State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,848 Michigan births in 2008 across 2,647 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#67Alivia#181 nationally
#97Alainaoutside the national top 200
#91Brooklynn#183 nationally
#56Nolan#131 nationally
#84Kendall#149 nationally
#59Lydia#120 nationally
#81Collin#141 nationally
#57Kennedy#115 nationally
#94Jordyn#144 nationally
#60Jenna#108 nationally
#88Maxwell#134 nationally
#62Mya#103 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia683US #4
#2Ava643US #5
#3Emma634US #1
#4Madison610US #6
#5Sophia496US #7
#6Isabella492US #2
#7Abigail439US #8
#8Addison411US #12
#9Emily392US #3
#10Alexis377US #15
#11Chloe372US #10
#12Grace365US #21
#13Elizabeth361US #9
#14Samantha313US #11
#15Ella309US #19
#16Hannah294US #17
#17Taylor289US #22
#18Alyssa286US #16
#19Lillian282US #29
#20Lily280US #24
#21Brooklyn276US #48
#22Natalie274US #13
#23Anna272US #26
#24Lauren261US #30
#25Nevaeh256US #34
#26Sarah242US #20
#27Morgan232US #46
#28Aubrey226US #42
#29Avery224US #38
#30Riley217US #39
#31Hailey214US #25
#32Claire210US #62
#33Makayla210US #37
#34Kayla209US #28
#35Mia209US #14
#36Madelyn201US #64
#37Leah197US #40
#38Allison196US #32
#39Amelia190US #68
#40Kaylee190US #31
#41Brooke187US #52
#42Sydney187US #49
#43Audrey185US #44
#44Savannah185US #33
#45Gabriella183US #35
#46Mackenzie183US #65
#47Gabrielle180US #79
#48Layla177US #55
#49Brianna169US #23
#50Julia169US #41
#51Paige167US #89
#52Kylie166US #51
#53Mariah162US #77
#54Madeline161US #56
#55Peyton161US #60
#56Maya157US #71
#57Kennedy154US #115
#58Victoria153US #27
#59Lydia151US #120
#60Jenna150US #108
#61Kaitlyn149US #53
#62Mya149US #103
#63Autumn147US #87
#64Payton147US #91
#65Isabelle143US #93
#66Katelyn141US #80
#67Alivia133US #181
#68Ashley132US #18
#69Evelyn131US #54
#70Katherine128US #45
#71Trinity127US #70
#72Destiny124US #47
#73Megan123US #100
#74Charlotte121US #86
#75Maria121US #63
#76Arianna120US #66
#77Bailey119US #82
#78Faith119US #90
#79Molly118US #104
#80Zoey117US #98
#81Angelina115US #69
#82Gracie113US #99
#83Zoe112US #58
#84Kendall111US #149
#85Jessica110US #59
#86Jayla109US #117
#87Sophie108US #75
#88Jasmine107US #43
#89Sofia106US #36
#90Alexa103US #50
#91Brooklynn103US #183
#92Jada103US #110
#93Keira103US #123
#94Jordyn100US #144
#95Lilly100US #125
#96Aaliyah99US #76
#97Alaina98
#98Isabel98US #97
#99Jordan96US #128
#100Rylee96US #116

Boys

#1Jacob772US #1
#2Ethan632US #3
#3Michael600US #2
#4Alexander566US #6
#5Logan561US #19
#6Aiden530US #16
#7Andrew519US #12
#8Noah516US #15
#9Joseph506US #13
#10Joshua495US #4
#11Benjamin476US #25
#12Matthew474US #10
#13Tyler470US #28
#14Jayden462US #11
#15William461US #8
#16Anthony454US #7
#17Ryan439US #18
#18Gavin428US #30
#19James418US #17
#20Jack412US #39
#21Evan407US #38
#22Nathan401US #21
#23Christopher390US #9
#24Elijah390US #22
#25Caleb387US #34
#26Nicholas382US #29
#27Daniel375US #5
#28David370US #14
#29Landon362US #45
#30Dylan359US #31
#31Cameron356US #53
#32Jackson356US #32
#33Gabriel355US #24
#34Owen354US #58
#35Lucas351US #46
#36Luke351US #43
#37Carter339US #65
#38Zachary335US #47
#39Connor331US #57
#40Mason331US #35
#41Christian330US #23
#42Samuel326US #27
#43John315US #20
#44Austin313US #55
#45Hunter296US #54
#46Brayden293US #51
#47Wyatt283US #62
#48Chase278US #67
#49Robert278US #49
#50Brandon267US #33
#51Isaac266US #37
#52Blake265US #90
#53Thomas258US #52
#54Jordan255US #48
#55Charles243US #63
#56Nolan238US #131
#57Isaiah237US #42
#58Brady236US #94
#59Aidan235US #59
#60Cole234US #85
#61Justin230US #44
#62Aaron223US #50
#63Dominic223US #93
#64Adam218US #72
#65Brody215US #70
#66Liam210US #75
#67Jeremiah201US #68
#68Jonathan191US #26
#69Xavier183US #71
#70Carson179US #89
#71Jason177US #60
#72Ian176US #80
#73Kyle173US #97
#74Henry172US #78
#75Parker169US #103
#76Cooper167US #92
#77Hayden166US #76
#78Ayden165US #91
#79Colin160US #114
#80Jaden160US #88
#81Collin158US #141
#82Bryce154US #117
#83Levi153US #116
#84Devin151US #109
#85Caden150US #96
#86Kevin148US #41
#87Julian144US #61
#88Maxwell143US #134
#89Tristan143US #81
#90Antonio138US #102
#91Nathaniel138US #77
#92Colton136US #98
#93Seth134US #128
#94Kaden133US #100
#95Alex132US #84
#96Kaleb132US #115
#97Eric131US #86
#98Sean125US #83
#99Vincent125US #119
#100Ashton124US #122

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑31Madelyn#36
↑26Henry#74
↑25Amelia#39
↑22Leah#37
↑21Layla#48
↑21Lydia#59
↑19Brody#65
↑16Wyatt#47

Falling

↓32Jasmine#88
↓27Faith#78
↓24Megan#73
↓20Isabelle#65
↓20Ashley#68
↓20Jessica#85
↓19Isabel#98
↓16Gabrielle#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.