State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 127,614 Michigan births in 1980 across 1,780 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#94Jonathon#171 nationally
#74Bethany#124 nationally
#89Ann#136 nationally
#56Nichole#102 nationally
#63Renee#107 nationally
#71Anne#112 nationally
#90Kelli#125 nationally
#95Lawrence#129 nationally
#73Beth#106 nationally
#100Andre#133 nationally
#80Alan#112 nationally
#45Stacey#74 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,629US #1
#2Sarah1,523US #5
#3Amanda1,467US #2
#4Melissa1,399US #4
#5Jessica1,317US #3
#6Nicole1,102US #7
#7Angela1,013US #12
#8Heather981US #6
#9Amy895US #8
#10Elizabeth884US #9
#11Michelle877US #10
#12Rebecca772US #17
#13Lisa765US #16
#14Kimberly744US #11
#15Kelly722US #19
#16Stephanie703US #13
#17Christina629US #15
#18Erin627US #20
#19Andrea619US #28
#20Rachel608US #23
#21Tiffany608US #14
#22Sara598US #27
#23Jamie563US #24
#24Laura556US #21
#25Shannon517US #29
#26Crystal483US #18
#27Amber481US #22
#28Julie464US #32
#29Mary431US #25
#30Danielle430US #33
#31Emily413US #31
#32Megan408US #30
#33April399US #26
#34Katherine398US #35
#35Erica355US #34
#36Kristin355US #37
#37Kristen341US #39
#38Carrie320US #46
#39Katie287US #44
#40Kathryn282US #50
#41Holly278US #52
#42Christine275US #41
#43Lindsay270US #71
#44Stacy270US #53
#45Stacey256US #74
#46Tara255US #43
#47Dawn252US #67
#48Brooke239US #57
#49Courtney230US #48
#50Lauren225US #38
#51Jill224US #66
#52Kristina221US #73
#53Kristy219US #78
#54Karen218US #54
#55Heidi214US #79
#56Nichole213US #102
#57Brandy207US #42
#58Alicia206US #47
#59Tracy206US #56
#60Melanie203US #60
#61Tina195US #72
#62Dana193US #68
#63Renee191US #107
#64Samantha187US #58
#65Anna186US #55
#66Kathleen184US #82
#67Susan183US #62
#68Lindsey178US #91
#69Monica172US #45
#70Lori171US #76
#71Anne169US #112
#72Natalie169US #65
#73Beth166US #106
#74Bethany166US #124
#75Brandi162US #63
#76Catherine162US #77
#77Maria161US #36
#78Ashley158US #40
#79Allison155US #59
#80Theresa153US #104
#81Patricia151US #51
#82Katrina148US #90
#83Leslie148US #61
#84Leah147US #84
#85Tammy145US #96
#86Erika144US #87
#87Wendy135US #75
#88Pamela133US #86
#89Ann130US #136
#90Kelli129US #125
#91Meghan128US #114
#92Tamara128US #108
#93Teresa126US #94
#94Jacqueline125US #81
#95Cheryl122US #119
#96Tanya121US #88
#97Tonya119US #97
#98Cynthia118US #64
#99Misty116US #49
#100Krista115US #121

Boys

#1Michael3,025US #1
#2Jason2,392US #3
#3Christopher1,872US #2
#4Matthew1,868US #6
#5David1,795US #4
#6James1,540US #5
#7Robert1,414US #9
#8Ryan1,375US #15
#9Joshua1,357US #7
#10Brian1,308US #12
#11Joseph1,308US #10
#12Nicholas1,194US #17
#13John1,179US #8
#14Eric1,172US #16
#15Daniel1,143US #11
#16Justin1,070US #13
#17Andrew1,064US #19
#18Adam966US #22
#19Timothy925US #20
#20William918US #14
#21Jeremy901US #18
#22Jeffrey859US #27
#23Scott832US #33
#24Steven831US #28
#25Kevin807US #23
#26Thomas795US #25
#27Mark733US #30
#28Anthony730US #24
#29Aaron718US #34
#30Benjamin635US #32
#31Jonathan589US #21
#32Brandon587US #31
#33Richard584US #26
#34Chad579US #39
#35Nathan577US #36
#36Paul560US #35
#37Charles550US #29
#38Patrick445US #38
#39Gregory438US #42
#40Kenneth434US #41
#41Bradley404US #51
#42Derek367US #50
#43Jacob351US #43
#44Bryan349US #49
#45Stephen334US #40
#46Shawn318US #47
#47Donald311US #53
#48Jesse296US #45
#49Kyle289US #57
#50Travis286US #37
#51Ronald263US #58
#52Keith261US #56
#53Douglas255US #62
#54Sean250US #48
#55Edward248US #52
#56Corey246US #68
#57Todd243US #75
#58Brent240US #84
#59Dustin234US #44
#60Gary224US #63
#61Erik222US #64
#62Peter218US #55
#63Joel217US #67
#64Dennis216US #80
#65Craig215US #73
#66Shaun213US #79
#67Jeffery193US #90
#68Phillip191US #65
#69Raymond185US #66
#70Larry177US #70
#71Shane177US #69
#72Nathaniel175US #86
#73Samuel170US #54
#74George166US #60
#75Jeremiah162US #76
#76Carl159US #103
#77Randy158US #87
#78Brett155US #96
#79Lucas150US #98
#80Alan149US #112
#81Jared147US #61
#82Philip147US #82
#83Zachary146US #72
#84Curtis144US #89
#85Marcus144US #71
#86Derrick138US #74
#87Brad135US #116
#88Terry133US #101
#89Russell131US #92
#90Troy131US #106
#91Antonio125US #77
#92Cory125US #83
#93Marc121US #119
#94Jonathon120US #171
#95Lawrence117US #129
#96Ian116US #104
#97Jamie116US #105
#98Luke116US #97
#99Frank110US #81
#100Andre109US #133

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑27Brooke#48
↑26Kristen#37
↑25Derek#42
↑23Lindsey#68
↑22Dustin#59
↑21Natalie#72
↑21Lucas#79
↑19Lindsay#43

Falling

↓26Tonya#97
↓21Patricia#81
↓19Jamie#97
↓17Susan#67
↓16Cynthia#98
↓15Tracy#59
↓15Troy#90
↓14Monica#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.