Name Legacy

Baby names in Michigan, 1990s

1990–1999 · 1,178,654 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Michigan across the 1990s, with 16,982 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,178,654 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Michigan in the 1990s

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
Shantinique6219×
Zeinab18515×
Amyre1714×
Hussein22611×
Shantanique28
Zahraa43
Fatme12
Martez315

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael16,982
#2Jacob15,656
#3Joshua13,059
#4Matthew12,592
#5Tyler12,446
#6Nicholas11,888
#7Ashley11,827
#8Andrew11,364
#9Christopher10,938
#10Brandon10,588
#11Jessica10,422
#12Emily10,250
#13Ryan10,130
#14Zachary9,989
#15Joseph9,958
#16Kyle9,739
#17Samantha9,618
#18Sarah8,674
#19Justin8,505
#20Taylor8,388
#21David8,357
#22Austin8,350
#23James8,280
#24Daniel8,276
#25Jordan8,097

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