Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1986
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,555 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,936 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,866 |
| 4 | Andrew | 1,584 |
| 5 | David | 1,478 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,475 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,428 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,294 |
| 9 | Daniel | 1,267 |
| 10 | Brandon | 1,219 |
| 11 | James | 1,185 |
| 12 | Nicholas | 1,109 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,104 |
| 14 | Jason | 1,022 |
| 15 | Justin | 1,017 |
| 16 | Kyle | 985 |
| 17 | John | 974 |
| 18 | Eric | 913 |
| 19 | Anthony | 911 |
| 20 | Adam | 896 |
| 21 | Kevin | 864 |
| 22 | Brian | 855 |
| 23 | Steven | 834 |
| 24 | William | 732 |
| 25 | Jonathan | 697 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 681 |
| 27 | Timothy | 668 |
| 28 | Aaron | 631 |
| 29 | Jacob | 617 |
| 30 | Mark | 616 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | 608 |
| 32 | Jeremy | 577 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 556 |
| 34 | Scott | 554 |
| 35 | Nathan | 502 |
| 36 | Richard | 493 |
| 37 | Sean | 448 |
| 38 | Zachary | 435 |
| 39 | Stephen | 422 |
| 40 | Paul | 421 |
| 41 | Alexander | 411 |
| 42 | Charles | 407 |
| 43 | Bradley | 406 |
| 44 | Patrick | 402 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 374 |
| 46 | Gregory | 365 |
| 47 | Tyler | 352 |
| 48 | Bryan | 349 |
| 49 | Chad | 344 |
| 50 | Jordan | 327 |
| 51 | Dustin | 325 |
| 52 | Derek | 301 |
| 53 | Shawn | 281 |
| 54 | Jesse | 278 |
| 55 | Corey | 265 |
| 56 | Travis | 259 |
| 57 | Joel | 229 |
| 58 | Shane | 226 |
| 59 | Keith | 223 |
| 60 | Brett | 221 |
| 61 | Donald | 219 |
| 62 | Craig | 218 |
| 63 | Ronald | 207 |
| 64 | Edward | 206 |
| 65 | Samuel | 203 |
| 66 | Phillip | 188 |
| 67 | Douglas | 187 |
| 68 | Marcus | 186 |
| 69 | Jared | 183 |
| 70 | Alex | 182 |
| 70 | Cody | 182 |
| 72 | Cory | 180 |
| 73 | Brent | 173 |
| 74 | Peter | 172 |
| 75 | Jonathon | 171 |
| 76 | Gary | 170 |
| 77 | Trevor | 164 |
| 78 | Antonio | 154 |
| 78 | Evan | 154 |
| 80 | Raymond | 150 |
| 81 | Philip | 141 |
| 82 | Derrick | 139 |
| 82 | Jeffery | 139 |
| 84 | Nathaniel | 136 |
| 85 | Todd | 135 |
| 86 | Erik | 134 |
| 87 | Ian | 130 |
| 88 | Alan | 128 |
| 89 | Dennis | 127 |
| 90 | George | 126 |
| 91 | Luke | 124 |
| 91 | Mitchell | 124 |
| 93 | Lance | 116 |
| 94 | Curtis | 115 |
| 94 | Randy | 115 |
| 96 | Troy | 113 |
| 97 | Carl | 110 |
| 98 | Andre | 104 |
| 99 | Frank | 101 |
| 100 | Shaun | 93 |