Popular baby names in Michigan, 1987

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1987 were Ashley for girls (2,316 babies) and Michael for boys (2,513). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 122,603 babies born in Michigan in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1987

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: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Latrice: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Alyse: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tanisha: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rachelle: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trisha: 89 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alaina: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
India: 36 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deangelo: 59 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ali: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deandre: 78 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kurtis: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Duane: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kirk: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jonathon: 152 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Antoine: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	2,316	↑1	2
2	Jessica	2,221	↓1	1
3	Amanda	1,835	–	3
4	Jennifer	1,225	–	4
5	Sarah	1,224	–	5
6	Nicole	1,048	–	8
7	Stephanie	894	–	6
8	Heather	828	–	9
9	Danielle	818	↑5	14
10	Megan	788	↓1	12
11	Amber	761	↑1	15
12	Melissa	749	↓1	13
13	Rachel	744	↓3	17
14	Samantha	733	↑1	11
15	Elizabeth	699	↓2	10
16	Emily	673	–	19
17	Brittany	661	↑11	7
18	Lauren	575	↑2	16
19	Tiffany	522	↑4	18
20	Michelle	519	↑4	21
21	Rebecca	502	↑8	25
22	Katie	482	↑5	38
23	Laura	481	↓6	22
24	Amy	477	↓5	24
25	Christina	458	↑1	20
26	Angela	451	↓5	35
27	Andrea	445	↑4	36
28	Sara	428	↓10	29
29	Kelly	422	↓7	30
30	Kimberly	414	↓5	23
31	Katherine	397	↑3	28
32	Erica	387	↑5	31
33	Crystal	384	↓1	26
34	Erin	380	↓1	34
35	Lindsay	358	↑4	49
36	Chelsea	355	new	47
37	Lisa	355	↓2	40
38	Jamie	351	↓8	39
39	Kayla	334	new	27
40	Courtney	320	↓4	33
41	Alicia	310	–	46
42	Lindsey	305	↓4	41
43	Mary	287	↑2	37
44	Shannon	274	↓4	45
45	Allison	269	↓1	44
46	Kristen	252	↓4	42
47	Kathryn	240	↓4	51
48	Whitney	234	↓2	32
49	Kristina	227	new	62
50	Christine	221	–	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	2,513	–	1
2	Matthew	1,919	–	3
3	Christopher	1,795	–	2
4	Andrew	1,597	–	6
5	Joshua	1,575	↑1	4
6	David	1,456	↓1	5
7	Ryan	1,394	–	13
8	James	1,214	↑3	8
9	Justin	1,201	↑6	9
10	Nicholas	1,197	↑2	16
11	Daniel	1,196	↓2	7
12	Robert	1,168	↓4	10
13	Joseph	1,149	–	12
14	Brandon	1,096	↓4	14
15	Kyle	1,022	↑1	22
16	Anthony	975	↑3	17
17	Eric	928	↑1	21
18	John	919	↓1	11
19	Kevin	852	↑2	19
20	Brian	826	↑2	20
21	Steven	825	↑2	25
22	Adam	800	↓2	27
23	Jason	797	↓9	23
24	William	762	–	15
25	Timothy	727	↑2	26
26	Thomas	724	–	24
27	Jacob	663	↑2	31
28	Benjamin	652	↑5	28
29	Jonathan	638	↓4	18
30	Aaron	589	↓2	34
31	Jeffrey	581	–	32
32	Scott	581	↑2	43
33	Mark	579	↓3	36
34	Jeremy	577	↓2	29
35	Nathan	485	–	45
36	Richard	471	–	30
37	Zachary	466	↑1	33
38	Alexander	464	↑3	37
39	Paul	448	↑1	46
40	Charles	434	↑2	35
41	Bradley	427	↑2	56
42	Kenneth	403	↑3	53
43	Stephen	402	↓4	38
44	Patrick	396	–	41
45	Travis	384	new	42
46	Tyler	379	↑1	39
47	Sean	377	↓10	40
48	Jordan	371	↑2	52
49	Derek	358	new	54
50	Gregory	353	↓4	47

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