State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 149,885 Michigan births in 1969 across 1,673 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Michigan more than they say America.

#99Shawn#177 nationally
#69Kurt#132 nationally
#85Kirk#148 nationally
#93Duane#156 nationally
#90Andre#149 nationally
#55Carrie#94 nationally
#87Jack#122 nationally
#68Anne#101 nationally
#77Kristine#110 nationally
#46Kristin#76 nationally
#68Dale#96 nationally
#74Shelly#102 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,240US #1
#2Michelle1,983US #2
#3Kimberly1,793US #4
#4Jennifer1,702US #3
#5Amy1,423US #6
#6Kelly1,112US #15
#7Julie1,101US #12
#8Dawn990US #21
#9Melissa908US #5
#10Susan902US #11
#11Laura875US #10
#12Angela874US #7
#13Mary843US #8
#14Tammy821US #9
#15Karen799US #13
#16Christine766US #14
#17Tracy761US #17
#18Tina700US #22
#19Lori688US #20
#20Pamela653US #24
#21Wendy649US #29
#22Heather627US #34
#23Elizabeth597US #16
#24Patricia581US #18
#25Stephanie563US #19
#26Rebecca557US #28
#27Michele518US #30
#28Shannon516US #31
#29Cynthia510US #23
#30Deborah497US #27
#31Sandra496US #25
#32Cheryl474US #41
#33Denise470US #35
#34Linda454US #33
#35Brenda443US #38
#36Ann407US #57
#37Christina402US #37
#38Kathleen401US #42
#39Nicole399US #47
#40Jill391US #51
#41Theresa384US #49
#42Renee383US #67
#43Barbara375US #39
#44Tracey368US #65
#45Andrea357US #48
#46Kristin357US #76
#47Rhonda356US #44
#48Debra354US #43
#49Teresa353US #32
#50Donna335US #26
#51Nancy316US #45
#52Stacey314US #52
#53Robin308US #46
#54Sharon304US #36
#55Carrie295US #94
#56Sarah288US #72
#57Diane282US #61
#58Paula282US #50
#59Tonya281US #54
#60Heidi279US #80
#61Tamara278US #78
#62Carol275US #56
#63Catherine275US #58
#64Jacqueline269US #62
#65Katherine269US #70
#66Stacy267US #53
#67Sherry261US #55
#68Anne257US #101
#69Beth251US #82
#70Suzanne250US #75
#71Jodi246US #95
#72Deanna242US #88
#73Sheila240US #68
#74Shelly236US #102
#75Kristen234US #96
#76Laurie233US #79
#77Kristine232US #110
#78Lynn232US #103
#79Cindy225US #74
#80Holly224US #87
#81Maria218US #40
#82Colleen211US #109
#83Kathy211US #77
#84Monica210US #59
#85Dana209US #60
#86Rachel209US #69
#87Leslie207US #64
#88Terri202US #93
#89Margaret199US #73
#90Victoria198US #83
#91Connie195US #105
#92Yolanda191US #98
#93Kathryn188US #104
#94Carolyn183US #71
#95Diana180US #81
#96Gina180US #63
#97Jamie180US #121
#98Sherri171US #106
#99Shawn168US #177
#100April165US #97

Boys

#1Michael4,175US #1
#2David3,160US #2
#3Robert2,733US #5
#4James2,658US #3
#5John2,484US #4
#6Scott2,047US #12
#7Jeffrey1,793US #11
#8Brian1,778US #9
#9Mark1,693US #8
#10Steven1,562US #14
#11William1,538US #6
#12Christopher1,485US #7
#13Richard1,403US #10
#14Thomas1,344US #13
#15Daniel1,290US #18
#16Timothy1,267US #17
#17Kevin1,205US #16
#18Matthew1,175US #24
#19Joseph1,165US #15
#20Paul1,086US #22
#21Todd1,082US #28
#22Eric1,068US #21
#23Anthony944US #20
#24Kenneth919US #23
#25Charles863US #19
#26Ronald797US #29
#27Gregory770US #26
#28Jason680US #25
#29Patrick652US #31
#30Douglas635US #34
#31Donald631US #30
#32Stephen590US #27
#33Andrew577US #33
#34Craig532US #39
#35Gary531US #35
#36Edward484US #32
#37Dennis467US #44
#38Keith435US #36
#39Jeffery401US #48
#40Troy397US #42
#41Larry366US #40
#42Bradley361US #53
#43Shawn353US #41
#44Sean343US #37
#45George308US #38
#46Gerald299US #65
#47Terry298US #52
#48Rodney293US #49
#49Peter286US #43
#50Bryan280US #51
#51Jerry277US #45
#52Frank271US #47
#53Randy266US #55
#54Jonathan252US #46
#55Raymond249US #50
#56Roger237US #59
#57Lawrence236US #71
#58Russell235US #57
#59Marc232US #63
#60Aaron229US #61
#61Carl229US #62
#62Corey226US #58
#63Jon219US #68
#64Chad216US #69
#65Bruce215US #72
#66Dean214US #89
#67Brent208US #92
#68Dale201US #96
#69Kurt201US #132
#70Tony198US #54
#71Martin193US #78
#72Wayne185US #75
#73Alan181US #76
#74Randall181US #85
#75Phillip177US #74
#76Joel176US #80
#77Curtis173US #81
#78Brett162US #94
#79Derrick160US #107
#80Samuel157US #64
#81Derek156US #109
#82Chris155US #66
#83Darren154US #60
#84Philip152US #86
#85Kirk150US #148
#86Vincent146US #70
#87Jack145US #122
#88Steve145US #98
#89Jay144US #95
#90Andre141US #149
#91Frederick141US #116
#92Allen140US #111
#93Duane140US #156
#94Lee140US #118
#95Danny138US #73
#96Jeff133US #106
#97Walter133US #84
#98Harold131US #117
#99Darrell128US #93
#100Erik126US #119

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑58Nicole#39
↑29Heather#22
↑27Jason#28
↑25Shannon#28
↑24Sarah#56
↑20Deanna#72
↑18Derek#81
↑17Brent#67

Falling

↓22Jeff#96
↓18April#100
↓15Joel#76
↓15Allen#92
↓14Kathy#83
↓12Teresa#49
↓12Nancy#51
↓12Lynn#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.