State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 121,799 Michigan births in 1978 across 1,763 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#92Bethany#155 nationally
#73Jodi#128 nationally
#63Nichole#116 nationally
#85Gerald#137 nationally
#82Damon#132 nationally
#85Colleen#133 nationally
#53Renee#99 nationally
#87Ann#125 nationally
#95Andre#129 nationally
#75Beth#107 nationally
#59Katie#90 nationally
#93Brad#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,668US #1
#2Melissa1,308US #2
#3Sarah1,173US #8
#4Angela1,139US #7
#5Heather1,135US #5
#6Amy1,125US #4
#7Jessica1,094US #3
#8Nicole1,047US #10
#9Michelle921US #9
#10Kelly915US #12
#11Lisa883US #11
#12Amanda856US #6
#13Elizabeth753US #14
#14Rebecca708US #17
#15Christina665US #15
#16Stephanie664US #16
#17Kimberly644US #13
#18Jamie588US #20
#19Shannon588US #22
#20Andrea582US #23
#21Julie531US #26
#22Rachel528US #25
#23Sara524US #28
#24Erin497US #21
#25Laura480US #19
#26Carrie466US #35
#27Crystal421US #18
#28Danielle387US #31
#29Emily366US #33
#30Mary345US #24
#31Erica334US #34
#32Dawn327US #52
#33Amber321US #30
#34Jill314US #46
#35April313US #27
#36Christine310US #29
#37Stacey298US #53
#38Kristy285US #51
#39Katherine283US #38
#40Stacy282US #44
#41Tiffany277US #32
#42Tracy277US #47
#43Karen274US #39
#44Brandy247US #37
#45Holly247US #55
#46Kathryn243US #57
#47Tara241US #40
#48Kristen240US #62
#49Tina238US #45
#50Kristina233US #64
#51Wendy219US #56
#52Megan215US #41
#53Renee212US #99
#54Kristin206US #78
#55Susan205US #49
#56Patricia200US #48
#57Melanie195US #54
#58Alicia194US #58
#59Katie187US #90
#60Jaime183US #70
#61Courtney179US #68
#62Maria179US #36
#63Nichole176US #116
#64Heidi173US #83
#65Lori172US #60
#66Lindsay171US #95
#67Tonya167US #77
#68Kathleen165US #79
#69Monica163US #42
#70Samantha159US #74
#71Misty157US #43
#72Tammy157US #67
#73Jodi155US #128
#74Dana153US #71
#75Beth151US #107
#76Theresa151US #101
#77Anna147US #65
#78Tanya146US #82
#79Catherine144US #72
#80Cynthia143US #50
#81Michele143US #86
#82Mandy142US #96
#83Leslie141US #63
#84Robin141US #89
#85Colleen140US #133
#86Kristi139US #98
#87Ann138US #125
#88Brandi138US #61
#89Sandra130US #69
#90Cheryl127US #94
#91Allison125US #75
#92Bethany125US #155
#93Erika124US #104
#94Melinda122US #84
#95Sabrina122US #91
#96Tamara122US #105
#97Anne121US #119
#98Brooke121US #115
#99Christy121US #59
#100Jacqueline121US #81

Boys

#1Michael3,091US #1
#2Jason2,842US #2
#3Matthew1,849US #6
#4David1,823US #4
#5Christopher1,678US #3
#6James1,575US #5
#7Robert1,535US #8
#8Brian1,380US #9
#9John1,240US #7
#10Ryan1,197US #14
#11Daniel1,133US #11
#12Joseph1,126US #10
#13Timothy1,028US #17
#14Eric1,021US #16
#15Kevin1,002US #15
#16Joshua963US #12
#17Jeffrey946US #19
#18Andrew938US #22
#19Jeremy900US #18
#20Nicholas891US #25
#21Steven886US #24
#22Scott880US #30
#23William864US #13
#24Mark754US #26
#25Thomas737US #23
#26Adam707US #29
#27Anthony694US #20
#28Aaron682US #32
#29Richard645US #21
#30Paul621US #33
#31Charles600US #27
#32Chad577US #35
#33Benjamin543US #34
#34Justin521US #28
#35Nathan503US #36
#36Gregory442US #38
#37Kenneth422US #41
#38Jonathan415US #31
#39Patrick402US #42
#40Brandon376US #40
#41Bryan360US #43
#42Shawn355US #39
#43Donald343US #48
#44Bradley329US #53
#45Todd328US #56
#46Stephen322US #37
#47Keith307US #49
#48Shaun288US #52
#49Corey266US #61
#50Jacob263US #50
#51Ronald263US #55
#52Douglas245US #59
#53Sean234US #45
#54Craig230US #66
#55Jeffery229US #80
#56Peter229US #54
#57Edward226US #47
#58Gary220US #60
#59Dennis215US #71
#60Jesse208US #51
#61Derek207US #75
#62Kyle203US #63
#63Larry199US #64
#64Joel196US #74
#65Phillip190US #67
#66Shane184US #65
#67George183US #58
#68Travis174US #46
#69Samuel166US #57
#70Brent162US #87
#71Erik150US #85
#72Terry150US #91
#73Marcus146US #70
#74Randy145US #86
#75Troy145US #88
#76Jeremiah139US #81
#77Frank138US #77
#78Nathaniel136US #94
#79Raymond136US #69
#80Philip132US #84
#81Cory131US #73
#82Damon127US #132
#83Marc127US #107
#84Carl125US #100
#85Gerald125US #137
#86Russell125US #93
#87Zachary125US #89
#88Jamie123US #95
#89Tony122US #97
#90Jerry119US #82
#91Derrick118US #76
#92Brett116US #112
#93Brad115US #123
#94Jared114US #72
#95Andre112US #129
#96Curtis109US #96
#97Casey108US #92
#98Antonio104US #79
#99Kristopher103US #104
#100Alan102US #122

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑36Shaun#48
↑30Samantha#70
↑27Nicholas#20
↑26Lindsay#66
↑24Nichole#63
↑17Kristen#48
↑16Brandy#44
↑15Crystal#27

Falling

↓22Jaime#60
↓22Tammy#72
↓19Jodi#73
↓18Sabrina#95
↓18Christy#99
↓17Jamie#88
↓15Catherine#79
↓14Lori#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.