Popular baby names in Michigan, 1974

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (3,012 babies) and Michael for boys (3,003). Social Security records list 121,178 babies born in Michigan in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1974

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: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 125 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ebony: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darcy: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lashawn: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nichole: 137 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Karrie: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Deshawn: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jonathon: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Dion: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,012	–	1
2	Amy	1,571	–	2
3	Michelle	1,359	–	3
4	Heather	1,200	↑2	4
5	Angela	1,057	↑2	5
6	Kimberly	995	↓2	6
7	Lisa	983	↓2	8
8	Melissa	932	–	7
9	Rebecca	871	↑1	10
10	Nicole	788	↓1	11
11	Julie	658	–	14
12	Kelly	636	–	15
13	Sarah	596	↑12	20
14	Dawn	576	–	22
15	Stephanie	551	↓2	9
16	Shannon	538	↑1	18
17	Tracy	483	↓2	23
18	Jessica	460	↑18	17
19	Elizabeth	445	↑3	12
20	Christine	427	–	19
21	Carrie	424	↑7	42
22	Christina	418	↑1	16
23	Andrea	417	↑1	35
24	Mary	413	↓8	13
25	Tammy	404	↓7	24
26	Laura	398	↓5	21
27	Danielle	395	↑7	40
28	Tina	392	↓9	25
29	April	361	↑3	28
30	Karen	354	↓4	26
31	Stacy	349	–	38
32	Wendy	349	↓2	32
33	Susan	348	↓6	27
34	Rachel	342	↑4	36
35	Lori	333	↓6	30
36	Amanda	323	new	34
37	Holly	323	↑2	56
38	Kristen	322	↑5	45
39	Jill	305	new	58
40	Sara	299	new	61
41	Heidi	292	↑1	60
42	Stacey	280	↓7	48
43	Tonya	278	↓10	37
44	Erin	271	new	47
45	Michele	268	↑4	50
46	Tanya	258	new	46
47	Tiffany	250	new	41
48	Cynthia	247	↓11	33
49	Jodi	245	new	91
50	Patricia	241	↓9	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	3,003	–	1
2	Jason	2,911	–	2
3	Christopher	1,934	–	3
4	David	1,903	–	4
5	James	1,712	↑1	5
6	Robert	1,675	↓1	7
7	Brian	1,660	–	8
8	Matthew	1,553	–	9
9	John	1,405	–	6
10	Scott	1,189	–	18
11	Daniel	1,171	–	11
12	Jeffrey	1,119	–	15
13	Eric	1,103	–	13
14	William	1,060	–	10
15	Joseph	982	↑3	12
16	Mark	939	–	16
17	Kevin	932	↓2	14
18	Steven	928	↓1	19
19	Timothy	850	↑1	22
20	Richard	796	↓1	17
21	Thomas	752	–	20
22	Ryan	728	↑9	25
23	Chad	726	↓1	26
24	Jeremy	709	↑5	24
25	Anthony	694	↓2	21
26	Andrew	681	↑1	28
27	Aaron	625	↑5	32
28	Charles	613	↓3	23
29	Paul	607	↓3	27
30	Todd	528	↓6	39
31	Kenneth	497	↓1	34
32	Shawn	483	↑1	30
33	Gregory	481	↓5	31
34	Joshua	446	↑12	29
35	Donald	422	–	41
36	Adam	419	↑4	36
37	Stephen	382	↑1	35
38	Jonathan	379	↑4	33
39	Ronald	376	↓5	42
40	Patrick	351	↓3	38
41	Benjamin	348	new	46
42	Keith	347	↓6	44
43	Edward	329	↓4	40
44	Sean	321	–	37
45	Douglas	320	↓4	53
46	Gary	317	↓1	48
47	Nathan	314	new	52
48	Craig	274	↓5	57
49	Bryan	271	↑1	45
50	Jeffery	267	↓1	66

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