Popular baby names in Michigan, 1980

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (2,629 babies) and Michael for boys (3,025). Social Security records list 127,606 babies born in Michigan in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1980

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: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cortney: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darcy: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jonathon: 120 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nickolas: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gordon: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darnell: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,629	–	1
2	Sarah	1,523	↑2	5
3	Amanda	1,467	–	2
4	Melissa	1,399	↓2	4
5	Jessica	1,317	↑2	3
6	Nicole	1,102	↓1	7
7	Angela	1,013	↓1	12
8	Heather	981	–	6
9	Amy	895	–	8
10	Elizabeth	884	↑3	9
11	Michelle	877	–	10
12	Rebecca	772	↑2	17
13	Lisa	765	↓3	16
14	Kimberly	744	↑2	11
15	Kelly	722	↓3	19
16	Stephanie	703	↑2	13
17	Christina	629	–	15
18	Erin	627	↑2	20
19	Andrea	619	–	28
20	Rachel	608	↑6	23
21	Tiffany	608	↑10	14
22	Sara	598	↑2	27
23	Jamie	563	↓8	24
24	Laura	556	↓1	21
25	Shannon	517	↓4	29
26	Crystal	483	↓4	18
27	Amber	481	↑8	22
28	Julie	464	↓3	32
29	Mary	431	–	25
30	Danielle	430	↓3	33
31	Emily	413	↑1	31
32	Megan	408	↓2	30
33	April	399	↓5	26
34	Katherine	397	↓1	35
35	Erica	355	↑1	34
36	Kristin	355	new	37
37	Kristen	341	new	39
38	Carrie	320	↓4	46
39	Katie	287	↑8	44
40	Kathryn	282	↑2	50
41	Holly	278	↑4	52
42	Christine	275	↓5	41
43	Lindsay	270	new	71
44	Stacy	270	↓6	53
45	Stacey	256	↓5	74
46	Tara	255	↓7	43
47	Dawn	252	↓6	67
48	Brooke	239	new	57
49	Courtney	230	new	48
50	Lauren	225	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	3,025	–	1
2	Jason	2,392	–	3
3	Christopher	1,871	–	2
4	Matthew	1,868	–	6
5	David	1,796	–	4
6	James	1,540	–	5
7	Robert	1,414	–	9
8	Ryan	1,374	–	15
9	Joshua	1,357	–	7
10	Joseph	1,308	↑3	10
11	Brian	1,307	↓1	12
12	Nicholas	1,194	–	17
13	John	1,177	↓2	8
14	Eric	1,172	↑2	16
15	Daniel	1,143	↓1	11
16	Justin	1,070	↑13	13
17	Andrew	1,064	↓2	19
18	Adam	966	↑5	22
19	Timothy	924	↓2	20
20	William	918	↑4	14
21	Jeremy	901	↓1	18
22	Jeffrey	859	↓4	27
23	Scott	832	↓4	33
24	Steven	831	↓2	28
25	Kevin	807	↓4	23
26	Thomas	795	↑1	25
27	Mark	733	↓1	30
28	Anthony	730	↓3	24
29	Aaron	718	↓1	34
30	Benjamin	635	↑1	32
31	Jonathan	589	↑5	21
32	Brandon	587	↑5	31
33	Richard	584	↓3	26
34	Chad	579	↓2	39
35	Nathan	577	↓2	36
36	Paul	560	↓1	35
37	Charles	550	↓3	29
38	Patrick	445	↑1	38
39	Gregory	438	↑1	42
40	Kenneth	434	↓2	41
41	Bradley	404	↑1	51
42	Derek	367	new	50
43	Jacob	351	↑4	43
44	Bryan	349	–	49
45	Stephen	334	↓4	40
46	Shawn	318	–	47
47	Donald	311	↓4	53
48	Jesse	296	new	45
49	Kyle	289	new	57
50	Travis	286	new	37

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