State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 124,616 Michigan births in 1973 across 1,752 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#96Kurt#186 nationally
#92Nichole#160 nationally
#82Dale#141 nationally
#83Brad#137 nationally
#79Damon#125 nationally
#55Jodi#100 nationally
#90Andre#132 nationally
#88Aimee#126 nationally
#44Renee#80 nationally
#77Deanna#111 nationally
#69Gerald#102 nationally
#91Anne#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,242US #1
#2Amy1,492US #2
#3Michelle1,436US #3
#4Kimberly1,216US #4
#5Lisa1,189US #5
#6Heather1,119US #8
#7Angela976US #7
#8Melissa905US #6
#9Nicole817US #11
#10Rebecca796US #10
#11Julie773US #12
#12Kelly667US #18
#13Stephanie660US #9
#14Dawn617US #21
#15Tracy520US #20
#16Mary507US #14
#17Shannon505US #22
#18Tammy483US #15
#19Tina482US #24
#20Christine473US #17
#21Laura470US #19
#22Elizabeth468US #13
#23Christina460US #16
#24Andrea441US #30
#25Sarah435US #35
#26Karen411US #23
#27Susan411US #25
#28Carrie384US #46
#29Lori383US #28
#30Wendy366US #29
#31Stacy362US #32
#32April330US #33
#33Tonya323US #36
#34Danielle321US #49
#35Stacey318US #41
#36Jessica313US #34
#37Cynthia310US #26
#38Rachel293US #42
#39Holly289US #54
#40Denise284US #38
#41Patricia284US #27
#42Heidi266US #65
#43Kristen263US #58
#44Renee254US #80
#45Tamara254US #66
#46Sandra253US #39
#47Melanie249US #43
#48Pamela249US #47
#49Michele248US #44
#50Theresa238US #69
#51Dana232US #59
#52Jill232US #62
#53Brenda231US #53
#54Tanya231US #50
#55Jodi229US #100
#56Teresa228US #45
#57Kristin226US #78
#58Kathleen224US #68
#59Katherine217US #64
#60Monica217US #40
#61Deborah215US #56
#62Amanda210US #51
#63Sara202US #89
#64Tiffany201US #52
#65Tara199US #37
#66Catherine187US #67
#67Ann184US #93
#68Robin184US #60
#69Crystal183US #48
#70Erin179US #79
#71Cheryl173US #74
#72Kristina173US #97
#73Maria172US #31
#74Linda170US #61
#75Tracey169US #102
#76Barbara166US #63
#77Deanna160US #111
#78Shelly157US #104
#79Sherry156US #76
#80Debra155US #84
#81Jacqueline155US #88
#82Leslie155US #75
#83Rhonda149US #70
#84Donna148US #55
#85Melinda147US #72
#86Jamie145US #103
#87Kristi144US #108
#88Aimee143US #126
#89Erica143US #81
#90Beth142US #117
#91Anne141US #122
#92Nichole136US #160
#93Sheila136US #101
#94Sharon135US #57
#95Kathryn134US #107
#96Laurie133US #106
#97Brandy132US #82
#98Bridget132US #112
#99Katrina131US #118
#100Suzanne129US #98

Boys

#1Michael3,111US #1
#2Jason2,504US #3
#3Christopher1,998US #2
#4David1,924US #5
#5Robert1,880US #7
#6James1,752US #4
#7Brian1,685US #8
#8Matthew1,557US #10
#9John1,506US #6
#10Scott1,319US #18
#11Daniel1,257US #11
#12Jeffrey1,209US #17
#13Eric1,128US #13
#14William1,074US #9
#15Kevin1,017US #14
#16Mark1,015US #15
#17Steven932US #20
#18Joseph917US #12
#19Richard878US #16
#20Timothy868US #22
#21Thomas866US #19
#22Chad779US #25
#23Anthony715US #21
#24Todd628US #35
#25Charles622US #23
#26Paul618US #24
#27Andrew589US #29
#28Gregory555US #26
#29Jeremy527US #33
#30Kenneth521US #28
#31Ryan520US #30
#32Aaron516US #34
#33Shawn504US #27
#34Ronald450US #40
#35Donald445US #38
#36Keith398US #41
#37Patrick395US #37
#38Stephen391US #32
#39Edward378US #39
#40Adam360US #45
#41Douglas348US #47
#42Jonathan340US #31
#43Craig337US #48
#44Sean329US #36
#45Gary322US #44
#46Joshua319US #42
#47Dennis313US #56
#48Bradley311US #62
#49Jeffery301US #64
#50Bryan286US #43
#51Larry286US #50
#52Derek281US #69
#53Troy249US #59
#54Nathan239US #63
#55Peter239US #52
#56Raymond223US #60
#57Jamie221US #70
#58Benjamin220US #55
#59Frank218US #61
#60George216US #46
#61Joel215US #73
#62Brandon210US #58
#63Justin202US #51
#64Terry202US #65
#65Jerry196US #57
#66Randy193US #79
#67Shane193US #54
#68Marc187US #81
#69Gerald179US #102
#70Rodney174US #68
#71Brent165US #80
#72Marcus164US #72
#73Corey163US #89
#74Erik160US #86
#75Nicholas160US #85
#76Phillip154US #71
#77Brett151US #88
#78Carl150US #90
#79Damon148US #125
#80Roger145US #84
#81Tony144US #78
#82Dale141US #141
#83Brad139US #137
#84Philip139US #91
#85Travis138US #53
#86Jon135US #94
#87Russell133US #77
#88Samuel128US #66
#89Lawrence127US #104
#90Andre123US #132
#91Derrick123US #87
#92Antonio122US #92
#93Jesse116US #75
#94Martin112US #108
#95Curtis111US #98
#96Kurt109US #186
#97Kyle109US #110
#98Arthur106US #119
#99Walter105US #101
#100Alan101US #115

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑31Danielle#34
↑29Tamara#45
↑25Amanda#62
↑24Kristen#43
↑24Justin#63
↑23Crystal#69
↑22Tiffany#64
↑19Dana#51

Falling

↓21Rhonda#83
↓19Cheryl#71
↓19Linda#74
↓19Deanna#77
↓19Debra#80
↓18Pamela#48
↓17Curtis#95
↓16Lawrence#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.