State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 145,541 Michigan births in 1971 across 1,775 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#97Shawn#168 nationally
#85Kurt#155 nationally
#98Kirk#159 nationally
#68Dale#125 nationally
#77Andre#129 nationally
#93Brad#139 nationally
#99Dean#137 nationally
#91Lynn#128 nationally
#58Jodi#94 nationally
#82Jamie#118 nationally
#85Kristine#120 nationally
#45Heidi#77 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,958US #1
#2Michelle1,848US #2
#3Amy1,713US #5
#4Lisa1,650US #3
#5Kimberly1,522US #4
#6Angela1,168US #6
#7Melissa1,033US #7
#8Dawn977US #14
#9Julie960US #10
#10Heather876US #12
#11Kelly810US #22
#12Tammy766US #8
#13Tracy720US #13
#14Laura678US #16
#15Tina666US #20
#16Shannon659US #21
#17Mary658US #9
#18Christine641US #18
#19Nicole641US #27
#20Karen639US #15
#21Susan608US #17
#22Rebecca582US #23
#23Wendy544US #29
#24Lori513US #25
#25Stephanie507US #11
#26Elizabeth471US #19
#27Christina465US #30
#28Pamela446US #28
#29Michele439US #39
#30Cynthia418US #24
#31Carrie414US #55
#32Andrea412US #35
#33Stacey400US #41
#34Denise396US #36
#35Stacy393US #32
#36Deborah382US #33
#37Patricia382US #26
#38Sandra373US #31
#39Brenda368US #43
#40Jill367US #59
#41Tonya356US #45
#42Renee347US #73
#43Cheryl333US #50
#44Kathleen322US #53
#45Heidi321US #77
#46Teresa310US #34
#47Kristin308US #71
#48Barbara298US #47
#49Sarah292US #58
#50Linda290US #42
#51Debra276US #57
#52Rhonda275US #46
#53Theresa273US #61
#54Dana272US #44
#55Rachel271US #54
#56Robin268US #51
#57Tamara264US #80
#58Jodi263US #94
#59April262US #56
#60Ann261US #78
#61Sherry256US #60
#62Tracey253US #74
#63Katherine252US #67
#64Kristen248US #87
#65Paula246US #63
#66Holly241US #76
#67Donna240US #38
#68Danielle235US #99
#69Nancy234US #52
#70Catherine229US #65
#71Deanna224US #95
#72Beth216US #100
#73Laurie215US #96
#74Cindy212US #70
#75Monica209US #48
#76Sharon203US #40
#77Sheila203US #81
#78Shelly200US #103
#79Melanie198US #66
#80Tiffany194US #62
#81Jacqueline190US #75
#82Jamie189US #118
#83Tara186US #49
#84Jessica185US #64
#85Kristine185US #120
#86Leslie185US #68
#87Kathy183US #91
#88Kristina179US #117
#89Colleen177US #121
#90Maria177US #37
#91Lynn176US #128
#92Tanya175US #72
#93Anne171US #122
#94Diane171US #83
#95Suzanne171US #88
#96Traci170US #116
#97Shawn169US #168
#98Tricia167US #109
#99Yolanda165US #98
#100Kathryn164US #111

Boys

#1Michael3,603US #1
#2David2,488US #3
#3Robert2,399US #5
#4James2,386US #2
#5Scott2,213US #10
#6John2,112US #4
#7Christopher1,992US #6
#8Brian1,607US #9
#9Jeffrey1,559US #12
#10Jason1,516US #8
#11William1,482US #7
#12Matthew1,419US #19
#13Steven1,399US #16
#14Mark1,395US #13
#15Kevin1,300US #14
#16Eric1,147US #18
#17Daniel1,128US #20
#18Thomas1,111US #17
#19Timothy1,108US #21
#20Joseph1,076US #15
#21Richard1,072US #11
#22Todd886US #30
#23Paul882US #24
#24Anthony851US #23
#25Charles762US #22
#26Kenneth750US #25
#27Gregory744US #26
#28Chad651US #29
#29Ronald619US #31
#30Andrew600US #33
#31Shawn564US #28
#32Patrick560US #35
#33Donald516US #34
#34Gary496US #38
#35Stephen491US #27
#36Edward478US #32
#37Craig476US #43
#38Aaron457US #41
#39Keith457US #37
#40Douglas452US #39
#41Sean420US #36
#42Dennis417US #49
#43Jeremy376US #45
#44Jeffery364US #53
#45Troy357US #46
#46Bradley351US #58
#47Derek332US #63
#48Larry320US #44
#49Jonathan307US #40
#50Adam306US #57
#51Peter283US #47
#52George280US #42
#53Ryan279US #51
#54Marc271US #70
#55Jerry263US #50
#56Brent260US #73
#57Bryan258US #48
#58Gerald256US #83
#59Raymond256US #52
#60Terry247US #56
#61Roger239US #71
#62Rodney224US #59
#63Frank223US #54
#64Randy209US #67
#65Jon206US #78
#66Carl204US #72
#67Tony202US #62
#68Dale199US #125
#69Russell199US #64
#70Lawrence193US #85
#71Shane193US #60
#72Brett191US #90
#73Corey189US #77
#74Erik184US #97
#75Derrick183US #84
#76Alan181US #99
#77Andre178US #129
#78Joel174US #86
#79Phillip171US #76
#80Benjamin169US #69
#81Marcus167US #65
#82Nathan165US #104
#83Walter162US #91
#84Jamie161US #96
#85Kurt161US #155
#86Randall160US #102
#87Bruce158US #108
#88Chris158US #68
#89Curtis153US #89
#90Kyle151US #116
#91Martin151US #105
#92Samuel145US #66
#93Brad137US #139
#94Nicholas137US #123
#95Frederick136US #109
#96Wayne134US #92
#97Travis133US #61
#98Kirk132US #159
#99Dean131US #137
#100Joshua130US #80

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑39Jeremy#43
↑25Danielle#68
↑23Stacy#35
↑23April#59
↑23Adam#50
↑20Dana#54
↑16Carrie#31
↑15Stacey#33

Falling

↓27Diane#94
↓23Dean#99
↓21Wayne#96
↓19Ann#60
↓19Martin#91
↓17Tracey#62
↓17Kurt#85
↓15Donna#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.