Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,025 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,392 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,871 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,868 |
| 5 | David | 1,796 |
| 6 | James | 1,540 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,414 |
| 8 | Ryan | 1,374 |
| 9 | Joshua | 1,357 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,308 |
| 11 | Brian | 1,307 |
| 12 | Nicholas | 1,194 |
| 13 | John | 1,177 |
| 14 | Eric | 1,172 |
| 15 | Daniel | 1,143 |
| 16 | Justin | 1,070 |
| 17 | Andrew | 1,064 |
| 18 | Adam | 966 |
| 19 | Timothy | 924 |
| 20 | William | 918 |
| 21 | Jeremy | 901 |
| 22 | Jeffrey | 859 |
| 23 | Scott | 832 |
| 24 | Steven | 831 |
| 25 | Kevin | 807 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 795 |
| 27 | Mark | 733 |
| 28 | Anthony | 730 |
| 29 | Aaron | 718 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 635 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 589 |
| 32 | Brandon | 587 |
| 33 | Richard | 584 |
| 34 | Chad | 579 |
| 35 | Nathan | 577 |
| 36 | Paul | 560 |
| 37 | Charles | 550 |
| 38 | Patrick | 445 |
| 39 | Gregory | 438 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 434 |
| 41 | Bradley | 404 |
| 42 | Derek | 367 |
| 43 | Jacob | 351 |
| 44 | Bryan | 349 |
| 45 | Stephen | 334 |
| 46 | Shawn | 318 |
| 47 | Donald | 311 |
| 48 | Jesse | 296 |
| 49 | Kyle | 289 |
| 50 | Travis | 286 |
| 51 | Ronald | 263 |
| 52 | Keith | 261 |
| 53 | Douglas | 255 |
| 54 | Sean | 250 |
| 55 | Edward | 248 |
| 56 | Corey | 246 |
| 57 | Todd | 243 |
| 58 | Brent | 239 |
| 59 | Dustin | 235 |
| 60 | Gary | 224 |
| 61 | Erik | 222 |
| 62 | Peter | 218 |
| 63 | Joel | 217 |
| 64 | Dennis | 216 |
| 65 | Craig | 215 |
| 66 | Shaun | 213 |
| 67 | Jeffery | 193 |
| 68 | Phillip | 191 |
| 69 | Raymond | 185 |
| 70 | Larry | 177 |
| 70 | Shane | 177 |
| 72 | Nathaniel | 175 |
| 73 | Samuel | 170 |
| 74 | George | 167 |
| 75 | Jeremiah | 162 |
| 76 | Carl | 159 |
| 77 | Randy | 158 |
| 78 | Brett | 155 |
| 79 | Lucas | 150 |
| 80 | Alan | 149 |
| 81 | Jared | 147 |
| 81 | Philip | 147 |
| 83 | Zachary | 146 |
| 84 | Curtis | 144 |
| 84 | Marcus | 144 |
| 86 | Derrick | 138 |
| 87 | Brad | 135 |
| 88 | Terry | 133 |
| 89 | Russell | 131 |
| 89 | Troy | 131 |
| 91 | Antonio | 125 |
| 91 | Cory | 125 |
| 93 | Marc | 121 |
| 94 | Jonathon | 120 |
| 95 | Lawrence | 117 |
| 96 | Ian | 116 |
| 96 | Jamie | 116 |
| 96 | Luke | 116 |
| 99 | Frank | 110 |
| 100 | Andre | 109 |
| 100 | Casey | 109 |