Popular baby names in Michigan, 1972

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (3,274 babies) and Michael for boys (3,246). Social Security records list 130,788 babies born in Michigan in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1972

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

Girls

Tomika: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tamiko: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tamika: 98 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lashawn: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenya: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shawn: 136 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jonathon: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dion: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,274	–	1
2	Michelle	1,643	–	2
3	Amy	1,528	–	5
4	Lisa	1,465	–	3
5	Kimberly	1,300	–	4
6	Angela	1,001	–	6
7	Heather	975	↑3	9
8	Nicole	927	↑11	10
9	Melissa	886	↓2	7
10	Julie	819	↓1	12
11	Rebecca	720	↑11	14
12	Kelly	710	↓1	23
13	Dawn	683	↓5	20
14	Tammy	658	↓2	11
15	Stephanie	639	↑10	8
16	Tina	634	↓1	18
17	Tracy	579	↓4	19
18	Laura	566	↓4	17
19	Mary	557	↓2	13
20	Shannon	535	↓4	22
21	Christine	528	↓3	16
22	Karen	496	↓2	21
23	Susan	477	↓2	24
24	Wendy	464	↓1	29
25	Elizabeth	440	↑1	15
26	Christina	433	↑1	26
27	Lori	418	↓3	28
28	Andrea	398	↑4	30
29	Carrie	398	↑2	53
30	Pamela	346	↓2	34
31	Tonya	345	↑10	37
32	Stacey	342	↑1	41
33	Patricia	328	↑4	27
34	Stacy	322	↑1	33
35	Denise	321	↓1	35
36	Sarah	320	↑13	49
37	Heidi	317	↑8	64
38	Cynthia	314	↓8	25
39	April	308	new	48
40	Michele	305	↓11	36
41	Rachel	302	new	40
42	Brenda	294	↓3	44
43	Sandra	291	↓5	31
44	Renee	283	↓2	77
45	Jill	273	↓5	62
46	Deborah	271	↓10	43
47	Jessica	270	new	46
48	Theresa	261	new	68
49	Kristin	258	↓2	67
50	Teresa	252	↓4	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	3,246	–	1
2	David	2,175	–	4
3	Christopher	2,149	↑4	2
4	Robert	2,102	↓1	6
5	James	1,997	↓1	3
6	Jason	1,823	↑4	7
7	John	1,768	↓1	5
8	Brian	1,753	–	8
9	Scott	1,569	↓4	11
10	Matthew	1,470	↑2	10
11	Jeffrey	1,319	↓2	17
12	William	1,232	↓1	9
13	Daniel	1,156	↑4	15
14	Mark	1,142	–	18
15	Steven	1,138	↓2	19
16	Eric	1,133	–	16
17	Kevin	1,064	↓2	13
18	Joseph	1,035	↑2	12
19	Thomas	981	↓1	20
20	Richard	938	↑1	14
21	Timothy	937	↓2	21
22	Chad	809	↑6	25
23	Anthony	759	↑1	22
24	Paul	756	↓1	24
25	Todd	681	↓3	31
26	Charles	676	↓1	23
27	Kenneth	604	↓1	27
28	Gregory	567	↓1	26
29	Andrew	561	↑1	30
30	Ronald	472	↓1	32
31	Shawn	469	–	28
32	Patrick	459	–	35
33	Donald	445	–	36
34	Keith	445	↑5	38
35	Ryan	418	new	39
36	Stephen	418	↓1	29
37	Aaron	416	↑1	40
38	Edward	409	↓2	34
39	Sean	408	↑2	33
40	Douglas	402	–	43
41	Gary	398	↓7	41
42	Jeremy	386	↑1	42
43	Craig	384	↓6	46
44	Jonathan	340	↑5	37
45	Dennis	325	↓3	52
46	Jeffery	322	↓2	58
47	Troy	311	↓2	49
48	Derek	291	↓1	67
49	Larry	290	↓1	47
50	George	272	new	44

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