Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,757
2	Matthew	2,222
3	Christopher	2,015
4	David	1,586
5	Jason	1,579
6	Ryan	1,371
7	James	1,317
8	Joshua	1,296
9	Robert	1,295
10	Daniel	1,292
11	Andrew	1,215
12	Joseph	1,196
13	Adam	1,120
14	Justin	1,106
15	John	1,075
16	Brian	1,074
17	Nicholas	1,023
18	Brandon	994
19	Eric	953
20	Steven	915
21	William	824
22	Anthony	809
23	Aaron	772
23	Timothy	772
25	Kevin	766

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	749
27	Thomas	702
28	Jonathan	657
29	Scott	643
30	Kyle	626
31	Mark	588
32	Jeremy	553
33	Richard	518
34	Nathan	507
35	Benjamin	499
36	Jacob	492
37	Paul	460
38	Patrick	448
39	Charles	444
40	Stephen	419
41	Gregory	413
42	Kenneth	394
43	Chad	384
44	Sean	356
45	Bradley	351
46	Travis	325
47	Bryan	322
48	Derek	311
49	Dustin	290
50	Jesse	256
51	Keith	252
52	Donald	243
52	Zachary	243
54	Ronald	237
55	Shawn	213
56	Douglas	211
57	Peter	209
58	Craig	206
59	Joel	196
60	Edward	191
61	Gary	185
62	Jordan	180
63	Corey	178
64	Marcus	177
65	Phillip	173
66	Brent	171
67	Todd	164
68	Erik	162
69	Jeffery	156
70	Jonathon	155
71	Nathaniel	152
71	Samuel	152
73	Alexander	150
74	Jared	149
75	Brett	146
76	Tyler	143
77	Dennis	140
78	Philip	134
79	Ian	131
79	Shane	131
81	Alan	129
82	Raymond	126
82	Troy	126
84	Curtis	122
85	Derrick	121
85	Larry	121
87	Antonio	120
87	Trevor	120
89	Randy	118
90	Carl	116
91	George	113
92	Cory	110
92	Luke	110
94	Vincent	106
95	Lawrence	104
96	Evan	99
97	Shaun	97
98	Allen	96
98	Russell	96
100	Andre	94
100	Casey	94