State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,362 Michigan births in 1935 across 917 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#51Gail#127 nationally
#85Lyle#156 nationally
#84Suzanne#154 nationally
#41Duane#105 nationally
#82Judy#143 nationally
#67Keith#125 nationally
#97Leona#155 nationally
#77Kay#134 nationally
#95Marcia#149 nationally
#96Pat#150 nationally
#91Dick#142 nationally
#46Sharon#96 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley2,013US #2
#2Mary1,848US #1
#3Barbara1,556US #3
#4Patricia1,469US #5
#5Joan907US #7
#6Nancy892US #9
#7Betty804US #4
#8Marilyn779US #14
#9Joyce744US #12
#10Beverly683US #20
#11Donna664US #23
#12Carol649US #11
#13Margaret633US #8
#14Dorothy597US #6
#15Janet473US #22
#16Helen423US #10
#17Virginia420US #16
#18Phyllis404US #27
#19Jean395US #18
#20Ruth384US #15
#21Dolores378US #26
#22Marlene373US #39
#23Lois359US #21
#24Joanne317US #44
#25Geraldine312US #40
#26Doris301US #13
#27Alice298US #25
#28Sally298US #58
#29Elizabeth280US #17
#30Elaine270US #51
#31Frances265US #19
#32Gloria261US #32
#33Carolyn256US #28
#34Norma254US #29
#35Ann246US #30
#36Marjorie238US #46
#37Joann236US #53
#38Judith225US #54
#39Marie223US #33
#40Evelyn221US #31
#41Sandra212US #50
#42Rose207US #37
#43Delores206US #57
#44Kathleen199US #71
#45Arlene197US #59
#46Sharon195US #96
#47Janice189US #47
#48Eleanor184US #48
#49Jane183US #43
#50June176US #55
#51Gail161US #127
#52Lorraine156US #68
#53Carole155US #93
#54Catherine155US #42
#55Irene154US #52
#56Bonnie153US #62
#57Jacqueline152US #79
#58Rosemary152US #97
#59Yvonne150US #98
#60Darlene149US #91
#61Loretta147US #69
#62Marion145US #88
#63Audrey142US #64
#64Louise138US #45
#65Marian138US #105
#66Theresa137US #86
#67Lillian136US #66
#68Mildred134US #35
#69Esther133US #94
#70Martha132US #24
#71Anna128US #34
#72Rita126US #63
#73Maxine125US #120
#74Charlotte122US #65
#75Jeanette118US #104
#76Roberta118US #77
#77Kay114US #134
#78Sylvia113US #60
#79Florence112US #74
#80Grace110US #83
#81Pauline109US #80
#82Judy108US #143
#83Ellen100US #95
#84Suzanne100US #154
#85Wilma100US #70
#86Kathryn98US #111
#87Susan98US #126
#88Lucille95US #85
#89Anne94US #84
#90Diane94US #109
#91Josephine94US #75
#92Beatrice93US #107
#93Constance92US #125
#94Peggy89US #36
#95Marcia86US #149
#96Pat86US #150
#97Leona85US #155
#98Eileen82US #108
#99Sue82US #115
#100Laura81US #101

Boys

#1Robert2,852US #1
#2James2,133US #2
#3Richard2,042US #5
#4John1,842US #3
#5William1,631US #4
#6Donald1,609US #7
#7Ronald1,124US #12
#8Charles1,005US #6
#9Gerald860US #21
#10Thomas835US #9
#11David816US #11
#12George622US #8
#13Kenneth603US #15
#14Edward560US #13
#15Jack556US #18
#16Joseph556US #10
#17Paul452US #14
#18Raymond445US #17
#19Lawrence375US #35
#20Frank366US #16
#21Harold359US #20
#22Larry356US #33
#23Jerry346US #22
#24Roger319US #36
#25Eugene308US #26
#26Walter307US #23
#27Carl306US #28
#28Norman276US #38
#29Gordon275US #70
#30Gary274US #44
#31Arthur265US #29
#32Marvin258US #45
#33Dale256US #61
#34Michael250US #41
#35Ralph245US #32
#36Fred219US #34
#37Daniel215US #43
#38Albert210US #31
#39Douglas210US #75
#40Wayne208US #49
#41Duane203US #105
#42Howard203US #39
#43Henry196US #27
#44Harry195US #37
#45Bernard177US #67
#46Stanley173US #56
#47Frederick171US #73
#48Earl170US #46
#49Leonard170US #54
#50Bruce166US #77
#51Don166US #51
#52Peter165US #59
#53Melvin160US #57
#54Dennis155US #72
#55Russell155US #68
#56Clarence153US #48
#57Louis153US #42
#58Roy147US #40
#59Philip138US #65
#60Ernest135US #55
#61Francis133US #53
#62Theodore131US #79
#63Patrick126US #112
#64Edwin121US #89
#65Jerome121US #96
#66Leroy114US #50
#67Keith112US #125
#68Alfred111US #63
#69Clifford111US #88
#70Bill110US #60
#71Anthony108US #52
#72Leo107US #92
#73Bob103US #81
#74Alvin101US #91
#75Phillip100US #107
#76Tom100US #110
#77Arnold99US #103
#78Leon99US #86
#79Lloyd99US #84
#80Herbert97US #58
#81Allen93US #83
#82Lee91US #80
#83Jim89US #90
#84Floyd84US #76
#85Lyle83US #156
#86Martin83US #93
#87Ray82US #64
#88Joe81US #25
#89Warren80US #97
#90Glenn77US #78
#91Dick75US #142
#92Gene75US #66
#93Andrew74US #85
#94Victor74US #116
#95Dean70US #120
#96Samuel68US #62
#97Clyde67US #82
#98Milton67US #117
#99Alan65US #122
#100Harvey65US #99

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑36Sharon#46
↑30Yvonne#59
↑27Sandra#41
↑26Dennis#54
↑22Judith#38
↑18Clifford#69
↑15Phillip#75
↑13Marlene#22

Falling

↓18Martha#70
↓18Peggy#94
↓17Glenn#90
↓16Arlene#45
↓16Lucille#88
↓15Jacqueline#57
↓15Florence#79
↓15Russell#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.