Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1989
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,590 |
| 2 | Christopher | 1,884 |
| 3 | Joshua | 1,839 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,801 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,535 |
| 6 | Ryan | 1,408 |
| 7 | Nicholas | 1,371 |
| 8 | Justin | 1,361 |
| 9 | David | 1,333 |
| 10 | James | 1,202 |
| 11 | Kyle | 1,179 |
| 12 | Joseph | 1,132 |
| 13 | Daniel | 1,117 |
| 14 | Robert | 1,112 |
| 15 | Anthony | 1,052 |
| 16 | Brandon | 1,011 |
| 17 | John | 944 |
| 18 | Jacob | 906 |
| 19 | Kevin | 872 |
| 20 | Steven | 867 |
| 21 | Adam | 858 |
| 22 | Eric | 856 |
| 23 | Aaron | 750 |
| 24 | William | 738 |
| 25 | Zachary | 732 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Brian | 729 |
| 27 | Thomas | 712 |
| 28 | Timothy | 645 |
| 29 | Jonathan | 638 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 625 |
| 31 | Alexander | 598 |
| 32 | Nathan | 583 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 547 |
| 34 | Scott | 542 |
| 35 | Jason | 528 |
| 36 | Tyler | 524 |
| 37 | Jeffrey | 516 |
| 38 | Mark | 504 |
| 39 | Jordan | 503 |
| 40 | Travis | 499 |
| 41 | Patrick | 470 |
| 42 | Richard | 447 |
| 43 | Sean | 445 |
| 44 | Charles | 425 |
| 45 | Cody | 407 |
| 46 | Derek | 406 |
| 47 | Stephen | 392 |
| 48 | Bradley | 388 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 383 |
| 50 | Paul | 377 |
| 51 | Corey | 350 |
| 52 | Dustin | 336 |
| 52 | Gregory | 336 |
| 54 | Samuel | 307 |
| 55 | Jesse | 282 |
| 56 | Chad | 279 |
| 57 | Cory | 274 |
| 58 | Bryan | 272 |
| 59 | Alex | 259 |
| 60 | Marcus | 253 |
| 61 | Shawn | 218 |
| 62 | Jared | 217 |
| 63 | Keith | 213 |
| 63 | Shane | 213 |
| 65 | Donald | 211 |
| 66 | Austin | 206 |
| 67 | Trevor | 203 |
| 68 | Edward | 200 |
| 69 | Ian | 198 |
| 70 | Brett | 197 |
| 71 | Evan | 196 |
| 72 | Ronald | 194 |
| 73 | Cameron | 193 |
| 74 | Mitchell | 191 |
| 75 | Antonio | 184 |
| 75 | Douglas | 184 |
| 77 | Peter | 166 |
| 78 | Jonathon | 165 |
| 79 | Raymond | 164 |
| 80 | Vincent | 163 |
| 81 | Joel | 162 |
| 82 | Troy | 160 |
| 83 | Nathaniel | 159 |
| 84 | Craig | 157 |
| 84 | Phillip | 157 |
| 86 | Derrick | 152 |
| 87 | Brent | 149 |
| 88 | Alan | 141 |
| 89 | Erik | 138 |
| 90 | Ethan | 137 |
| 91 | Caleb | 136 |
| 91 | Gary | 136 |
| 93 | Devin | 131 |
| 94 | Curtis | 130 |
| 95 | Blake | 127 |
| 95 | Casey | 127 |
| 95 | Dennis | 127 |
| 95 | George | 127 |
| 99 | Spencer | 124 |
| 100 | Darius | 122 |