NameCensus.

Top first names in Michigan

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Michigan since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Michigan account for 5,319,012 total births.

# Name Total in Michigan Trend
1 Robert 216,822
2 Michael 199,159
3 James 190,141
4 John 182,994
5 David 167,322
6 William 143,657
7 Mary 137,991
8 Richard 119,586
9 Thomas 105,936
10 Joseph 94,648
11 Daniel 81,963
12 Charles 80,461
13 Donald 77,173
14 Mark 74,152
15 Patricia 74,033
16 Christopher 73,202
17 Matthew 69,142
18 Barbara 66,780
19 Linda 64,463
20 Kenneth 63,356
21 Steven 62,699
22 Jennifer 60,607
23 Ronald 60,394
24 Paul 59,567
25 Brian 57,651
26 Susan 57,338
27 Timothy 56,247
28 Elizabeth 54,536
29 Andrew 54,391
30 Anthony 52,915
31 Karen 51,771
32 Kevin 51,200
33 Jeffrey 50,987
34 Edward 50,157
35 Gary 49,261
36 Nancy 49,057
37 Scott 47,616
38 Jason 46,309
39 George 45,353
40 Margaret 45,239
41 Carol 44,991
42 Lisa 44,688
43 Joshua 44,602
44 Sandra 43,069
45 Ryan 42,291
46 Eric 40,929
47 Jacob 40,332
48 Michelle 39,744
49 Sarah 39,579
50 Kathleen 38,748
51 Sharon 38,699
52 Dennis 38,689
53 Nicholas 38,529
54 Kimberly 38,038
55 Jessica 37,930
56 Dorothy 37,369
57 Betty 36,412
58 Jack 36,149
59 Gregory 35,918
60 Larry 35,747
61 Gerald 35,383
62 Donna 35,220
63 Douglas 34,558
64 Deborah 34,431
65 Helen 33,592
66 Patrick 32,981
67 Laura 32,923
68 Amy 32,867
69 Shirley 32,193
70 Raymond 32,133
71 Diane 30,831
72 Ruth 30,826
73 Julie 30,819
74 Emily 30,782
75 Amanda 30,699
76 Pamela 30,374
77 Stephen 29,963
78 Benjamin 29,564
79 Frank 29,372
80 Rebecca 29,309
81 Janet 29,174
82 Brandon 29,154
83 Cynthia 29,098
84 Melissa 29,080
85 Ashley 29,004
86 Justin 28,439
87 Nicole 28,270
88 Christine 28,118
89 Kelly 27,831
90 Angela 27,767
91 Adam 26,552
92 Debra 26,256
93 Stephanie 25,916
94 Cheryl 25,852
95 Terry 25,587
96 Alexander 25,416
97 Aaron 25,218
98 Virginia 25,215
99 Judith 24,876
100 Heather 24,640