Popular baby names in Michigan, 1977

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (2,757 babies) and Michael for boys (3,029). Social Security records list 121,441 babies born in Michigan in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1977

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

Girls

Shawn: 74 babies, 3× the national rate
Tanisha: 65 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karrie: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jodi: 212 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Karyn: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jonathon: 82 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dion: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rick: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,757	–	1
2	Amy	1,224	–	3
3	Melissa	1,203	↑2	2
4	Heather	1,157	↓1	5
5	Sarah	1,092	↑4	11
6	Angela	1,084	↓2	6
7	Jessica	1,032	↑5	4
8	Michelle	953	↓2	7
9	Kelly	945	↑6	10
10	Lisa	891	↓2	12
11	Nicole	878	↓4	15
12	Amanda	832	↑4	9
13	Kimberly	738	↓2	8
14	Rebecca	734	↓4	17
15	Jamie	700	↓1	18
16	Shannon	694	↓3	19
17	Elizabeth	677	↑5	13
18	Stephanie	581	↓1	14
19	Christina	556	↓1	16
20	Andrea	548	↑3	24
21	Sara	539	↓1	27
22	Erin	526	↑6	23
23	Carrie	501	↑1	28
24	Laura	498	↓3	20
25	Rachel	478	–	26
26	Julie	468	↓7	22
27	Danielle	414	↑2	31
28	Mary	389	↑2	21
29	Jill	380	↑5	41
30	Dawn	352	↓3	43
31	Christine	326	–	30
32	Karen	315	↑1	32
33	Stacey	310	↓1	56
34	Holly	299	↑10	52
35	Stacy	296	↑1	42
36	Amber	295	↑13	33
37	April	286	↑1	29
38	Jaime	285	↓12	46
39	Emily	279	new	37
40	Tracy	266	↓5	50
41	Tara	262	new	35
42	Crystal	261	new	25
43	Katherine	259	↑2	44
44	Tiffany	258	↓7	34
45	Erica	254	new	38
46	Melanie	234	↓5	53
47	Renee	229	↓1	87
48	Kristy	223	new	68
49	Susan	223	↓6	45
50	Tammy	223	↓10	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	3,029	–	1
2	Jason	2,984	–	2
3	Christopher	1,810	–	3
4	David	1,730	–	4
5	Matthew	1,696	–	9
6	James	1,576	↑1	5
7	Brian	1,538	↑1	8
8	Robert	1,496	↓2	6
9	Ryan	1,254	↑5	16
10	John	1,242	↓1	7
11	Daniel	1,152	–	11
12	Joseph	1,114	–	10
13	Eric	1,098	↓3	17
14	Kevin	1,043	↑3	13
15	Jeremy	1,007	↑1	15
16	William	926	↑3	12
17	Jeffrey	921	↓2	19
18	Timothy	905	↑3	18
19	Andrew	896	↑4	24
20	Scott	881	↓7	27
21	Joshua	846	↑7	14
22	Steven	822	↓4	23
23	Mark	817	↓3	25
24	Anthony	759	↑1	21
25	Thomas	726	↓3	22
26	Aaron	693	–	32
27	Richard	676	↓3	20
28	Chad	631	↓1	34
29	Paul	576	–	31
30	Benjamin	575	–	29
31	Adam	565	↑4	33
32	Charles	550	↓1	26
33	Nathan	498	↑1	36
34	Gregory	452	↓2	35
35	Justin	437	↑3	30
36	Kenneth	404	↓3	39
37	Jonathan	400	↑3	28
38	Shawn	384	↓2	37
39	Bradley	378	↑5	49
40	Donald	367	↑1	46
41	Bryan	364	↑4	42
42	Todd	361	↓5	50
43	Patrick	350	↓1	40
44	Stephen	347	↓5	38
45	Brandon	338	↑2	41
46	Keith	325	↓3	48
47	Nicholas	307	new	51
48	Corey	300	new	52
49	Ronald	300	↓3	53
50	Douglas	284	new	59

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