State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 121,442 Michigan births in 1977 across 1,782 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#100Dale#176 nationally
#98Tamika#158 nationally
#87Nichole#142 nationally
#54Jodi#105 nationally
#80Kari#130 nationally
#83Gerald#131 nationally
#47Renee#87 nationally
#73Damon#112 nationally
#82Ann#118 nationally
#95Katrina#126 nationally
#94Anne#123 nationally
#55Kristina#83 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,757US #1
#2Amy1,224US #3
#3Melissa1,203US #2
#4Heather1,157US #5
#5Sarah1,092US #11
#6Angela1,084US #6
#7Jessica1,032US #4
#8Michelle952US #7
#9Kelly945US #10
#10Lisa890US #12
#11Nicole878US #15
#12Amanda832US #9
#13Kimberly738US #8
#14Rebecca734US #17
#15Jamie700US #18
#16Shannon694US #19
#17Elizabeth677US #13
#18Stephanie581US #14
#19Christina556US #16
#20Andrea548US #24
#21Sara539US #27
#22Erin526US #23
#23Carrie501US #28
#24Laura498US #20
#25Rachel478US #26
#26Julie468US #22
#27Danielle414US #31
#28Mary389US #21
#29Jill380US #41
#30Dawn352US #43
#31Christine326US #30
#32Karen315US #32
#33Stacey310US #56
#34Holly299US #52
#35Stacy296US #42
#36Amber295US #33
#37April286US #29
#38Jaime285US #46
#39Emily279US #37
#40Tracy266US #50
#41Tara262US #35
#42Crystal261US #25
#43Katherine259US #44
#44Tiffany258US #34
#45Erica254US #38
#46Melanie234US #53
#47Renee229US #87
#48Kristy223US #68
#49Susan223US #45
#50Tammy223US #55
#51Lori216US #57
#52Kathryn214US #70
#53Megan213US #54
#54Jodi212US #105
#55Kristina211US #83
#56Heidi206US #81
#57Tina206US #58
#58Wendy203US #49
#59Monica198US #39
#60Brandy191US #51
#61Kristin187US #82
#62Tonya184US #64
#63Courtney181US #76
#64Catherine178US #75
#65Kristen177US #72
#66Patricia175US #47
#67Dana174US #62
#68Cynthia173US #48
#69Tanya173US #67
#70Kathleen164US #80
#71Alicia161US #60
#72Theresa161US #98
#73Denise159US #78
#74Beth155US #97
#75Maria154US #36
#76Mandy153US #94
#77Sabrina147US #63
#78Michele144US #77
#79Robin143US #84
#80Kari141US #130
#81Christy140US #59
#82Ann139US #118
#83Misty139US #40
#84Sandra137US #61
#85Leslie136US #65
#86Natalie134US #69
#87Nichole134US #142
#88Anna132US #74
#89Teresa132US #79
#90Tamara129US #93
#91Allison127US #66
#92Lindsay127US #110
#93Kelli125US #117
#94Anne122US #123
#95Katrina122US #126
#96Brandi121US #71
#97Kristi121US #104
#98Tamika121US #158
#99Kara117US #120
#100Samantha116US #85

Boys

#1Michael3,029US #1
#2Jason2,984US #2
#3Christopher1,810US #3
#4David1,730US #4
#5Matthew1,696US #9
#6James1,576US #5
#7Brian1,538US #8
#8Robert1,496US #6
#9Ryan1,254US #16
#10John1,242US #7
#11Daniel1,152US #11
#12Joseph1,114US #10
#13Eric1,098US #17
#14Kevin1,043US #13
#15Jeremy1,007US #15
#16William926US #12
#17Jeffrey921US #19
#18Timothy904US #18
#19Andrew896US #24
#20Scott882US #27
#21Joshua846US #14
#22Steven822US #23
#23Mark817US #25
#24Anthony759US #21
#25Thomas726US #22
#26Aaron693US #32
#27Richard676US #20
#28Chad631US #34
#29Paul576US #31
#30Benjamin575US #29
#31Adam565US #33
#32Charles550US #26
#33Nathan498US #36
#34Gregory452US #35
#35Justin437US #30
#36Kenneth404US #39
#37Jonathan400US #28
#38Shawn384US #37
#39Bradley378US #49
#40Donald367US #46
#41Bryan364US #42
#42Todd361US #50
#43Patrick351US #40
#44Stephen348US #38
#45Brandon338US #41
#46Keith325US #48
#47Nicholas307US #51
#48Corey300US #52
#49Ronald300US #53
#50Douglas284US #59
#51Sean270US #43
#52Craig256US #64
#53Edward254US #47
#54Jacob245US #56
#55Peter243US #55
#56Gary241US #58
#57Dennis234US #68
#58Jeffery226US #78
#59Joel223US #73
#60Brent210US #85
#61Shane208US #61
#62Jesse204US #54
#63Larry204US #62
#64Jeremiah184US #69
#65Travis183US #44
#66Derek182US #84
#67Raymond181US #65
#68George173US #57
#69Terry163US #83
#70Cory159US #67
#71Jamie157US #82
#72Troy157US #88
#73Damon155US #112
#74Philip148US #90
#75Phillip146US #70
#76Kyle145US #79
#77Randy145US #86
#78Samuel140US #60
#79Brad138US #106
#80Frank138US #71
#81Marcus134US #72
#82Erik133US #94
#83Gerald133US #131
#84Shaun133US #103
#85Marc132US #101
#86Wesley132US #66
#87Jared121US #76
#88Carl119US #99
#89Nathaniel118US #107
#90Antonio116US #77
#91Lawrence115US #115
#92Zachary115US #95
#93Jerry113US #75
#94Kristopher112US #113
#95Rodney112US #97
#96Russell110US #89
#97Brett107US #109
#98Derrick107US #80
#99Ian106US #119
#100Dale103US #176

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑29Jeremiah#64
↑27Cory#70
↑20Nicholas#47
↑16Crystal#42
↑16Catherine#64
↑14Tara#41
↑14Kathryn#52
↑14Kristina#55

Falling

↓25Michele#78
↓21Tanya#69
↓19Tamika#98
↓18Tina#57
↓17Tamara#90
↓16Jamie#71
↓14Sandra#84
↓14Anna#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.