State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 117,575 Michigan births in 1975 across 1,723 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#53Tamika#130 nationally
#84Dale#159 nationally
#83Nichole#153 nationally
#98Jody#162 nationally
#85Colleen#133 nationally
#49Jodi#94 nationally
#45Renee#87 nationally
#73Damon#114 nationally
#100Bruce#140 nationally
#79Tracey#117 nationally
#86Anne#124 nationally
#67Kristina#103 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,688US #1
#2Amy1,621US #2
#3Heather1,246US #3
#4Angela1,138US #5
#5Michelle1,111US #6
#6Melissa1,095US #4
#7Lisa992US #8
#8Nicole944US #10
#9Kimberly919US #7
#10Rebecca735US #11
#11Kelly706US #16
#12Sarah698US #17
#13Stephanie608US #9
#14Julie576US #18
#15Christina527US #12
#16Dawn517US #23
#17Amanda512US #14
#18Jessica508US #13
#19Shannon494US #21
#20Laura467US #20
#21Carrie460US #29
#22Andrea445US #28
#23Elizabeth441US #15
#24Tracy411US #24
#25Mary407US #19
#26Rachel403US #26
#27Christine386US #22
#28Stacy373US #34
#29Tina349US #35
#30Jill348US #46
#31April347US #25
#32Sara345US #54
#33Erin333US #38
#34Wendy330US #33
#35Danielle329US #42
#36Karen321US #27
#37Tammy317US #31
#38Stacey306US #44
#39Susan291US #32
#40Kristen288US #60
#41Lori283US #39
#42Holly274US #55
#43Jamie267US #68
#44Emily250US #48
#45Renee243US #87
#46Tara243US #41
#47Patricia242US #36
#48Tiffany239US #37
#49Jodi231US #94
#50Heidi230US #66
#51Tonya227US #45
#52Michele222US #56
#53Tamika220US #130
#54Katherine219US #58
#55Melanie214US #52
#56Theresa214US #78
#57Dana204US #62
#58Kristin193US #74
#59Brandy192US #57
#60Crystal192US #43
#61Amber191US #59
#62Tanya186US #50
#63Erica184US #63
#64Tamara183US #77
#65Denise178US #64
#66Cynthia177US #40
#67Kristina172US #103
#68Monica172US #49
#69Kathleen169US #80
#70Ann166US #104
#71Teresa165US #61
#72Robin163US #65
#73Catherine160US #73
#74Sandra160US #51
#75Megan158US #69
#76Pamela157US #70
#77Brenda155US #67
#78Christy155US #53
#79Tracey146US #117
#80Alicia145US #76
#81Mandy142US #106
#82Kathryn141US #99
#83Nichole141US #153
#84Maria139US #30
#85Colleen134US #133
#86Anne133US #124
#87Deborah132US #86
#88Rhonda132US #93
#89Anna131US #79
#90Deanna131US #126
#91Barbara130US #83
#92Leslie130US #71
#93Linda128US #81
#94Shelly127US #113
#95Cheryl122US #97
#96Melinda122US #91
#97Courtney121US #102
#98Jody121US #162
#99Misty121US #47
#100Sharon121US #75

Boys

#1Michael2,977US #1
#2Jason2,566US #2
#3Christopher1,841US #3
#4David1,767US #5
#5James1,638US #4
#6Matthew1,580US #9
#7Robert1,506US #6
#8Brian1,432US #8
#9John1,307US #7
#10Daniel1,142US #11
#11Scott1,128US #17
#12Jeffrey1,053US #14
#13Eric1,017US #13
#14William969US #10
#15Steven941US #18
#16Joseph922US #12
#17Mark883US #19
#18Ryan831US #23
#19Kevin816US #15
#20Thomas765US #20
#21Jeremy747US #24
#22Timothy746US #22
#23Andrew711US #28
#24Richard677US #16
#25Chad676US #27
#26Anthony673US #21
#27Aaron629US #32
#28Charles573US #25
#29Paul570US #29
#30Joshua564US #26
#31Todd492US #43
#32Kenneth457US #35
#33Benjamin456US #36
#34Gregory443US #33
#35Shawn443US #31
#36Adam438US #38
#37Jonathan375US #30
#38Donald359US #42
#39Nathan354US #45
#40Keith349US #49
#41Patrick345US #39
#42Ronald340US #46
#43Stephen339US #34
#44Edward336US #41
#45Brandon313US #44
#46Gary293US #50
#47Sean293US #40
#48Bradley292US #52
#49Justin291US #37
#50Craig283US #58
#51Bryan281US #47
#52Dennis273US #59
#53Douglas260US #55
#54Peter236US #54
#55Jamie233US #62
#56Larry227US #56
#57Jeffery226US #70
#58George215US #53
#59Raymond212US #63
#60Brent206US #79
#61Corey200US #71
#62Shane200US #57
#63Troy197US #69
#64Derek194US #83
#65Terry185US #67
#66Joel171US #74
#67Randy168US #78
#68Jacob165US #75
#69Erik160US #87
#70Marcus160US #68
#71Nicholas153US #81
#72Marc152US #89
#73Damon151US #114
#74Jerry146US #65
#75Jesse144US #64
#76Brad142US #98
#77Frank142US #66
#78Gerald141US #108
#79Phillip141US #72
#80Carl133US #91
#81Cory133US #99
#82Brett132US #92
#83Rodney131US #76
#84Dale129US #159
#85Roger129US #97
#86Russell129US #82
#87Tony128US #80
#88Samuel127US #61
#89Philip123US #85
#90Andre121US #123
#91Jon121US #102
#92Travis120US #51
#93Kyle118US #88
#94Derrick116US #90
#95Antonio114US #77
#96Lawrence111US #110
#97Nathaniel107US #131
#98Alan101US #115
#99Micheal101US #104
#100Bruce98US #140

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑29Jacob#68
↑27Jamie#43
↑24Brandy#59
↑20Emily#44
↑19Amanda#17
↑13Brett#82
↑11Erin#33
↑11Kathryn#82

Falling

↓20Deborah#87
↓19Pamela#76
↓18Cynthia#66
↓18Leslie#92
↓18Lawrence#96
↓16Tanya#62
↓16Brenda#77
↓14Sandra#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.