State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 2020 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,502 Michigan births in 2020 across 2,559 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#71Alioutside the national top 200
#53Emmett#107 nationally
#80Elliana#133 nationally
#88Josie#135 nationally
#93Ashton#136 nationally
#94Eloise#137 nationally
#84Margaret#126 nationally
#82Charlie#122 nationally
#28Colton#66 nationally
#49Josephine#87 nationally
#60Wesley#98 nationally
#88Myles#124 nationally

Girls

#1Charlotte458US #5
#2Amelia451US #6
#3Olivia450US #1
#4Ava406US #3
#5Emma400US #2
#6Evelyn362US #9
#7Sophia359US #4
#8Harper310US #10
#9Isabella277US #7
#10Nora249US #30
#11Eleanor242US #22
#12Mia232US #8
#13Ella231US #15
#14Madison210US #23
#15Elizabeth205US #16
#16Mila203US #20
#17Grace199US #28
#18Layla197US #24
#19Abigail196US #12
#20Avery196US #19
#21Gianna189US #13
#22Chloe187US #25
#23Nova185US #38
#24Hazel184US #31
#25Violet184US #37
#26Lillian180US #46
#27Luna178US #14
#28Aurora177US #36
#29Riley177US #33
#30Paisley175US #49
#31Stella175US #42
#32Penelope173US #26
#33Scarlett170US #21
#34Willow168US #48
#35Lucy167US #50
#36Isla165US #44
#37Zoey164US #32
#38Brooklyn157US #54
#39Everly154US #43
#40Aria151US #27
#41Kinsley150US #59
#42Hannah148US #39
#43Natalie145US #51
#44Claire143US #58
#45Lily140US #35
#46Kennedy138US #72
#47Skylar138US #64
#48Ellie137US #29
#49Josephine131US #87
#50Aubrey129US #56
#51Ivy129US #57
#52Autumn128US #82
#53Emilia126US #41
#54Emily126US #18
#55Addison125US #47
#56Madelyn123US #66
#57Quinn123US #84
#58Delilah122US #70
#59Everleigh122US #94
#60Sofia120US #17
#61Naomi118US #52
#62Lydia117US #95
#63Savannah114US #67
#64Piper113US #91
#65Nevaeh110US #83
#66Ruby110US #74
#67Cora108US #88
#68Peyton108US #98
#69Vivian107US #101
#70Eliana105US #53
#71Anna102US #68
#72Bella102US #63
#73Maya101US #61
#74Leah100US #45
#75Raelynn100US #104
#76Brielle98US #100
#77Elena97US #55
#78Athena95US #107
#79Rylee95US #102
#80Elliana93US #133
#81Zoe92US #40
#82Charlie91US #122
#83Emery91US #89
#84Margaret91US #126
#85Melody89US #106
#86Rose89US #112
#87Hadley88US #111
#88Josie88US #135
#89Aaliyah87US #65
#90Gabriella86US #77
#91Serenity86US #69
#92Alice85US #76
#93Isabelle85US #121
#94Eloise84US #137
#95Jade84US #97
#96Sophie84US #75
#97Clara83US #103
#98Eliza83US #115
#99Julia82US #108
#100Mackenzie82US #119

Boys

#1Oliver498US #3
#2Noah482US #2
#3Liam472US #1
#4Henry438US #9
#5Benjamin404US #7
#6Elijah404US #4
#7William356US #5
#8James344US #6
#9Owen334US #22
#10Lucas331US #8
#11Jack327US #21
#12Mason324US #11
#13Lincoln322US #40
#14Theodore320US #23
#15Levi312US #18
#16Michael308US #12
#17Grayson305US #35
#18Wyatt296US #29
#19Logan291US #16
#20Alexander285US #10
#21Hudson276US #43
#22Carter274US #33
#23Jackson272US #17
#24Joseph249US #26
#25Leo237US #36
#26Ethan233US #13
#27Asher230US #32
#28Colton224US #66
#29Isaac224US #39
#30Luke223US #31
#31Aiden215US #24
#32Jacob209US #15
#33Maverick207US #50
#34Ezra204US #44
#35John202US #27
#36Charles198US #46
#37Samuel195US #25
#38Nolan193US #61
#39Daniel192US #14
#40Easton191US #73
#41Gabriel187US #38
#42Eli186US #60
#43Isaiah185US #51
#44David181US #28
#45Jaxon181US #48
#46Thomas181US #45
#47Landon178US #69
#48Miles175US #59
#49Josiah171US #49
#50Hunter169US #68
#51Andrew167US #52
#52Cameron167US #65
#53Emmett167US #107
#54Anthony166US #41
#55Roman164US #77
#56Greyson161US #81
#57Carson158US #84
#58Matthew156US #30
#59Connor155US #78
#60Wesley153US #98
#61Jameson152US #79
#62Parker151US #95
#63Brooks150US #92
#64Jaxson148US #85
#65Joshua147US #53
#66Sebastian147US #19
#67Adam146US #97
#68Julian143US #34
#69Ryan140US #57
#70Elias138US #54
#71Ali136
#72Dominic136US #89
#73Luca136US #67
#74Christian135US #62
#75Christopher134US #47
#76Cooper134US #75
#77Mateo132US #20
#78Caleb131US #56
#79Brayden128US #111
#80Silas128US #100
#81Everett126US #90
#82Bennett124US #101
#83Rowan124US #113
#84Jordan122US #82
#85Amir120US #117
#86Weston120US #104
#87Dylan119US #42
#88Myles118US #124
#89Sawyer118US #116
#90Robert117US #80
#91Jace114US #96
#92Legend114US #127
#93Ashton112US #136
#94Austin111US #88
#95Beau111US #109
#96Chase110US #123
#97Vincent110US #121
#98Jayden109US #37
#99Ezekiel108US #64
#100Giovanni108US #120

On the move since 2019

Rising

↑26Nova#23
↑26Delilah#58
↑26Maya#73
↑26Asher#27
↑26Ezra#34
↑22Miles#48
↑21Luca#73
↑19Anna#71

Falling

↓37Jayden#98
↓26Gabriella#90
↓26Clara#97
↓24Serenity#91
↓24Dominic#72
↓24Caleb#78
↓22Julia#99
↓21Mackenzie#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2019 rankings.