State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,490 Michigan births in 1945 across 1,055 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#100Jill#177 nationally
#66Duane#138 nationally
#92Julie#155 nationally
#67Charlene#114 nationally
#66Constance#109 nationally
#68Marlene#110 nationally
#48Tom#89 nationally
#50Kay#91 nationally
#71Jon#112 nationally
#68Keith#108 nationally
#59Gregory#96 nationally
#100Allan#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,503US #1
#2Carol1,724US #5
#3Barbara1,565US #3
#4Patricia1,555US #4
#5Linda1,491US #2
#6Sharon1,426US #8
#7Sandra1,350US #6
#8Judith1,126US #9
#9Nancy1,109US #7
#10Karen1,013US #16
#11Susan1,011US #10
#12Diane859US #22
#13Kathleen837US #19
#14Janet806US #20
#15Judy803US #13
#16Donna670US #17
#17Joyce592US #18
#18Margaret575US #15
#19Shirley561US #14
#20Carolyn536US #12
#21Marilyn531US #27
#22Betty519US #11
#23Janice480US #24
#24Cheryl454US #32
#25Joan450US #25
#26Bonnie441US #35
#27Ruth438US #33
#28Gloria427US #23
#29Beverly381US #37
#30Pamela354US #42
#31Diana335US #43
#32Dorothy323US #21
#33Elizabeth307US #26
#34Ann300US #39
#35Sally299US #64
#36Christine297US #62
#37Elaine296US #44
#38Jean294US #38
#39Jane289US #36
#40Virginia281US #28
#41Suzanne274US #68
#42Darlene265US #71
#43Gail255US #52
#44Helen251US #31
#45Carole250US #51
#46Joanne245US #53
#47Connie236US #47
#48Lois234US #48
#49Phyllis233US #40
#50Kay231US #91
#51Sue231US #66
#52Martha227US #30
#53Dianne224US #72
#54Marcia213US #88
#55Rosemary211US #79
#56Jacqueline207US #63
#57Alice206US #41
#58Rose200US #54
#59Frances199US #34
#60Brenda194US #29
#61Joann188US #80
#62Kathryn185US #65
#63Catherine182US #50
#64Geraldine179US #56
#65Marie170US #49
#66Constance164US #109
#67Charlene162US #114
#68Marlene158US #110
#69Lorraine157US #87
#70Charlotte153US #55
#71Katherine152US #82
#72Rita152US #59
#73Paula151US #67
#74Cynthia147US #90
#75Ellen147US #61
#76Roberta144US #75
#77Jo141US #60
#78Laura140US #77
#79Marjorie133US #94
#80Doris132US #46
#81Kathy132US #101
#82Sheila131US #89
#83Jeanne128US #98
#84Lynn124US #102
#85Victoria123US #106
#86Norma121US #74
#87Peggy121US #45
#88Delores120US #112
#89Anne119US #81
#90Theresa119US #96
#91Sherry118US #104
#92Julie113US #155
#93Evelyn111US #57
#94Eileen109US #70
#95Arlene106US #99
#96Louise106US #78
#97Marsha105US #113
#98Vicki101US #117
#99Irene96US #97
#100Jill95US #177

Boys

#1Robert3,110US #2
#2James2,992US #1
#3John2,540US #3
#4Richard2,228US #5
#5William1,932US #4
#6David1,873US #6
#7Thomas1,805US #8
#8Michael1,753US #9
#9Ronald1,320US #10
#10Gary1,270US #13
#11Charles1,109US #7
#12Donald1,068US #12
#13Dennis1,041US #19
#14Larry1,007US #11
#15Kenneth881US #16
#16Joseph729US #14
#17Paul679US #17
#18Daniel650US #24
#19Edward646US #18
#20George641US #15
#21Gerald623US #25
#22Roger579US #22
#23Douglas510US #29
#24Jerry481US #20
#25Lawrence423US #30
#26Raymond401US #23
#27Terry390US #33
#28Frank373US #21
#29Jack367US #32
#30Bruce323US #48
#31Dale322US #61
#32Carl301US #39
#33Harold285US #28
#34Arthur268US #34
#35Patrick267US #63
#36Timothy262US #70
#37Walter257US #27
#38Alan248US #52
#39Stephen244US #26
#40Wayne241US #35
#41Ralph236US #44
#42Peter232US #38
#43Frederick219US #77
#44Leonard219US #57
#45Norman217US #65
#46Russell200US #64
#47Steven199US #43
#48Tom198US #89
#49Mark185US #72
#50Stanley181US #59
#51Anthony178US #46
#52Albert174US #49
#53Bill171US #66
#54Fred168US #51
#55Danny167US #56
#56Harry167US #47
#57Howard167US #54
#58Jim167US #68
#59Gregory166US #96
#60Eugene165US #50
#61Phillip163US #85
#62Philip161US #58
#63Roy159US #40
#64Henry158US #37
#65Mike155US #69
#66Duane154US #138
#67Louis151US #55
#68Keith148US #108
#69Allen142US #74
#70Ernest137US #60
#71Jon135US #112
#72Bernard134US #98
#73Gordon132US #109
#74Marvin131US #80
#75Lee125US #87
#76Steve122US #79
#77Barry121US #84
#78Don120US #73
#79Glenn120US #93
#80Martin118US #90
#81Melvin118US #78
#82Brian116US #113
#83Earl116US #71
#84Bob113US #107
#85Clifford112US #99
#86Andrew109US #86
#87Jerome109US #122
#88Joe108US #36
#89Clarence105US #82
#90Jeffrey105US #91
#91Samuel105US #62
#92Theodore105US #101
#93Victor102US #95
#94Rodney97US #105
#95Alfred96US #88
#96Leroy94US #83
#97Dan92US #127
#98Gene91US #100
#99Leslie90US #115
#100Allan89US #137

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑30Gregory#59
↑29Danny#55
↑26Ernest#70
↑25Paula#73
↑19Mark#49
↑16Lynn#84
↑14Diana#31
↑14Christine#36

Falling

↓22Henry#64
↓19Theodore#92
↓18Delores#88
↓17Gordon#73
↓16Joe#88
↓14Arlene#95
↓13Louis#67
↓12Carole#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.