State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,599 Michigan births in 1936 across 930 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#81Suzanne#151 nationally
#61Keith#122 nationally
#50Duane#110 nationally
#99Lyle#159 nationally
#93Charlene#145 nationally
#88Marcia#138 nationally
#83Karen#132 nationally
#54Gail#101 nationally
#29Gordon#75 nationally
#52Kay#98 nationally
#73Judy#118 nationally
#93Allan#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,066US #1
#2Shirley1,677US #2
#3Barbara1,520US #3
#4Patricia1,429US #5
#5Nancy1,045US #8
#6Carol900US #10
#7Marilyn825US #13
#8Joan799US #7
#9Betty764US #4
#10Joyce749US #12
#11Beverly677US #17
#12Margaret598US #9
#13Donna559US #22
#14Dorothy559US #6
#15Janet539US #21
#16Marlene418US #39
#17Helen415US #11
#18Ruth409US #16
#19Virginia389US #14
#20Phyllis376US #25
#21Sharon355US #60
#22Lois351US #26
#23Sandra343US #38
#24Jean339US #20
#25Sally334US #59
#26Dolores326US #30
#27Joanne321US #48
#28Elizabeth290US #18
#29Janice290US #31
#30Elaine284US #50
#31Joann283US #55
#32Geraldine280US #41
#33Carolyn275US #23
#34Judith273US #43
#35Doris264US #15
#36Frances262US #19
#37Alice260US #27
#38Ann256US #28
#39Arlene252US #54
#40Marjorie250US #49
#41Gloria246US #32
#42Norma238US #29
#43Delores235US #58
#44Rose223US #37
#45Jacqueline219US #66
#46Marie219US #33
#47Evelyn215US #34
#48Jane187US #42
#49Kathleen182US #67
#50Eleanor179US #47
#51Yvonne179US #81
#52Kay172US #98
#53Carole169US #73
#54Gail169US #101
#55Lorraine166US #76
#56Loretta163US #70
#57Bonnie162US #65
#58Irene162US #57
#59Audrey161US #68
#60Darlene160US #83
#61Sylvia160US #53
#62Catherine158US #44
#63June158US #62
#64Martha150US #24
#65Marion145US #93
#66Jeanette141US #94
#67Roberta140US #64
#68Rosemary140US #111
#69Charlotte131US #61
#70Marian126US #114
#71Rita126US #69
#72Anna125US #36
#73Judy125US #118
#74Susan124US #110
#75Florence123US #80
#76Louise121US #46
#77Lillian118US #79
#78Pauline117US #82
#79Ellen116US #99
#80Mildred114US #40
#81Suzanne112US #151
#82Grace111US #86
#83Karen110US #132
#84Linda109US #97
#85Esther107US #107
#86Patsy105US #52
#87Kathryn103US #113
#88Marcia102US #138
#89Theresa101US #88
#90Josephine99US #77
#91Katherine98US #100
#92Constance96US #133
#93Charlene95US #145
#94Peggy94US #35
#95Eileen93US #103
#96Wanda91US #56
#97Wilma90US #78
#98Anne89US #89
#99Lucille88US #92
#100Maxine87US #127

Boys

#1Robert2,817US #1
#2James2,115US #2
#3Richard1,971US #5
#4John1,745US #3
#5William1,596US #4
#6Donald1,517US #7
#7Ronald1,114US #12
#8Charles1,042US #6
#9Gerald1,003US #19
#10David939US #10
#11Thomas931US #8
#12George674US #9
#13Kenneth647US #14
#14Joseph604US #11
#15Edward590US #13
#16Jack544US #20
#17Raymond487US #17
#18Paul455US #15
#19Larry437US #25
#20Jerry427US #18
#21Harold375US #21
#22Lawrence374US #37
#23Frank359US #16
#24Gary328US #38
#25Roger317US #35
#26Carl305US #27
#27Walter301US #26
#28Michael289US #33
#29Gordon277US #75
#30Dale272US #59
#31Norman269US #43
#32Arthur266US #30
#33Eugene253US #29
#34Daniel240US #41
#35Albert222US #34
#36Marvin217US #49
#37Ralph217US #31
#38Wayne207US #45
#39Leonard206US #54
#40Fred204US #36
#41Frederick192US #70
#42Douglas190US #78
#43Louis184US #44
#44Henry170US #28
#45Bruce169US #73
#46Earl169US #47
#47Howard168US #40
#48Bernard164US #68
#49Harry164US #39
#50Duane163US #110
#51Melvin163US #53
#52Russell163US #69
#53Stanley158US #58
#54Peter157US #56
#55Francis148US #50
#56Roy145US #42
#57Patrick140US #100
#58Philip136US #63
#59Ernest133US #55
#60Clarence131US #52
#61Keith128US #122
#62Alfred122US #60
#63Anthony122US #48
#64Don122US #51
#65Leon120US #82
#66Leroy119US #57
#67Theodore116US #87
#68Jerome112US #98
#69Bill111US #61
#70Dennis111US #74
#71Leo110US #94
#72Phillip107US #102
#73Edwin105US #84
#74Herbert104US #62
#75Glenn103US #80
#76Tom103US #112
#77Clifford102US #90
#78Lloyd101US #88
#79Ray101US #65
#80Allen98US #81
#81Lee96US #76
#82Arnold94US #111
#83Terry94US #126
#84Alan93US #108
#85Harvey87US #97
#86Alvin85US #96
#87Gene84US #66
#88Bob83US #77
#89Joe83US #23
#90Jim81US #85
#91Floyd80US #86
#92Martin77US #92
#93Allan72US #138
#94Andrew71US #83
#95Max71US #129
#96Victor71US #116
#97Dean70US #125
#98Franklin69US #64
#99Lyle69US #159
#100Warren67US #95

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑25Sharon#21
↑25Kay#52
↑18Sandra#23
↑18Janice#29
↑17Sylvia#61
↑15Glenn#75
↑15Alan#84
↑15Harvey#85

Falling

↓27Maxine#100
↓23Theresa#89
↓16Esther#85
↓16Dennis#70
↓15Bob#88
↓14Lyle#99
↓13June#63
↓13Don#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.