State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,605 Michigan births in 1949 across 1,301 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
#99Rick#170 nationally
#72Duane#137 nationally
#98Allan#143 nationally
#71Gordon#113 nationally
#81Wendy#122 nationally
#85Dan#125 nationally
#62Charlene#100 nationally
#99Gayle#137 nationally
#52Sue#88 nationally
#74Marlene#110 nationally
#52Brian#86 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,254US #1
#2Mary2,984US #2
#3Susan2,213US #5
#4Patricia2,002US #3
#5Barbara1,767US #4
#6Nancy1,670US #7
#7Kathleen1,660US #9
#8Sandra1,613US #6
#9Carol1,509US #8
#10Sharon1,443US #10
#11Karen1,315US #11
#12Diane1,156US #19
#13Deborah950US #15
#14Pamela918US #21
#15Judith878US #16
#16Christine869US #30
#17Janet850US #23
#18Donna813US #12
#19Janice801US #24
#20Margaret799US #14
#21Cynthia715US #27
#22Cheryl697US #28
#23Judy602US #20
#24Shirley586US #18
#25Bonnie539US #35
#26Carolyn536US #17
#27Marilyn528US #33
#28Joyce512US #26
#29Brenda490US #13
#30Beverly464US #31
#31Elizabeth453US #25
#32Ruth444US #47
#33Gloria439US #29
#34Catherine420US #37
#35Gail409US #51
#36Suzanne404US #62
#37Kathy400US #42
#38Betty390US #22
#39Diana388US #48
#40Jane385US #41
#41Connie378US #43
#42Ann370US #44
#43Jean365US #45
#44Darlene360US #75
#45Kathryn358US #52
#46Jacqueline355US #58
#47Marcia340US #78
#48Peggy340US #38
#49Sally320US #77
#50Lynn318US #74
#51Elaine315US #57
#52Sue310US #88
#53Joan307US #36
#54Martha301US #34
#55Paula291US #55
#56Virginia288US #39
#57Dorothy281US #32
#58Katherine279US #59
#59Joanne268US #61
#60Phyllis265US #50
#61Rose263US #66
#62Charlene262US #100
#63Dianne261US #85
#64Rita255US #54
#65Marsha244US #79
#66Laura240US #65
#67Sherry240US #68
#68Vicki240US #70
#69Rebecca239US #40
#70Constance237US #83
#71Lois235US #73
#72Marie222US #67
#73Helen219US #46
#74Marlene217US #110
#75Jo216US #60
#76Cathy211US #81
#77Ellen209US #64
#78Theresa205US #63
#79Frances204US #49
#80Valerie200US #108
#81Wendy194US #122
#82Alice193US #53
#83Terry186US #115
#84Julie184US #113
#85Anne182US #86
#86Rosemary178US #98
#87Kay174US #119
#88Maureen173US #89
#89Charlotte172US #71
#90Roberta168US #97
#91Jeanne165US #92
#92Sheila165US #76
#93Joann164US #101
#94Dawn163
#95Yvonne160US #109
#96Victoria159US #96
#97Lorraine158US #102
#98Lynda156US #93
#99Gayle153US #137
#100Geraldine150US #90

Boys

#1Robert3,958US #2
#2James3,760US #1
#3Michael3,569US #5
#4David3,399US #6
#5John3,370US #3
#6William2,604US #4
#7Thomas2,511US #8
#8Richard2,510US #7
#9Gary1,698US #12
#10Ronald1,668US #11
#11Charles1,584US #9
#12Dennis1,423US #16
#13Donald1,381US #13
#14Larry1,347US #10
#15Daniel1,239US #22
#16Kenneth1,137US #15
#17Paul1,045US #17
#18Joseph989US #14
#19Mark938US #24
#20Gregory850US #31
#21Douglas818US #29
#22Steven811US #20
#23Edward768US #21
#24George756US #18
#25Stephen693US #19
#26Timothy684US #34
#27Gerald683US #33
#28Lawrence650US #32
#29Bruce647US #26
#30Terry641US #28
#31Roger621US #25
#32Patrick585US #39
#33Raymond501US #30
#34Dale497US #54
#35Jerry490US #23
#36Frank459US #27
#37Jack432US #47
#38Carl411US #43
#39Alan382US #45
#40Frederick342US #70
#41Wayne331US #35
#42Arthur329US #44
#43Peter316US #38
#44Walter309US #37
#45Jeffrey306US #48
#46Harold302US #42
#47Ralph284US #50
#48Anthony281US #36
#49Philip276US #55
#50Craig269US #77
#51Phillip262US #66
#52Brian252US #86
#53Danny244US #40
#54Stanley243US #60
#55Keith239US #85
#56Leonard232US #74
#57Rodney227US #87
#58Russell219US #69
#59Glenn214US #61
#60Eugene213US #58
#61Christopher212US #81
#62Henry207US #46
#63Norman203US #90
#64Allen202US #71
#65Howard201US #63
#66Albert200US #56
#67Roy200US #51
#68Harry192US #59
#69Randall189US #79
#70Randy189US #92
#71Gordon186US #113
#72Duane184US #137
#73Louis183US #64
#74Barry180US #73
#75Jerome179US #104
#76Martin176US #83
#77Andrew175US #75
#78Fred173US #72
#79Marvin172US #89
#80Theodore169US #100
#81Steve165US #68
#82Samuel161US #62
#83Eric158US #105
#84Tom157US #114
#85Dan154US #125
#86Melvin153US #82
#87Mike152US #88
#88Earl142US #91
#89Jim138US #108
#90Bernard135US #111
#91Clifford133US #103
#92Lee133US #93
#93Micheal131US #122
#94Scott129US #99
#95Ernest124US #76
#96Bill123US #106
#97Francis123US #78
#98Allan122US #143
#99Rick116US #170
#100Don115US #98

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑30Rebecca#69
↑22Rita#64
↑17Kathy#37
↑17Katherine#58
↑17Christopher#61
↑16Deborah#13
↑14Cathy#76
↑14Samuel#82

Falling

↓32Mike#87
↓28Jim#89
↓23Bill#96
↓18Tom#84
↓16Alice#82
↓16Fred#78
↓15Rosemary#86
↓15Yvonne#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.