Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 1,752 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,374 |
| 3 | Austin | 1,226 |
| 4 | Tyler | 1,178 |
| 5 | Nicholas | 1,101 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,040 |
| 7 | Andrew | 1,030 |
| 8 | Matthew | 1,018 |
| 9 | Brandon | 973 |
| 10 | Zachary | 930 |
| 11 | Joseph | 873 |
| 12 | Kyle | 827 |
| 13 | Christopher | 806 |
| 14 | Ryan | 794 |
| 15 | Alexander | 720 |
| 16 | Justin | 708 |
| 17 | Anthony | 668 |
| 18 | David | 665 |
| 19 | James | 659 |
| 20 | Daniel | 650 |
| 21 | John | 606 |
| 22 | Robert | 585 |
| 23 | Jordan | 576 |
| 24 | William | 515 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 512 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Nathan | 482 |
| 27 | Brendan | 477 |
| 28 | Aaron | 470 |
| 29 | Dylan | 456 |
| 30 | Thomas | 447 |
| 31 | Noah | 446 |
| 32 | Christian | 416 |
| 33 | Adam | 402 |
| 34 | Cody | 400 |
| 35 | Jonathan | 397 |
| 36 | Samuel | 395 |
| 37 | Logan | 366 |
| 38 | Eric | 362 |
| 39 | Kevin | 360 |
| 40 | Cameron | 352 |
| 41 | Hunter | 347 |
| 42 | Devin | 337 |
| 42 | Trevor | 337 |
| 44 | Steven | 334 |
| 45 | Caleb | 322 |
| 46 | Jared | 314 |
| 47 | Mitchell | 307 |
| 48 | Ethan | 300 |
| 49 | Alex | 297 |
| 50 | Timothy | 296 |
| 51 | Jason | 292 |
| 52 | Connor | 286 |
| 53 | Charles | 279 |
| 54 | Evan | 272 |
| 55 | Brian | 264 |
| 56 | Sean | 261 |
| 57 | Travis | 242 |
| 58 | Patrick | 239 |
| 59 | Jack | 236 |
| 60 | Chase | 232 |
| 61 | Bradley | 228 |
| 62 | Dakota | 226 |
| 63 | Nathaniel | 217 |
| 64 | Blake | 211 |
| 65 | Luke | 208 |
| 66 | Antonio | 198 |
| 66 | Jeremy | 198 |
| 66 | Mark | 198 |
| 69 | Lucas | 196 |
| 70 | Ian | 195 |
| 71 | Kenneth | 192 |
| 71 | Spencer | 192 |
| 73 | Paul | 185 |
| 74 | Collin | 182 |
| 75 | Grant | 177 |
| 76 | Gabriel | 174 |
| 77 | Garrett | 173 |
| 77 | Richard | 173 |
| 79 | Scott | 171 |
| 80 | Devon | 167 |
| 81 | Stephen | 166 |
| 82 | Jesse | 165 |
| 82 | Marcus | 165 |
| 84 | Seth | 164 |
| 85 | Cole | 160 |
| 86 | Alec | 158 |
| 87 | Colin | 157 |
| 87 | Shane | 157 |
| 89 | Dominic | 151 |
| 89 | Malik | 151 |
| 91 | Mason | 150 |
| 92 | Brett | 149 |
| 93 | Elijah | 144 |
| 94 | Derek | 142 |
| 95 | Jeffrey | 138 |
| 95 | Peter | 138 |
| 97 | Dustin | 133 |
| 97 | Isaac | 133 |
| 99 | Corey | 132 |
| 100 | Tristan | 131 |