Popular baby names in Michigan, 1986

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1986 were Jessica for girls (2,036 babies) and Michael for boys (2,555). Social Security records list 120,344 babies born in Michigan in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1986

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Dayna: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Trisha: 107 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ashleigh: 98 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nichole: 192 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Autumn: 79 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cortney: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chantel: 32 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ali: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Deshawn: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deangelo: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deandre: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antoine: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kirk: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kurtis: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jonathon: 171 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Branden: 68 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Duane: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	2,036	–	1
2	Ashley	1,946	↑1	2
3	Amanda	1,782	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	1,338	–	4
5	Sarah	1,318	↑1	5
6	Nicole	1,082	↓1	7
7	Stephanie	943	–	6
8	Heather	823	–	9
9	Megan	767	–	11
10	Rachel	748	–	15
11	Melissa	713	–	12
12	Amber	708	↑2	13
13	Elizabeth	677	↓1	10
14	Danielle	644	↓1	16
15	Samantha	603	↑17	21
16	Emily	579	↑3	24
17	Laura	533	↓2	20
18	Sara	528	↑5	27
19	Amy	526	↓3	22
20	Lauren	526	↑4	14
21	Angela	524	↑4	33
22	Kelly	524	↓5	29
23	Tiffany	508	↑7	17
24	Michelle	503	↓3	23
25	Kimberly	495	↑4	18
26	Christina	494	↓8	19
27	Katie	485	↑7	38
28	Brittany	475	↑16	8
29	Rebecca	463	↓7	26
30	Jamie	452	↓2	34
31	Andrea	440	↓11	36
32	Crystal	436	↓5	25
33	Erin	426	↓7	30
34	Katherine	421	↓1	28
35	Lisa	404	↓4	40
36	Courtney	366	↑7	35
37	Erica	357	↓2	31
38	Lindsey	340	↓2	39
39	Lindsay	318	↓2	46
40	Shannon	316	↑1	44
41	Alicia	315	↓1	45
42	Kristen	308	↓4	41
43	Kathryn	294	↓4	48
44	Allison	293	new	42
45	Mary	285	↓3	37
46	Whitney	277	new	32
47	Kristin	260	↓1	50
48	Krystal	236	new	61
49	Julie	233	↓4	58
50	Christine	224	↓1	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	2,555	–	1
2	Matthew	1,936	↑1	3
3	Christopher	1,866	↓1	2
4	Andrew	1,584	↑2	8
5	David	1,478	–	5
6	Joshua	1,475	↓2	4
7	Ryan	1,428	–	11
8	Robert	1,294	↑2	9
9	Daniel	1,267	↓1	6
10	Brandon	1,219	↓1	13
11	James	1,185	–	7
12	Nicholas	1,109	↑2	17
13	Joseph	1,104	↓1	12
14	Jason	1,022	↓1	18
15	Justin	1,017	–	14
16	Kyle	985	↑5	23
17	John	974	–	10
18	Eric	913	↓2	22
19	Anthony	911	↑3	19
20	Adam	896	↓2	24
21	Kevin	864	↑3	21
22	Brian	855	↓3	20
23	Steven	834	↓3	25
24	William	732	↓1	15
25	Jonathan	697	↑3	16
26	Thomas	681	↑1	26
27	Timothy	668	↓2	27
28	Aaron	631	↑1	33
29	Jacob	617	↑4	31
30	Mark	616	↑1	35
31	Jeffrey	608	↓5	32
32	Jeremy	577	↑3	28
33	Benjamin	556	↓1	30
34	Scott	554	↓4	44
35	Nathan	502	↓1	43
36	Richard	493	–	29
37	Sean	448	↑4	37
38	Zachary	435	↑8	38
39	Stephen	422	↑1	36
40	Paul	421	↓2	45
41	Alexander	411	new	41
42	Charles	407	↓5	34
43	Bradley	406	–	54
44	Patrick	402	↓5	39
45	Kenneth	374	–	50
46	Gregory	365	↓2	46
47	Tyler	352	↑3	40
48	Bryan	349	↓6	47
49	Chad	344	↓2	59
50	Jordan	327	new	53

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