State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 113,643 Michigan births in 1942 across 1,117 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#91Julie#157 nationally
#69Duane#132 nationally
#53Suzanne#103 nationally
#68Charlene#117 nationally
#76Keith#123 nationally
#59Marcia#105 nationally
#63Dianne#109 nationally
#100Lynn#146 nationally
#80Jon#125 nationally
#65Timothy#108 nationally
#88Yvonne#131 nationally
#96Brian#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,456US #1
#2Patricia2,127US #3
#3Barbara1,983US #2
#4Sharon1,946US #11
#5Carol1,863US #5
#6Judith1,679US #7
#7Sandra1,625US #6
#8Nancy1,382US #8
#9Karen1,198US #16
#10Linda1,151US #4
#11Judy954US #15
#12Janet920US #19
#13Diane776US #28
#14Joyce755US #13
#15Donna752US #20
#16Shirley733US #12
#17Kathleen730US #24
#18Carolyn719US #10
#19Susan684US #21
#20Joan680US #18
#21Margaret640US #14
#22Marilyn635US #27
#23Betty616US #9
#24Beverly606US #32
#25Janice595US #25
#26Bonnie562US #34
#27Ruth511US #33
#28Carole508US #35
#29Gloria444US #31
#30Dorothy429US #17
#31Sally398US #56
#32Jean385US #36
#33Virginia371US #23
#34Elaine370US #45
#35Phyllis370US #37
#36Joanne356US #48
#37Elizabeth352US #22
#38Ann316US #38
#39Lois305US #44
#40Helen298US #26
#41Frances293US #30
#42Joann286US #58
#43Geraldine285US #47
#44Alice260US #39
#45Kay260US #75
#46Darlene247US #78
#47Gail245US #60
#48Rose244US #50
#49Diana225US #68
#50Martha225US #29
#51Marie224US #43
#52Sue223US #73
#53Suzanne221US #103
#54Marlene220US #84
#55Jacqueline219US #69
#56Catherine209US #49
#57Norma200US #52
#58Connie197US #70
#59Marcia193US #105
#60Christine192US #96
#61Jane192US #46
#62Dolores178US #63
#63Dianne174US #109
#64Pamela169US #106
#65Peggy167US #42
#66Rosemary167US #92
#67Arlene165US #83
#68Charlene165US #117
#69Charlotte165US #51
#70Rita163US #55
#71Kathryn162US #82
#72Marjorie161US #74
#73Roberta161US #66
#74Doris160US #41
#75Lorraine160US #91
#76Delores158US #86
#77Ellen156US #64
#78Evelyn154US #53
#79Louise152US #61
#80Jo150US #65
#81Brenda140US #40
#82Katherine138US #81
#83Cynthia137US #101
#84Jeanette135US #104
#85Loretta135US #79
#86Anne134US #76
#87Sylvia127US #72
#88Yvonne127US #131
#89Constance126US #116
#90Irene122US #80
#91Julie121US #157
#92June114US #107
#93Sheila111US #94
#94Wanda110US #54
#95Theresa106US #98
#96Anna101US #59
#97Pauline100US #112
#98Jeanne99US #119
#99Julia99US #95
#100Maryann97US #138

Boys

#1Robert3,508US #2
#2James3,395US #1
#3John2,709US #3
#4William2,289US #4
#5Richard2,271US #5
#6David2,133US #6
#7Thomas1,734US #8
#8Ronald1,725US #9
#9Michael1,360US #13
#10Donald1,306US #10
#11Charles1,294US #7
#12Gary1,229US #18
#13Larry1,142US #12
#14Kenneth1,042US #15
#15Gerald1,021US #22
#16Dennis965US #20
#17Joseph780US #11
#18Paul756US #19
#19Edward731US #17
#20George715US #14
#21Douglas698US #23
#22Jerry671US #16
#23Roger583US #25
#24Raymond523US #24
#25Daniel522US #28
#26Lawrence519US #30
#27Frank472US #21
#28Jack448US #34
#29Arthur368US #29
#30Carl364US #36
#31Bruce359US #50
#32Dale350US #63
#33Walter348US #26
#34Harold321US #27
#35Terry319US #52
#36Frederick300US #68
#37Norman300US #53
#38Peter282US #39
#39Fred279US #46
#40Wayne278US #41
#41Patrick276US #64
#42Albert242US #40
#43Ralph242US #38
#44Eugene238US #45
#45Leonard224US #57
#46Harry223US #48
#47Stephen220US #32
#48Stanley218US #56
#49Philip212US #54
#50Gordon211US #92
#51Tom209US #89
#52Anthony207US #44
#53Henry207US #31
#54Russell200US #70
#55Louis198US #51
#56Roy195US #42
#57Howard192US #49
#58Phillip189US #77
#59Allen187US #71
#60Jim183US #74
#61Bill179US #65
#62Melvin177US #60
#63Theodore168US #91
#64Marvin166US #66
#65Timothy163US #108
#66Bernard159US #90
#67Jerome151US #104
#68Ernest150US #61
#69Duane146US #132
#70Alan143US #81
#71Earl139US #62
#72Barry133US #79
#73Victor132US #99
#74Francis130US #58
#75Lee130US #87
#76Keith129US #123
#77Don127US #72
#78Martin123US #85
#79Clifford121US #95
#80Jon121US #125
#81Mike119US #106
#82Glenn117US #88
#83Allan112US #124
#84Joe111US #33
#85Gene110US #82
#86Herbert110US #83
#87Leroy108US #69
#88Andrew107US #80
#89Clarence107US #67
#90Lloyd107US #96
#91Ray105US #84
#92Edwin101US #105
#93Steven101US #75
#94Bob96US #110
#95Rodney96US #121
#96Brian95US #139
#97Warren95US #97
#98Alfred94US #76
#99Samuel93US #59
#100Lynn91US #146

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑28Dianne#63
↑26Barry#72
↑22Rita#70
↑21Diana#49
↑15Mike#81
↑13Diane#13
↑13Carole#28
↑12Peggy#65

Falling

↓19Marjorie#72
↓18Doris#74
↓17Irene#90
↓16Brenda#81
↓14Constance#89
↓14Marvin#64
↓14Leroy#87
↓13Clarence#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.