State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,295 Michigan births in 1932 across 932 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#74Lyle#155 nationally
#98Caroline#174 nationally
#38Duane#105 nationally
#68Keith#133 nationally
#97Yvonne#160 nationally
#95Dick#149 nationally
#35Sally#84 nationally
#33Gordon#81 nationally
#67Patrick#114 nationally
#55Rosemary#100 nationally
#55Bruce#98 nationally
#43Douglas#85 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,002US #1
#2Barbara1,492US #3
#3Betty1,164US #2
#4Patricia1,106US #6
#5Joan994US #5
#6Shirley961US #9
#7Dorothy833US #4
#8Marilyn796US #16
#9Joyce763US #12
#10Margaret713US #7
#11Donna657US #29
#12Dolores575US #18
#13Helen560US #8
#14Nancy550US #13
#15Beverly538US #28
#16Lois468US #20
#17Ruth451US #11
#18Virginia438US #14
#19Phyllis426US #30
#20Jean417US #15
#21Doris395US #10
#22Carol352US #32
#23Norma336US #22
#24Elizabeth324US #17
#25Janet316US #35
#26Alice307US #21
#27Gloria307US #25
#28Geraldine295US #42
#29Frances287US #19
#30Evelyn274US #23
#31Marjorie269US #37
#32Joanne259US #62
#33Delores258US #56
#34Rose258US #33
#35Sally246US #84
#36June238US #44
#37Lorraine232US #55
#38Irene220US #43
#39Elaine219US #68
#40Ann206US #34
#41Marlene200US #78
#42Marie197US #31
#43Mildred192US #26
#44Eleanor191US #45
#45Joann183US #79
#46Theresa182US #60
#47Arlene181US #80
#48Florence181US #47
#49Kathleen181US #83
#50Marion180US #73
#51Marian177US #86
#52Lillian170US #48
#53Anna169US #24
#54Carolyn162US #46
#55Rosemary162US #100
#56Catherine161US #39
#57Jane161US #49
#58Jacqueline160US #85
#59Louise146US #36
#60Rita143US #53
#61Esther139US #82
#62Bonnie136US #64
#63Lucille133US #63
#64Martha131US #27
#65Grace129US #72
#66Josephine128US #57
#67Constance127US #99
#68Jeanette127US #106
#69Audrey126US #61
#70Maxine124US #110
#71Janice115US #94
#72Loretta115US #89
#73Beatrice114US #87
#74Charlotte112US #74
#75Katherine110US #95
#76Pauline110US #59
#77Gladys108US #54
#78Ellen105US #104
#79Vivian105US #90
#80Wanda104US #52
#81Wilma104US #65
#82Bernice103US #71
#83Edith100US #69
#84Peggy99US #40
#85Clara97US #70
#86Kathryn97US #107
#87Sylvia90US #96
#88Gertrude89US #124
#89Laura89US #88
#90Eileen87US #114
#91Jeanne87US #112
#92Edna85US #50
#93Ethel85US #66
#94Thelma85US #51
#95Anne84US #81
#96Violet84US #132
#97Yvonne82US #160
#98Caroline76US #174
#99Juanita76US #58
#100Roberta76US #109

Boys

#1Robert2,774US #1
#2Richard1,878US #5
#3James1,673US #2
#4Donald1,660US #7
#5John1,657US #3
#6William1,547US #4
#7Charles1,011US #6
#8Ronald777US #16
#9Gerald742US #24
#10Thomas699US #10
#11George689US #8
#12Kenneth641US #14
#13Jack634US #17
#14Edward562US #11
#15Joseph540US #9
#16David516US #12
#17Raymond504US #19
#18Harold485US #18
#19Frank384US #15
#20Paul382US #13
#21Eugene362US #22
#22Norman329US #37
#23Arthur324US #25
#24Lawrence311US #35
#25Walter309US #21
#26Carl290US #28
#27Dale260US #61
#28Fred257US #33
#29Jerry257US #34
#30Ralph255US #27
#31Roger229US #50
#32Albert225US #26
#33Gordon220US #81
#34Marvin218US #46
#35Earl214US #41
#36Harry212US #32
#37Henry209US #23
#38Duane207US #105
#39Howard207US #36
#40Leonard205US #48
#41Stanley202US #52
#42Roy199US #38
#43Douglas188US #85
#44Russell178US #63
#45Wayne178US #57
#46Bernard176US #60
#47Don166US #55
#48Louis166US #39
#49Clarence164US #40
#50Daniel164US #42
#51Francis155US #43
#52Frederick151US #73
#53Herbert151US #44
#54Larry151US #65
#55Bruce150US #98
#56Peter140US #62
#57Theodore135US #67
#58Alfred134US #49
#59Lloyd133US #71
#60Ernest132US #47
#61Bill130US #58
#62Melvin130US #51
#63Anthony128US #45
#64Leo128US #74
#65Michael128US #54
#66Leroy124US #53
#67Patrick120US #114
#68Keith116US #133
#69Ray113US #59
#70Philip112US #70
#71Glenn109US #77
#72Allen105US #80
#73Joe104US #29
#74Lyle101US #155
#75Edwin100US #72
#76Martin95US #88
#77Clifford94US #84
#78Jerome93US #107
#79Bob90US #79
#80Floyd90US #68
#81Harvey89US #95
#82Arnold87US #100
#83Andrew82US #69
#84Gilbert80US #97
#85Elmer78US #94
#86Tom78US #116
#87Alvin76US #87
#88Gene76US #64
#89Franklin75US #66
#90Jim74US #104
#91Lee73US #86
#92Roland72US #111
#93Chester71US #112
#94Victor70US #110
#95Dick69US #149
#96Warren69US #102
#97Dean68US #123
#98Maurice67US #122
#99Vernon67US #78
#100Leon66US #83

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑28Marlene#41
↑27Janice#71
↑17Katherine#75
↑16Duane#38
↑15Loretta#72
↑15Ellen#78
↑12Joann#45
↑12Carolyn#54

Falling

↓22Juanita#99
↓15Louis#48
↓14Anna#53
↓14Edna#92
↓14Leon#100
↓13Josephine#66
↓13Edwin#75
↓12Rita#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.