State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,664 Michigan births in 1937 across 970 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#92Lyle#167 nationally
#100Leona#173 nationally
#73Suzanne#145 nationally
#44Duane#115 nationally
#96Karl#162 nationally
#64Marcia#124 nationally
#62Karen#113 nationally
#90Charlene#141 nationally
#66Rosemary#110 nationally
#85Marian#129 nationally
#51Patrick#94 nationally
#56Gail#99 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,958US #1
#2Patricia1,708US #3
#3Barbara1,601US #2
#4Nancy1,115US #7
#5Shirley1,102US #4
#6Carol1,028US #6
#7Joan782US #9
#8Marilyn727US #13
#9Janet706US #18
#10Betty703US #5
#11Joyce698US #11
#12Beverly694US #14
#13Margaret679US #10
#14Donna673US #21
#15Sharon486US #41
#16Dorothy472US #8
#17Sandra471US #26
#18Ruth448US #15
#19Judith424US #34
#20Phyllis391US #27
#21Marlene389US #40
#22Janice386US #25
#23Helen361US #12
#24Virginia361US #16
#25Carolyn345US #20
#26Sally341US #59
#27Joanne336US #51
#28Lois333US #29
#29Jean327US #23
#30Elaine310US #45
#31Elizabeth292US #17
#32Alice290US #28
#33Frances289US #19
#34Dolores279US #37
#35Gloria263US #32
#36Joann261US #58
#37Arlene253US #60
#38Doris248US #22
#39Geraldine248US #44
#40Norma242US #33
#41Ann237US #30
#42Rose237US #38
#43Kay235US #79
#44Carole234US #56
#45Evelyn228US #36
#46Kathleen216US #61
#47Marjorie213US #57
#48Linda209US #49
#49Marie189US #35
#50Delores187US #68
#51Jacqueline183US #70
#52Darlene182US #72
#53Yvonne178US #77
#54Judy171US #91
#55Bonnie170US #64
#56Gail169US #99
#57Eleanor161US #53
#58Lorraine160US #83
#59Catherine155US #47
#60Jane155US #42
#61Loretta152US #63
#62Karen151US #113
#63Diane147US #76
#64Marcia145US #124
#65Irene143US #62
#66Rosemary143US #110
#67Peggy140US #31
#68Louise139US #48
#69Charlotte136US #67
#70Jeanette136US #90
#71June136US #71
#72Sylvia136US #50
#73Suzanne133US #145
#74Marion132US #109
#75Roberta131US #66
#76Constance129US #118
#77Martha128US #24
#78Audrey122US #85
#79Rita122US #69
#80Ellen120US #102
#81Sue117US #101
#82Florence116US #81
#83Lillian116US #84
#84Susan115US #97
#85Marian113US #129
#86Katherine108US #103
#87Anna107US #39
#88Theresa106US #95
#89Esther105US #116
#90Charlene102US #141
#91Kathryn101US #108
#92Connie96US #128
#93Mildred96US #43
#94Wanda96US #55
#95Grace94US #94
#96Pauline94US #87
#97Josephine92US #82
#98Deanna89US #139
#99Anne88US #92
#100Leona88US #173

Boys

#1Robert3,145US #1
#2James2,273US #2
#3Richard1,923US #5
#4John1,811US #3
#5William1,683US #4
#6Donald1,430US #7
#7Ronald1,282US #11
#8David1,235US #8
#9Gerald1,061US #20
#10Charles1,043US #6
#11Thomas996US #9
#12Kenneth724US #14
#13George710US #10
#14Edward622US #13
#15Joseph597US #12
#16Larry591US #16
#17Paul479US #15
#18Jack468US #23
#19Jerry436US #17
#20Raymond417US #19
#21Gary416US #29
#22Michael391US #27
#23Lawrence381US #38
#24Roger361US #36
#25Frank350US #18
#26Harold345US #21
#27Carl330US #28
#28Norman296US #43
#29Arthur287US #31
#30Walter276US #26
#31Fred262US #35
#32Ralph254US #34
#33Dale249US #59
#34Daniel246US #39
#35Eugene242US #33
#36Gordon241US #75
#37Marvin234US #49
#38Wayne233US #44
#39Douglas210US #74
#40Frederick198US #68
#41Bruce196US #70
#42Henry190US #30
#43Stanley190US #57
#44Duane184US #115
#45Leonard182US #58
#46Harry178US #41
#47Albert175US #37
#48Howard175US #42
#49Dennis173US #63
#50Peter165US #52
#51Patrick164US #94
#52Philip163US #62
#53Bernard160US #73
#54Earl160US #48
#55Melvin157US #50
#56Anthony152US #47
#57Roy152US #40
#58Louis147US #46
#59Russell142US #67
#60Don141US #51
#61Clarence134US #54
#62Francis125US #55
#63Ernest120US #53
#64Theodore120US #86
#65Phillip119US #98
#66Edwin116US #89
#67Leroy115US #56
#68Allen111US #76
#69Leon111US #85
#70Jerome110US #100
#71Bill108US #64
#72Martin105US #87
#73Terry105US #113
#74Alfred104US #60
#75Joe104US #25
#76Clifford101US #90
#77Glenn101US #88
#78Ray97US #71
#79Tom96US #108
#80Arnold95US #111
#81Leo95US #97
#82Bob94US #81
#83Floyd91US #80
#84Lloyd90US #91
#85Gene89US #61
#86Keith88US #123
#87Harvey85US #95
#88Herbert85US #65
#89Alan83US #103
#90Lee82US #78
#91Alvin79US #99
#92Lyle78US #167
#93Allan76US #124
#94Jim76US #82
#95Andrew73US #79
#96Karl68US #162
#97Warren68US #106
#98Gilbert67US #112
#99Victor64US #117
#100Stephen62US #92

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑36Linda#48
↑27Peggy#67
↑24Marcia#64
↑21Karen#62
↑21Dennis#49
↑20Martin#72
↑19Judy#54
↑16Constance#76

Falling

↓25Keith#86
↓19Audrey#78
↓18Pauline#96
↓15Marian#85
↓15Anna#87
↓15Louis#58
↓14Herbert#88
↓13Martha#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.