State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,951 Michigan births in 1944 across 1,083 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#70Duane#135 nationally
#89Gregory#152 nationally
#84Yvonne#141 nationally
#56Gordon#105 nationally
#99Dan#144 nationally
#48Timothy#92 nationally
#62Keith#104 nationally
#65Marlene#106 nationally
#75Brian#116 nationally
#81Jon#122 nationally
#93Leo#132 nationally
#39Darlene#76 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,492US #1
#2Barbara1,684US #2
#3Carol1,677US #5
#4Patricia1,674US #4
#5Sharon1,651US #8
#6Sandra1,461US #6
#7Linda1,330US #3
#8Judith1,222US #9
#9Nancy1,152US #7
#10Karen1,040US #16
#11Janet871US #21
#12Susan838US #13
#13Judy823US #12
#14Kathleen818US #20
#15Diane712US #24
#16Donna708US #17
#17Margaret613US #14
#18Joyce597US #18
#19Marilyn595US #27
#20Carolyn583US #11
#21Shirley553US #15
#22Betty524US #10
#23Bonnie521US #34
#24Ruth501US #32
#25Joan481US #22
#26Janice472US #28
#27Cheryl433US #36
#28Beverly427US #35
#29Gloria392US #25
#30Pamela373US #44
#31Jean361US #37
#32Sally348US #59
#33Carole342US #43
#34Dorothy339US #19
#35Elizabeth331US #23
#36Virginia322US #26
#37Phyllis272US #40
#38Elaine261US #46
#39Darlene257US #76
#40Gail252US #56
#41Jane252US #41
#42Ann251US #39
#43Helen250US #31
#44Joanne244US #55
#45Diana242US #60
#46Sue237US #62
#47Alice232US #38
#48Lois232US #47
#49Frances230US #33
#50Christine226US #75
#51Joann226US #65
#52Catherine225US #49
#53Kay219US #88
#54Suzanne215US #78
#55Marcia213US #89
#56Dianne209US #90
#57Jacqueline209US #64
#58Martha206US #29
#59Connie205US #51
#60Geraldine191US #53
#61Marie187US #48
#62Rose181US #52
#63Kathryn171US #68
#64Brenda167US #30
#65Marlene164US #106
#66Charlotte161US #50
#67Rosemary161US #99
#68Jo160US #61
#69Roberta158US #70
#70Delores155US #97
#71Marjorie155US #85
#72Katherine152US #77
#73Charlene149US #109
#74Constance148US #104
#75Cynthia143US #105
#76Lorraine142US #93
#77Peggy142US #45
#78Norma139US #66
#79Rita138US #54
#80Doris137US #42
#81Arlene135US #101
#82Ellen135US #63
#83Evelyn133US #57
#84Yvonne128US #141
#85Louise120US #69
#86Kathy118US #110
#87Irene115US #91
#88Dolores114US #92
#89Loretta114US #98
#90Jeanne111US #108
#91Anne109US #86
#92Marsha109US #111
#93Theresa109US #96
#94Sherry108US #100
#95Sylvia104US #83
#96Claudia103US #120
#97June100US #121
#98Paula100US #82
#99Eileen98US #73
#100Lynn97US #116

Boys

#1Robert3,301US #2
#2James3,167US #1
#3John2,528US #3
#4Richard2,260US #5
#5William2,057US #4
#6David1,952US #6
#7Thomas1,708US #8
#8Michael1,492US #9
#9Ronald1,358US #10
#10Gary1,181US #15
#11Charles1,164US #7
#12Donald1,160US #11
#13Larry1,071US #12
#14Kenneth951US #16
#15Dennis937US #20
#16Gerald755US #24
#17Joseph715US #13
#18Edward682US #18
#19Paul670US #17
#20George635US #14
#21Daniel606US #25
#22Jerry573US #19
#23Roger571US #23
#24Douglas491US #34
#25Raymond482US #22
#26Lawrence457US #32
#27Jack406US #30
#28Frank390US #21
#29Terry377US #43
#30Dale317US #61
#31Carl312US #36
#32Bruce306US #51
#33Walter294US #26
#34Arthur289US #29
#35Harold286US #27
#36Wayne265US #37
#37Patrick245US #64
#38Frederick231US #73
#39Alan219US #55
#40Stephen218US #28
#41Peter212US #40
#42Henry209US #35
#43Norman209US #58
#44Ralph201US #42
#45Albert200US #44
#46Fred200US #47
#47Russell200US #63
#48Timothy194US #92
#49Leonard193US #56
#50Harry190US #49
#51Eugene189US #48
#52Roy188US #39
#53Tom187US #87
#54Louis185US #54
#55Anthony184US #46
#56Gordon178US #105
#57Jim175US #68
#58Stanley175US #57
#59Allen174US #77
#60Philip171US #60
#61Steven166US #52
#62Keith162US #104
#63Howard152US #53
#64Bill151US #66
#65Marvin149US #75
#66Phillip143US #83
#67Bernard138US #94
#68Mark137US #93
#69Don136US #72
#70Duane133US #135
#71Earl133US #65
#72Joe125US #33
#73Theodore123US #96
#74Mike122US #80
#75Brian120US #116
#76Martin120US #91
#77Melvin120US #67
#78Clarence119US #74
#79Francis113US #71
#80Bob111US #109
#81Jon111US #122
#82Glenn109US #88
#83Edwin106US #106
#84Danny105US #76
#85Lee105US #85
#86Clifford103US #99
#87Jerome103US #117
#88Victor102US #107
#89Gregory100US #152
#90Leslie99US #114
#91Barry96US #84
#92Leroy96US #78
#93Leo95US #132
#94Alfred93US #82
#95Ray93US #86
#96Ernest92US #59
#97Rodney90US #123
#98Joel88US #125
#99Dan87US #144
#100Warren87US #100

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑56Cheryl#27
↑25Mark#68
↑17Jane#41
↑17Jo#68
↑16Delores#70
↑16Alan#39
↑15Charlene#73
↑14Steven#61

Falling

↓25Dolores#88
↓17Arlene#81
↓17Ernest#96
↓16Leroy#92
↓13Tom#53
↓13Jerome#87
↓11Geraldine#60
↓11Peggy#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.