State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,749 Michigan births in 1940 across 1,000 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#95Dianne#167 nationally
#64Duane#134 nationally
#96Lynn#160 nationally
#99Brian#163 nationally
#76Timothy#135 nationally
#87Charlene#145 nationally
#69Keith#125 nationally
#71Constance#124 nationally
#39Gordon#91 nationally
#58Suzanne#109 nationally
#85Deanna#136 nationally
#91Rosalie#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,018US #1
#2Patricia1,823US #3
#3Barbara1,645US #2
#4Judith1,597US #4
#5Carol1,373US #6
#6Nancy1,221US #7
#7Sharon1,146US #17
#8Sandra954US #10
#9Janet858US #19
#10Judy756US #16
#11Joyce708US #13
#12Shirley679US #9
#13Joan665US #14
#14Linda618US #8
#15Margaret588US #11
#16Donna557US #23
#17Beverly555US #27
#18Marilyn543US #25
#19Betty529US #5
#20Ruth468US #24
#21Karen465US #34
#22Carolyn440US #15
#23Dorothy431US #12
#24Janice396US #22
#25Kathleen379US #40
#26Susan360US #36
#27Bonnie351US #39
#28Gloria340US #30
#29Virginia340US #21
#30Jean338US #29
#31Diane335US #45
#32Helen311US #18
#33Phyllis306US #33
#34Carole295US #49
#35Elizabeth294US #20
#36Ann279US #35
#37Joanne279US #54
#38Kay275US #77
#39Sally271US #61
#40Geraldine264US #46
#41Lois259US #38
#42Alice258US #32
#43Elaine256US #50
#44Joann243US #63
#45Frances239US #28
#46Doris224US #31
#47Rose210US #44
#48Gail208US #65
#49Jane206US #47
#50Norma205US #43
#51Marlene204US #80
#52Brenda198US #42
#53Rosemary193US #85
#54Jacqueline189US #76
#55Marjorie187US #64
#56Darlene183US #79
#57Marie183US #41
#58Suzanne182US #109
#59Arlene175US #75
#60Martha175US #26
#61Evelyn174US #48
#62Catherine171US #53
#63Loretta162US #69
#64Dolores161US #67
#65Marcia161US #112
#66Sue161US #81
#67Eleanor148US #68
#68Charlotte147US #55
#69Connie136US #88
#70Lorraine135US #95
#71Constance133US #124
#72Katherine129US #92
#73Rita128US #70
#74Roberta127US #71
#75Christine126US #118
#76Ellen125US #74
#77Sylvia122US #62
#78Jeanette121US #90
#79Yvonne119US #110
#80Delores116US #83
#81Louise115US #59
#82June114US #82
#83Diana113US #117
#84Irene111US #73
#85Deanna110US #136
#86Anne109US #84
#87Charlene106US #145
#88Kathryn104US #103
#89Peggy101US #37
#90Theresa101US #102
#91Rosalie98US #139
#92Wanda98US #52
#93Jo97US #72
#94Jeanne93US #129
#95Dianne92US #167
#96Anna91US #51
#97Audrey91US #99
#98Josephine91US #89
#99Grace90US #105
#100Pat90US #134

Boys

#1Robert2,943US #2
#2James2,489US #1
#3John2,138US #3
#4Richard2,039US #5
#5William1,758US #4
#6David1,625US #7
#7Thomas1,309US #8
#8Ronald1,273US #10
#9Donald1,171US #9
#10Charles1,115US #6
#11Gerald930US #21
#12Kenneth874US #15
#13Larry840US #13
#14Michael819US #18
#15Gary803US #19
#16Joseph659US #12
#17Paul599US #17
#18George598US #11
#19Edward589US #16
#20Jerry584US #14
#21Dennis510US #24
#22Roger459US #26
#23Jack432US #29
#24Lawrence428US #36
#25Frank412US #20
#26Raymond411US #22
#27Daniel368US #34
#28Carl358US #32
#29Dale332US #57
#30Harold328US #23
#31Douglas285US #56
#32Arthur280US #33
#33Walter280US #25
#34Fred268US #40
#35Norman264US #48
#36Ralph250US #37
#37Wayne232US #39
#38Bruce227US #55
#39Gordon219US #91
#40Eugene216US #38
#41Patrick212US #74
#42Peter209US #43
#43Leonard202US #54
#44Philip200US #60
#45Frederick197US #68
#46Howard191US #45
#47Albert190US #41
#48Terry190US #73
#49Anthony184US #46
#50Henry182US #31
#51Roy179US #42
#52Stanley171US #59
#53Marvin169US #63
#54Russell168US #72
#55Bernard165US #82
#56Louis164US #50
#57Earl157US #52
#58Stephen149US #49
#59Allen148US #71
#60Jerome147US #95
#61Harry146US #47
#62Tom142US #92
#63Melvin139US #53
#64Duane130US #134
#65Bill129US #67
#66Ernest125US #58
#67Don122US #62
#68Jim119US #78
#69Keith118US #125
#70Phillip117US #79
#71Francis116US #61
#72Alan111US #88
#73Leroy110US #66
#74Clarence107US #64
#75Theodore107US #90
#76Timothy106US #135
#77Leon104US #89
#78Lee103US #80
#79Glenn102US #83
#80Edwin101US #96
#81Herbert98US #75
#82Gene97US #70
#83Martin97US #85
#84Alfred94US #69
#85Clifford94US #94
#86Joe94US #28
#87Andrew92US #84
#88Arnold92US #118
#89Harvey92US #98
#90Floyd90US #103
#91Jon89US #123
#92Leo85US #112
#93Lloyd83US #100
#94Bob80US #99
#95Dean80US #143
#96Lynn77US #160
#97Rodney77US #133
#98Alvin76US #106
#99Brian76US #163
#100Mike76US #122

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑25Bonnie#27
↑24Katherine#72
↑20Brenda#52
↑20Timothy#76
↑17Gloria#28
↑16Sue#66
↑16Philip#44
↑15Alan#72

Falling

↓26Delores#80
↓18Marlene#51
↓13Theresa#90
↓12Sally#39
↓12Yvonne#79
↓12Grace#99
↓11Marie#57
↓10Harry#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.