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Baby names in Michigan, 1980s

1980–1989 · 1,229,568 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Michigan across the 1980s, with 27,204 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,229,568 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Michigan in the 1980s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Zeinab4410×
Hussein83
Shantinique6
Martez175
Mohamad85
Dequan63
Dujuan70
Dajuan106

Top 25 in the 1980s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael27,204
#2Matthew19,902
#3Christopher19,476
#4Jessica18,076
#5Jennifer17,420
#6Amanda15,985
#7David15,462
#8Joshua15,390
#9Ryan14,477
#10Andrew13,658
#11Jason13,544
#12Sarah13,349
#13Ashley13,177
#14James13,052
#15Robert12,865
#16Daniel12,489
#17Joseph11,954
#18Justin11,516
#19Nicholas11,515
#20Nicole11,044
#21John10,427
#22Brandon10,262
#23Brian9,943
#24Eric9,850
#25Adam9,620

Other decades in Michigan

All Michigan names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org