State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 114,983 Michigan births in 1943 across 1,123 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#67Duane#138 nationally
#94Gregory#163 nationally
#95Julie#156 nationally
#70Brian#120 nationally
#78Jon#127 nationally
#92Yvonne#141 nationally
#50Gordon#98 nationally
#40Tom#87 nationally
#63Keith#108 nationally
#62Marlene#104 nationally
#96Allan#136 nationally
#60Timothy#99 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,734US #1
#2Patricia2,042US #3
#3Sharon2,028US #8
#4Barbara1,918US #2
#5Carol1,890US #5
#6Judith1,601US #7
#7Linda1,498US #4
#8Sandra1,431US #6
#9Nancy1,377US #9
#10Karen1,247US #15
#11Judy961US #13
#12Janet930US #20
#13Diane860US #24
#14Susan837US #18
#15Donna804US #17
#16Kathleen773US #22
#17Shirley720US #12
#18Carolyn700US #11
#19Joyce676US #16
#20Margaret673US #14
#21Marilyn649US #27
#22Joan587US #21
#23Betty569US #10
#24Janice566US #26
#25Beverly558US #32
#26Ruth542US #33
#27Bonnie532US #34
#28Gloria436US #30
#29Jean410US #36
#30Sally407US #57
#31Dorothy401US #19
#32Carole390US #42
#33Elizabeth375US #23
#34Virginia372US #25
#35Elaine326US #46
#36Phyllis316US #39
#37Ann307US #37
#38Pamela301US #54
#39Joanne294US #49
#40Frances290US #31
#41Helen281US #28
#42Gail265US #55
#43Lois264US #43
#44Alice256US #38
#45Diana253US #62
#46Joann251US #60
#47Darlene243US #73
#48Jacqueline243US #65
#49Geraldine239US #51
#50Sue236US #72
#51Martha232US #29
#52Rose232US #50
#53Connie231US #59
#54Kay230US #81
#55Christine226US #84
#56Suzanne221US #86
#57Catherine217US #48
#58Jane205US #44
#59Marcia203US #96
#60Marie202US #45
#61Dianne200US #88
#62Marlene198US #104
#63Dolores184US #74
#64Arlene176US #90
#65Marjorie175US #79
#66Peggy174US #41
#67Norma172US #58
#68Brenda171US #35
#69Katherine169US #78
#70Kathryn169US #75
#71Constance167US #109
#72Ellen164US #67
#73Cynthia163US #101
#74Rosemary163US #97
#75Rita160US #52
#76Charlotte159US #47
#77Evelyn159US #53
#78Roberta155US #66
#79Doris153US #40
#80Jeanette149US #110
#81Lorraine148US #94
#82Louise147US #70
#83Cheryl136US #102
#84Loretta136US #89
#85Jo132US #63
#86Delores128US #99
#87Anne126US #80
#88Charlene126US #121
#89Eileen119US #68
#90Jeanne119US #113
#91Irene115US #85
#92Yvonne113US #141
#93June112US #111
#94Sheila112US #92
#95Julie111US #156
#96Theresa109US #100
#97Wanda109US #56
#98Maryann108US #135
#99Paula106US #93
#100Sylvia104US #77

Boys

#1Robert3,577US #2
#2James3,513US #1
#3John2,838US #3
#4Richard2,444US #5
#5William2,264US #4
#6David2,112US #6
#7Thomas1,881US #8
#8Ronald1,774US #9
#9Michael1,536US #10
#10Donald1,284US #11
#11Charles1,283US #7
#12Gary1,176US #16
#13Larry1,096US #12
#14Dennis1,002US #20
#15Kenneth985US #15
#16Gerald923US #23
#17Joseph779US #13
#18Edward757US #18
#19George755US #14
#20Paul683US #19
#21Jerry680US #17
#22Roger669US #24
#23Daniel649US #25
#24Raymond530US #22
#25Douglas524US #28
#26Lawrence496US #32
#27Frank460US #21
#28Jack428US #34
#29Terry370US #49
#30Dale368US #59
#31Walter361US #26
#32Harold340US #27
#33Wayne315US #41
#34Bruce312US #51
#35Carl310US #33
#36Arthur295US #30
#37Fred281US #45
#38Patrick279US #69
#39Norman257US #56
#40Tom251US #87
#41Frederick249US #70
#42Peter248US #39
#43Leonard243US #55
#44Ralph242US #40
#45Harry234US #50
#46Henry230US #31
#47Stanley229US #54
#48Eugene216US #47
#49Stephen209US #29
#50Gordon208US #98
#51Philip208US #57
#52Roy208US #38
#53Anthony206US #44
#54Albert205US #43
#55Alan204US #67
#56Russell203US #73
#57Bill184US #65
#58Howard182US #48
#59Marvin179US #66
#60Timothy177US #99
#61Bernard175US #92
#62Allen172US #76
#63Keith172US #108
#64Jim169US #75
#65Louis169US #53
#66Don167US #72
#67Duane167US #138
#68Earl162US #60
#69Phillip162US #81
#70Brian157US #120
#71Glenn147US #85
#72Theodore147US #96
#73Melvin146US #63
#74Jerome139US #109
#75Steven137US #58
#76Leroy136US #74
#77Joe135US #35
#78Jon134US #127
#79Ernest131US #61
#80Mike127US #90
#81Francis120US #64
#82Barry117US #82
#83Lee117US #91
#84Clarence116US #68
#85Victor112US #97
#86Martin111US #83
#87Bob110US #110
#88Edwin110US #107
#89Alfred107US #78
#90Warren105US #102
#91Clifford103US #94
#92Andrew100US #79
#93Mark99US #101
#94Gregory97US #163
#95Rodney97US #118
#96Allan95US #136
#97Gene95US #89
#98Leon95US #103
#99Herbert94US #86
#100Lloyd94US #104

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑26Pamela#38
↑26Brian#70
↑18Constance#71
↑18Steven#75
↑15Alan#55
↑13Brenda#68
↑13Katherine#69
↑13Keith#63

Falling

↓20Charlene#88
↓13Sylvia#100
↓13Allan#96
↓13Herbert#99
↓12Albert#54
↓12Victor#85
↓12Clifford#91
↓12Gene#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.