Popular baby names in Michigan, 1976

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (2,794 babies) and Michael for boys (2,909). Social Security records list 115,519 babies born in Michigan in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1976

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

Girls

Tanisha: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cortney: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marcie: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ebony: 67 babies, 2× the national rate
Jodie: 63 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Gordon: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dion: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jonathon: 77 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kurt: 86 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,794	–	1
2	Amy	1,414	–	2
3	Heather	1,187	–	4
4	Angela	1,128	–	5
5	Melissa	1,121	↑1	3
6	Michelle	945	↓1	6
7	Nicole	918	↑1	13
8	Lisa	865	↓1	9
9	Sarah	829	↑3	15
10	Rebecca	796	–	12
11	Kimberly	762	↓2	7
12	Jessica	730	↑6	8
13	Shannon	683	↑6	17
14	Jamie	671	↑29	18
15	Kelly	669	↓4	19
16	Amanda	636	↑1	10
17	Stephanie	579	↓4	11
18	Christina	568	↓3	14
19	Julie	563	↓5	21
20	Sara	545	↑12	27
21	Laura	502	↓1	20
22	Elizabeth	491	↑1	16
23	Andrea	489	↓1	25
24	Carrie	437	↓3	28
25	Rachel	433	↑1	23
26	Jaime	416	new	29
27	Dawn	414	↓11	35
28	Erin	414	↑5	24
29	Danielle	379	↑6	33
30	Mary	367	↓5	22
31	Christine	342	↓4	26
32	Stacey	330	↑6	51
33	Karen	325	↑3	31
34	Jill	314	↓4	52
35	Tracy	307	↓11	37
36	Stacy	294	↓8	38
37	Tiffany	289	↑11	32
38	April	286	↓7	30
39	Tina	266	↓10	48
40	Tammy	258	↓3	41
41	Melanie	240	new	53
42	Lori	235	↓1	47
43	Susan	235	↓4	40
44	Holly	232	↓2	56
45	Katherine	227	new	57
46	Renee	221	↓1	86
47	Wendy	221	↓13	39
48	Tanya	217	new	61
49	Amber	214	new	49
50	Tonya	214	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	2,909	–	1
2	Jason	2,811	–	2
3	Christopher	1,781	–	3
4	David	1,674	–	4
5	Matthew	1,629	↑1	9
6	Robert	1,545	↑1	7
7	James	1,440	↓2	5
8	Brian	1,376	–	8
9	John	1,289	–	6
10	Eric	1,103	↑3	13
11	Daniel	1,062	↓1	10
12	Joseph	1,032	↑4	12
13	Scott	1,027	↓2	24
14	Ryan	999	↑4	16
15	Jeffrey	992	↓3	17
16	Jeremy	979	↑5	14
17	Kevin	900	↑2	15
18	Steven	891	↓3	20
19	William	868	↓5	11
20	Mark	832	↓3	25
21	Timothy	824	↑1	21
22	Thomas	762	↓2	23
23	Andrew	735	–	27
24	Richard	679	–	19
25	Anthony	678	↑1	22
26	Aaron	635	↑1	30
27	Chad	627	↓2	29
28	Joshua	605	↑2	18
29	Paul	570	–	28
30	Benjamin	517	↑3	32
31	Charles	477	↓3	26
32	Gregory	461	↑2	35
33	Kenneth	445	↓1	38
34	Nathan	435	↑5	39
35	Adam	434	↑1	36
36	Shawn	402	↓1	34
37	Todd	397	↓6	50
38	Justin	360	↑11	33
39	Stephen	360	↑4	37
40	Jonathan	351	↓3	31
41	Donald	338	↓3	47
42	Patrick	322	↓1	41
43	Keith	311	↓3	48
44	Bradley	309	↑4	51
45	Bryan	304	new	43
46	Ronald	292	↓4	49
47	Brandon	285	↓2	40
48	Edward	284	↓4	45
49	Sean	271	↓2	42
50	Gary	242	↓4	52

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