Popular baby names in Michigan, 1973

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (3,242 babies) and Michael for boys (3,110). Social Security records list 124,611 babies born in Michigan in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1973

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

Girls

Ebony: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tamika: 110 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanisha: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shawn: 123 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marcy: 63 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karrie: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lashawn: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marci: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Latanya: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marcie: 43 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deon: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jonathon: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gordon: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kurt: 109 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Demond: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,242	–	1
2	Amy	1,492	↑1	2
3	Michelle	1,436	↓1	3
4	Kimberly	1,215	↑1	4
5	Lisa	1,189	↓1	5
6	Heather	1,120	↑1	8
7	Angela	976	↓1	7
8	Melissa	905	↑1	6
9	Nicole	817	↓1	11
10	Rebecca	796	↑1	10
11	Julie	773	↓1	12
12	Kelly	667	–	18
13	Stephanie	660	↑2	9
14	Dawn	617	↓1	21
15	Tracy	520	↑2	20
16	Mary	507	↑3	14
17	Shannon	505	↑3	22
18	Tammy	483	↓4	15
19	Tina	482	↓3	24
20	Christine	473	↑1	17
21	Laura	470	↓3	19
22	Elizabeth	468	↑3	13
23	Christina	460	↑3	16
24	Andrea	441	↑4	30
25	Sarah	435	↑11	35
26	Karen	411	↓4	23
27	Susan	411	↓4	25
28	Carrie	383	↑1	46
29	Lori	383	↓2	28
30	Wendy	366	↓6	29
31	Stacy	362	↑3	32
32	April	330	↑7	33
33	Tonya	323	↓2	36
34	Danielle	321	new	49
35	Stacey	318	↓3	41
36	Jessica	313	↑11	34
37	Cynthia	310	↑1	26
38	Rachel	293	↑3	42
39	Holly	289	new	54
40	Denise	284	↓5	38
41	Patricia	284	↓8	27
42	Heidi	266	↓5	65
43	Kristen	263	new	58
44	Renee	254	–	80
45	Tamara	254	new	66
46	Sandra	253	↓3	39
47	Melanie	249	new	43
48	Pamela	249	↓18	47
49	Michele	248	↓9	44
50	Theresa	238	↓2	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	3,110	–	1
2	Jason	2,505	↑4	3
3	Christopher	1,998	–	2
4	David	1,925	↓2	5
5	Robert	1,881	↓1	7
6	James	1,752	↓1	4
7	Brian	1,685	↑1	8
8	Matthew	1,556	↑2	10
9	John	1,506	↓2	6
10	Scott	1,319	↓1	18
11	Daniel	1,257	↑2	11
12	Jeffrey	1,209	↓1	17
13	Eric	1,128	↑3	13
14	William	1,074	↓2	9
15	Kevin	1,017	↑2	14
16	Mark	1,014	↓2	15
17	Steven	932	↓2	20
18	Joseph	917	–	12
19	Richard	878	↑1	16
20	Timothy	868	↑1	22
21	Thomas	866	↓2	19
22	Chad	779	–	25
23	Anthony	715	–	21
24	Todd	628	↑1	35
25	Charles	622	↑1	23
26	Paul	618	↓2	24
27	Andrew	589	↑2	29
28	Gregory	555	–	26
29	Jeremy	527	↑13	33
30	Kenneth	521	↓3	28
31	Ryan	520	↑4	30
32	Aaron	516	↑5	34
33	Shawn	504	↓2	27
34	Ronald	450	↓4	40
35	Donald	445	↓2	38
36	Keith	398	↓2	41
37	Patrick	395	↓5	37
38	Stephen	391	↓2	32
39	Edward	378	↓1	39
40	Adam	360	new	45
41	Douglas	348	↓1	47
42	Jonathan	340	↑2	31
43	Craig	337	–	48
44	Sean	329	↓5	36
45	Gary	322	↓4	44
46	Joshua	319	new	42
47	Dennis	313	↓2	56
48	Bradley	311	new	62
49	Jeffery	301	↓3	64
50	Bryan	286	new	43

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