State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,835 Michigan births in 1927 across 1,033 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Michigan more than they say America.

#73Lyle#151 nationally
#65Keith#141 nationally
#74Duane#147 nationally
#64Bruce#123 nationally
#64Leona#121 nationally
#74Delores#128 nationally
#86Patrick#140 nationally
#88Max#142 nationally
#51Douglas#104 nationally
#56Arlene#108 nationally
#95Sally#147 nationally
#19Donna#70 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,156US #1
#2Betty1,624US #3
#3Dorothy1,472US #2
#4Shirley1,022US #9
#5Margaret985US #5
#6Helen958US #4
#7Barbara894US #10
#8Virginia807US #8
#9Ruth745US #6
#10Patricia726US #18
#11Doris656US #7
#12Jean633US #14
#13Joyce571US #35
#14Phyllis528US #29
#15Lois503US #19
#16Irene492US #21
#17Marjorie476US #25
#18Dolores473US #34
#19Donna470US #70
#20Elizabeth454US #13
#21Frances451US #12
#22Evelyn440US #15
#23Alice424US #17
#24Beverly391US #57
#25Mildred377US #11
#26Gloria375US #22
#27Marilyn366US #46
#28Geraldine360US #58
#29June354US #43
#30Eleanor352US #33
#31Norma352US #26
#32Marie346US #20
#33Rose345US #23
#34Lorraine322US #44
#35Marion317US #51
#36Florence306US #28
#37Joan304US #41
#38Lillian296US #32
#39Elaine279US #69
#40Anna276US #16
#41Bernice250US #49
#42Marian248US #74
#43Maxine240US #87
#44Lucille234US #45
#45Rosemary232US #86
#46Theresa230US #52
#47Catherine223US #31
#48Josephine214US #39
#49Grace213US #50
#50Rita212US #54
#51Thelma206US #38
#52Esther199US #65
#53Beatrice194US #67
#54Louise191US #27
#55Nancy185US #56
#56Arlene184US #108
#57Audrey183US #62
#58Pauline179US #42
#59Gladys173US #37
#60Martha167US #24
#61Jane166US #60
#62Vivian165US #77
#63Wanda163US #66
#64Leona161US #121
#65Kathleen158US #83
#66Jacqueline155US #115
#67Charlotte151US #75
#68Ann150US #59
#69Gertrude149US #78
#70Carol145US #106
#71Edna143US #40
#72Edith141US #48
#73Wilma141US #68
#74Delores140US #128
#75Violet137US #103
#76Ellen136US #93
#77Genevieve136US #126
#78Elsie135US #72
#79Ethel135US #47
#80Clara129US #63
#81Agnes128US #81
#82Hazel127US #53
#83Katherine126US #73
#84Jeanne122US #85
#85Eileen119US #91
#86Loretta114US #127
#87Julia112US #76
#88Kathryn108US #90
#89Eva107US #79
#90Carolyn105US #99
#91Juanita105US #55
#92Janet103US #111
#93Jeanette103US #131
#94Peggy103US #96
#95Sally101US #147
#96Stella100US #123
#97Viola96US #101
#98Laura93US #82
#99Vera93US #89
#100Emma88US #64

Boys

#1Robert3,156US #1
#2John2,059US #2
#3William1,958US #4
#4Donald1,710US #8
#5James1,588US #3
#6Richard1,584US #6
#7Charles1,097US #5
#8George986US #7
#9Edward841US #10
#10Jack744US #16
#11Joseph727US #9
#12Harold693US #14
#13Raymond642US #15
#14Kenneth620US #18
#15Thomas582US #11
#16Frank577US #12
#17Arthur501US #22
#18Gerald483US #38
#19Walter478US #17
#20Eugene469US #20
#21Paul435US #13
#22Henry359US #19
#23David352US #21
#24Ralph347US #24
#25Carl342US #26
#26Albert326US #23
#27Harry325US #25
#28Norman314US #39
#29Lawrence297US #37
#30Howard292US #28
#31Leonard292US #40
#32Stanley285US #44
#33Earl263US #33
#34Louis262US #29
#35Bernard256US #50
#36Clarence251US #32
#37Gordon247US #74
#38Ronald238US #63
#39Roy230US #34
#40Russell227US #54
#41Fred215US #35
#42Francis214US #36
#43Leo210US #55
#44Frederick205US #64
#45Alfred193US #45
#46Ernest191US #41
#47Theodore190US #62
#48Melvin183US #48
#49Herbert178US #42
#50Marvin178US #47
#51Douglas167US #104
#52Edwin167US #57
#53Dale163US #81
#54Peter162US #59
#55Anthony154US #43
#56Lloyd153US #58
#57Daniel151US #46
#58Floyd146US #53
#59Chester144US #85
#60Glenn140US #76
#61Clifford136US #65
#62Elmer136US #61
#63Don133US #90
#64Bruce126US #123
#65Keith121US #141
#66Roger121US #84
#67Andrew118US #56
#68Wayne115US #67
#69Wallace114US #96
#70Arnold113US #97
#71Alvin111US #66
#72Calvin110US #73
#73Lyle110US #151
#74Duane109US #147
#75Ray105US #60
#76Warren105US #79
#77Joe102US #30
#78Leroy102US #51
#79Herman100US #70
#80Vernon100US #71
#81Philip98US #75
#82Michael97US #52
#83Milton97US #88
#84Samuel94US #49
#85Jerry91US #93
#86Patrick91US #140
#87Leon90US #78
#88Max89US #142
#89Victor89US #98
#90Clyde86US #68
#91Harvey86US #94
#92Jerome85US #111
#93Lewis85US #82
#94Bill83US #69
#95Allen82US #95
#96Martin81US #87
#97Lester72US #83
#98Maurice71US #122
#99Roland71US #109
#100Wesley71US #134

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑28Wallace#69
↑23Nancy#55
↑23Keith#65
↑21Don#63
↑17Carol#70
↑15Beverly#24
↑15Theresa#46
↑15Delores#74

Falling

↓22Martin#96
↓17Michael#82
↓17Leon#87
↓16Clara#80
↓16Katherine#83
↓15Lillian#38
↓15Kathryn#88
↓14Jerome#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.