Popular baby names in Michigan, 1971

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (2,959 babies) and Michael for boys (3,602). Social Security records list 145,532 babies born in Michigan in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1971

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

Girls

Tamika: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lashawn: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marcy: 113 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karrie: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenya: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 169 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bethany: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Latonya: 97 babies, 2× the national rate
Marcie: 68 babies, 2× the national rate
Darcy: 54 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dion: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darnell: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,959	–	1
2	Michelle	1,848	↑1	2
3	Amy	1,713	↑2	5
4	Lisa	1,648	↓2	3
5	Kimberly	1,522	↓1	4
6	Angela	1,168	↑1	6
7	Melissa	1,033	↑3	7
8	Dawn	977	–	14
9	Julie	960	↓3	10
10	Heather	876	↑3	12
11	Kelly	810	↓2	22
12	Tammy	766	↓1	8
13	Tracy	720	↓1	13
14	Laura	678	–	16
15	Tina	666	↑4	20
16	Shannon	659	↑4	21
17	Mary	658	↓2	9
18	Christine	641	↓2	18
19	Nicole	641	↑4	27
20	Karen	639	↓2	15
21	Susan	608	↓4	17
22	Rebecca	582	↑4	23
23	Wendy	544	↑1	29
24	Lori	513	↓3	25
25	Stephanie	507	↑2	11
26	Elizabeth	471	↓1	19
27	Christina	465	↑10	30
28	Pamela	446	↓6	28
29	Michele	439	↓1	39
30	Cynthia	418	↑2	24
31	Carrie	414	↑16	55
32	Andrea	412	↑11	35
33	Stacey	400	↑15	41
34	Denise	396	↑1	36
35	Stacy	393	new	32
36	Deborah	382	↓6	33
37	Patricia	382	↓8	26
38	Sandra	373	↓5	31
39	Brenda	368	↓8	43
40	Jill	367	↓4	59
41	Tonya	356	↑9	45
42	Renee	347	↓8	73
43	Cheryl	333	↓4	50
44	Kathleen	322	↓6	53
45	Heidi	321	new	77
46	Teresa	310	new	34
47	Kristin	308	↓3	71
48	Barbara	298	↓2	47
49	Sarah	292	new	58
50	Linda	290	↓10	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	3,602	–	1
2	David	2,488	–	3
3	Robert	2,399	↑1	5
4	James	2,386	↓1	2
5	Scott	2,213	↑1	10
6	John	2,112	↓1	4
7	Christopher	1,992	↑1	6
8	Brian	1,607	↑1	9
9	Jeffrey	1,559	↓2	12
10	Jason	1,516	↑12	8
11	William	1,482	–	7
12	Matthew	1,420	↑5	19
13	Steven	1,399	↓1	16
14	Mark	1,395	↓4	13
15	Kevin	1,300	↓2	14
16	Eric	1,147	↑3	18
17	Daniel	1,128	↓3	20
18	Thomas	1,111	↓3	17
19	Timothy	1,108	↓1	21
20	Joseph	1,076	–	15
21	Richard	1,072	↓5	11
22	Todd	886	↓1	30
23	Paul	881	–	24
24	Anthony	851	–	23
25	Charles	762	–	22
26	Kenneth	750	–	25
27	Gregory	744	–	26
28	Chad	652	↑15	29
29	Ronald	618	↓1	31
30	Andrew	600	–	33
31	Shawn	564	↑8	28
32	Patrick	560	–	35
33	Donald	516	↓4	34
34	Gary	496	↑2	38
35	Stephen	491	↓2	27
36	Edward	478	↓2	32
37	Craig	476	↓2	43
38	Aaron	457	↑8	41
39	Keith	456	↓1	37
40	Douglas	452	↓9	39
41	Sean	420	–	36
42	Dennis	417	↓5	49
43	Jeremy	376	new	45
44	Jeffery	364	↓4	53
45	Troy	357	↓1	46
46	Bradley	351	↓4	58
47	Derek	332	new	63
48	Larry	320	↓3	44
49	Jonathan	307	new	40
50	Adam	306	new	57

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