State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,370 Michigan births in 1933 across 908 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#76Lyle#158 nationally
#100Suzanne#181 nationally
#97Caroline#173 nationally
#93Marcia#162 nationally
#91Yvonne#159 nationally
#37Duane#102 nationally
#62Keith#127 nationally
#99Allan#154 nationally
#56Patrick#110 nationally
#50Rosemary#102 nationally
#90Leona#139 nationally
#91Max#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,936US #1
#2Barbara1,391US #3
#3Patricia1,104US #6
#4Betty1,009US #2
#5Shirley876US #9
#6Joan816US #5
#7Joyce737US #12
#8Dorothy715US #4
#9Nancy667US #11
#10Marilyn620US #16
#11Margaret587US #7
#12Donna557US #24
#13Beverly525US #26
#14Helen506US #8
#15Dolores465US #21
#16Lois449US #19
#17Ruth424US #13
#18Carol417US #20
#19Jean414US #14
#20Phyllis397US #28
#21Virginia397US #15
#22Janet382US #25
#23Doris372US #10
#24Geraldine310US #42
#25Norma309US #23
#26Alice301US #22
#27Marjorie293US #41
#28Elaine270US #61
#29Sally268US #76
#30Elizabeth265US #17
#31Gloria263US #31
#32Joanne262US #56
#33Delores245US #52
#34Evelyn241US #30
#35Marlene232US #50
#36June231US #45
#37Frances229US #18
#38Ann227US #34
#39Arlene210US #74
#40Rose208US #35
#41Marie201US #33
#42Eleanor196US #38
#43Irene196US #46
#44Joann190US #72
#45Florence182US #49
#46Lorraine179US #54
#47Jacqueline173US #86
#48Lillian171US #51
#49Jane169US #47
#50Rosemary169US #102
#51Kathleen164US #77
#52Bonnie159US #68
#53Marian157US #89
#54Catherine156US #44
#55Marion156US #73
#56Carolyn152US #40
#57Mildred152US #32
#58Louise145US #39
#59Rita144US #53
#60Anna138US #29
#61Martha138US #27
#62Audrey136US #59
#63Loretta132US #87
#64Theresa130US #70
#65Grace128US #69
#66Janice128US #81
#67Esther123US #88
#68Josephine123US #62
#69Maxine119US #110
#70Ellen115US #104
#71Gladys115US #60
#72Peggy114US #36
#73Charlotte110US #79
#74Lucille110US #78
#75Sylvia108US #84
#76Constance107US #105
#77Jeanette107US #103
#78Carole105US #107
#79Judith104US #119
#80Wilma104US #66
#81Darlene102US #96
#82Clara101US #67
#83Edna97US #55
#84Pauline94US #64
#85Beatrice92US #94
#86Edith92US #80
#87Laura91US #91
#88Thelma90US #57
#89Bernice89US #83
#90Leona89US #139
#91Yvonne88US #159
#92Vivian83US #98
#93Marcia81US #162
#94Patsy77US #65
#95Agnes75US #118
#96Anne75US #85
#97Caroline75US #173
#98Eileen74US #115
#99Katherine74US #100
#100Suzanne73US #181

Boys

#1Robert2,573US #1
#2Richard1,823US #5
#3James1,761US #2
#4John1,616US #3
#5Donald1,590US #7
#6William1,546US #4
#7Charles879US #6
#8Ronald810US #12
#9George681US #8
#10Thomas663US #10
#11Gerald638US #22
#12Edward593US #11
#13Jack554US #17
#14Kenneth536US #15
#15David528US #13
#16Joseph511US #9
#17Raymond437US #19
#18Harold407US #18
#19Paul403US #14
#20Frank393US #16
#21Norman310US #37
#22Eugene309US #23
#23Lawrence307US #38
#24Carl293US #28
#25Arthur262US #25
#26Walter259US #21
#27Jerry256US #31
#28Dale237US #65
#29Roger221US #48
#30Ralph219US #29
#31Fred215US #34
#32Harry210US #35
#33Leonard208US #47
#34Albert202US #30
#35Gordon201US #71
#36Marvin190US #44
#37Duane187US #102
#38Howard186US #36
#39Larry186US #58
#40Daniel182US #42
#41Don179US #54
#42Earl178US #41
#43Stanley177US #55
#44Wayne177US #52
#45Russell175US #67
#46Douglas169US #81
#47Louis169US #40
#48Bernard168US #63
#49Henry168US #24
#50Melvin162US #51
#51Roy158US #39
#52Bruce156US #91
#53Clarence156US #43
#54Peter142US #60
#55Theodore142US #68
#56Patrick134US #110
#57Michael133US #53
#58Frederick132US #78
#59Francis130US #45
#60Lloyd125US #73
#61Bill123US #59
#62Keith122US #127
#63Alfred121US #57
#64Herbert121US #49
#65Gary118US #80
#66Ernest116US #50
#67Franklin113US #33
#68Leo112US #75
#69Anthony110US #46
#70Floyd100US #69
#71Edwin99US #77
#72Philip99US #70
#73Arnold98US #103
#74Ray98US #62
#75Jerome94US #105
#76Lyle92US #158
#77Glenn91US #74
#78Alvin90US #88
#79Harvey87US #97
#80Allen85US #84
#81Jim83US #98
#82Clifford78US #86
#83Elmer78US #101
#84Joe76US #27
#85Leroy76US #56
#86Gilbert75US #104
#87Leon75US #85
#88Dean72US #128
#89Tom72US #117
#90Dennis71US #106
#91Max71US #140
#92Phillip70US #125
#93Gene69US #66
#94Martin69US #89
#95Lee68US #79
#96Victor68US #116
#97Warren67US #99
#98Lewis65US #92
#99Allan63US #154
#100Bob63US #82

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑22Franklin#67
↑15Larry#39
↑13Leon#87
↑12Peggy#72
↑12Sylvia#75
↑12Melvin#50
↑11Elaine#28
↑11Jacqueline#47

Falling

↓24Katherine#99
↓21Bob#100
↓19Leroy#85
↓18Theresa#64
↓18Martin#94
↓14Mildred#57
↓13Vivian#92
↓12Beatrice#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.