State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 167,406 Michigan births in 1952 across 1,379 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#90Kristine#165 nationally
#96Dawn#166 nationally
#67Duane#131 nationally
#58Rick#119 nationally
#95Sheryl#151 nationally
#71Kim#126 nationally
#69Sue#113 nationally
#94Jeffery#134 nationally
#90Dan#129 nationally
#79Marlene#117 nationally
#48Suzanne#84 nationally
#72Colleen#108 nationally

Girls

#1Linda3,147US #1
#2Mary2,960US #2
#3Deborah2,503US #4
#4Patricia2,346US #3
#5Susan2,314US #5
#6Barbara1,894US #6
#7Nancy1,721US #7
#8Karen1,614US #8
#9Kathleen1,576US #11
#10Sandra1,394US #10
#11Carol1,383US #12
#12Diane1,372US #16
#13Debra1,333US #9
#14Christine1,256US #20
#15Pamela1,255US #17
#16Sharon1,151US #14
#17Cynthia1,045US #18
#18Denise1,035US #33
#19Janet948US #19
#20Janice839US #23
#21Cheryl799US #31
#22Donna790US #13
#23Judith785US #25
#24Margaret749US #21
#25Brenda692US #15
#26Judy607US #26
#27Kathy590US #29
#28Elizabeth580US #22
#29Catherine577US #34
#30Gail535US #39
#31Marilyn495US #38
#32Joyce477US #27
#33Bonnie476US #41
#34Beverly475US #35
#35Ann463US #45
#36Carolyn451US #24
#37Gloria445US #36
#38Kathryn427US #48
#39Joan424US #37
#40Laura424US #53
#41Shirley415US #28
#42Jane412US #42
#43Rebecca410US #30
#44Betty407US #32
#45Peggy406US #43
#46Marcia401US #80
#47Connie393US #44
#48Suzanne388US #84
#49Jacqueline372US #58
#50Diana362US #51
#51Jean361US #50
#52Sally361US #81
#53Lynn359US #71
#54Paula347US #47
#55Katherine346US #59
#56Darlene345US #77
#57Martha345US #40
#58Ruth344US #57
#59Julie326US #85
#60Rose322US #62
#61Sherry313US #68
#62Vicki313US #61
#63Theresa298US #60
#64Victoria298US #74
#65Cathy293US #56
#66Marsha286US #75
#67Elaine285US #73
#68Vickie269US #76
#69Sue266US #113
#70Sheila261US #64
#71Dorothy259US #46
#72Colleen253US #108
#73Jo253US #55
#74Joanne251US #78
#75Constance240US #92
#76Virginia233US #49
#77Anne231US #79
#78Wendy231US #105
#79Marlene230US #117
#80Laurie225US #115
#81Phyllis225US #65
#82Jill222US #118
#83Michele222US #110
#84Valerie217US #87
#85Yvonne216US #103
#86Claudia209US #111
#87Marie208US #82
#88Ellen207US #70
#89Charlene206US #106
#90Kristine206US #165
#91Rita199US #66
#92Maureen196US #94
#93Roberta196US #88
#94Helen195US #63
#95Sheryl193US #151
#96Dawn192US #166
#97Teresa191US #52
#98Alice187US #69
#99Lois187US #86
#100Frances186US #67

Boys

#1Michael4,439US #4
#2Robert4,108US #2
#3David3,905US #5
#4James3,860US #1
#5John3,636US #3
#6Richard2,856US #7
#7Thomas2,786US #8
#8William2,692US #6
#9Gary2,267US #10
#10Dennis1,802US #18
#11Mark1,777US #17
#12Daniel1,521US #20
#13Charles1,520US #9
#14Ronald1,469US #15
#15Donald1,450US #13
#16Steven1,446US #11
#17Kenneth1,401US #16
#18Larry1,150US #14
#19Paul1,138US #19
#20Gregory1,112US #24
#21Joseph1,045US #12
#22Timothy1,036US #27
#23Douglas1,017US #28
#24Edward814US #23
#25Stephen786US #21
#26Bruce754US #25
#27George712US #22
#28Terry659US #29
#29Gerald655US #39
#30Patrick654US #37
#31Roger586US #30
#32Dale577US #46
#33Lawrence576US #35
#34Jeffrey492US #31
#35Randy485US #41
#36Jerry479US #26
#37Keith469US #49
#38Raymond469US #33
#39Alan444US #42
#40Frank443US #32
#41Craig439US #59
#42Brian432US #64
#43Anthony426US #34
#44Jack416US #52
#45Peter382US #36
#46Christopher359US #57
#47Randall348US #63
#48Wayne335US #38
#49Carl334US #45
#50Scott322US #54
#51Kevin320US #43
#52Danny309US #40
#53Frederick297US #76
#54Arthur293US #47
#55Walter284US #44
#56Phillip270US #74
#57Russell270US #70
#58Rick267US #119
#59Rodney265US #84
#60Stanley264US #58
#61Harold263US #51
#62Philip262US #60
#63Martin257US #80
#64Allen252US #78
#65Henry248US #50
#66Ralph242US #56
#67Duane233US #131
#68Ricky232US #81
#69Glenn230US #61
#70Leonard229US #83
#71Kim211US #126
#72Andrew207US #68
#73Roy205US #55
#74Eugene202US #71
#75Eric201US #88
#76Norman196US #96
#77Micheal195US #94
#78Dean188US #103
#79Gordon185US #110
#80Barry184US #69
#81Jerome182US #105
#82Steve182US #85
#83Albert180US #66
#84Harry180US #75
#85Howard179US #73
#86Theodore176US #100
#87Marvin168US #95
#88Clifford153US #99
#89Fred152US #90
#90Dan151US #129
#91Louis146US #79
#92Curtis143US #86
#93Samuel141US #67
#94Jeffery140US #134
#95Lee138US #92
#96Ernest133US #87
#97Melvin133US #91
#98Calvin130US #108
#99Dwight130US #123
#100Jon130US #135

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑28Kim#71
↑26Vickie#68
↑21Rick#58
↑20Phillip#56
↑18Kevin#51
↑18Dean#78
↑17Jo#73
↑13Steve#82

Falling

↓27Lois#99
↓15Ruth#58
↓15Lee#95
↓14Leonard#70
↓11Elaine#67
↓11Charlene#89
↓11Alice#98
↓11Frances#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.