State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 181,194 Michigan births in 1954 across 1,483 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#54Kim#109 nationally
#69Dawn#124 nationally
#70Gordon#122 nationally
#85Duane#136 nationally
#85Sheryl#133 nationally
#92Dan#139 nationally
#59Rick#102 nationally
#46Sally#84 nationally
#70Jill#107 nationally
#53Michele#89 nationally
#97Renee#132 nationally
#57Marcia#90 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,435US #1
#2Deborah2,810US #3
#3Susan2,615US #5
#4Linda2,551US #2
#5Debra2,386US #6
#6Patricia2,280US #4
#7Karen1,827US #8
#8Barbara1,758US #7
#9Nancy1,716US #9
#10Pamela1,542US #12
#11Sandra1,422US #13
#12Cynthia1,414US #10
#13Diane1,387US #17
#14Kathleen1,359US #14
#15Carol1,270US #15
#16Denise1,213US #24
#17Cheryl1,193US #22
#18Sharon1,110US #16
#19Janet1,003US #19
#20Donna938US #11
#21Janice780US #25
#22Kathy751US #23
#23Brenda696US #18
#24Margaret669US #21
#25Judith638US #30
#26Elizabeth626US #20
#27Gail576US #37
#28Laura549US #45
#29Catherine547US #32
#30Christine547US #43
#31Beverly525US #31
#32Marilyn500US #35
#33Robin493US #41
#34Judy485US #29
#35Joyce484US #28
#36Ann479US #44
#37Kathryn465US #51
#38Paula450US #38
#39Rebecca437US #26
#40Lynn434US #63
#41Connie427US #39
#42Julie426US #70
#43Ruth423US #66
#44Vicki418US #50
#45Bonnie414US #52
#46Sally407US #84
#47Theresa407US #47
#48Jane404US #49
#49Peggy399US #48
#50Shirley395US #33
#51Rose390US #54
#52Joan387US #40
#53Michele372US #89
#54Jean370US #56
#55Sherry366US #62
#56Carolyn363US #27
#57Marcia351US #90
#58Cathy340US #59
#59Jacqueline339US #68
#60Sheila338US #60
#61Suzanne337US #82
#62Cindy334US #91
#63Diana327US #57
#64Betty326US #36
#65Darlene326US #76
#66Gloria324US #42
#67Laurie317US #98
#68Michelle312US #94
#69Dawn311US #124
#70Jill311US #107
#71Teresa310US #34
#72Katherine306US #64
#73Vickie303US #69
#74Sue295US #106
#75Elaine288US #74
#76Wendy283US #95
#77Valerie278US #87
#78Jo276US #53
#79Victoria269US #85
#80Martha268US #46
#81Anne257US #80
#82Dorothy255US #55
#83Marie251US #79
#84Marsha248US #86
#85Sheryl242US #133
#86Lisa241US #73
#87Rhonda241US #71
#88Terry241US #88
#89Rita240US #67
#90Joanne231US #78
#91Maureen230US #97
#92Debbie228US #92
#93Lori226US #121
#94Phyllis225US #75
#95Terri222US #100
#96Colleen220US #119
#97Renee220US #132
#98Virginia214US #61
#99Wanda214US #58
#100Helen206US #72

Boys

#1Michael4,898US #1
#2David4,403US #5
#3Robert4,270US #2
#4James3,951US #3
#5John3,467US #4
#6Richard2,775US #7
#7Thomas2,734US #8
#8William2,668US #6
#9Mark2,476US #12
#10Gary2,168US #9
#11Steven1,765US #11
#12Daniel1,642US #18
#13Donald1,559US #14
#14Charles1,541US #10
#15Ronald1,477US #15
#16Kenneth1,445US #17
#17Dennis1,390US #21
#18Joseph1,284US #13
#19Paul1,251US #16
#20Timothy1,231US #26
#21Gregory1,220US #25
#22Larry1,047US #19
#23Douglas1,009US #29
#24Jeffrey934US #23
#25Kevin842US #28
#26Terry821US #27
#27Edward803US #22
#28Randy802US #33
#29Stephen780US #20
#30Bruce753US #30
#31Patrick704US #38
#32George679US #24
#33Gerald632US #44
#34Roger604US #34
#35Keith591US #45
#36Dale571US #50
#37Brian562US #48
#38Lawrence547US #39
#39Raymond539US #35
#40Anthony532US #32
#41Scott519US #40
#42Craig504US #51
#43Frank458US #36
#44Jerry444US #31
#45Alan443US #43
#46Peter423US #37
#47Jack404US #57
#48Randall373US #55
#49Carl371US #47
#50Christopher367US #64
#51Ricky342US #46
#52Rodney338US #66
#53Wayne338US #41
#54Kim331US #109
#55Danny322US #42
#56Walter312US #49
#57Frederick309US #83
#58Philip290US #62
#59Rick289US #102
#60Arthur286US #52
#61Martin286US #79
#62Harold285US #60
#63Russell268US #69
#64Glenn253US #63
#65Stanley249US #58
#66Ralph248US #61
#67Phillip238US #75
#68Jeffery228US #90
#69Andrew227US #70
#70Gordon227US #122
#71Leonard222US #85
#72Roy222US #56
#73Eric220US #89
#74Barry218US #68
#75Micheal209US #88
#76Allen207US #82
#77Eugene203US #77
#78Steve196US #76
#79Bradley194US #106
#80Jon194US #111
#81Norman194US #99
#82Henry192US #59
#83Dean183US #110
#84Jerome181US #114
#85Duane180US #136
#86Theodore180US #115
#87Curtis177US #84
#88Howard177US #80
#89Louis177US #81
#90Clifford168US #112
#91Matthew165US #124
#92Dan162US #139
#93Samuel162US #71
#94Fred161US #93
#95Bernard160US #123
#96Harry155US #86
#97Mike154US #130
#98Albert152US #73
#99Darrell148US #95
#100Victor148US #103

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑38Robin#33
↑21Michele#53
↑19Kevin#25
↑16Vicki#44
↑16Kim#54
↑15Laurie#67
↑13Vickie#73
↑11Cindy#62

Falling

↓24Albert#98
↓22Joanne#90
↓21Suzanne#61
↓20Duane#85
↓18Colleen#96
↓15Martha#80
↓15Virginia#98
↓13Gloria#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.