State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,576 Michigan births in 1938 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#98Timothy#167 nationally
#67Suzanne#133 nationally
#54Duane#114 nationally
#90Charlene#143 nationally
#65Deanna#115 nationally
#68Constance#117 nationally
#71Keith#120 nationally
#38Gordon#78 nationally
#51Patrick#88 nationally
#64Yvonne#101 nationally
#92Dean#129 nationally
#74Connie#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,119US #1
#2Barbara1,815US #2
#3Patricia1,603US #3
#4Nancy1,144US #7
#5Carol1,125US #6
#6Shirley994US #5
#7Joan780US #10
#8Sharon776US #30
#9Janet773US #16
#10Judith735US #12
#11Joyce728US #11
#12Betty727US #4
#13Marilyn677US #19
#14Donna676US #20
#15Sandra654US #14
#16Beverly643US #18
#17Margaret637US #9
#18Dorothy489US #8
#19Ruth489US #21
#20Janice461US #24
#21Carolyn404US #15
#22Helen359US #13
#23Phyllis354US #28
#24Lois353US #33
#25Karen352US #50
#26Jean345US #27
#27Sally345US #54
#28Joanne341US #57
#29Virginia339US #22
#30Marlene337US #51
#31Elizabeth328US #17
#32Linda306US #31
#33Judy305US #41
#34Elaine295US #42
#35Alice272US #29
#36Arlene265US #63
#37Geraldine265US #45
#38Carole261US #46
#39Norma252US #34
#40Doris251US #25
#41Gloria248US #36
#42Diane246US #64
#43Joann237US #68
#44Ann235US #32
#45Dolores233US #43
#46Darlene232US #76
#47Kathleen230US #58
#48Kay229US #81
#49Frances224US #23
#50Marjorie223US #53
#51Rosalie218US #66
#52Jacqueline215US #69
#53Bonnie204US #65
#54Marie203US #37
#55Rose203US #39
#56Gail198US #77
#57Susan196US #71
#58Evelyn190US #38
#59Delores172US #75
#60Jane171US #44
#61Rosemary171US #95
#62Martha170US #26
#63Loretta163US #62
#64Yvonne155US #101
#65Deanna153US #115
#66Eleanor148US #60
#67Suzanne147US #133
#68Constance142US #117
#69June142US #79
#70Lorraine142US #93
#71Charlotte135US #70
#72Ellen135US #89
#73Jeanette135US #91
#74Connie133US #110
#75Rita133US #74
#76Sylvia132US #56
#77Sue131US #104
#78Catherine127US #48
#79Theresa122US #92
#80Anna119US #40
#81Grace119US #100
#82Roberta118US #73
#83Marcia117US #116
#84Peggy116US #35
#85Audrey114US #87
#86Irene113US #72
#87Louise111US #59
#88Katherine110US #105
#89Mildred109US #52
#90Charlene105US #143
#91Florence105US #90
#92Pauline104US #97
#93Marian103US #128
#94Edith100US #102
#95Marion98US #118
#96Lillian97US #88
#97Patsy95US #55
#98Laura91US #108
#99Wanda88US #49
#100Wilma88US #85

Boys

#1Robert3,087US #1
#2James2,343US #2
#3Richard2,093US #5
#4John1,922US #3
#5William1,725US #4
#6Ronald1,431US #10
#7Donald1,406US #7
#8David1,319US #8
#9Thomas1,145US #9
#10Charles1,037US #6
#11Gerald1,015US #19
#12Kenneth852US #14
#13Larry670US #16
#14George656US #11
#15Joseph643US #12
#16Edward594US #13
#17Gary549US #22
#18Paul512US #15
#19Michael508US #21
#20Raymond487US #20
#21Jack468US #25
#22Jerry453US #17
#23Roger441US #31
#24Lawrence425US #36
#25Frank420US #18
#26Harold346US #23
#27Dale324US #56
#28Daniel308US #39
#29Carl306US #29
#30Walter303US #26
#31Douglas302US #60
#32Arthur290US #32
#33Norman288US #43
#34Fred285US #38
#35Ralph277US #35
#36Eugene270US #33
#37Dennis237US #49
#38Gordon237US #78
#39Wayne237US #40
#40Albert222US #37
#41Marvin215US #53
#42Frederick200US #71
#43Bruce197US #66
#44Howard197US #42
#45Peter195US #48
#46Henry191US #30
#47Stanley181US #59
#48Leonard180US #57
#49Harry178US #44
#50Louis176US #47
#51Patrick175US #88
#52Roy172US #41
#53Bernard171US #75
#54Duane170US #114
#55Russell151US #70
#56Melvin147US #54
#57Terry144US #86
#58Leroy141US #61
#59Don138US #52
#60Jerome138US #93
#61Anthony137US #46
#62Philip136US #64
#63Clarence133US #58
#64Earl131US #50
#65Francis128US #51
#66Clifford127US #89
#67Edwin124US #90
#68Ernest119US #55
#69Leon119US #85
#70Allen116US #73
#71Keith116US #120
#72Theodore115US #84
#73Herbert114US #68
#74Leo111US #104
#75Glenn108US #83
#76Tom106US #106
#77Lloyd104US #92
#78Phillip104US #95
#79Alvin100US #98
#80Lee100US #80
#81Harvey99US #99
#82Bill98US #67
#83Alan94US #91
#84Gene94US #65
#85Ray93US #72
#86Allan91US #119
#87Alfred88US #69
#88Arnold87US #111
#89Jim87US #81
#90Andrew83US #82
#91Warren83US #102
#92Dean82US #129
#93Jon82US #126
#94Floyd80US #96
#95Stephen79US #74
#96Victor79US #117
#97Martin77US #87
#98Timothy77US #167
#99Vernon76US #103
#100Samuel74US #62

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑37Karen#25
↑33Deanna#65
↑27Susan#57
↑21Judy#33
↑21Diane#42
↑18Connie#74
↑16Linda#32
↑16Terry#57

Falling

↓25Martin#97
↓21Irene#86
↓21Marion#95
↓19Catherine#78
↓19Marcia#83
↓19Louise#87
↓17Peggy#84
↓16Frances#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.