nevaeh#40
↑25Isabelle#61
↑21Wyatt#63
↑20Gabriella#51
↑20Aiden#28
↑18Brady#70

Falling

↓34Zoe#82
↓34Brendan#91
↓25Haley#79
↓24Amber#98
↓23Kylie#75
↓23Mary#90
↓21Devin#79
↓20Ashton#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.