Popular baby names in Michigan, 1981

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (2,387 babies) and Michael for boys (2,923). Social Security records list 124,269 babies born in Michigan in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1981

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

Girls

Dayna: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodie: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cortney: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marcie: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jonathon: 146 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kurt: 91 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darius: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darnell: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,387	–	1
2	Jessica	1,672	↑3	2
3	Sarah	1,597	↓1	4
4	Amanda	1,424	↓1	3
5	Melissa	1,265	↓1	5
6	Nicole	1,098	–	7
7	Amy	923	↑2	6
8	Elizabeth	832	↑2	9
9	Heather	832	↓1	10
10	Rebecca	826	↑2	12
11	Angela	823	↓4	15
12	Michelle	781	↓1	11
13	Stephanie	750	↑3	8
14	Lisa	735	↓1	18
15	Erin	679	↑3	19
16	Andrea	655	↑3	24
17	Kimberly	638	↓3	13
18	Rachel	617	↑2	22
19	Sara	608	↑3	26
20	Kelly	605	↓5	23
21	Amber	579	↑6	20
22	Tiffany	567	↓1	14
23	Crystal	562	↑3	16
24	Jamie	544	↓1	28
25	Laura	525	↓1	21
26	Christina	523	↓9	17
27	Emily	515	↑4	29
28	Danielle	494	↑2	30
29	Julie	461	↓1	37
30	Kristin	448	↑6	31
31	April	420	↑2	25
32	Shannon	408	↓7	32
33	Mary	405	↓4	27
34	Megan	397	↓2	33
35	Kristen	388	↑2	38
36	Katherine	386	↓2	39
37	Katie	380	↑2	44
38	Erica	342	↓3	36
39	Lindsay	311	↑4	47
40	Carrie	303	↓2	55
41	Christine	280	↑1	42
42	Brooke	268	↑6	52
43	Kathryn	261	↓3	48
44	Courtney	253	↑5	43
45	Brandy	249	new	41
46	Lauren	247	↑4	35
47	Tara	234	↓1	45
48	Alicia	231	new	46
49	Holly	223	↓8	63
50	Dawn	221	↓3	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	2,923	–	1
2	Matthew	2,062	↑2	3
3	Jason	2,018	↓1	4
4	Christopher	1,789	↓1	2
5	David	1,688	–	5
6	Ryan	1,536	↑2	13
7	Joshua	1,506	↑2	6
8	James	1,459	↓2	7
9	Robert	1,401	↓2	9
10	Daniel	1,246	↑5	10
11	Joseph	1,233	↓1	11
12	Brian	1,191	↓1	14
13	John	1,134	–	8
14	Justin	1,081	↑2	12
15	Andrew	1,062	↑2	18
16	Nicholas	1,033	↓4	21
17	Eric	1,029	↓3	17
18	Adam	1,006	–	20
19	William	888	↑1	15
20	Steven	860	↑4	28
21	Brandon	826	↑11	19
22	Timothy	825	↓3	24
23	Kevin	812	↑2	25
24	Jeffrey	805	↓2	29
25	Anthony	800	↑3	23
26	Scott	778	↓3	34
27	Jeremy	776	↓6	22
28	Aaron	757	↑1	30
29	Thomas	713	↓3	26
30	Benjamin	712	–	32
31	Jonathan	695	–	16
32	Mark	659	↓5	33
33	Richard	607	–	27
34	Nathan	584	↑1	36
35	Charles	506	↑2	31
36	Paul	503	–	35
37	Kenneth	469	↑3	41
38	Patrick	432	–	38
39	Chad	429	↓5	47
40	Jacob	409	↑3	43
41	Stephen	404	↑4	39
42	Bradley	389	↓1	50
43	Jesse	387	↑5	37
44	Gregory	365	↓5	46
45	Kyle	358	↑4	52
46	Sean	345	new	44
47	Derek	322	↓5	53
48	Bryan	311	↓4	48
49	Donald	302	↓2	56
50	Travis	278	–	40

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