Popular baby names in Michigan, 1982

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (2,268 babies) and Michael for boys (2,807). Social Security records list 122,507 babies born in Michigan in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1982

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: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jodi: 116 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alaina: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rachelle: 64 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tanisha: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lynn: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jonathon: 152 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Antoine: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gordon: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Duane: 43 babies, 2× the national rate
Darnell: 39 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,268	–	1
2	Jessica	1,736	–	2
3	Amanda	1,502	↑1	3
4	Sarah	1,436	↓1	4
5	Nicole	1,185	↑1	6
6	Melissa	1,095	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	848	↑6	7
8	Elizabeth	830	–	8
9	Angela	796	↑2	16
10	Amy	794	↓3	10
11	Heather	764	↓2	12
12	Rebecca	751	↓2	15
13	Michelle	715	↓1	11
14	Rachel	692	↑4	21
15	Andrea	658	↑1	27
16	Kelly	656	↑4	25
17	Erin	648	↓2	20
18	Amber	646	↑3	18
19	Lisa	646	↓5	23
20	Crystal	637	↑3	9
21	Tiffany	620	↑1	13
22	Kimberly	616	↓5	14
23	Emily	589	↑4	24
24	Sara	569	↓5	28
25	Christina	515	↑1	19
26	Jamie	504	↓2	29
27	Laura	504	↓2	22
28	Danielle	448	–	31
29	Kristen	430	↑6	33
30	Katherine	406	↑6	36
31	Julie	399	↓2	41
32	Lindsay	399	↑7	39
33	Kristin	393	↓3	37
34	Erica	370	↑4	35
35	Mary	370	↓2	30
36	Megan	365	↓2	34
37	April	363	↓6	32
38	Lindsey	355	new	40
39	Lauren	351	↑7	26
40	Katie	346	↓3	45
41	Shannon	341	↓9	38
42	Ashley	325	new	17
43	Kathryn	309	–	48
44	Carrie	305	↓4	57
45	Courtney	301	↓1	43
46	Samantha	278	new	44
47	Tara	256	–	47
48	Christine	242	↓7	46
49	Holly	239	–	61
50	Kristina	229	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	2,807	–	1
2	Christopher	2,160	↑2	2
3	Matthew	2,066	↓1	3
4	Jason	1,935	↓1	4
5	David	1,547	–	5
6	James	1,448	↑2	6
7	Joshua	1,447	–	7
8	Ryan	1,430	↓2	13
9	Robert	1,385	–	9
10	Joseph	1,303	↑1	11
11	Daniel	1,220	↓1	10
12	Justin	1,154	↑2	12
13	John	1,139	–	8
14	Brian	1,137	↓2	14
15	Andrew	1,123	–	17
16	Nicholas	1,088	–	22
17	Eric	1,026	–	20
18	Adam	996	–	19
19	Brandon	892	↑2	18
20	Kevin	838	↑3	25
21	Steven	830	↓1	26
22	Jeffrey	816	↑2	29
23	William	809	↓4	15
24	Anthony	776	↑1	21
25	Aaron	765	↑3	30
26	Timothy	762	↓4	24
27	Thomas	741	↑2	23
28	Scott	721	↓2	34
29	Jeremy	677	↓2	28
30	Mark	674	↑2	32
31	Jonathan	649	–	16
32	Benjamin	615	↓2	33
33	Nathan	564	↑1	36
34	Richard	534	↓1	27
35	Charles	513	–	31
36	Paul	513	–	35
37	Patrick	447	↑1	37
38	Gregory	432	↑6	40
39	Bradley	410	↑3	51
40	Chad	409	↓1	48
41	Kenneth	407	↓4	45
42	Jacob	394	↓2	41
43	Kyle	387	↑2	47
44	Stephen	381	↓3	38
45	Bryan	338	↑3	49
46	Derek	329	↑1	50
47	Sean	329	↓1	44
48	Donald	313	↑1	58
49	Travis	304	↑1	39
50	Jesse	292	↓7	43

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