State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,928 Michigan births in 1934 across 915 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#82Sharon#150 nationally
#89Lyle#155 nationally
#92Suzanne#153 nationally
#44Duane#104 nationally
#70Keith#125 nationally
#88Kay#143 nationally
#99Allan#151 nationally
#89Yvonne#137 nationally
#62Patrick#109 nationally
#65Rosemary#111 nationally
#71Maxine#114 nationally
#32Gordon#71 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,034US #1
#2Barbara1,504US #3
#3Patricia1,333US #6
#4Shirley1,111US #4
#5Joan976US #7
#6Betty957US #2
#7Nancy776US #10
#8Joyce771US #12
#9Donna690US #23
#10Marilyn675US #17
#11Margaret659US #8
#12Dorothy637US #5
#13Beverly618US #22
#14Carol503US #14
#15Janet488US #21
#16Helen446US #9
#17Dolores443US #26
#18Lois430US #20
#19Ruth423US #13
#20Virginia377US #15
#21Phyllis369US #28
#22Jean360US #16
#23Doris353US #11
#24Sally339US #62
#25Joanne315US #45
#26Norma296US #24
#27Alice290US #25
#28Elizabeth286US #18
#29Arlene266US #53
#30Marjorie264US #41
#31Gloria263US #30
#32Evelyn261US #29
#33Elaine258US #54
#34Frances257US #19
#35Marlene246US #57
#36Ann245US #32
#37Joann245US #50
#38Geraldine243US #43
#39Carolyn236US #33
#40Delores225US #51
#41Rose220US #37
#42Jacqueline213US #80
#43Marie212US #34
#44Kathleen194US #74
#45June191US #46
#46Lorraine189US #56
#47Irene183US #49
#48Janice179US #68
#49Jane171US #48
#50Eleanor158US #44
#51Catherine152US #42
#52Martha152US #27
#53Lillian151US #52
#54Audrey145US #69
#55Bonnie144US #58
#56Theresa143US #77
#57Carole141US #89
#58Anna140US #31
#59Marian140US #97
#60Judith139US #94
#61Marion139US #86
#62Rita139US #63
#63Louise137US #40
#64Florence135US #61
#65Rosemary135US #111
#66Mildred130US #35
#67Darlene128US #90
#68Sandra128US #93
#69Jeanette124US #106
#70Loretta123US #83
#71Maxine119US #114
#72Lucille116US #84
#73Pauline116US #71
#74Sylvia113US #70
#75Ellen112US #95
#76Peggy111US #36
#77Charlotte108US #72
#78Esther107US #91
#79Josephine107US #60
#80Beatrice106US #99
#81Grace106US #79
#82Sharon105US #150
#83Edith102US #81
#84Wilma102US #73
#85Gladys101US #66
#86Constance98US #117
#87Anne96US #88
#88Kay96US #143
#89Yvonne96US #137
#90Kathryn95US #108
#91Diane94US #124
#92Suzanne94US #153
#93Thelma91US #65
#94Katherine88US #101
#95Wanda88US #47
#96Edna87US #55
#97Bernice86US #82
#98Laura85US #96
#99Eileen84US #109
#100Patsy84US #59

Boys

#1Robert2,609US #1
#2Richard1,987US #5
#3James1,948US #2
#4John1,699US #3
#5Donald1,660US #6
#6William1,521US #4
#7Ronald982US #11
#8Charles932US #7
#9Thomas777US #9
#10Gerald744US #22
#11David654US #12
#12George650US #8
#13Kenneth562US #15
#14Edward546US #13
#15Joseph539US #10
#16Jack516US #17
#17Harold436US #18
#18Raymond411US #19
#19Paul386US #14
#20Frank384US #16
#21Eugene311US #24
#22Jerry310US #25
#23Roger310US #39
#24Walter302US #21
#25Lawrence289US #34
#26Dale283US #62
#27Arthur281US #29
#28Carl274US #28
#29Norman267US #38
#30Larry250US #43
#31Ralph247US #31
#32Gordon233US #71
#33Marvin222US #44
#34Fred209US #33
#35Harry208US #36
#36Daniel204US #42
#37Leonard198US #53
#38Bernard197US #65
#39Albert195US #32
#40Russell190US #70
#41Gary187US #60
#42Michael187US #47
#43Douglas186US #72
#44Duane181US #104
#45Henry179US #27
#46Bruce176US #78
#47Stanley176US #58
#48Wayne174US #48
#49Frederick168US #77
#50Louis167US #40
#51Howard165US #37
#52Earl164US #41
#53Roy153US #35
#54Don146US #50
#55Melvin146US #55
#56Francis145US #49
#57Ernest142US #51
#58Peter136US #61
#59Clarence133US #45
#60Theodore133US #74
#61Leroy131US #54
#62Patrick120US #109
#63Franklin114US #46
#64Edwin111US #80
#65Alfred108US #64
#66Herbert105US #57
#67Philip105US #69
#68Arnold104US #105
#69Jerome104US #107
#70Keith104US #125
#71Leo103US #86
#72Bob101US #75
#73Glenn101US #81
#74Anthony97US #52
#75Allen95US #88
#76Joe95US #26
#77Bill91US #59
#78Lloyd90US #82
#79Alvin88US #93
#80Dennis87US #95
#81Floyd87US #73
#82Martin87US #91
#83Tom87US #112
#84Gene86US #67
#85Leon86US #87
#86Ray85US #63
#87Clifford84US #85
#88Harvey84US #99
#89Lyle82US #155
#90Phillip82US #113
#91Dean81US #118
#92Andrew80US #76
#93Lee78US #79
#94Victor76US #122
#95Jim74US #90
#96Lewis74US #94
#97Elmer70US #108
#98Vincent67US #101
#99Allan66US #151
#100Warren66US #96

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑28Bob#72
↑24Gary#41
↑24Leroy#61
↑21Carole#57
↑19Judith#60
↑18Janice#48
↑17Carolyn#39
↑15Michael#42

Falling

↓19Florence#64
↓18Lloyd#78
↓16Grace#81
↓16Bill#77
↓15Rosemary#65
↓14Geraldine#38
↓14Gladys#85
↓14Jim#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.