Popular baby names in Michigan, 1975

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (2,688 babies) and Michael for boys (2,976). Social Security records list 117,578 babies born in Michigan in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1975

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: 73 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corey: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tamika: 220 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 94 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marcie: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tanisha: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nichole: 141 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nakia: 76 babies, 2× the national rate
Marcy: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deshawn: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jonathon: 80 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dion: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kurt: 95 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dale: 129 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darnell: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,688	–	1
2	Amy	1,621	–	2
3	Heather	1,246	↑1	3
4	Angela	1,138	↑1	5
5	Michelle	1,111	↓2	6
6	Melissa	1,095	↑2	4
7	Lisa	992	–	8
8	Nicole	944	↑2	10
9	Kimberly	919	↓3	7
10	Rebecca	735	↓1	11
11	Kelly	705	↑1	16
12	Sarah	698	↑1	17
13	Stephanie	608	↑2	9
14	Julie	576	↓3	18
15	Christina	527	↑7	12
16	Dawn	517	↓2	23
17	Amanda	512	↑19	14
18	Jessica	508	–	13
19	Shannon	494	↓3	21
20	Laura	467	↑6	20
21	Carrie	460	–	29
22	Andrea	445	↑1	28
23	Elizabeth	441	↓4	15
24	Tracy	411	↓7	24
25	Mary	407	↓1	19
26	Rachel	403	↑8	26
27	Christine	386	↓7	22
28	Stacy	373	↑3	34
29	Tina	349	↓1	35
30	Jill	348	↑9	46
31	April	347	↓2	25
32	Sara	345	↑8	54
33	Erin	333	↑11	38
34	Wendy	330	↓2	33
35	Danielle	329	↓8	42
36	Karen	321	↓6	27
37	Tammy	317	↓12	31
38	Stacey	307	↑4	44
39	Susan	291	↓6	32
40	Kristen	288	↓2	60
41	Lori	283	↓6	39
42	Holly	274	↓5	55
43	Jamie	267	new	68
44	Emily	250	new	48
45	Renee	243	new	87
46	Tara	243	new	41
47	Patricia	242	↑3	36
48	Tiffany	239	↓1	37
49	Jodi	231	–	94
50	Heidi	230	↓9	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	2,976	–	1
2	Jason	2,566	–	2
3	Christopher	1,840	–	3
4	David	1,767	–	5
5	James	1,638	–	4
6	Matthew	1,580	↑2	9
7	Robert	1,506	↓1	6
8	Brian	1,432	↓1	8
9	John	1,307	–	7
10	Daniel	1,142	↑1	11
11	Scott	1,128	↓1	17
12	Jeffrey	1,053	–	14
13	Eric	1,017	–	13
14	William	968	–	10
15	Steven	941	↑3	18
16	Joseph	922	↓1	12
17	Mark	883	↓1	19
18	Ryan	831	↑4	23
19	Kevin	817	↓2	15
20	Thomas	765	↑1	20
21	Jeremy	747	↑3	24
22	Timothy	747	↓3	22
23	Andrew	711	↑3	28
24	Richard	677	↓4	16
25	Chad	676	↓2	27
26	Anthony	673	↓1	21
27	Aaron	629	–	32
28	Charles	573	–	25
29	Paul	570	–	29
30	Joshua	565	↑4	26
31	Todd	492	↓1	43
32	Kenneth	457	↓1	35
33	Benjamin	456	↑8	36
34	Gregory	443	↓1	33
35	Shawn	443	↓3	31
36	Adam	438	–	38
37	Jonathan	375	↑1	30
38	Donald	359	↓3	42
39	Nathan	354	↑8	45
40	Keith	349	↑2	49
41	Patrick	345	↓1	39
42	Ronald	340	↓3	46
43	Stephen	339	↓6	34
44	Edward	337	↓1	41
45	Brandon	313	new	44
46	Gary	293	–	50
47	Sean	293	↓3	40
48	Bradley	292	new	52
49	Justin	291	new	37
50	Craig	283	↓2	58

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