Popular baby names in Michigan, 1994

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1994 were Ashley for girls (1,198 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,689). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 116,631 babies born in Michigan in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1994

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

Girls

Micah: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Asha: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alaina: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diamond: 131 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Autumn: 187 babies, 2.3× the national rate
India: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Trisha: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Asia: 81 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Breanne: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paige: 336 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Hassan: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ali: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cortez: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Juwan: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jalen: 179 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Javon: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Jaylen: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Davon: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kurtis: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Deonte: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	1,198	–	2
2	Jessica	1,090	–	1
3	Emily	1,050	↑1	3
4	Samantha	990	↓1	4
5	Sarah	875	–	5
6	Taylor	852	–	6
7	Rachel	721	↑2	13
8	Megan	718	↑2	10
9	Amanda	683	↓2	8
10	Brittany	680	↓2	7
11	Lauren	654	↑2	14
12	Nicole	652	↓1	11
13	Kayla	626	↑1	12
14	Elizabeth	574	↑1	9
15	Amber	544	↑3	21
16	Hannah	543	↑7	16
17	Alexis	523	↑9	18
18	Alyssa	515	↑3	26
19	Danielle	515	↓3	20
20	Courtney	481	–	22
21	Kelsey	462	↓2	29
22	Stephanie	422	↓5	15
23	Jasmine	415	↑2	23
24	Chelsea	412	↓12	38
25	Jennifer	409	↓1	17
26	Rebecca	402	↓4	24
27	Morgan	390	↑12	25
28	Brianna	383	↑3	27
29	Alexandra	377	↑1	28
30	Shelby	370	↓3	40
31	Victoria	361	↑3	19
32	Allison	342	↓4	34
33	Paige	336	↓4	63
34	Erin	311	↑12	45
35	Kaitlyn	307	↓3	48
36	Olivia	300	↑13	50
37	Katherine	294	↓1	30
38	Katelyn	292	–	58
39	Abigail	290	new	42
40	Sara	287	↓5	43
41	Anna	284	↑9	41
42	Brooke	276	↑2	54
43	Tiffany	273	↓1	35
44	Erica	264	↓3	57
45	Haley	264	↑2	36
46	Melissa	260	↓13	31
47	Andrea	256	↓4	49
48	Heather	249	↓8	44
49	Christina	247	new	39
50	Marissa	244	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jacob	1,689	↑1	7
2	Michael	1,600	↓1	1
3	Tyler	1,533	–	5
4	Nicholas	1,225	↑3	9
5	Joshua	1,223	–	4
6	Matthew	1,181	↓2	3
7	Brandon	1,164	↓1	6
8	Zachary	1,163	↑2	12
9	Christopher	1,089	↓1	2
10	Andrew	1,018	↑1	10
11	Kyle	997	↑2	24
12	Austin	987	↑10	17
13	Joseph	955	↓1	11
14	Ryan	943	↓5	16
15	Alexander	873	↑3	22
16	Daniel	837	–	8
17	Cody	803	↑4	25
18	Anthony	783	↑2	18
19	James	776	↓5	14
20	Justin	761	↓1	20
21	Robert	761	↓4	21
22	David	760	↓7	13
23	John	677	–	15
24	Aaron	624	↑5	28
25	Thomas	546	↑6	27
26	William	542	↓1	19
27	Jordan	538	↓3	29
28	Adam	536	–	38
29	Nathan	529	↑1	40
30	Eric	521	↓3	30
31	Kevin	513	↓5	26
32	Benjamin	464	↑1	31
33	Steven	464	↓1	34
34	Dylan	458	↑2	32
35	Jonathan	422	–	23
36	Travis	414	↓2	53
37	Trevor	383	new	58
38	Timothy	367	↓1	39
39	Brian	362	↓1	37
40	Mitchell	361	new	71
41	Samuel	325	↑2	33
42	Alex	323	↑4	50
43	Cameron	316	↑4	52
44	Evan	308	↓2	62
45	Jeremy	306	new	47
46	Sean	301	↓7	44
47	Jason	296	↓2	46
48	Bradley	293	new	83
49	Patrick	293	↓8	42
50	Charles	290	↓10	43

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