Popular baby names in Michigan, 1978

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (2,668 babies) and Michael for boys (3,091). Social Security records list 121,798 babies born in Michigan in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1978

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: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darcy: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karrie: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jody: 98 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jodie: 67 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Qiana: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rachelle: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dion: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Duane: 71 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,668	–	1
2	Melissa	1,308	↑1	2
3	Sarah	1,173	↑2	8
4	Angela	1,139	↑2	7
5	Heather	1,135	↓1	5
6	Amy	1,124	↓4	4
7	Jessica	1,094	–	3
8	Nicole	1,047	↑3	10
9	Michelle	922	↓1	9
10	Kelly	915	↓1	12
11	Lisa	883	↓1	11
12	Amanda	856	–	6
13	Elizabeth	753	↑4	14
14	Rebecca	708	–	17
15	Christina	665	↑4	15
16	Stephanie	664	↑2	16
17	Kimberly	644	↓4	13
18	Jamie	588	↓3	20
19	Shannon	588	↓3	22
20	Andrea	582	–	23
21	Julie	531	↑5	26
22	Rachel	528	↑3	25
23	Sara	524	↓2	28
24	Erin	497	↓2	21
25	Laura	480	↓1	19
26	Carrie	466	↓3	35
27	Crystal	421	↑15	18
28	Danielle	387	↓1	31
29	Emily	366	↑10	33
30	Mary	345	↓2	24
31	Erica	334	↑14	34
32	Dawn	327	↓2	52
33	Amber	321	↑3	30
34	Jill	314	↓5	46
35	April	313	↑2	27
36	Christine	310	↓5	29
37	Stacey	298	↓4	53
38	Kristy	285	↑10	51
39	Katherine	283	↑4	38
40	Stacy	282	↓5	44
41	Tiffany	277	↑3	32
42	Tracy	277	↓2	47
43	Karen	274	↓11	39
44	Brandy	247	new	37
45	Holly	247	↓11	55
46	Kathryn	243	new	57
47	Tara	241	↓6	40
48	Kristen	240	new	62
49	Tina	238	new	45
50	Kristina	233	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	3,091	–	1
2	Jason	2,841	–	2
3	Matthew	1,849	↑2	6
4	David	1,823	–	4
5	Christopher	1,678	↓2	3
6	James	1,575	–	5
7	Robert	1,535	↑1	8
8	Brian	1,380	↓1	9
9	John	1,240	↑1	7
10	Ryan	1,197	↓1	14
11	Daniel	1,133	–	11
12	Joseph	1,126	–	10
13	Timothy	1,028	↑5	17
14	Eric	1,021	↓1	16
15	Kevin	1,002	↓1	15
16	Joshua	963	↑5	12
17	Jeffrey	946	–	19
18	Andrew	938	↑1	22
19	Jeremy	900	↓4	18
20	Nicholas	891	↑27	25
21	Steven	886	↑1	24
22	Scott	880	↓2	30
23	William	864	↓7	13
24	Mark	754	↓1	26
25	Thomas	737	–	23
26	Adam	707	↑5	29
27	Anthony	694	↓3	20
28	Aaron	682	↓2	32
29	Richard	645	↓2	21
30	Paul	621	↓1	33
31	Charles	600	↑1	27
32	Chad	577	↓4	35
33	Benjamin	543	↓3	34
34	Justin	521	↑1	28
35	Nathan	503	↓2	36
36	Gregory	442	↓2	38
37	Kenneth	422	↓1	41
38	Jonathan	415	↓1	31
39	Patrick	403	↑4	42
40	Brandon	376	↑5	40
41	Bryan	360	–	43
42	Shawn	354	↓4	39
43	Donald	343	↓3	48
44	Bradley	329	↓5	53
45	Todd	328	↓3	56
46	Stephen	322	↓2	37
47	Keith	307	↓1	49
48	Shaun	288	new	52
49	Corey	266	↓1	61
50	Jacob	263	new	50

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