State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 84,170 Michigan births in 1929 across 1,006 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#68Duane#137 nationally
#84Lyle#152 nationally
#72Keith#138 nationally
#83Genevieve#142 nationally
#55Bruce#112 nationally
#49Arlene#105 nationally
#47Joanne#101 nationally
#48Douglas#97 nationally
#64Sally#112 nationally
#88Larry#135 nationally
#98Joann#144 nationally
#77Leona#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,208US #1
#2Betty1,688US #2
#3Dorothy1,268US #3
#4Shirley1,155US #9
#5Barbara1,040US #7
#6Patricia964US #10
#7Margaret908US #5
#8Helen851US #4
#9Dolores768US #14
#10Joyce703US #23
#11Virginia697US #11
#12Ruth680US #8
#13Joan668US #13
#14Doris640US #6
#15Jean563US #12
#16Donna551US #47
#17Lois523US #17
#18Phyllis487US #24
#19Beverly485US #39
#20Marilyn477US #33
#21Alice450US #21
#22Elizabeth438US #15
#23Evelyn415US #19
#24Marjorie404US #30
#25Irene375US #29
#26Frances370US #16
#27Norma366US #25
#28Rose358US #26
#29Geraldine350US #43
#30Lorraine337US #42
#31Gloria334US #28
#32Eleanor307US #38
#33June303US #48
#34Nancy290US #32
#35Anna284US #20
#36Mildred284US #18
#37Marie264US #22
#38Florence260US #35
#39Marion259US #53
#40Lillian251US #40
#41Marian243US #75
#42Elaine239US #67
#43Audrey236US #58
#44Carol233US #63
#45Theresa232US #49
#46Delores228US #74
#47Joanne220US #101
#48Maxine208US #85
#49Arlene202US #105
#50Lucille201US #57
#51Ann199US #46
#52Rosemary196US #80
#53Jacqueline194US #87
#54Bernice190US #55
#55Catherine190US #34
#56Grace185US #54
#57Louise183US #31
#58Pauline178US #50
#59Thelma175US #41
#60Beatrice173US #72
#61Jane172US #62
#62Martha171US #27
#63Esther169US #71
#64Sally166US #112
#65Vivian166US #81
#66Rita165US #52
#67Josephine163US #45
#68Janet162US #82
#69Kathleen160US #89
#70Charlotte150US #73
#71Gladys140US #44
#72Wanda138US #61
#73Wilma136US #66
#74Violet134US #111
#75Clara132US #65
#76Edith132US #59
#77Leona130US #122
#78Edna128US #51
#79Ellen119US #97
#80Ethel116US #56
#81Carolyn115US #77
#82Bonnie111US #86
#83Genevieve111US #142
#84Peggy110US #70
#85Gertrude109US #95
#86Katherine108US #84
#87Agnes107US #94
#88Julia106US #88
#89Laura106US #90
#90Jeanne105US #92
#91Viola104US #109
#92Jeanette100US #131
#93Hazel99US #64
#94Eva97US #83
#95Elsie96US #78
#96Loretta96US #127
#97Vera95US #99
#98Joann90US #144
#99Juanita90US #60
#100Kathryn88US #104

Boys

#1Robert3,175US #1
#2John2,100US #3
#3William1,982US #4
#4Richard1,902US #6
#5Donald1,874US #7
#6James1,797US #2
#7Charles1,041US #5
#8George974US #8
#9Edward819US #10
#10Jack746US #14
#11Joseph736US #9
#12Kenneth669US #18
#13Thomas629US #11
#14Raymond612US #15
#15Harold569US #16
#16Gerald556US #33
#17Frank544US #12
#18David487US #17
#19Arthur468US #22
#20Paul425US #13
#21Eugene409US #20
#22Walter387US #19
#23Ronald380US #45
#24Harry348US #27
#25Albert346US #24
#26Carl344US #28
#27Norman339US #40
#28Lawrence296US #38
#29Henry286US #21
#30Ralph283US #26
#31Howard265US #31
#32Herbert262US #25
#33Earl249US #36
#34Leonard247US #42
#35Stanley247US #48
#36Roy246US #35
#37Fred231US #34
#38Clarence230US #37
#39Gordon226US #79
#40Bernard224US #52
#41Louis219US #32
#42Dale210US #73
#43Frederick208US #67
#44Leo188US #60
#45Marvin187US #46
#46Russell187US #56
#47Melvin173US #49
#48Douglas171US #97
#49Francis168US #39
#50Alfred163US #41
#51Peter162US #55
#52Daniel161US #47
#53Ernest157US #43
#54Wayne155US #69
#55Bruce154US #112
#56Roger154US #64
#57Lloyd151US #62
#58Jerry150US #61
#59Theodore150US #65
#60Anthony149US #44
#61Floyd149US #58
#62Don143US #78
#63Leroy129US #51
#64Elmer128US #70
#65Glenn126US #80
#66Edwin123US #66
#67Michael121US #54
#68Duane119US #137
#69Alvin114US #77
#70Joe113US #30
#71Ray113US #57
#72Keith112US #138
#73Chester109US #96
#74Arnold108US #95
#75Harvey105US #90
#76Philip105US #76
#77Victor105US #100
#78Clifford102US #72
#79Martin101US #83
#80Andrew99US #59
#81Patrick99US #121
#82Leon96US #81
#83Bill95US #63
#84Lyle93US #152
#85Billy91US #23
#86Jerome91US #110
#87Bob90US #89
#88Larry89US #135
#89Gilbert88US #91
#90Milton83US #94
#91Allen81US #86
#92Warren78US #92
#93Samuel75US #53
#94Max74US #128
#95Vernon74US #71
#96Wallace71US #106
#97Lester69US #88
#98Willard69US #114
#99Lewis68US #84
#100Roland68US #104

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑33Joanne#47
↑20Ann#51
↑20Sally#64
↑16Carolyn#81
↑14Carol#44
↑13Violet#74
↑12Bonnie#82
↑12Wayne#54

Falling

↓22Gertrude#85
↓14Clifford#78
↓12Josephine#67
↓12Elsie#95
↓12Edwin#66
↓12Andrew#80
↓11Esther#63
↓11Chester#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.