Popular baby names in Michigan, 1979

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (2,572 babies) and Michael for boys (3,010). Social Security records list 126,614 babies born in Michigan in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1979

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: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jody: 89 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karrie: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tanisha: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Ali: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darnell: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kurt: 100 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jonathon: 81 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,572	–	1
2	Melissa	1,650	–	2
3	Amanda	1,342	↑9	3
4	Sarah	1,247	↓1	6
5	Nicole	1,146	↑3	9
6	Angela	1,102	↓2	8
7	Jessica	1,085	–	4
8	Heather	1,044	↓3	7
9	Amy	1,024	↓3	5
10	Lisa	929	↑1	13
11	Michelle	878	↓2	10
12	Kelly	830	↓2	16
13	Elizabeth	781	–	11
14	Rebecca	780	–	17
15	Jamie	664	↑3	19
16	Kimberly	658	↑1	12
17	Christina	616	↓2	14
18	Stephanie	602	↓2	15
19	Andrea	583	↑1	26
20	Erin	553	↑4	21
21	Shannon	551	↓2	25
22	Crystal	550	↑5	18
23	Laura	542	↑2	20
24	Sara	514	↓1	30
25	Julie	511	↓4	29
26	Rachel	508	↓4	27
27	Danielle	415	↑1	33
28	April	390	↑7	23
29	Mary	378	↑1	24
30	Megan	370	new	31
31	Tiffany	370	↑10	28
32	Emily	365	↓3	34
33	Katherine	364	↑6	36
34	Carrie	363	↓8	41
35	Amber	359	↓2	22
36	Erica	329	↓5	32
37	Christine	311	↓1	35
38	Stacy	308	↑2	43
39	Tara	291	↑8	38
40	Stacey	277	↓3	60
41	Dawn	268	↓9	57
42	Kathryn	268	↑4	50
43	Jill	258	↓9	52
44	Tracy	258	↓2	49
45	Holly	252	–	48
46	Karen	246	↓3	46
47	Katie	245	new	63
48	Kristy	245	↓10	56
49	Brandy	233	↓5	39
50	Susan	231	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	3,010	–	1
2	Jason	2,652	–	3
3	Christopher	1,905	↑2	2
4	Matthew	1,837	↓1	6
5	David	1,744	↓1	4
6	James	1,610	–	5
7	Robert	1,471	–	8
8	Ryan	1,364	↑2	14
9	Joshua	1,318	↑7	9
10	Brian	1,315	↓2	10
11	John	1,304	↓2	7
12	Nicholas	1,260	↑8	15
13	Joseph	1,200	↓1	11
14	Daniel	1,160	↓3	12
15	Andrew	1,038	↑3	20
16	Eric	1,011	↓2	17
17	Timothy	951	↓4	18
18	Jeffrey	908	↓1	24
19	Scott	908	↑3	29
20	Jeremy	906	↓1	16
21	Kevin	905	↓6	19
22	Steven	886	↓1	27
23	Adam	879	↑3	23
24	William	878	↓1	13
25	Anthony	737	↑2	21
26	Mark	729	↓2	30
27	Thomas	726	↓2	26
28	Aaron	725	–	32
29	Justin	649	↑5	22
30	Richard	648	↓1	25
31	Benjamin	588	↑2	33
32	Chad	580	–	38
33	Nathan	561	↑2	37
34	Charles	543	↓3	28
35	Paul	543	↓5	34
36	Jonathan	514	↑2	31
37	Brandon	466	↑3	35
38	Kenneth	460	↓1	41
39	Patrick	445	–	39
40	Gregory	430	↓4	42
41	Stephen	424	↑5	40
42	Bradley	392	↑2	47
43	Donald	331	–	51
44	Bryan	314	↓3	46
45	Todd	314	–	60
46	Shawn	312	↓4	43
47	Jacob	305	↑3	45
48	Ronald	295	new	54
49	Keith	294	↓2	52
50	Corey	288	↓1	63

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