State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 121,179 Michigan births in 1974 across 1,722 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#96Shawn#200 nationally
#89Nichole#161 nationally
#93Dale#145 nationally
#88Andre#132 nationally
#67Damon#110 nationally
#49Jodi#91 nationally
#79Beth#117 nationally
#71Gerald#108 nationally
#81Deanna#115 nationally
#87Anne#120 nationally
#76Tracey#108 nationally
#91Colleen#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,012US #1
#2Amy1,570US #2
#3Michelle1,359US #3
#4Heather1,200US #4
#5Angela1,057US #5
#6Kimberly995US #6
#7Lisa983US #8
#8Melissa932US #7
#9Rebecca872US #10
#10Nicole788US #11
#11Julie658US #14
#12Kelly636US #15
#13Sarah596US #20
#14Dawn576US #22
#15Stephanie551US #9
#16Shannon538US #18
#17Tracy483US #23
#18Jessica460US #17
#19Elizabeth445US #12
#20Christine427US #19
#21Carrie424US #42
#22Christina418US #16
#23Andrea417US #35
#24Mary413US #13
#25Tammy404US #24
#26Laura398US #21
#27Danielle395US #40
#28Tina392US #25
#29April361US #28
#30Karen354US #26
#31Stacy349US #38
#32Wendy349US #32
#33Susan348US #27
#34Rachel342US #36
#35Lori333US #30
#36Amanda323US #34
#37Holly323US #56
#38Kristen322US #45
#39Jill305US #58
#40Sara299US #61
#41Heidi292US #60
#42Stacey280US #48
#43Tonya278US #37
#44Erin271US #47
#45Michele268US #50
#46Tanya258US #46
#47Tiffany250US #41
#48Cynthia247US #33
#49Jodi245US #91
#50Patricia241US #29
#51Tamara239US #64
#52Dana227US #55
#53Kristin225US #72
#54Tara225US #39
#55Renee224US #85
#56Melanie217US #51
#57Pamela214US #54
#58Katherine213US #62
#59Theresa202US #79
#60Sandra199US #44
#61Brenda196US #59
#62Crystal196US #49
#63Kathleen189US #76
#64Emily186US #69
#65Denise185US #53
#66Teresa183US #52
#67Deborah175US #68
#68Catherine174US #73
#69Monica174US #43
#70Jamie170US #97
#71Christy168US #57
#72Erica166US #74
#73Robin163US #63
#74Leslie162US #65
#75Kristina157US #101
#76Tracey157US #108
#77Maria156US #31
#78Ann154US #100
#79Beth152US #117
#80Barbara150US #77
#81Deanna150US #115
#82Cheryl149US #88
#83Brandy148US #80
#84Rhonda146US #86
#85Sherry142US #89
#86Alicia140US #90
#87Anne140US #120
#88Linda139US #75
#89Nichole137US #161
#90Jacqueline136US #83
#91Colleen134US #123
#92Shelly133US #107
#93Kathryn132US #98
#94Debra129US #94
#95Paula128US #96
#96Shawn125US #200
#97Suzanne121US #111
#98Donna120US #67
#99Joy120US #109
#100Cindy119US #103

Boys

#1Michael3,003US #1
#2Jason2,911US #2
#3Christopher1,934US #3
#4David1,903US #4
#5James1,712US #5
#6Robert1,675US #7
#7Brian1,660US #8
#8Matthew1,553US #9
#9John1,405US #6
#10Scott1,189US #18
#11Daniel1,171US #11
#12Jeffrey1,119US #15
#13Eric1,103US #13
#14William1,060US #10
#15Joseph982US #12
#16Mark938US #16
#17Kevin932US #14
#18Steven928US #19
#19Timothy850US #22
#20Richard796US #17
#21Thomas752US #20
#22Ryan728US #25
#23Chad726US #26
#24Jeremy709US #24
#25Anthony694US #21
#26Andrew681US #28
#27Aaron625US #32
#28Charles613US #23
#29Paul607US #27
#30Todd528US #39
#31Kenneth497US #34
#32Shawn483US #30
#33Gregory481US #31
#34Joshua446US #29
#35Donald422US #41
#36Adam419US #36
#37Stephen382US #35
#38Jonathan379US #33
#39Ronald376US #42
#40Patrick351US #38
#41Benjamin348US #46
#42Keith347US #44
#43Edward330US #40
#44Sean321US #37
#45Douglas320US #53
#46Gary317US #48
#47Nathan314US #52
#48Craig274US #57
#49Bryan271US #45
#50Jeffery268US #66
#51Dennis262US #59
#52Bradley253US #58
#53Larry249US #55
#54Peter244US #50
#55Derek233US #74
#56Brandon228US #51
#57Justin225US #43
#58Shane224US #56
#59Jamie222US #68
#60Troy216US #63
#61Marc212US #85
#62Raymond205US #62
#63Brent201US #76
#64Terry184US #69
#65George178US #49
#66Corey175US #77
#67Damon175US #110
#68Joel175US #75
#69Nicholas175US #80
#70Frank172US #65
#71Gerald171US #108
#72Carl166US #89
#73Rodney164US #72
#74Phillip158US #70
#75Jerry152US #61
#76Erik150US #90
#77Randy149US #79
#78Lawrence147US #100
#79Samuel145US #60
#80Marcus143US #73
#81Philip141US #86
#82Jon139US #94
#83Travis138US #54
#84Jesse134US #67
#85Brad133US #105
#86Roger133US #93
#87Derrick128US #87
#88Andre121US #132
#89Kyle121US #97
#90Tony120US #81
#91Curtis117US #98
#92Alan116US #118
#93Dale115US #145
#94Martin114US #109
#95Brett112US #95
#96Russell112US #84
#97Jacob107US #88
#98Antonio106US #82
#99Randall102US #123
#100Wayne101US #120

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑26Amanda#36
↑26Erin#44
↑23Sara#40
↑18Jessica#18
↑17Tiffany#47
↑17Erica#72
↑17Benjamin#41
↑16Jamie#70

Falling

↓25Denise#65
↓18Brett#95
↓14Sandra#60
↓14Linda#88
↓14Shelly#92
↓14Debra#94
↓14Donna#98
↓11Cynthia#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.