State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 148,950 Michigan births in 1947 across 1,300 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#98Dawnoutside the national top 200
#93Dave#155 nationally
#77Duane#135 nationally
#54Kay#104 nationally
#94Penny#142 nationally
#63Charlene#105 nationally
#81Jon#123 nationally
#82Julie#124 nationally
#48Tom#87 nationally
#72Gordon#111 nationally
#78Marlene#114 nationally
#98Allan#132 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,539US #1
#2Mary2,961US #2
#3Patricia2,376US #3
#4Barbara2,104US #4
#5Carol1,923US #6
#6Sandra1,883US #5
#7Nancy1,849US #7
#8Susan1,828US #8
#9Sharon1,782US #9
#10Kathleen1,380US #11
#11Karen1,317US #13
#12Diane1,199US #18
#13Judith1,142US #12
#14Judy974US #14
#15Cheryl883US #24
#16Donna865US #10
#17Janet841US #23
#18Pamela801US #28
#19Margaret771US #16
#20Janice727US #22
#21Carolyn646US #15
#22Marilyn632US #29
#23Cynthia621US #33
#24Shirley610US #19
#25Christine606US #45
#26Bonnie587US #35
#27Joyce564US #20
#28Beverly549US #31
#29Betty506US #17
#30Ruth493US #44
#31Gloria474US #27
#32Suzanne470US #53
#33Connie433US #43
#34Jane429US #36
#35Joan423US #30
#36Ann419US #41
#37Sue412US #69
#38Elizabeth409US #25
#39Diana405US #48
#40Jean397US #40
#41Sally389US #70
#42Darlene388US #71
#43Gail383US #49
#44Catherine362US #46
#45Elaine359US #50
#46Dorothy343US #26
#47Kathryn320US #55
#48Kathy318US #64
#49Phyllis318US #37
#50Lynn311US #75
#51Jacqueline307US #59
#52Joanne306US #56
#53Virginia306US #34
#54Kay302US #104
#55Brenda301US #21
#56Martha300US #32
#57Marcia292US #81
#58Rosemary283US #80
#59Peggy276US #42
#60Frances274US #39
#61Helen271US #38
#62Sherry264US #67
#63Charlene259US #105
#64Paula258US #54
#65Jo256US #51
#66Dianne255US #83
#67Rose253US #65
#68Katherine249US #76
#69Alice247US #47
#70Ellen247US #61
#71Marie247US #57
#72Lois240US #63
#73Lynda240US #77
#74Deborah239US #62
#75Constance234US #100
#76Laura224US #74
#77Joann218US #89
#78Marlene218US #114
#79Carole216US #102
#80Marsha212US #88
#81Jeanne205US #86
#82Julie195US #124
#83Theresa188US #85
#84Janis187US #108
#85Lorraine186US #84
#86Roberta179US #90
#87Vicki178US #101
#88Evelyn176US #72
#89Geraldine176US #78
#90Charlotte175US #68
#91Norma175US #82
#92Anne172US #95
#93Sheila168US #73
#94Penny167US #142
#95Louise165US #99
#96Cathy152US #119
#97Yvonne151US #117
#98Dawn150
#99Marjorie150US #106
#100Maureen150US #98

Boys

#1Robert4,169US #2
#2James4,025US #1
#3John3,645US #3
#4David3,392US #6
#5Michael2,970US #7
#6Richard2,823US #5
#7William2,759US #4
#8Thomas2,569US #8
#9Gary1,888US #12
#10Ronald1,801US #11
#11Dennis1,650US #17
#12Larry1,456US #10
#13Donald1,383US #13
#14Charles1,376US #9
#15Kenneth1,147US #15
#16Daniel1,032US #22
#17Paul974US #18
#18Joseph959US #14
#19Edward882US #19
#20George779US #16
#21Terry762US #26
#22Gerald750US #28
#23Douglas728US #31
#24Roger679US #25
#25Jerry668US #20
#26Gregory589US #33
#27Bruce583US #29
#28Lawrence582US #32
#29Raymond567US #27
#30Frank549US #23
#31Dale532US #63
#32Jack498US #37
#33Timothy498US #52
#34Stephen481US #21
#35Steven481US #24
#36Patrick438US #53
#37Mark425US #47
#38Alan406US #45
#39Harold401US #35
#40Carl375US #40
#41Wayne369US #30
#42Arthur335US #38
#43Walter328US #34
#44Philip320US #57
#45Peter310US #36
#46Frederick277US #78
#47Ralph272US #50
#48Tom272US #87
#49Leonard263US #71
#50Mike262US #65
#51Jim260US #77
#52Henry259US #46
#53Phillip258US #74
#54Russell254US #69
#55Danny252US #39
#56Fred251US #56
#57Stanley240US #67
#58Anthony236US #41
#59Roy236US #48
#60Keith235US #91
#61Bill234US #76
#62Jeffrey227US #66
#63Norman227US #81
#64Allen223US #73
#65Eugene219US #59
#66Barry217US #68
#67Harry212US #54
#68Rodney205US #94
#69Albert204US #55
#70Craig204US #93
#71Glenn201US #70
#72Gordon201US #111
#73Louis199US #64
#74Brian196US #95
#75Howard196US #62
#76Dan189US #109
#77Duane183US #135
#78Melvin179US #85
#79Steve179US #58
#80Marvin171US #89
#81Jon166US #123
#82Lee165US #92
#83Martin160US #90
#84Jerome159US #110
#85Ernest158US #75
#86Don156US #86
#87Randall155US #106
#88Earl153US #83
#89Bernard150US #100
#90Randy150US #116
#91Theodore145US #102
#92Andrew143US #82
#93Dave142US #155
#94Joe142US #43
#95Francis139US #84
#96Samuel137US #72
#97Eric131US #122
#98Allan129US #132
#99Clarence127US #88
#100Bob126US #115

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑26Kathy#48
↑19Lynn#50
↑19Peggy#59
↑17Cynthia#23
↑17Katherine#68
↑16Theresa#83
↑16Danny#55
↑16Barry#66

Falling

↓24Carole#79
↓21Geraldine#89
↓20Lois#72
↓14Constance#75
↓13Gordon#72
↓13Don#86
↓12Howard#75
↓11Rosemary#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.