Popular baby names in Michigan, 1984

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (1,982 babies) and Michael for boys (2,730). Social Security records list 120,060 babies born in Michigan in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1984

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: 56 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Breanne: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ashleigh: 72 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Autumn: 83 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trisha: 73 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lynn: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jodie: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kellie: 77 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ali: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Antoine: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kirk: 70 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jonathon: 152 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Duane: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Branden: 52 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,982	–	1
2	Jessica	1,694	–	2
3	Amanda	1,465	–	4
4	Sarah	1,258	–	5
5	Ashley	1,250	↑2	3
6	Nicole	1,168	↓1	7
7	Stephanie	953	↑1	6
8	Heather	868	↑1	9
9	Melissa	847	↓3	8
10	Elizabeth	820	–	10
11	Danielle	747	↑19	16
12	Megan	743	↑11	11
13	Amy	708	–	13
14	Rachel	701	↓2	15
15	Amber	678	↑1	18
16	Crystal	652	↑5	12
17	Emily	631	↑3	24
18	Michelle	613	↓7	17
19	Laura	587	↑9	19
20	Erin	583	↓6	25
21	Angela	575	↓6	26
22	Kelly	563	–	27
23	Rebecca	563	↓6	23
24	Andrea	550	↓5	28
25	Tiffany	542	↓1	14
26	Lisa	522	↓8	29
27	Kimberly	518	↓2	22
28	Christina	509	↓1	20
29	Sara	505	–	32
30	Lauren	436	↑2	21
31	Katherine	435	↑2	30
32	Jamie	424	↓6	31
33	Lindsay	411	↓2	36
34	Lindsey	393	–	35
35	Katie	381	↑1	44
36	Erica	350	↓1	34
37	Kristen	345	↑2	38
38	Shannon	341	↓1	37
39	Alicia	330	↑6	40
40	Samantha	330	↑2	39
41	Mary	321	↓3	33
42	Kathryn	316	↑2	48
43	Holly	296	↓2	53
44	Kristin	281	↓1	47
45	April	279	↑3	42
46	Christine	267	↑3	43
47	Courtney	267	–	46
48	Julie	263	↓8	52
49	Tara	236	↓3	49
50	Stacy	224	–	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	2,730	–	1
2	Christopher	2,097	↑1	2
3	Matthew	2,074	↓1	3
4	David	1,579	–	5
5	Ryan	1,505	↑1	12
6	Joshua	1,477	↑2	4
7	Daniel	1,342	↑3	6
8	Jason	1,339	↓3	11
9	Andrew	1,274	↑2	14
10	Robert	1,270	↓1	9
11	James	1,261	↓4	7
12	Joseph	1,242	–	10
13	Adam	1,196	–	18
14	Brandon	1,139	↑4	15
15	Nicholas	1,118	↑2	20
16	Brian	1,059	–	17
17	John	1,050	↓2	8
18	Justin	1,039	↓4	13
19	Eric	1,029	–	22
20	Anthony	869	↑2	21
21	Steven	846	↓1	23
22	Kevin	819	↑3	24
23	William	781	↓2	16
24	Thomas	760	↑3	25
25	Jeffrey	730	↑1	28
26	Aaron	728	↓3	29
27	Timothy	723	↓3	26
28	Jonathan	670	–	19
29	Kyle	660	↑1	34
30	Scott	647	↓1	39
31	Benjamin	582	↑4	30
32	Mark	566	↓1	32
33	Nathan	539	↑1	38
34	Jeremy	519	↓2	31
35	Richard	516	↓2	27
36	Jacob	496	–	37
37	Paul	463	–	40
38	Patrick	444	–	36
39	Charles	440	–	33
40	Stephen	414	–	35
41	Chad	389	↑2	51
42	Bradley	380	↑3	53
43	Gregory	362	↓2	44
44	Kenneth	362	↓2	46
45	Sean	333	↓1	43
46	Bryan	319	↑1	48
47	Derek	313	↑1	52
48	Travis	308	↓2	42
49	Dustin	307	–	41
50	Zachary	290	new	45

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