State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,458 Michigan births in 1931 across 942 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#82Lyle#157 nationally
#41Sally#97 nationally
#67Keith#123 nationally
#50Bruce#101 nationally
#54Duane#104 nationally
#83Leona#133 nationally
#95Genevieve#145 nationally
#75Constance#118 nationally
#89Violet#132 nationally
#83Tom#125 nationally
#70Patrick#111 nationally
#45Douglas#85 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,092US #1
#2Betty1,356US #2
#3Barbara1,292US #4
#4Patricia1,087US #8
#5Shirley1,046US #9
#6Dorothy965US #3
#7Joan956US #5
#8Joyce799US #15
#9Margaret789US #7
#10Dolores717US #14
#11Helen686US #6
#12Donna639US #32
#13Marilyn628US #19
#14Jean522US #13
#15Virginia516US #12
#16Nancy506US #17
#17Beverly499US #31
#18Lois499US #20
#19Ruth485US #11
#20Doris478US #10
#21Phyllis450US #29
#22Elizabeth387US #16
#23Norma357US #22
#24Alice346US #21
#25Geraldine337US #38
#26Gloria335US #23
#27Rose309US #30
#28Frances301US #18
#29Evelyn299US #24
#30Marjorie291US #34
#31Irene290US #37
#32Joanne287US #68
#33Carol274US #46
#34Delores260US #58
#35Eleanor240US #40
#36Janet239US #45
#37Marie236US #27
#38Lorraine230US #49
#39Anna226US #25
#40June226US #44
#41Sally220US #97
#42Mildred219US #26
#43Arlene211US #77
#44Elaine210US #72
#45Florence208US #43
#46Jane201US #50
#47Marion198US #66
#48Rita198US #48
#49Jacqueline193US #78
#50Ann188US #35
#51Lillian185US #47
#52Rosemary182US #88
#53Josephine177US #51
#54Theresa168US #59
#55Marian165US #84
#56Kathleen162US #87
#57Joann160US #90
#58Bonnie158US #73
#59Catherine154US #36
#60Esther154US #79
#61Louise152US #33
#62Lucille150US #62
#63Martha149US #28
#64Maxine149US #101
#65Pauline148US #56
#66Carolyn147US #60
#67Audrey146US #64
#68Charlotte146US #75
#69Marlene141US #95
#70Bernice139US #63
#71Vivian139US #82
#72Jeanette128US #105
#73Grace121US #70
#74Wilma120US #69
#75Constance118US #118
#76Beatrice117US #85
#77Juanita117US #57
#78Edna113US #52
#79Jeanne113US #98
#80Gladys112US #55
#81Peggy112US #42
#82Edith110US #65
#83Leona109US #133
#84Clara107US #61
#85Thelma104US #53
#86Gertrude101US #115
#87Loretta101US #96
#88Wanda100US #54
#89Violet98US #132
#90Laura97US #89
#91Ethel94US #67
#92Katherine94US #92
#93Ellen91US #99
#94Eileen89US #106
#95Genevieve87US #145
#96Elsie85US #86
#97Anne81US #80
#98Janice81US #104
#99Vera81US #111
#100Agnes73US #103

Boys

#1Robert2,935US #1
#2Richard1,976US #5
#3John1,798US #3
#4William1,699US #4
#5James1,698US #2
#6Donald1,677US #7
#7Charles966US #6
#8Gerald736US #26
#9George727US #8
#10Thomas668US #10
#11Jack656US #15
#12Edward655US #11
#13Kenneth638US #14
#14Joseph627US #9
#15Raymond548US #17
#16Harold525US #18
#17David506US #13
#18Ronald455US #27
#19Frank430US #16
#20Paul409US #12
#21Arthur392US #23
#22Eugene390US #21
#23Norman351US #36
#24Walter329US #20
#25Carl315US #28
#26Harry282US #30
#27Albert279US #24
#28Ralph274US #25
#29Lawrence271US #38
#30Leonard247US #48
#31Dale238US #62
#32Fred237US #33
#33Louis231US #37
#34Jerry228US #43
#35Henry227US #22
#36Howard225US #34
#37Roger217US #53
#38Stanley206US #49
#39Earl203US #40
#40Gordon203US #76
#41Clarence202US #39
#42Bernard194US #54
#43Marvin194US #45
#44Roy189US #35
#45Douglas182US #85
#46Russell177US #63
#47Daniel176US #44
#48Wayne176US #58
#49Ernest172US #47
#50Bruce167US #101
#51Herbert164US #41
#52Melvin162US #51
#53Don161US #59
#54Duane160US #104
#55Francis160US #42
#56Frederick156US #73
#57Leo155US #69
#58Anthony150US #46
#59Peter143US #61
#60Alfred140US #50
#61Theodore138US #70
#62Edwin134US #67
#63Bill132US #57
#64Larry131US #88
#65Lloyd129US #68
#66Glenn127US #72
#67Keith124US #123
#68Clifford120US #75
#69Michael120US #55
#70Patrick116US #111
#71Floyd115US #66
#72Ray115US #60
#73Philip109US #71
#74Leroy105US #52
#75Joe104US #29
#76Arnold100US #98
#77Bob100US #78
#78Elmer99US #82
#79Jerome95US #103
#80Alvin92US #80
#81Martin89US #91
#82Lyle88US #157
#83Tom88US #125
#84Allen87US #79
#85Chester87US #106
#86Leon86US #84
#87Lewis86US #87
#88Gilbert85US #92
#89Andrew83US #65
#90Victor83US #109
#91Harvey82US #93
#92Gene80US #64
#93Warren80US #100
#94Herman75US #83
#95Vernon74US #74
#96Maurice73US #117
#97Dean72US #127
#98Milton69US #99
#99Samuel69US #56
#100Glen67US #112

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑18Jane#46
↑18Juanita#77
↑16Bonnie#58
↑15Joann#57
↑15Jeanne#79
↑15Lyle#82
↑14Arlene#43
↑14Roger#37

Falling

↓22Thelma#85
↓16Katherine#92
↓15Louise#61
↓13Grace#73
↓13Warren#93
↓12Eileen#94
↓12Leo#57
↓11Chester#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.