Popular baby names in Michigan, 1990

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1990 were Ashley for girls (2,060 babies) and Michael for boys (2,590). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 133,485 babies born in Michigan in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1990

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

Girls

Unknown: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Dayna: 53 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Diamond: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Paris: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tricia: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kaleigh: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ashleigh: 122 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Autumn: 120 babies, 2.2× the national rate
India: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Breanne: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Martell: 42 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Martez: 59 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Unknown: 53 babies, 8× the national rate
Deonte: 56 babies, 6× the national rate
Ali: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deangelo: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deandre: 108 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deshawn: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 80 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Korey: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	2,060	–	2
2	Jessica	1,721	–	1
3	Amanda	1,387	–	4
4	Brittany	1,314	–	3
5	Samantha	1,237	↑1	5
6	Sarah	1,064	↓1	6
7	Stephanie	972	↑1	7
8	Nicole	890	↓1	13
9	Megan	880	↑4	11
10	Emily	873	↑1	12
11	Lauren	836	↓2	10
12	Jennifer	780	↓2	8
13	Elizabeth	699	↑1	9
14	Amber	698	↓2	15
15	Rachel	696	↑1	16
16	Danielle	687	↓1	18
17	Chelsea	674	↑1	24
18	Heather	655	↓1	19
19	Kayla	653	↑4	14
20	Courtney	640	↑2	17
21	Rebecca	538	↑3	21
22	Melissa	531	↓2	20
23	Alyssa	509	↑10	27
24	Michelle	479	↓3	22
25	Jasmine	465	↑5	28
26	Kelsey	441	↑2	32
27	Tiffany	425	↓8	23
28	Andrea	396	↑1	40
29	Sara	388	↓3	34
30	Katherine	384	↑1	26
31	Erica	365	↑3	36
32	Alicia	356	↑8	54
33	Laura	353	↓6	29
34	Christina	351	↓9	25
35	Erin	348	↑1	43
36	Katie	342	↑1	53
37	Angela	339	↓2	52
38	Hannah	329	new	30
39	Kelly	329	↓7	41
40	Kristen	327	↓2	42
41	Mary	304	↑3	35
42	Brittney	303	↑4	44
43	Crystal	299	↓1	39
44	Kimberly	297	↓3	31
45	Amy	296	↓6	38
46	Lindsey	282	↓3	51
47	Jamie	277	–	55
48	Cassandra	276	new	49
49	Allison	272	↓4	48
50	Anna	263	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	2,590	–	1
2	Joshua	1,914	↑1	4
3	Matthew	1,726	↑1	3
4	Christopher	1,703	↓2	2
5	Andrew	1,476	–	7
6	Ryan	1,424	–	11
7	Nicholas	1,305	–	14
8	Kyle	1,295	↑3	18
9	David	1,270	–	6
10	Justin	1,216	↓2	9
11	Joseph	1,192	↑1	10
12	Daniel	1,179	↑1	5
13	James	1,177	↓3	8
14	Jacob	1,149	↑4	20
15	Robert	1,075	↓1	13
16	Anthony	1,066	↓1	15
17	Brandon	1,006	↓1	19
18	Eric	890	↑4	24
19	John	880	↓2	12
20	Zachary	864	↑5	22
21	Steven	850	↓1	25
22	Kevin	824	↓3	23
23	Jordan	803	↑16	29
24	Tyler	790	↑12	21
25	Adam	766	↓4	32
26	William	702	↓2	16
27	Thomas	691	–	26
28	Brian	687	↓2	27
29	Aaron	671	↓6	34
30	Alexander	654	↑1	28
31	Jonathan	645	↓2	17
32	Cody	635	↑13	31
33	Timothy	610	↓5	30
34	Benjamin	599	↓4	33
35	Nathan	568	↓3	44
36	Mark	509	↑2	47
37	Travis	503	↑3	42
38	Sean	466	↑5	37
39	Scott	460	↓5	53
40	Patrick	454	↑1	36
41	Jeffrey	445	↓4	43
42	Richard	438	–	35
43	Jeremy	435	↓10	40
44	Jason	428	↓9	46
45	Charles	413	↓1	38
46	Bradley	388	↑2	65
47	Stephen	383	–	39
48	Kenneth	373	↑1	52
49	Corey	361	new	56
50	Derek	350	↓4	54

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