Popular baby names in Michigan, 1991

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1991 were Ashley for girls (1,877 babies) and Michael for boys (2,351). Social Security records list 129,084 babies born in Michigan in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1991

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, 3.4× the national rate
Tricia: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Diamond: 74 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Asia: 97 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paris: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trisha: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Autumn: 130 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tiara: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
India: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kari: 63 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Martez: 48 babies, 8× the national rate
Demario: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Deonte: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deshawn: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ali: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deangelo: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cortez: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deandre: 114 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dorian: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Demetrius: 98 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	1,877	–	1
2	Jessica	1,585	–	2
3	Samantha	1,246	↑2	5
4	Amanda	1,214	↓1	4
5	Brittany	1,063	↓1	3
6	Sarah	1,027	–	6
7	Emily	895	↑3	10
8	Megan	826	↑1	11
9	Stephanie	771	↓2	7
10	Chelsea	762	↑7	18
11	Rachel	749	↑4	14
12	Lauren	741	↓1	13
13	Nicole	707	↓5	15
14	Elizabeth	698	↓1	9
15	Kayla	682	↑4	12
16	Jennifer	653	↓4	8
17	Amber	632	↓3	16
18	Danielle	627	↓2	17
19	Courtney	555	↑1	19
20	Rebecca	551	↑1	21
21	Alyssa	521	↑2	30
22	Kelsey	514	↑4	26
23	Shelby	510	new	33
24	Melissa	505	↓2	20
25	Heather	489	↓7	23
26	Jasmine	468	↓1	24
27	Michelle	428	↓3	22
28	Katherine	397	↑2	25
29	Sara	396	–	37
30	Tiffany	384	↓3	27
31	Taylor	367	new	32
32	Hannah	361	↑6	29
33	Andrea	342	↓5	39
34	Katie	330	↑2	53
35	Alexis	322	new	47
36	Erica	320	↓5	40
37	Alexandra	319	new	36
38	Victoria	313	new	28
39	Christina	298	↓5	31
40	Erin	294	↓5	44
41	Laura	291	↓8	35
42	Brooke	279	new	65
43	Kelly	279	↓4	42
44	Paige	278	new	76
45	Allison	276	↑4	50
46	Alicia	273	↓14	63
47	Mary	266	↓6	38
48	Brianna	265	new	51
49	Amy	264	↓4	43
50	Cassandra	262	↓2	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	2,351	–	1
2	Joshua	1,771	–	4
3	Matthew	1,615	–	3
4	Christopher	1,524	–	2
5	Jacob	1,397	↑9	17
6	Andrew	1,374	↓1	5
7	Nicholas	1,243	–	12
8	Ryan	1,230	↓2	11
9	Joseph	1,192	↑2	9
10	Brandon	1,170	↑7	15
11	Kyle	1,168	↓3	21
12	Tyler	1,125	↑12	16
13	James	1,121	–	7
14	Daniel	1,079	↓2	6
15	David	1,073	↓6	8
16	Justin	1,071	↓6	14
17	Anthony	1,032	↓1	18
18	Robert	1,029	↓3	13
19	Zachary	924	↑1	22
20	John	842	↓1	10
21	Cody	789	↑11	24
22	Eric	764	↓4	25
23	Kevin	760	↓1	23
24	Jordan	742	↓1	29
25	Alexander	734	↑5	26
26	William	703	–	19
27	Steven	699	↓6	27
28	Aaron	685	↑1	31
29	Adam	642	↓4	36
30	Thomas	639	↓3	28
31	Jonathan	577	–	20
32	Benjamin	576	↑2	33
33	Timothy	555	–	32
34	Brian	541	↓6	30
35	Travis	528	↑2	44
36	Nathan	521	↓1	42
37	Patrick	423	↑3	35
38	Jeffrey	397	↑3	45
39	Richard	395	↑3	34
40	Charles	392	↑5	38
41	Jason	385	↑3	49
42	Sean	382	↓4	40
43	Mark	372	↓7	47
44	Scott	369	↓5	57
45	Bradley	358	↑1	67
46	Stephen	356	↑1	41
47	Jeremy	351	↓4	43
48	Samuel	326	new	39
49	Dylan	314	new	46
50	Derek	312	–	59

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