Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1987
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,513 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,919 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,795 |
| 4 | Andrew | 1,597 |
| 5 | Joshua | 1,575 |
| 6 | David | 1,456 |
| 7 | Ryan | 1,394 |
| 8 | James | 1,214 |
| 9 | Justin | 1,201 |
| 10 | Nicholas | 1,197 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,196 |
| 12 | Robert | 1,168 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,149 |
| 14 | Brandon | 1,096 |
| 15 | Kyle | 1,022 |
| 16 | Anthony | 975 |
| 17 | Eric | 928 |
| 18 | John | 919 |
| 19 | Kevin | 852 |
| 20 | Brian | 826 |
| 21 | Steven | 825 |
| 22 | Adam | 800 |
| 23 | Jason | 797 |
| 24 | William | 762 |
| 25 | Timothy | 727 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 724 |
| 27 | Jacob | 663 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 652 |
| 29 | Jonathan | 638 |
| 30 | Aaron | 589 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | 581 |
| 31 | Scott | 581 |
| 33 | Mark | 579 |
| 34 | Jeremy | 577 |
| 35 | Nathan | 485 |
| 36 | Richard | 471 |
| 37 | Zachary | 466 |
| 38 | Alexander | 464 |
| 39 | Paul | 448 |
| 40 | Charles | 434 |
| 41 | Bradley | 427 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 403 |
| 43 | Stephen | 402 |
| 44 | Patrick | 396 |
| 45 | Travis | 384 |
| 46 | Tyler | 379 |
| 47 | Sean | 377 |
| 48 | Jordan | 371 |
| 49 | Derek | 358 |
| 50 | Gregory | 353 |
| 51 | Dustin | 335 |
| 52 | Chad | 308 |
| 53 | Bryan | 288 |
| 54 | Cody | 285 |
| 55 | Corey | 283 |
| 56 | Shawn | 267 |
| 57 | Jesse | 253 |
| 58 | Keith | 249 |
| 59 | Donald | 244 |
| 60 | Brett | 238 |
| 61 | Alex | 222 |
| 62 | Samuel | 212 |
| 63 | Shane | 210 |
| 64 | Edward | 207 |
| 65 | Cory | 197 |
| 66 | Douglas | 194 |
| 67 | Ronald | 189 |
| 68 | Peter | 187 |
| 69 | Phillip | 177 |
| 70 | Craig | 175 |
| 71 | Trevor | 172 |
| 72 | Joel | 170 |
| 72 | Marcus | 170 |
| 74 | Jared | 162 |
| 75 | Antonio | 161 |
| 75 | Nathaniel | 161 |
| 77 | Ian | 153 |
| 78 | Jonathon | 152 |
| 79 | Raymond | 149 |
| 80 | Mitchell | 147 |
| 81 | Evan | 145 |
| 82 | Brent | 142 |
| 83 | Casey | 141 |
| 83 | Gary | 141 |
| 85 | Philip | 140 |
| 86 | Erik | 138 |
| 87 | Derrick | 135 |
| 88 | Jeffery | 128 |
| 89 | Curtis | 125 |
| 90 | Troy | 124 |
| 91 | Randy | 116 |
| 92 | Alan | 115 |
| 93 | Todd | 114 |
| 94 | George | 113 |
| 95 | Carl | 107 |
| 96 | Dennis | 104 |
| 97 | Garrett | 103 |
| 98 | Luke | 102 |
| 98 | Russell | 102 |
| 100 | Austin | 101 |
| 100 | Vincent | 101 |