State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 115,525 Michigan births in 1976 across 1,714 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#79Tamika#144 nationally
#90Nichole#148 nationally
#93Tracey#140 nationally
#85Deanna#128 nationally
#84Andre#125 nationally
#46Renee#86 nationally
#62Jodi#102 nationally
#99Colleen#136 nationally
#89Anne#124 nationally
#100Latoya#135 nationally
#86Gerald#120 nationally
#69Kristina#97 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,794US #1
#2Amy1,414US #2
#3Heather1,187US #4
#4Angela1,128US #5
#5Melissa1,121US #3
#6Michelle945US #6
#7Nicole918US #13
#8Lisa866US #9
#9Sarah829US #15
#10Rebecca795US #12
#11Kimberly762US #7
#12Jessica730US #8
#13Shannon683US #17
#14Jamie671US #18
#15Kelly669US #19
#16Amanda636US #10
#17Stephanie579US #11
#18Christina568US #14
#19Julie563US #21
#20Sara545US #27
#21Laura502US #20
#22Elizabeth491US #16
#23Andrea489US #25
#24Carrie437US #28
#25Rachel433US #23
#26Jaime416US #29
#27Dawn414US #35
#28Erin414US #24
#29Danielle379US #33
#30Mary367US #22
#31Christine342US #26
#32Stacey331US #51
#33Karen325US #31
#34Jill314US #52
#35Tracy307US #37
#36Stacy294US #38
#37Tiffany289US #32
#38April286US #30
#39Tina266US #48
#40Tammy258US #41
#41Melanie240US #53
#42Lori235US #47
#43Susan235US #40
#44Holly232US #56
#45Katherine227US #57
#46Renee221US #86
#47Wendy221US #39
#48Tanya217US #61
#49Amber214US #49
#50Tonya214US #58
#51Heidi213US #70
#52Emily212US #50
#53Michele210US #63
#54Erica209US #54
#55Tara206US #42
#56Patricia201US #43
#57Kristen199US #73
#58Crystal198US #36
#59Megan190US #62
#60Brandy185US #55
#61Dana178US #64
#62Jodi175US #102
#63Cynthia174US #44
#64Kristin174US #74
#65Theresa174US #89
#66Kathryn166US #88
#67Monica166US #45
#68Christy164US #60
#69Kristina162US #97
#70Sandra160US #59
#71Robin159US #75
#72Courtney157US #76
#73Tamara157US #91
#74Anna151US #78
#75Denise147US #69
#76Kathleen143US #82
#77Alicia142US #71
#78Mandy139US #100
#79Tamika138US #144
#80Catherine137US #72
#81Maria137US #34
#82Brenda133US #77
#83Misty133US #46
#84Ann129US #108
#85Deanna126US #128
#86Barbara125US #98
#87Leslie123US #65
#88Beth121US #114
#89Anne118US #124
#90Nichole118US #148
#91Teresa118US #66
#92Brandi116US #79
#93Tracey115US #140
#94Victoria114US #92
#95Samantha111US #85
#96Jacqueline109US #99
#97Pamela109US #84
#98Valerie109US #83
#99Colleen108US #136
#100Latoya108US #135

Boys

#1Michael2,909US #1
#2Jason2,811US #2
#3Christopher1,781US #3
#4David1,674US #4
#5Matthew1,629US #9
#6Robert1,545US #7
#7James1,440US #5
#8Brian1,376US #8
#9John1,289US #6
#10Eric1,103US #13
#11Daniel1,062US #10
#12Joseph1,032US #12
#13Scott1,027US #24
#14Ryan999US #16
#15Jeffrey992US #17
#16Jeremy979US #14
#17Kevin901US #15
#18Steven892US #20
#19William868US #11
#20Mark832US #25
#21Timothy824US #21
#22Thomas762US #23
#23Andrew735US #27
#24Richard679US #19
#25Anthony678US #22
#26Aaron635US #30
#27Chad627US #29
#28Joshua606US #18
#29Paul570US #28
#30Benjamin517US #32
#31Charles477US #26
#32Gregory462US #35
#33Kenneth445US #38
#34Adam434US #36
#35Nathan434US #39
#36Shawn402US #34
#37Todd397US #50
#38Justin360US #33
#39Stephen360US #37
#40Jonathan351US #31
#41Donald338US #47
#42Patrick322US #41
#43Keith311US #48
#44Bradley309US #51
#45Bryan304US #43
#46Ronald292US #49
#47Brandon285US #40
#48Edward284US #45
#49Sean271US #42
#50Gary242US #52
#51Craig236US #61
#52Douglas229US #56
#53Corey228US #64
#54Dennis226US #66
#55Jamie220US #62
#56Jeffery220US #76
#57Peter213US #54
#58Shane205US #57
#59Jacob199US #63
#60Larry195US #60
#61Joel194US #72
#62Brent186US #78
#63Troy178US #73
#64George171US #53
#65Randy168US #79
#66Jesse164US #55
#67Nicholas164US #77
#68Derek163US #84
#69Raymond162US #65
#70Kyle157US #80
#71Travis157US #46
#72Erik153US #94
#73Terry153US #75
#74Marc151US #99
#75Marcus144US #74
#76Frank140US #68
#77Philip140US #89
#78Damon139US #104
#79Samuel137US #59
#80Antonio136US #71
#81Brad133US #108
#82Jerry133US #67
#83Phillip130US #69
#84Andre124US #125
#85Brett122US #109
#86Gerald119US #120
#87Alan118US #115
#88Tony115US #86
#89Russell114US #87
#90Rodney112US #88
#91Zachary111US #97
#92Carl109US #95
#93Jeremiah109US #93
#94Curtis106US #105
#95Derrick106US #91
#96Lawrence106US #113
#97Cory105US #83
#98Gabriel103US #81
#99Nathaniel102US #114
#100Micheal100US #116

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑29Jamie#14
↑25Courtney#72
↑23Kyle#70
↑21Travis#71
↑16Megan#59
↑16Kathryn#66
↑16Misty#83
↑15Anna#74

Falling

↓26Tamika#79
↓21Pamela#97
↓20Teresa#91
↓17Kristen#57
↓16Cory#97
↓14Ann#84
↓14Tracey#93
↓14Colleen#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.