State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 127,888 Michigan births in 1946 across 1,170 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#68Duane#142 nationally
#93Penny#163 nationally
#96Jill#166 nationally
#92Dave#160 nationally
#59Gordon#111 nationally
#76Julie#128 nationally
#63Charlene#107 nationally
#58Kay#101 nationally
#45Tom#87 nationally
#70Marlene#112 nationally
#49Marcia#89 nationally
#61Constance#100 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,811US #1
#2Linda2,042US #2
#3Patricia1,989US #3
#4Carol1,932US #5
#5Barbara1,848US #4
#6Sharon1,817US #9
#7Sandra1,716US #6
#8Susan1,568US #8
#9Nancy1,544US #7
#10Karen1,173US #15
#11Judith1,136US #10
#12Diane1,074US #19
#13Kathleen1,056US #16
#14Judy862US #11
#15Janet817US #21
#16Donna796US #13
#17Margaret677US #17
#18Janice652US #22
#19Shirley634US #18
#20Joyce609US #20
#21Cheryl582US #27
#22Marilyn582US #29
#23Carolyn578US #12
#24Pamela575US #34
#25Betty540US #14
#26Beverly512US #30
#27Bonnie500US #33
#28Christine465US #50
#29Suzanne465US #52
#30Ruth445US #38
#31Jean442US #37
#32Gloria434US #26
#33Joan431US #28
#34Diana375US #42
#35Sue369US #61
#36Gail365US #49
#37Sally365US #67
#38Connie358US #45
#39Elaine348US #47
#40Cynthia344US #46
#41Jane341US #35
#42Darlene340US #71
#43Ann330US #40
#44Dorothy320US #23
#45Elizabeth315US #25
#46Virginia305US #31
#47Rosemary304US #74
#48Phyllis293US #41
#49Marcia279US #89
#50Jacqueline275US #62
#51Joanne275US #57
#52Lois273US #55
#53Catherine272US #48
#54Martha258US #32
#55Carole254US #72
#56Kathryn253US #63
#57Frances251US #39
#58Kay250US #101
#59Helen248US #36
#60Dianne247US #76
#61Constance246US #100
#62Alice234US #44
#63Charlene228US #107
#64Rose225US #60
#65Laura221US #75
#66Marie218US #54
#67Brenda216US #24
#68Geraldine215US #66
#69Lynn215US #94
#70Marlene204US #112
#71Joann203US #90
#72Rita203US #56
#73Sherry201US #73
#74Kathy197US #79
#75Lorraine195US #93
#76Julie193US #128
#77Paula193US #69
#78Peggy191US #43
#79Ellen184US #58
#80Jo180US #53
#81Roberta178US #86
#82Sheila178US #70
#83Marsha176US #98
#84Norma170US #77
#85Katherine166US #78
#86Jeanne161US #83
#87Anne158US #81
#88Marjorie156US #106
#89Evelyn151US #65
#90Yvonne143US #118
#91Charlotte141US #64
#92Maureen141US #95
#93Penny140US #163
#94Anita137US #84
#95Doris137US #51
#96Jill136US #166
#97Paulette128US #117
#98Sylvia127US #82
#99Theresa127US #96
#100Dolores126US #104

Boys

#1Robert3,876US #2
#2James3,643US #1
#3John3,240US #3
#4Richard2,764US #5
#5David2,510US #6
#6William2,455US #4
#7Michael2,329US #7
#8Thomas2,156US #8
#9Ronald1,765US #10
#10Gary1,649US #12
#11Dennis1,483US #17
#12Charles1,324US #9
#13Donald1,236US #13
#14Larry1,204US #11
#15Kenneth1,044US #15
#16Paul897US #18
#17Daniel821US #21
#18Joseph813US #14
#19Edward784US #19
#20Gerald778US #27
#21George702US #16
#22Roger690US #23
#23Terry649US #26
#24Jerry598US #20
#25Douglas577US #34
#26Lawrence512US #31
#27Bruce466US #32
#28Raymond455US #25
#29Jack449US #35
#30Frank432US #22
#31Gregory414US #56
#32Dale373US #62
#33Timothy355US #60
#34Patrick349US #59
#35Stephen346US #24
#36Harold341US #33
#37Walter331US #30
#38Alan330US #49
#39Carl323US #39
#40Steven317US #28
#41Wayne309US #29
#42Arthur292US #36
#43Frederick286US #75
#44Mark271US #58
#45Tom266US #87
#46Russell259US #66
#47Ralph257US #48
#48Peter253US #38
#49Fred251US #51
#50Anthony244US #44
#51Leonard237US #67
#52Philip235US #61
#53Norman234US #76
#54Jim230US #73
#55Stanley226US #65
#56Henry211US #41
#57Eugene207US #57
#58Rodney203US #93
#59Gordon196US #111
#60Bill195US #72
#61Harry194US #50
#62Mike194US #64
#63Howard193US #55
#64Allen176US #74
#65Louis176US #63
#66Roy175US #43
#67Phillip174US #83
#68Duane172US #142
#69Keith171US #96
#70Albert169US #52
#71Danny169US #46
#72Martin161US #92
#73Don157US #79
#74Craig156US #108
#75Jeffrey155US #78
#76Marvin151US #88
#77Brian149US #103
#78Glenn149US #81
#79Dan147US #116
#80Earl144US #82
#81Theodore143US #101
#82Barry141US #68
#83Lee139US #91
#84Melvin136US #86
#85Jerome135US #114
#86Joe133US #37
#87Ernest132US #71
#88Jon126US #117
#89Randall126US #123
#90Gene121US #98
#91Steve119US #69
#92Dave118US #160
#93Bernard117US #102
#94Francis116US #80
#95Bob114US #107
#96Andrew113US #84
#97Leslie109US #119
#98Ray109US #95
#99Eric107US #134
#100Ronnie107US #54

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑36Rodney#58
↑34Cynthia#40
↑28Gregory#31
↑18Sherry#73
↑18Dan#79
↑16Sue#35
↑16Julie#76
↑15Lynn#69

Falling

↓21Charlotte#91
↓21Bernard#93
↓18Albert#70
↓17Ernest#87
↓17Jon#88
↓16Danny#71
↓15Helen#59
↓15Doris#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.