State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 185,385 Michigan births in 1955 across 1,544 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#42Dawn#103 nationally
#77Duane#135 nationally
#93Kurt#150 nationally
#50Kim#98 nationally
#92Dan#136 nationally
#66Rick#109 nationally
#75Sue#116 nationally
#87Gordon#128 nationally
#92Beth#133 nationally
#99Chris#139 nationally
#88Sheryl#125 nationally
#61Sally#95 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,144US #1
#2Deborah2,792US #2
#3Debra2,657US #4
#4Susan2,568US #5
#5Linda2,469US #3
#6Patricia2,273US #6
#7Karen1,921US #8
#8Barbara1,652US #7
#9Nancy1,605US #9
#10Pamela1,515US #12
#11Sandra1,417US #13
#12Diane1,409US #14
#13Cynthia1,402US #11
#14Cheryl1,379US #19
#15Kathleen1,328US #17
#16Denise1,302US #23
#17Carol1,260US #15
#18Sharon1,101US #16
#19Donna965US #10
#20Janet887US #20
#21Kathy815US #22
#22Janice733US #25
#23Brenda667US #18
#24Margaret640US #24
#25Robin626US #33
#26Christine612US #40
#27Elizabeth578US #21
#28Catherine569US #28
#29Gail568US #42
#30Judith551US #31
#31Laura546US #41
#32Bonnie489US #45
#33Theresa480US #38
#34Judy476US #32
#35Julie470US #67
#36Lynn465US #62
#37Ann453US #43
#38Paula449US #39
#39Beverly438US #34
#40Joyce438US #29
#41Connie428US #35
#42Dawn421US #103
#43Sherry412US #56
#44Teresa412US #26
#45Kathryn411US #59
#46Cathy399US #44
#47Rebecca399US #27
#48Ruth395US #70
#49Peggy393US #51
#50Sheila393US #57
#51Jane391US #50
#52Jean391US #60
#53Cindy387US #79
#54Suzanne382US #86
#55Katherine375US #65
#56Kim373US #75
#57Carolyn370US #30
#58Lisa370US #48
#59Joan369US #46
#60Lori368US #89
#61Sally367US #95
#62Marilyn362US #49
#63Rose361US #54
#64Vicki360US #52
#65Marcia357US #98
#66Diana356US #55
#67Laurie342US #91
#68Debbie340US #63
#69Terri338US #85
#70Jill333US #102
#71Michelle331US #97
#72Terry322US #83
#73Shirley321US #37
#74Darlene320US #76
#75Sue320US #116
#76Michele312US #93
#77Wendy312US #90
#78Betty310US #36
#79Valerie309US #80
#80Victoria301US #82
#81Colleen297US #110
#82Jacqueline292US #73
#83Elaine289US #77
#84Gloria285US #47
#85Anne276US #84
#86Vickie275US #68
#87Martha273US #53
#88Sheryl272US #125
#89Marie270US #92
#90Renee259US #117
#91Jo256US #58
#92Beth250US #133
#93Rita245US #72
#94Kimberly239US #111
#95Rhonda236US #71
#96Maureen235US #100
#97Joanne226US #88
#98Dorothy222US #64
#99Yvonne216US #119
#100Virginia215US #66

Boys

#1Michael4,793US #1
#2David4,595US #2
#3Robert4,024US #4
#4James3,865US #3
#5John3,624US #5
#6Mark2,846US #9
#7Thomas2,694US #8
#8William2,620US #6
#9Richard2,583US #7
#10Steven2,065US #10
#11Gary1,948US #12
#12Daniel1,768US #17
#13Kenneth1,516US #15
#14Donald1,460US #14
#15Ronald1,444US #18
#16Timothy1,436US #22
#17Dennis1,423US #23
#18Paul1,422US #16
#19Charles1,400US #11
#20Joseph1,370US #13
#21Gregory1,316US #24
#22Jeffrey1,124US #20
#23Douglas1,068US #29
#24Kevin1,012US #27
#25Larry1,011US #19
#26Randy932US #30
#27Stephen880US #21
#28Terry836US #28
#29Edward830US #25
#30Brian749US #40
#31Bruce704US #32
#32Keith703US #39
#33Patrick664US #41
#34George663US #26
#35Gerald612US #48
#36Scott596US #38
#37Anthony588US #31
#38Roger541US #37
#39Dale534US #52
#40Lawrence514US #42
#41Raymond501US #36
#42Craig463US #50
#43Jerry460US #33
#44Alan447US #43
#45Frank436US #34
#46Peter427US #35
#47Christopher424US #49
#48Carl369US #47
#49Jack360US #60
#50Kim356US #98
#51Rodney356US #65
#52Randall355US #53
#53Jeffery354US #73
#54Wayne333US #44
#55Ricky323US #46
#56Russell316US #57
#57Martin309US #77
#58Frederick301US #86
#59Danny297US #45
#60Walter288US #51
#61Glenn287US #59
#62Philip282US #62
#63Arthur268US #56
#64Steve267US #72
#65Eric259US #85
#66Rick255US #109
#67Phillip254US #74
#68Micheal252US #87
#69Harold245US #63
#70Allen240US #84
#71Andrew236US #66
#72Matthew222US #105
#73Stanley222US #64
#74Ralph221US #67
#75Roy221US #58
#76Henry213US #61
#77Duane206US #135
#78Eugene200US #81
#79Leonard199US #88
#80Curtis197US #79
#81Barry193US #70
#82Dean193US #111
#83Howard187US #83
#84Jerome187US #112
#85Norman187US #102
#86Jon176US #115
#87Gordon175US #128
#88Theodore173US #120
#89Fred169US #97
#90Louis169US #82
#91Albert167US #76
#92Dan167US #136
#93Kurt167US #150
#94Bradley163US #107
#95Samuel163US #71
#96Darrell161US #91
#97Lee157US #96
#98Marvin156US #94
#99Chris154US #139
#100Ernest149US #90

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑33Lori#60
↑28Lisa#58
↑27Dawn#42
↑27Teresa#44
↑26Terri#69
↑24Debbie#68
↑19Matthew#72
↑17Katherine#55

Falling

↓30Marilyn#62
↓23Shirley#73
↓23Michele#76
↓23Jacqueline#82
↓20Vicki#64
↓18Gloria#84
↓17Gordon#87
↓16Dorothy#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.