Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 1,687 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,391 |
| 3 | Tyler | 1,255 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 1,248 |
| 5 | Austin | 1,208 |
| 6 | Matthew | 1,126 |
| 7 | Joshua | 1,090 |
| 8 | Andrew | 1,041 |
| 9 | Brandon | 1,001 |
| 10 | Zachary | 990 |
| 11 | Joseph | 905 |
| 12 | Christopher | 880 |
| 13 | Kyle | 870 |
| 14 | Ryan | 837 |
| 15 | Justin | 754 |
| 16 | Alexander | 752 |
| 17 | David | 727 |
| 18 | James | 719 |
| 19 | Anthony | 715 |
| 20 | Daniel | 693 |
| 21 | Robert | 634 |
| 22 | John | 614 |
| 23 | Benjamin | 577 |
| 24 | Nathan | 554 |
| 25 | Cody | 549 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | William | 535 |
| 27 | Jordan | 522 |
| 28 | Aaron | 492 |
| 29 | Thomas | 461 |
| 30 | Adam | 452 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 425 |
| 32 | Christian | 410 |
| 33 | Dylan | 405 |
| 34 | Kevin | 396 |
| 35 | Samuel | 387 |
| 36 | Eric | 371 |
| 37 | Noah | 362 |
| 38 | Logan | 340 |
| 39 | Cameron | 334 |
| 40 | Mitchell | 323 |
| 41 | Steven | 320 |
| 42 | Evan | 319 |
| 42 | Jason | 319 |
| 44 | Hunter | 307 |
| 45 | Timothy | 306 |
| 46 | Caleb | 305 |
| 47 | Devin | 295 |
| 48 | Trevor | 293 |
| 49 | Charles | 292 |
| 50 | Travis | 288 |
| 51 | Bradley | 287 |
| 51 | Brian | 287 |
| 53 | Connor | 285 |
| 54 | Sean | 284 |
| 55 | Dakota | 276 |
| 56 | Patrick | 268 |
| 57 | Jared | 258 |
| 58 | Alex | 237 |
| 59 | Jeremy | 227 |
| 60 | Ian | 225 |
| 61 | Chase | 223 |
| 62 | Richard | 217 |
| 63 | Jesse | 210 |
| 64 | Ethan | 208 |
| 65 | Mark | 207 |
| 66 | Collin | 206 |
| 67 | Nathaniel | 201 |
| 68 | Luke | 199 |
| 68 | Scott | 199 |
| 70 | Antonio | 192 |
| 71 | Stephen | 191 |
| 72 | Blake | 190 |
| 72 | Paul | 190 |
| 74 | Jeffrey | 188 |
| 74 | Lucas | 188 |
| 76 | Kenneth | 187 |
| 77 | Malik | 183 |
| 77 | Spencer | 183 |
| 79 | Grant | 182 |
| 80 | Jack | 179 |
| 81 | Garrett | 177 |
| 82 | Shane | 173 |
| 83 | Brett | 172 |
| 84 | Dustin | 171 |
| 85 | Jalen | 169 |
| 86 | Derek | 168 |
| 87 | Alec | 157 |
| 88 | Devon | 154 |
| 89 | Gabriel | 153 |
| 90 | Corey | 152 |
| 90 | Seth | 152 |
| 90 | Tristan | 152 |
| 93 | Marcus | 145 |
| 94 | Dominic | 144 |
| 95 | Elijah | 138 |
| 96 | Isaac | 137 |
| 97 | Edward | 131 |
| 97 | Jake | 131 |
| 97 | Taylor | 131 |
| 100 | Gregory | 130 |