Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1981

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,923
2	Matthew	2,062
3	Jason	2,018
4	Christopher	1,789
5	David	1,688
6	Ryan	1,536
7	Joshua	1,506
8	James	1,459
9	Robert	1,401
10	Daniel	1,246
11	Joseph	1,233
12	Brian	1,191
13	John	1,134
14	Justin	1,081
15	Andrew	1,062
16	Nicholas	1,033
17	Eric	1,029
18	Adam	1,006
19	William	888
20	Steven	860
21	Brandon	826
22	Timothy	825
23	Kevin	812
24	Jeffrey	805
25	Anthony	800

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	778
27	Jeremy	776
28	Aaron	757
29	Thomas	713
30	Benjamin	712
31	Jonathan	695
32	Mark	659
33	Richard	607
34	Nathan	584
35	Charles	506
36	Paul	503
37	Kenneth	469
38	Patrick	432
39	Chad	429
40	Jacob	409
41	Stephen	404
42	Bradley	389
43	Jesse	387
44	Gregory	365
45	Kyle	358
46	Sean	345
47	Derek	322
48	Bryan	311
49	Donald	302
50	Travis	278
51	Peter	261
52	Keith	244
52	Ronald	244
54	Dustin	243
55	Edward	238
56	Douglas	234
56	Shawn	234
58	Corey	232
59	Gary	231
60	Todd	225
61	Craig	218
62	Brent	211
63	Phillip	208
64	Joel	207
65	Dennis	195
66	Erik	180
66	Jeffery	180
68	Raymond	172
69	Marcus	165
70	Jared	164
70	Jeremiah	164
72	Brett	156
73	Alexander	153
74	George	151
75	Zachary	150
76	Shaun	147
77	Jonathon	146
77	Nathaniel	146
79	Samuel	145
80	Philip	144
81	Carl	140
82	Casey	139
83	Curtis	137
84	Terry	135
85	Luke	133
85	Randy	133
87	Cory	132
88	Jordan	131
89	Alan	130
89	Derrick	130
89	Shane	130
92	Lucas	128
93	Larry	127
94	Russell	119
95	Antonio	117
96	Troy	116
97	Marc	113
97	Trevor	113
99	Ian	112
100	Allen	109
100	Gerald	109