State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,966 Michigan births in 1928 across 1,042 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#98Delphineoutside the national top 200
#61Duane#141 nationally
#84Lyle#155 nationally
#71Keith#139 nationally
#80Joanne#142 nationally
#74Genevieve#134 nationally
#50Arlene#106 nationally
#59Bruce#112 nationally
#69Leona#122 nationally
#56Douglas#102 nationally
#86Patrick#132 nationally
#16Donna#61 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,250US #1
#2Betty1,629US #2
#3Dorothy1,301US #3
#4Shirley1,139US #10
#5Barbara1,042US #8
#6Helen916US #4
#7Margaret888US #5
#8Patricia826US #11
#9Virginia791US #9
#10Ruth709US #6
#11Dolores670US #20
#12Joyce613US #30
#13Doris603US #7
#14Jean545US #12
#15Lois541US #18
#16Donna518US #61
#17Phyllis508US #26
#18Joan447US #27
#19Beverly433US #46
#20Marilyn419US #38
#21Evelyn417US #17
#22Elizabeth408US #14
#23Marjorie404US #29
#24Norma385US #23
#25Irene382US #28
#26Alice375US #19
#27Frances364US #13
#28Gloria354US #25
#29Lorraine338US #39
#30Rose337US #24
#31Geraldine334US #50
#32Marie327US #21
#33Florence315US #32
#34June315US #44
#35Marion310US #47
#36Mildred306US #15
#37Anna287US #16
#38Eleanor281US #36
#39Lillian274US #35
#40Elaine249US #68
#41Theresa249US #49
#42Marian244US #71
#43Nancy235US #43
#44Bernice214US #53
#45Catherine210US #33
#46Maxine207US #84
#47Lucille206US #51
#48Audrey204US #60
#49Rosemary197US #88
#50Arlene196US #106
#51Delores195US #94
#52Esther192US #66
#53Martha192US #22
#54Grace191US #52
#55Josephine182US #42
#56Louise176US #31
#57Pauline176US #48
#58Carol173US #77
#59Beatrice170US #70
#60Rita169US #57
#61Jacqueline167US #97
#62Kathleen160US #82
#63Gertrude158US #86
#64Jane156US #62
#65Thelma154US #40
#66Vivian154US #78
#67Janet153US #95
#68Gladys149US #41
#69Leona146US #122
#70Edna143US #45
#71Ann142US #54
#72Wilma142US #69
#73Charlotte141US #72
#74Genevieve137US #134
#75Ethel136US #55
#76Wanda134US #63
#77Eileen133US #102
#78Edith128US #56
#79Katherine124US #75
#80Joanne123US #142
#81Agnes117US #85
#82Clara117US #65
#83Elsie115US #73
#84Sally114US #128
#85Laura113US #83
#86Ellen112US #98
#87Violet112US #113
#88Viola109US #103
#89Juanita106US #58
#90Peggy104US #76
#91Jeanne96US #90
#92Hazel95US #59
#93Kathryn95US #99
#94Bonnie94US #89
#95Eva92US #79
#96Jeanette92US #126
#97Carolyn86US #91
#98Delphine85
#99Harriet85US #133
#100Vera84US #92

Boys

#1Robert3,213US #1
#2John2,033US #2
#3William1,958US #4
#4Donald1,802US #7
#5Richard1,784US #6
#6James1,610US #3
#7Charles1,059US #5
#8George926US #8
#9Edward845US #10
#10Joseph715US #9
#11Jack710US #15
#12Harold671US #14
#13Kenneth612US #17
#14Raymond601US #16
#15Thomas595US #11
#16Frank530US #12
#17Arthur506US #22
#18Eugene491US #20
#19Gerald491US #41
#20Walter429US #18
#21Paul401US #13
#22David400US #19
#23Norman374US #39
#24Carl337US #28
#25Albert332US #23
#26Harry325US #26
#27Ralph324US #24
#28Lawrence320US #38
#29Henry306US #21
#30Ronald300US #50
#31Howard291US #31
#32Stanley273US #45
#33Louis271US #32
#34Leonard269US #42
#35Clarence260US #35
#36Gordon247US #77
#37Herbert241US #25
#38Earl234US #37
#39Bernard230US #49
#40Francis228US #40
#41Fred221US #36
#42Roy218US #34
#43Frederick208US #67
#44Russell207US #55
#45Leo200US #61
#46Ernest199US #43
#47Dale197US #75
#48Marvin193US #46
#49Alfred183US #33
#50Melvin181US #48
#51Lloyd171US #59
#52Daniel162US #47
#53Peter161US #56
#54Edwin154US #58
#55Theodore152US #66
#56Douglas148US #102
#57Roger148US #71
#58Anthony138US #44
#59Bruce137US #112
#60Elmer137US #63
#61Duane134US #141
#62Chester133US #88
#63Glenn133US #76
#64Clifford130US #68
#65Floyd130US #54
#66Wayne127US #69
#67Jerry124US #79
#68Andrew122US #60
#69Leroy120US #51
#70Philip120US #73
#71Keith119US #139
#72Arnold115US #98
#73Michael111US #53
#74Don109US #84
#75Alvin108US #72
#76Harvey104US #90
#77Joe100US #30
#78Ray99US #57
#79Victor98US #99
#80Bill96US #64
#81Leon96US #81
#82Warren95US #85
#83Gene93US #62
#84Lyle93US #155
#85Jerome90US #110
#86Patrick89US #132
#87Vernon89US #70
#88Martin86US #83
#89Calvin84US #94
#90Lewis84US #86
#91Milton80US #92
#92Lee77US #87
#93Allen76US #93
#94Maurice75US #119
#95Vincent75US #82
#96Samuel73US #52
#97Glen72US #115
#98Roland72US #107
#99Gilbert71US #96
#100Lester69US #89

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑25Janet#67
↑23Delores#51
↑19Joan#18
↑18Jerry#67
↑15Harvey#76
↑14Bill#80
↑13Laura#85
↑13Duane#61

Falling

↓17Calvin#89
↓14Thelma#65
↓13Wanda#76
↓12Violet#87
↓12Samuel#96
↓11Mildred#36
↓11Don#74
↓11Lyle#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.