State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 162,735 Michigan births in 1951 across 1,340 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#93Kristine#172 nationally
#99Kim#172 nationally
#79Rick#143 nationally
#74Duane#130 nationally
#77Jill#130 nationally
#92Dan#136 nationally
#41Suzanne#83 nationally
#67Sue#106 nationally
#98Allan#137 nationally
#81Marlene#118 nationally
#73Gordon#108 nationally
#79Colleen#114 nationally

Girls

#1Linda3,653US #1
#2Mary3,090US #2
#3Patricia2,652US #3
#4Susan2,298US #6
#5Deborah2,032US #4
#6Barbara1,870US #5
#7Karen1,668US #8
#8Nancy1,668US #7
#9Kathleen1,620US #10
#10Sandra1,470US #9
#11Carol1,421US #11
#12Diane1,335US #15
#13Sharon1,295US #13
#14Christine1,098US #24
#15Pamela1,079US #16
#16Janet962US #19
#17Debra914US #18
#18Cynthia899US #20
#19Janice884US #21
#20Judith848US #25
#21Donna821US #12
#22Cheryl752US #30
#23Margaret712US #17
#24Denise675US #48
#25Brenda667US #14
#26Judy589US #26
#27Gail577US #36
#28Bonnie524US #37
#29Catherine523US #34
#30Carolyn519US #22
#31Shirley518US #27
#32Elizabeth514US #23
#33Beverly493US #33
#34Kathy493US #35
#35Marilyn493US #41
#36Joyce458US #28
#37Kathryn448US #45
#38Ann442US #46
#39Gloria431US #31
#40Joan428US #39
#41Suzanne412US #83
#42Jane406US #43
#43Ruth396US #53
#44Connie389US #44
#45Sally384US #77
#46Peggy383US #40
#47Jean375US #49
#48Darlene373US #79
#49Marcia373US #74
#50Jacqueline369US #56
#51Lynn369US #72
#52Laura365US #60
#53Betty364US #29
#54Rebecca355US #32
#55Diana340US #50
#56Elaine335US #66
#57Paula317US #51
#58Martha306US #38
#59Sherry303US #70
#60Vicki299US #58
#61Marsha291US #76
#62Rose291US #65
#63Victoria282US #81
#64Katherine279US #55
#65Julie278US #99
#66Joanne275US #73
#67Sue275US #106
#68Dorothy264US #42
#69Virginia261US #47
#70Sheila247US #69
#71Theresa246US #64
#72Lois245US #85
#73Phyllis242US #57
#74Constance240US #86
#75Cathy235US #71
#76Wendy235US #110
#77Jill233US #130
#78Charlene232US #103
#79Colleen231US #114
#80Marie231US #78
#81Marlene227US #118
#82Rita224US #61
#83Ellen216US #68
#84Helen213US #54
#85Dianne211US #90
#86Anne209US #82
#87Alice207US #62
#88Yvonne207US #101
#89Frances203US #59
#90Jo203US #67
#91Michele189US #125
#92Jeanne188US #98
#93Kristine186US #172
#94Vickie181US #87
#95Joann177US #104
#96Roberta177US #92
#97Wanda177US #52
#98Kay173US #120
#99Maureen170US #93
#100Gayle169US #124

Boys

#1Robert4,218US #2
#2Michael4,205US #4
#3James3,962US #1
#4David3,634US #5
#5John3,535US #3
#6Richard2,789US #7
#7Thomas2,772US #8
#8William2,736US #6
#9Gary2,337US #10
#10Dennis1,751US #17
#11Ronald1,543US #12
#12Charles1,538US #9
#13Mark1,457US #20
#14Kenneth1,456US #16
#15Donald1,434US #15
#16Daniel1,380US #21
#17Steven1,294US #13
#18Larry1,288US #11
#19Paul1,160US #18
#20Joseph1,108US #14
#21Douglas1,001US #27
#22Gregory955US #25
#23Timothy880US #28
#24Stephen817US #19
#25Edward801US #23
#26George778US #22
#27Bruce739US #26
#28Terry696US #30
#29Gerald695US #36
#30Patrick614US #39
#31Lawrence599US #33
#32Roger598US #29
#33Dale538US #49
#34Raymond528US #32
#35Jerry523US #24
#36Jack457US #48
#37Frank442US #31
#38Alan424US #40
#39Jeffrey424US #35
#40Anthony409US #34
#41Keith405US #59
#42Brian372US #75
#43Peter372US #38
#44Craig366US #63
#45Christopher363US #61
#46Randy343US #56
#47Walter338US #42
#48Carl336US #43
#49Arthur328US #44
#50Wayne327US #37
#51Frederick325US #78
#52Randall298US #66
#53Harold293US #46
#54Danny281US #41
#55Ralph277US #51
#56Leonard276US #80
#57Martin269US #81
#58Philip269US #55
#59Scott262US #68
#60Stanley258US #54
#61Russell256US #73
#62Glenn252US #58
#63Rodney250US #84
#64Eugene232US #65
#65Allen231US #72
#66Eric227US #93
#67Andrew216US #69
#68Henry216US #47
#69Kevin215US #53
#70Barry204US #71
#71Micheal202US #97
#72Roy200US #52
#73Gordon196US #108
#74Duane193US #130
#75Albert192US #60
#76Phillip192US #79
#77Harry190US #70
#78Norman190US #90
#79Rick175US #143
#80Lee167US #92
#81Theodore167US #99
#82Howard166US #74
#83Marvin165US #96
#84Clifford163US #101
#85Jerome163US #103
#86Fred158US #87
#87Louis157US #76
#88Ernest152US #83
#89Melvin150US #88
#90Bernard147US #107
#91Curtis142US #91
#92Dan142US #136
#93Earl140US #95
#94Francis134US #85
#95Steve131US #86
#96Dean130US #105
#97Samuel128US #67
#98Allan127US #137
#99Kim124US #172
#100Clarence123US #98

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑40Debra#17
↑29Denise#24
↑22Victoria#63
↑22Sheila#70
↑20Randy#46
↑20Kevin#69
↑19Eric#66
↑17Lois#72

Falling

↓26Phillip#76
↓15Samuel#97
↓14Frances#89
↓14Norman#78
↓13Howard#82
↓12Suzanne#41
↓12Marlene#81
↓12Helen#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.