Popular baby names in Michigan, 1970

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (2,439 babies) and Michael for boys (4,038). Social Security records list 155,453 babies born in Michigan in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Bethany: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shawn: 178 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kay: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lashawn: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 203 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jonathon: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,439	↑3	1
2	Lisa	1,979	↓1	2
3	Michelle	1,850	↓1	4
4	Kimberly	1,722	↓1	3
5	Amy	1,720	–	5
6	Julie	1,058	↑1	11
7	Angela	1,041	↑5	6
8	Dawn	1,041	–	16
9	Kelly	1,036	↓3	20
10	Melissa	1,012	↓1	7
11	Tammy	926	↑3	8
12	Tracy	924	↑5	10
13	Heather	874	↑9	19
14	Laura	844	↓3	13
15	Mary	779	↓2	9
16	Christine	756	–	14
17	Susan	720	↓7	15
18	Karen	716	↓3	12
19	Tina	713	↓1	21
20	Shannon	704	↑8	22
21	Lori	688	↓2	23
22	Pamela	659	↓2	26
23	Nicole	624	↑16	30
24	Wendy	576	↓3	28
25	Elizabeth	563	↓2	18
26	Rebecca	551	–	29
27	Stephanie	549	↓2	17
28	Michele	548	↓1	31
29	Patricia	491	↓5	24
30	Deborah	473	–	33
31	Brenda	460	↑4	40
32	Cynthia	459	↓3	25
33	Sandra	458	↓2	27
34	Renee	439	↑8	68
35	Denise	438	↓2	36
36	Jill	432	↑4	52
37	Christina	415	–	35
38	Kathleen	413	–	45
39	Cheryl	382	↓7	44
40	Linda	380	↓6	38
41	Ann	377	↓5	62
42	Theresa	373	↓1	53
43	Andrea	370	↑2	43
44	Kristin	367	↑2	63
45	Tracey	361	↓1	55
46	Barbara	352	↓3	41
47	Carrie	351	new	73
48	Stacey	351	new	48
49	Debra	344	↓1	47
50	Tonya	344	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	4,038	–	1
2	David	3,036	–	3
3	James	2,805	↑1	2
4	Robert	2,733	↓1	5
5	John	2,456	–	4
6	Scott	1,966	–	12
7	Jeffrey	1,894	–	11
8	Christopher	1,775	↑4	6
9	Brian	1,743	↓1	8
10	Mark	1,673	↓1	9
11	William	1,550	–	7
12	Steven	1,543	↓2	15
13	Kevin	1,403	↑4	14
14	Daniel	1,390	↑1	19
15	Thomas	1,388	↓1	17
16	Richard	1,351	↓3	10
17	Matthew	1,344	↑1	24
18	Timothy	1,279	↓2	20
19	Eric	1,231	↑3	18
20	Joseph	1,184	↓1	16
21	Todd	1,122	–	28
22	Jason	1,093	↑6	13
23	Paul	1,025	↓3	23
24	Anthony	952	↓1	22
25	Charles	927	–	21
26	Kenneth	852	↓2	25
27	Gregory	752	–	26
28	Ronald	733	↓2	29
29	Donald	643	↑2	30
30	Andrew	605	↑3	32
31	Douglas	605	↓1	36
32	Patrick	593	↓3	33
33	Stephen	587	↓1	27
34	Edward	543	↑2	31
35	Craig	537	↓1	39
36	Gary	537	↓1	35
37	Dennis	475	–	46
38	Keith	453	–	38
39	Shawn	445	↑4	34
40	Jeffery	439	↓1	50
41	Sean	415	↑3	37
42	Bradley	390	–	47
43	Chad	367	new	51
44	Troy	367	↓4	41
45	Larry	359	↓4	43
46	Aaron	341	new	52
47	Peter	318	↑2	44
48	George	299	↓3	40
49	Marc	294	new	60
50	Raymond	275	new	49

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