State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 150,962 Michigan births in 1950 across 1,297 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#94Rick#168 nationally
#74Duane#137 nationally
#91Jill#142 nationally
#69Marlene#112 nationally
#99Allan#142 nationally
#29Suzanne#71 nationally
#83Colleen#124 nationally
#97Jon#138 nationally
#68Gordon#108 nationally
#71Julie#111 nationally
#40Sally#78 nationally
#43Brian#79 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,010US #1
#2Mary2,937US #2
#3Susan2,293US #5
#4Patricia2,135US #3
#5Barbara1,789US #4
#6Nancy1,665US #6
#7Kathleen1,544US #10
#8Sandra1,537US #8
#9Deborah1,536US #7
#10Carol1,454US #9
#11Karen1,411US #12
#12Sharon1,380US #11
#13Diane1,184US #16
#14Pamela1,022US #17
#15Christine957US #28
#16Janet953US #18
#17Judith832US #21
#18Cynthia826US #23
#19Janice786US #22
#20Donna761US #13
#21Margaret732US #15
#22Cheryl731US #29
#23Brenda631US #14
#24Shirley578US #19
#25Judy555US #25
#26Bonnie535US #33
#27Carolyn499US #20
#28Marilyn490US #37
#29Suzanne484US #71
#30Beverly477US #31
#31Joyce470US #27
#32Elizabeth462US #24
#33Kathy453US #38
#34Gail441US #42
#35Catherine439US #34
#36Kathryn433US #46
#37Gloria418US #30
#38Ann410US #45
#39Ruth385US #49
#40Sally385US #78
#41Jane384US #39
#42Jean377US #48
#43Joan369US #40
#44Diana355US #47
#45Jacqueline354US #55
#46Marcia349US #77
#47Peggy346US #41
#48Lynn337US #76
#49Betty335US #26
#50Connie334US #44
#51Darlene324US #79
#52Laura320US #63
#53Denise319US #82
#54Vicki319US #61
#55Katherine312US #58
#56Martha312US #32
#57Debra307US #59
#58Elaine303US #60
#59Paula296US #54
#60Marsha295US #68
#61Sherry284US #62
#62Joanne277US #67
#63Rebecca271US #36
#64Sue270US #100
#65Cathy269US #75
#66Dorothy260US #35
#67Rose252US #69
#68Theresa251US #65
#69Marlene249US #112
#70Phyllis243US #53
#71Julie242US #111
#72Helen237US #50
#73Constance236US #85
#74Virginia235US #43
#75Frances233US #51
#76Charlene232US #103
#77Rosemary223US #101
#78Jo220US #64
#79Marie218US #72
#80Ellen215US #66
#81Wendy205US #114
#82Anne202US #84
#83Colleen200US #124
#84Rita198US #56
#85Victoria196US #94
#86Alice192US #57
#87Kay191US #123
#88Valerie186US #116
#89Lois185US #83
#90Dianne180US #90
#91Jill179US #142
#92Sheila178US #70
#93Yvonne178US #110
#94Maureen177US #89
#95Charlotte175US #80
#96Jeanne175US #95
#97Gayle173US #133
#98Roberta170US #96
#99Terry170US #127
#100Joann168US #98

Boys

#1Robert4,010US #2
#2James3,829US #1
#3Michael3,755US #4
#4David3,489US #5
#5John3,382US #3
#6Thomas2,640US #8
#7William2,634US #6
#8Richard2,470US #7
#9Gary1,979US #10
#10Charles1,595US #9
#11Dennis1,592US #17
#12Ronald1,570US #12
#13Donald1,354US #14
#14Larry1,343US #11
#15Daniel1,285US #21
#16Kenneth1,260US #15
#17Mark1,118US #23
#18Joseph1,033US #13
#19Paul1,014US #18
#20Steven969US #16
#21Douglas927US #28
#22Gregory900US #25
#23Timothy803US #32
#24Gerald738US #34
#25Edward730US #22
#26George693US #20
#27Stephen690US #19
#28Bruce674US #26
#29Roger638US #27
#30Lawrence622US #33
#31Terry573US #30
#32Dale554US #49
#33Patrick546US #38
#34Frank477US #29
#35Jerry475US #24
#36Raymond453US #31
#37Jack409US #48
#38Alan395US #41
#39Carl359US #44
#40Anthony345US #36
#41Craig341US #69
#42Wayne325US #35
#43Brian323US #79
#44Frederick314US #75
#45Jeffrey314US #43
#46Peter312US #37
#47Arthur292US #46
#48Walter292US #40
#49Harold281US #45
#50Phillip281US #64
#51Philip278US #53
#52Christopher276US #72
#53Randall269US #70
#54Russell263US #67
#55Danny260US #39
#56Keith260US #78
#57Martin251US #85
#58Ralph237US #52
#59Allen231US #71
#60Leonard231US #77
#61Glenn226US #59
#62Stanley221US #60
#63Eugene218US #58
#64Norman218US #90
#65Rodney218US #88
#66Randy216US #80
#67Andrew213US #68
#68Gordon210US #108
#69Howard210US #63
#70Harry196US #61
#71Albert194US #56
#72Scott194US #82
#73Henry192US #47
#74Duane191US #137
#75Jerome180US #103
#76Roy177US #51
#77Fred169US #84
#78Louis164US #66
#79Theodore162US #99
#80Marvin158US #93
#81Ernest156US #81
#82Samuel154US #62
#83Micheal151US #104
#84Lee148US #91
#85Eric140US #98
#86Francis138US #86
#87Barry137US #74
#88Steve135US #83
#89Kevin134US #73
#90Bernard129US #110
#91Melvin128US #87
#92Earl126US #92
#93Mike126US #113
#94Rick126US #168
#95Dan122US #129
#96Clifford120US #100
#97Jon118US #138
#98Willie118US #42
#99Allan117US #142
#100Dean117US #120

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑22Scott#72
↑19Martin#57
↑16Randall#53
↑14Laura#52
↑14Vicki#54
↑14Ernest#81
↑13Julie#71
↑11Cathy#65

Falling

↓27Dianne#90
↓20Rita#84
↓18Virginia#74
↓18Lois#89
↓16Terry#99
↓14Charlene#76
↓13Barry#87
↓12Sue#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.