State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 142,937 Michigan births in 1948 across 1,254 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#94Dawnoutside the national top 200
#98Rick#174 nationally
#79Duane#140 nationally
#97Jill#150 nationally
#64Marlene#109 nationally
#71Gordon#112 nationally
#100Bob#141 nationally
#37Darlene#77 nationally
#65Charlene#105 nationally
#78Julie#117 nationally
#41Sue#78 nationally
#36Sally#72 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,393US #1
#2Mary2,932US #2
#3Susan2,189US #5
#4Patricia2,081US #4
#5Barbara2,021US #3
#6Sandra1,667US #6
#7Nancy1,625US #7
#8Carol1,578US #8
#9Sharon1,546US #9
#10Kathleen1,403US #10
#11Karen1,300US #12
#12Diane1,133US #19
#13Judith917US #15
#14Pamela864US #22
#15Donna854US #11
#16Janet808US #24
#17Cheryl806US #25
#18Judy753US #16
#19Margaret730US #13
#20Cynthia715US #27
#21Janice715US #23
#22Christine712US #35
#23Marilyn576US #33
#24Carolyn565US #14
#25Shirley564US #20
#26Joyce521US #21
#27Beverly507US #31
#28Bonnie500US #34
#29Deborah479US #30
#30Ruth479US #45
#31Gloria471US #28
#32Betty449US #18
#33Diana425US #48
#34Suzanne425US #66
#35Elizabeth419US #26
#36Sally400US #72
#37Darlene389US #77
#38Catherine378US #41
#39Jane373US #39
#40Brenda369US #17
#41Sue369US #78
#42Joan367US #37
#43Connie366US #43
#44Jean356US #47
#45Ann353US #44
#46Kathryn349US #54
#47Elaine344US #53
#48Gail344US #51
#49Marcia338US #79
#50Peggy317US #38
#51Dorothy313US #29
#52Jacqueline307US #58
#53Phyllis307US #46
#54Kathy304US #55
#55Joanne295US #65
#56Martha286US #32
#57Sherry283US #61
#58Lynn274US #80
#59Virginia274US #36
#60Paula260US #52
#61Rose251US #62
#62Constance244US #93
#63Helen244US #40
#64Marlene244US #109
#65Charlene242US #105
#66Alice238US #49
#67Frances238US #42
#68Theresa237US #63
#69Dianne236US #86
#70Marie233US #60
#71Rosemary230US #90
#72Laura226US #73
#73Vicki221US #81
#74Marsha220US #76
#75Katherine217US #68
#76Lois216US #70
#77Kay214US #113
#78Julie212US #117
#79Jo211US #56
#80Yvonne206US #112
#81Joann199US #94
#82Carole198US #106
#83Lynda192US #84
#84Ellen191US #67
#85Jeanne177US #95
#86Rita174US #59
#87Sheila173US #71
#88Roberta170US #101
#89Anne169US #87
#90Cathy169US #104
#91Geraldine163US #83
#92Janis163US #121
#93Marjorie161US #110
#94Dawn159
#95Victoria159US #108
#96Lorraine154US #96
#97Jill153US #150
#98Maureen153US #88
#99Rebecca153US #50
#100Charlotte145US #69

Boys

#1Robert3,904US #2
#2James3,687US #1
#3John3,383US #3
#4David3,228US #5
#5Michael3,105US #6
#6William2,649US #4
#7Richard2,542US #7
#8Thomas2,524US #8
#9Ronald1,808US #10
#10Gary1,723US #12
#11Dennis1,511US #17
#12Larry1,464US #11
#13Charles1,377US #9
#14Donald1,225US #14
#15Kenneth1,139US #15
#16Daniel1,039US #22
#17Paul997US #18
#18Joseph962US #13
#19Edward788US #19
#20George728US #16
#21Gerald722US #30
#22Douglas718US #33
#23Terry698US #26
#24Roger674US #24
#25Gregory666US #32
#26Mark662US #29
#27Timothy623US #38
#28Lawrence608US #31
#29Steven603US #23
#30Bruce582US #28
#31Raymond545US #27
#32Stephen522US #20
#33Frank517US #25
#34Jerry513US #21
#35Patrick489US #48
#36Dale481US #56
#37Jack452US #43
#38Alan358US #46
#39Carl352US #42
#40Peter326US #37
#41Wayne311US #34
#42Arthur305US #44
#43Harold294US #36
#44Walter294US #35
#45Frederick286US #75
#46Jeffrey266US #58
#47Philip265US #54
#48Ralph265US #51
#49Anthony260US #41
#50Phillip260US #69
#51Danny254US #39
#52Russell243US #67
#53Leonard240US #71
#54Craig239US #82
#55Mike236US #68
#56Stanley233US #65
#57Henry228US #45
#58Roy224US #49
#59Keith219US #89
#60Allen212US #72
#61Jim208US #86
#62Fred207US #66
#63Brian203US #95
#64Barry202US #74
#65Eugene202US #61
#66Tom202US #94
#67Louis194US #64
#68Rodney194US #92
#69Harry190US #57
#70Albert184US #55
#71Gordon184US #112
#72Glenn181US #73
#73Bill180US #84
#74Norman176US #85
#75Randy175US #99
#76Howard173US #63
#77Martin172US #88
#78Christopher171US #102
#79Duane171US #140
#80Andrew165US #77
#81Randall162US #98
#82Jerome160US #110
#83Lee158US #93
#84Dan157US #113
#85Marvin157US #90
#86Steve157US #60
#87Don155US #91
#88Theodore153US #104
#89Eric149US #114
#90Melvin145US #81
#91Earl142US #83
#92Jon140US #128
#93Bernard138US #107
#94Clifford122US #105
#95Ernest120US #76
#96Samuel120US #70
#97Allan119US #132
#98Rick119US #174
#99Clarence118US #87
#100Bob115US #141

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑45Deborah#29
↑17Yvonne#80
↑16Jeffrey#46
↑16Craig#54
↑15Brenda#40
↑15Theresa#68
↑15Randy#75
↑14Marlene#64

Falling

↓23Kay#77
↓18Tom#66
↓14Jo#79
↓14Ellen#84
↓13Rosemary#71
↓12Bill#73
↓12Melvin#90
↓11Lorraine#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.