State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 172,187 Michigan births in 1953 across 1,412 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#65Duane#132 nationally
#80Dawn#138 nationally
#70Kim#127 nationally
#52Rick#101 nationally
#62Sue#106 nationally
#40Suzanne#78 nationally
#43Sally#81 nationally
#71Jeffery#109 nationally
#78Gordon#116 nationally
#77Jill#114 nationally
#78Colleen#115 nationally
#83Bradley#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,058US #1
#2Linda2,844US #2
#3Deborah2,668US #3
#4Susan2,509US #5
#5Patricia2,320US #4
#6Barbara1,796US #6
#7Debra1,794US #7
#8Karen1,672US #9
#9Nancy1,659US #8
#10Pamela1,511US #10
#11Sandra1,442US #11
#12Kathleen1,435US #14
#13Carol1,305US #16
#14Cynthia1,296US #12
#15Diane1,284US #17
#16Sharon1,237US #15
#17Denise1,071US #31
#18Janet908US #19
#19Donna857US #13
#20Cheryl840US #28
#21Janice833US #22
#22Christine757US #32
#23Brenda687US #18
#24Margaret681US #20
#25Judith658US #30
#26Kathy643US #23
#27Judy595US #27
#28Elizabeth557US #21
#29Beverly533US #34
#30Gail532US #39
#31Catherine519US #35
#32Marilyn514US #36
#33Joyce474US #26
#34Rebecca471US #24
#35Laura462US #51
#36Bonnie456US #45
#37Kathryn456US #48
#38Ann454US #46
#39Jane427US #43
#40Suzanne420US #78
#41Shirley419US #29
#42Paula416US #40
#43Sally405US #81
#44Ruth400US #62
#45Julie394US #74
#46Carolyn393US #25
#47Lynn392US #67
#48Jean387US #52
#49Peggy386US #44
#50Connie384US #47
#51Theresa376US #50
#52Marcia374US #84
#53Gloria371US #38
#54Joan371US #37
#55Betty353US #33
#56Jacqueline352US #58
#57Darlene349US #75
#58Cathy341US #56
#59Diana340US #55
#60Vicki340US #61
#61Rose336US #59
#62Sue318US #106
#63Sherry302US #70
#64Sheila301US #60
#65Martha297US #41
#66Katherine296US #63
#67Victoria280US #82
#68Joanne276US #71
#69Elaine272US #77
#70Jo271US #54
#71Robin269US #66
#72Marsha259US #83
#73Cindy258US #99
#74Michele258US #102
#75Teresa257US #42
#76Anne255US #80
#77Jill250US #114
#78Colleen248US #115
#79Michelle247US #107
#80Dawn246US #138
#81Constance245US #95
#82Laurie244US #103
#83Virginia244US #53
#84Valerie233US #88
#85Wendy233US #110
#86Vickie230US #79
#87Marie226US #86
#88Joann225US #121
#89Phyllis222US #69
#90Rita218US #64
#91Alice217US #73
#92Dorothy211US #49
#93Ellen209US #76
#94Yvonne202US #104
#95Marlene201US #128
#96Rhonda201US #85
#97Charlene199US #113
#98Lois196US #91
#99Renee193US #134
#100Roberta193US #90

Boys

#1Michael4,751US #3
#2David4,135US #5
#3Robert4,110US #1
#4James3,864US #2
#5John3,545US #4
#6Richard2,843US #7
#7William2,745US #6
#8Thomas2,717US #8
#9Gary2,169US #10
#10Mark1,998US #12
#11Dennis1,706US #19
#12Donald1,566US #14
#13Steven1,561US #11
#14Charles1,533US #9
#15Daniel1,501US #20
#16Ronald1,478US #15
#17Kenneth1,365US #17
#18Paul1,265US #16
#19Joseph1,202US #13
#20Timothy1,102US #26
#21Larry1,052US #18
#22Gregory1,049US #24
#23Douglas971US #27
#24Bruce766US #28
#25Jeffrey763US #25
#26Edward761US #23
#27Stephen754US #21
#28George719US #22
#29Roger717US #31
#30Terry717US #30
#31Randy679US #35
#32Patrick676US #39
#33Gerald629US #42
#34Dale567US #48
#35Lawrence555US #37
#36Jerry507US #29
#37Raymond502US #34
#38Anthony493US #32
#39Keith459US #47
#40Jack454US #57
#41Brian445US #53
#42Alan444US #43
#43Frank440US #33
#44Kevin429US #36
#45Craig414US #60
#46Peter397US #38
#47Scott363US #46
#48Carl358US #44
#49Christopher357US #63
#50Wayne330US #40
#51Ricky328US #51
#52Rick317US #101
#53Rodney313US #58
#54Randall304US #64
#55Walter295US #45
#56Arthur294US #50
#57Harold284US #56
#58Philip278US #61
#59Frederick276US #80
#60Martin275US #82
#61Danny272US #41
#62Russell262US #71
#63Ralph259US #59
#64Stanley253US #62
#65Duane247US #132
#66Allen237US #81
#67Glenn227US #67
#68Micheal226US #88
#69Leonard222US #85
#70Kim218US #127
#71Jeffery217US #109
#72Roy212US #55
#73Andrew207US #68
#74Albert202US #69
#75Eric200US #89
#76Phillip198US #76
#77Eugene191US #75
#78Gordon188US #116
#79Dean182US #105
#80Samuel177US #70
#81Barry174US #73
#82Theodore174US #112
#83Bradley171US #118
#84Curtis169US #86
#85Howard168US #77
#86Steve168US #84
#87Harry167US #83
#88Henry166US #54
#89Louis164US #78
#90Jon161US #120
#91Jerome157US #107
#92Norman157US #98
#93Marvin154US #94
#94Clifford151US #102
#95Willie151US #49
#96Fred147US #92
#97Earl146US #96
#98Matthew145US #130
#99Bernard142US #119
#100Jay141US #99

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑23Jeffery#71
↑22Teresa#75
↑17Ricky#51
↑16Dawn#80
↑14Ruth#44
↑14Julie#45
↑13Samuel#80
↑12Paula#42

Falling

↓23Henry#88
↓21Dorothy#92
↓20Phillip#76
↓18Vickie#86
↓16Gloria#53
↓16Marlene#95
↓16Norman#92
↓15Joan#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.