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Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 97,725 Michigan births in 1941 across 1,025 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#89Lyle#168 nationally
#94Julie#169 nationally
#60Duane#129 nationally
#91Dianne#146 nationally
#72Charlene#125 nationally
#88Lynn#141 nationally
#70Keith#119 nationally
#89Deanna#137 nationally
#45Gordon#92 nationally
#50Suzanne#97 nationally
#74Timothy#121 nationally
#59Marcia#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,289US #1
#2Patricia1,931US #3
#3Barbara1,694US #2
#4Judith1,624US #6
#5Sharon1,459US #15
#6Carol1,457US #4
#7Sandra1,189US #9
#8Nancy1,176US #8
#9Janet861US #18
#10Judy820US #16
#11Karen799US #19
#12Linda793US #5
#13Joyce751US #13
#14Shirley665US #10
#15Carolyn649US #11
#16Margaret649US #12
#17Joan634US #17
#18Donna608US #20
#19Beverly552US #29
#20Betty551US #7
#21Janice530US #22
#22Susan523US #27
#23Marilyn520US #30
#24Ruth505US #28
#25Bonnie482US #33
#26Diane475US #40
#27Kathleen460US #36
#28Dorothy415US #14
#29Gloria346US #26
#30Jean334US #32
#31Sally320US #61
#32Elizabeth317US #21
#33Ann315US #37
#34Joanne308US #54
#35Elaine305US #44
#36Phyllis302US #35
#37Virginia300US #23
#38Helen297US #24
#39Lois286US #43
#40Frances269US #31
#41Carole263US #48
#42Kay261US #70
#43Joann260US #58
#44Marie255US #42
#45Alice247US #34
#46Darlene247US #76
#47Marlene245US #83
#48Gail235US #68
#49Geraldine232US #45
#50Suzanne219US #97
#51Jane205US #46
#52Martha203US #25
#53Marjorie198US #71
#54Catherine192US #51
#55Jacqueline191US #73
#56Doris182US #38
#57Arlene179US #77
#58Rose178US #49
#59Marcia175US #105
#60Sue175US #75
#61Norma174US #47
#62Rosemary170US #94
#63Connie167US #79
#64Dolores166US #57
#65Brenda165US #41
#66Lorraine159US #93
#67Charlotte157US #55
#68Delores155US #80
#69Evelyn153US #50
#70Diana149US #100
#71Christine147US #101
#72Charlene142US #125
#73Irene142US #74
#74Roberta142US #72
#75Constance139US #114
#76Yvonne139US #120
#77Peggy138US #39
#78Ellen135US #67
#79Katherine135US #85
#80Loretta133US #81
#81Sylvia133US #65
#82June131US #90
#83Kathryn131US #87
#84Anne125US #82
#85Jo124US #66
#86Jeanette121US #98
#87Louise121US #62
#88Cynthia119US #112
#89Deanna116US #137
#90Eleanor115US #78
#91Dianne114US #146
#92Rita113US #63
#93Jeanne108US #126
#94Julie108US #169
#95Theresa106US #95
#96Sheila100US #110
#97Anita99US #91
#98Josephine98US #92
#99Patsy96US #52
#100Anna94US #56

Boys

#1Robert3,124US #2
#2James2,752US #1
#3John2,234US #3
#4Richard2,136US #5
#5William1,967US #4
#6David1,766US #7
#7Thomas1,537US #8
#8Ronald1,532US #9
#9Charles1,090US #6
#10Donald1,084US #10
#11Larry1,039US #11
#12Gerald1,017US #20
#13Michael988US #16
#14Gary976US #19
#15Kenneth919US #15
#16George698US #13
#17Joseph664US #12
#18Edward660US #17
#19Dennis655US #23
#20Paul653US #18
#21Jerry632US #14
#22Roger550US #25
#23Lawrence488US #34
#24Daniel463US #31
#25Raymond442US #22
#26Frank401US #21
#27Jack387US #32
#28Carl347US #29
#29Douglas341US #53
#30Harold337US #24
#31Bruce314US #51
#32Dale312US #59
#33Wayne287US #37
#34Fred278US #43
#35Norman276US #49
#36Arthur265US #33
#37Walter255US #26
#38Frederick243US #69
#39Peter235US #44
#40Ralph233US #38
#41Eugene228US #42
#42Leonard217US #54
#43Patrick217US #70
#44Philip216US #52
#45Gordon213US #92
#46Terry212US #64
#47Henry207US #28
#48Stanley200US #57
#49Harry192US #48
#50Marvin186US #63
#51Albert184US #40
#52Howard184US #47
#53Stephen181US #41
#54Tom180US #88
#55Russell173US #75
#56Roy171US #39
#57Anthony170US #46
#58Jim165US #80
#59Bernard161US #87
#60Duane157US #129
#61Phillip147US #77
#62Louis145US #50
#63Allen143US #73
#64Bill143US #68
#65Earl142US #58
#66Francis141US #60
#67Jerome139US #101
#68Melvin138US #56
#69Lee134US #81
#70Keith130US #119
#71Don126US #66
#72Theodore122US #95
#73Leroy119US #67
#74Timothy116US #121
#75Alan115US #84
#76Clarence113US #62
#77Herbert113US #76
#78Ernest112US #61
#79Clifford111US #94
#80Leon108US #93
#81Lloyd102US #96
#82Glenn100US #86
#83Jon100US #128
#84Gene99US #72
#85Martin97US #85
#86Andrew95US #82
#87Alfred94US #74
#88Lynn93US #141
#89Lyle90US #168
#90Steven90US #90
#91Allan89US #135
#92Joe87US #30
#93Arnold86US #123
#94Mark85US #122
#95Edwin83US #97
#96Mike82US #111
#97Ray82US #83
#98Barry80US #91
#99Bob80US #103
#100Leo78US #116

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑15Charlene#72
↑13Marie#44
↑13Diana#70
↑12Delores#68
↑12Peggy#77
↑12Harry#49
↑12Lloyd#81
↑11Irene#73

Falling

↓23Eleanor#90
↓19Rita#92
↓17Loretta#80
↓15Edwin#95
↓13Brenda#65
↓12Ernest#78
↓11Rose#58
↓11Norma#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.