State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 130,788 Michigan births in 1972 across 1,731 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#93Kurt#164 nationally
#81Damon#137 nationally
#76Dale#131 nationally
#58Deanna#107 nationally
#82Andre#128 nationally
#53Jodi#97 nationally
#97Lynn#135 nationally
#78Jamie#114 nationally
#44Renee#77 nationally
#70Gerald#102 nationally
#90Tricia#120 nationally
#93Colleen#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,274US #1
#2Michelle1,643US #2
#3Amy1,528US #5
#4Lisa1,464US #3
#5Kimberly1,299US #4
#6Angela1,001US #6
#7Heather976US #9
#8Nicole927US #10
#9Melissa886US #7
#10Julie819US #12
#11Rebecca720US #14
#12Kelly710US #23
#13Dawn683US #20
#14Tammy658US #11
#15Stephanie639US #8
#16Tina634US #18
#17Tracy579US #19
#18Laura566US #17
#19Mary557US #13
#20Shannon535US #22
#21Christine528US #16
#22Karen496US #21
#23Susan477US #24
#24Wendy464US #29
#25Elizabeth440US #15
#26Christina433US #26
#27Lori418US #28
#28Andrea398US #30
#29Carrie398US #53
#30Pamela346US #34
#31Tonya345US #37
#32Stacey342US #41
#33Patricia328US #27
#34Stacy322US #33
#35Denise321US #35
#36Sarah320US #49
#37Heidi317US #64
#38Cynthia314US #25
#39April308US #48
#40Michele305US #36
#41Rachel302US #40
#42Brenda294US #44
#43Sandra291US #31
#44Renee283US #77
#45Jill273US #62
#46Deborah271US #43
#47Jessica270US #46
#48Theresa261US #68
#49Kristin258US #67
#50Teresa252US #39
#51Melanie249US #42
#52Cheryl247US #56
#53Jodi247US #97
#54Holly244US #71
#55Linda244US #51
#56Kathleen242US #57
#57Tanya240US #54
#58Deanna233US #107
#59Robin230US #55
#60Katherine223US #69
#61Debra217US #66
#62Rhonda217US #60
#63Tara216US #38
#64Barbara209US #58
#65Danielle209US #73
#66Sherry209US #70
#67Kristen207US #85
#68Tracey206US #88
#69Catherine198US #65
#70Dana198US #52
#71Paula196US #72
#72Monica195US #47
#73Nancy195US #63
#74Tamara192US #84
#75Shelly191US #94
#76Donna185US #45
#77Ann183US #91
#78Jamie177US #114
#79Sara174US #101
#80Leslie170US #75
#81Maria168US #32
#82Sharon166US #50
#83Laurie164US #98
#84Sheila162US #90
#85Suzanne160US #92
#86Tiffany160US #61
#87Amanda158US #76
#88Kristina158US #112
#89Beth156US #113
#90Tricia154US #120
#91Yolanda153US #89
#92Crystal152US #59
#93Colleen151US #123
#94Kathryn150US #103
#95Jacqueline148US #79
#96Katrina142US #116
#97Lynn139US #135
#98Gina137US #78
#99Melinda137US #81
#100Diane136US #105

Boys

#1Michael3,245US #1
#2David2,176US #4
#3Christopher2,149US #2
#4Robert2,103US #6
#5James1,997US #3
#6Jason1,824US #7
#7John1,768US #5
#8Brian1,753US #8
#9Scott1,569US #11
#10Matthew1,470US #10
#11Jeffrey1,319US #17
#12William1,233US #9
#13Daniel1,156US #15
#14Mark1,142US #18
#15Steven1,138US #19
#16Eric1,134US #16
#17Kevin1,064US #13
#18Joseph1,035US #12
#19Thomas981US #20
#20Richard938US #14
#21Timothy937US #21
#22Chad809US #25
#23Anthony759US #22
#24Paul756US #24
#25Todd681US #31
#26Charles676US #23
#27Kenneth604US #27
#28Gregory567US #26
#29Andrew561US #30
#30Ronald472US #32
#31Shawn469US #28
#32Patrick459US #35
#33Donald445US #36
#34Keith445US #38
#35Ryan418US #39
#36Stephen418US #29
#37Aaron416US #40
#38Edward409US #34
#39Sean408US #33
#40Douglas402US #43
#41Gary398US #41
#42Jeremy386US #42
#43Craig384US #46
#44Jonathan340US #37
#45Dennis325US #52
#46Jeffery322US #58
#47Troy311US #49
#48Derek291US #67
#49Larry290US #47
#50George272US #44
#51Bryan266US #45
#52Bradley261US #61
#53Adam259US #51
#54Peter252US #48
#55Terry235US #62
#56Raymond232US #54
#57Brent225US #77
#58Jerry219US #53
#59Frank213US #56
#60Joel210US #78
#61Joshua200US #59
#62Shane200US #55
#63Marc191US #83
#64Brett190US #80
#65Jamie190US #72
#66Randy190US #70
#67Rodney184US #65
#68Benjamin183US #64
#69Erik180US #86
#70Gerald180US #102
#71Nathan178US #79
#72Tony175US #68
#73Lawrence170US #101
#74Brandon169US #63
#75Marcus164US #71
#76Dale158US #131
#77Roger158US #76
#78Curtis157US #92
#79Carl155US #85
#80Nicholas155US #99
#81Damon152US #137
#82Andre148US #128
#83Jon147US #89
#84Russell145US #69
#85Corey141US #95
#86Alan139US #110
#87Justin136US #60
#88Derrick127US #91
#89Phillip126US #75
#90Philip125US #104
#91Danny124US #87
#92Antonio123US #93
#93Kurt123US #164
#94Samuel123US #66
#95Martin122US #117
#96Bruce121US #121
#97Arthur117US #119
#98Darren117US #106
#99Walter117US #98
#100Randall116US #120

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑39Joshua#61
↑37Jessica#47
↑35Tanya#57
↑28Melanie#51
↑20April#39
↑20Tara#63
↑19Jamie#65
↑18Ryan#35

Falling

↓18Jon#83
↓17Tamara#74
↓17Ann#77
↓17Beth#89
↓16Barbara#64
↓16Dana#70
↓16Roger#77
↓16Walter#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.