Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1971

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,602
2	David	2,488
3	Robert	2,399
4	James	2,386
5	Scott	2,213
6	John	2,112
7	Christopher	1,992
8	Brian	1,607
9	Jeffrey	1,559
10	Jason	1,516
11	William	1,482
12	Matthew	1,420
13	Steven	1,399
14	Mark	1,395
15	Kevin	1,300
16	Eric	1,147
17	Daniel	1,128
18	Thomas	1,111
19	Timothy	1,108
20	Joseph	1,076
21	Richard	1,072
22	Todd	886
23	Paul	881
24	Anthony	851
25	Charles	762

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	750
27	Gregory	744
28	Chad	652
29	Ronald	618
30	Andrew	600
31	Shawn	564
32	Patrick	560
33	Donald	516
34	Gary	496
35	Stephen	491
36	Edward	478
37	Craig	476
38	Aaron	457
39	Keith	456
40	Douglas	452
41	Sean	420
42	Dennis	417
43	Jeremy	376
44	Jeffery	364
45	Troy	357
46	Bradley	351
47	Derek	332
48	Larry	320
49	Jonathan	307
50	Adam	306
51	Peter	283
52	George	280
53	Ryan	279
54	Marc	271
55	Jerry	263
56	Brent	260
57	Bryan	258
58	Gerald	256
58	Raymond	256
60	Terry	247
61	Roger	239
62	Rodney	224
63	Frank	223
64	Randy	209
65	Jon	206
66	Carl	204
67	Tony	202
68	Russell	200
69	Dale	199
70	Lawrence	193
70	Shane	193
72	Brett	191
73	Corey	189
74	Erik	184
75	Derrick	183
76	Alan	181
77	Andre	178
78	Joel	174
79	Phillip	171
80	Benjamin	169
81	Marcus	167
82	Nathan	164
83	Walter	162
84	Jamie	161
85	Kurt	160
85	Randall	160
87	Bruce	158
87	Chris	158
89	Curtis	153
90	Kyle	151
90	Martin	151
92	Samuel	145
93	Brad	137
93	Nicholas	137
95	Frederick	136
96	Wayne	134
97	Travis	133
98	Kirk	132
99	Dean	131
100	Joshua	130