Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,493 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,877 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,776 |
| 4 | Joshua | 1,665 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,613 |
| 6 | Justin | 1,397 |
| 7 | David | 1,378 |
| 8 | Ryan | 1,284 |
| 9 | Robert | 1,214 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,197 |
| 11 | Nicholas | 1,181 |
| 12 | James | 1,162 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,059 |
| 14 | Brandon | 1,056 |
| 15 | Kyle | 1,013 |
| 16 | John | 964 |
| 17 | Eric | 910 |
| 18 | Anthony | 859 |
| 19 | Kevin | 805 |
| 20 | Adam | 793 |
| 21 | Steven | 782 |
| 22 | Brian | 765 |
| 23 | William | 751 |
| 24 | Jacob | 708 |
| 25 | Jason | 704 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Aaron | 703 |
| 27 | Timothy | 689 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 677 |
| 29 | Thomas | 669 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 648 |
| 31 | Zachary | 643 |
| 32 | Jeffrey | 559 |
| 33 | Alexander | 511 |
| 34 | Mark | 502 |
| 35 | Scott | 498 |
| 36 | Jeremy | 486 |
| 37 | Nathan | 465 |
| 38 | Richard | 449 |
| 39 | Tyler | 440 |
| 40 | Travis | 435 |
| 41 | Bradley | 421 |
| 42 | Patrick | 418 |
| 43 | Stephen | 417 |
| 44 | Sean | 407 |
| 45 | Jordan | 396 |
| 46 | Derek | 394 |
| 47 | Paul | 392 |
| 48 | Charles | 391 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 355 |
| 50 | Cody | 340 |
| 51 | Corey | 333 |
| 52 | Gregory | 324 |
| 53 | Dustin | 318 |
| 54 | Chad | 301 |
| 55 | Bryan | 264 |
| 56 | Alex | 253 |
| 57 | Samuel | 251 |
| 58 | Shawn | 223 |
| 59 | Jesse | 220 |
| 60 | Cory | 219 |
| 61 | Keith | 214 |
| 62 | Jared | 212 |
| 63 | Donald | 209 |
| 64 | Brett | 204 |
| 64 | Shane | 204 |
| 66 | Edward | 197 |
| 67 | Evan | 195 |
| 68 | Brent | 184 |
| 69 | Ronald | 178 |
| 70 | Marcus | 175 |
| 71 | Trevor | 174 |
| 72 | Antonio | 172 |
| 72 | Ian | 172 |
| 74 | Peter | 171 |
| 75 | Douglas | 170 |
| 76 | Austin | 166 |
| 76 | Jonathon | 166 |
| 76 | Mitchell | 166 |
| 79 | Phillip | 155 |
| 80 | Joel | 154 |
| 81 | Craig | 152 |
| 82 | Cameron | 150 |
| 83 | Nathaniel | 147 |
| 84 | Jeffery | 146 |
| 85 | Raymond | 144 |
| 86 | Alan | 137 |
| 87 | Erik | 135 |
| 88 | Casey | 129 |
| 88 | Troy | 129 |
| 90 | Derrick | 124 |
| 90 | Gary | 124 |
| 90 | Vincent | 124 |
| 93 | Curtis | 123 |
| 94 | Luke | 121 |
| 95 | Dennis | 115 |
| 96 | George | 113 |
| 97 | Lance | 110 |
| 98 | Philip | 109 |
| 99 | Blake | 108 |
| 100 | Todd | 107 |