State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,080 Michigan births in 1939 across 964 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#97Karl#171 nationally
#99Lynn#167 nationally
#80Charlene#139 nationally
#61Duane#118 nationally
#96Timothy#153 nationally
#68Suzanne#122 nationally
#70Constance#123 nationally
#81Deanna#133 nationally
#86Diana#138 nationally
#62Marcia#109 nationally
#37Gordon#82 nationally
#75Keith#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,998US #1
#2Barbara1,706US #2
#3Patricia1,635US #3
#4Carol1,199US #6
#5Judith1,194US #8
#6Nancy1,166US #7
#7Sharon989US #23
#8Janet861US #17
#9Shirley759US #5
#10Sandra710US #13
#11Joyce706US #12
#12Joan658US #11
#13Betty643US #4
#14Marilyn605US #19
#15Margaret586US #10
#16Donna570US #20
#17Beverly569US #25
#18Judy534US #28
#19Ruth501US #22
#20Dorothy457US #9
#21Karen433US #39
#22Janice412US #24
#23Linda369US #15
#24Carolyn362US #14
#25Phyllis360US #30
#26Jean345US #32
#27Sally330US #52
#28Helen314US #16
#29Elizabeth303US #18
#30Virginia297US #21
#31Joanne292US #53
#32Kathleen289US #48
#33Marlene289US #64
#34Carole286US #47
#35Susan284US #44
#36Lois277US #35
#37Joann276US #57
#38Diane272US #51
#39Geraldine269US #41
#40Alice268US #31
#41Elaine265US #45
#42Frances237US #26
#43Ann233US #33
#44Kay229US #76
#45Gloria226US #36
#46Marie220US #37
#47Norma214US #38
#48Marjorie211US #60
#49Rose209US #42
#50Doris208US #29
#51Arlene207US #69
#52Bonnie196US #61
#53Darlene186US #75
#54Delores185US #79
#55Evelyn179US #40
#56Gail179US #73
#57Jacqueline176US #72
#58Rosemary171US #93
#59Dolores168US #58
#60Martha167US #27
#61Jane166US #46
#62Marcia160US #109
#63Loretta157US #65
#64Catherine153US #49
#65Eleanor149US #63
#66Roberta146US #71
#67Yvonne145US #90
#68Suzanne144US #122
#69Lorraine136US #95
#70Constance135US #123
#71Jeanette131US #82
#72Brenda130US #86
#73Sylvia128US #62
#74Connie127US #111
#75Louise124US #59
#76Rita123US #78
#77Theresa122US #94
#78June120US #83
#79Charlotte119US #66
#80Charlene117US #139
#81Deanna117US #133
#82Sue114US #92
#83Irene113US #74
#84Christine110US #124
#85Ellen105US #80
#86Diana103US #138
#87Grace102US #108
#88Kathryn101US #106
#89Marian101US #130
#90Rosalie100US #114
#91Anna98US #43
#92Josephine96US #84
#93Florence95US #96
#94Pauline94US #105
#95Anne93US #85
#96Katherine93US #101
#97Marion91US #120
#98Jo89US #70
#99Audrey86US #98
#100Peggy86US #34

Boys

#1Robert2,872US #1
#2James2,296US #2
#3Richard2,006US #5
#4John1,875US #3
#5William1,750US #4
#6David1,474US #7
#7Ronald1,391US #10
#8Donald1,174US #8
#9Thomas1,140US #9
#10Charles1,068US #6
#11Gerald953US #19
#12Kenneth847US #13
#13Larry730US #14
#14Michael643US #18
#15George620US #11
#16Edward618US #15
#17Joseph614US #12
#18Gary604US #21
#19Jerry586US #16
#20Paul525US #17
#21Roger431US #28
#22Jack418US #26
#23Dennis407US #34
#24Raymond397US #22
#25Frank388US #20
#26Lawrence380US #36
#27Daniel336US #38
#28Harold334US #23
#29Carl312US #30
#30Norman301US #44
#31Dale300US #59
#32Douglas298US #58
#33Ralph275US #35
#34Walter262US #25
#35Arthur256US #32
#36Wayne247US #39
#37Gordon237US #82
#38Fred236US #40
#39Eugene230US #37
#40Peter212US #46
#41Frederick198US #71
#42Albert190US #41
#43Patrick188US #79
#44Henry186US #31
#45Leonard180US #54
#46Marvin179US #52
#47Bruce176US #64
#48Stanley176US #57
#49Terry173US #83
#50Russell168US #73
#51Harry160US #45
#52Jerome156US #93
#53Bernard153US #76
#54Melvin152US #51
#55Roy151US #42
#56Anthony149US #48
#57Howard149US #47
#58Allen144US #72
#59Earl144US #50
#60Philip141US #66
#61Duane140US #118
#62Louis137US #49
#63Francis133US #53
#64Don129US #56
#65Theodore129US #90
#66Leroy127US #61
#67Clarence124US #60
#68Stephen122US #65
#69Bill119US #67
#70Leon118US #86
#71Ernest113US #55
#72Lee112US #78
#73Herbert111US #68
#74Phillip111US #92
#75Keith110US #117
#76Tom110US #97
#77Clifford109US #88
#78Jim101US #75
#79Andrew98US #84
#80Arnold98US #113
#81Joe97US #27
#82Ray97US #74
#83Harvey96US #102
#84Lloyd96US #95
#85Glenn93US #87
#86Edwin91US #96
#87Alan90US #85
#88Alfred87US #70
#89Leo84US #108
#90Gene83US #69
#91Jon83US #121
#92Martin82US #91
#93Allan81US #125
#94Bob79US #89
#95Warren77US #104
#96Timothy73US #153
#97Karl72US #171
#98Floyd69US #94
#99Lynn66US #167
#100Victor66US #119

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑27Stephen#68
↑22Susan#35
↑21Marcia#62
↑16Roberta#66
↑15Judy#18
↑15Kathleen#32
↑14Catherine#64
↑14Dennis#23

Falling

↓39Rosalie#90
↓19Edwin#86
↓16Deanna#81
↓16Peggy#100
↓15Arlene#51
↓15Leo#89
↓14Dolores#59
↓14Audrey#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.