State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 196,613 Michigan births in 1957 across 1,602 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#75Dave#155 nationally
#69Duane#136 nationally
#95Kirk#154 nationally
#47Sue#104 nationally
#86Kurt#141 nationally
#39Dawn#93 nationally
#62Tom#116 nationally
#65Tim#119 nationally
#67Dan#121 nationally
#89Gordon#140 nationally
#66Jim#106 nationally
#60Michele#99 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,198US #1
#2Susan2,443US #2
#3Karen2,379US #5
#4Linda2,254US #3
#5Debra2,212US #4
#6Cynthia1,944US #7
#7Deborah1,832US #6
#8Patricia1,716US #8
#9Nancy1,472US #11
#10Cheryl1,460US #16
#11Cindy1,381US #19
#12Pamela1,372US #12
#13Diane1,328US #17
#14Barbara1,310US #9
#15Sandra1,286US #15
#16Carol1,282US #18
#17Kathleen1,149US #21
#18Denise1,121US #25
#19Kathy1,078US #20
#20Sharon1,074US #14
#21Brenda1,065US #13
#22Julie988US #28
#23Donna975US #10
#24Laura779US #31
#25Kim775US #35
#26Janet766US #23
#27Lori761US #45
#28Debbie750US #27
#29Robin701US #30
#30Kimberly667US #42
#31Janice636US #32
#32Lisa636US #26
#33Elizabeth627US #22
#34Theresa589US #36
#35Catherine572US #37
#36Christine561US #41
#37Margaret547US #29
#38Judy541US #38
#39Dawn537US #93
#40Ann511US #44
#41Teresa502US #24
#42Cathy494US #39
#43Lynn493US #61
#44Laurie486US #73
#45Gail482US #54
#46Darlene476US #57
#47Sue460US #104
#48Judith457US #53
#49Connie437US #47
#50Michelle433US #79
#51Jane427US #56
#52Kathryn427US #65
#53Rebecca424US #34
#54Sherry421US #55
#55Paula420US #49
#56Terri397US #68
#57Vicki394US #51
#58Carolyn389US #33
#59Diana382US #43
#60Michele380US #99
#61Peggy380US #62
#62Jean378US #67
#63Jill368US #100
#64Bonnie366US #64
#65Sheila366US #58
#66Joyce365US #40
#67Beverly364US #48
#68Valerie355US #76
#69Annette347US #97
#70Joan340US #60
#71Suzanne336US #102
#72Ruth331US #84
#73Shirley330US #46
#74Tina321US #80
#75Sheryl316US #112
#76Rhonda313US #52
#77Anne305US #86
#78Beth299US #108
#79Jacqueline297US #91
#80Colleen294US #118
#81Sally294US #115
#82Katherine293US #72
#83Renee291US #111
#84Wendy287US #101
#85Rose286US #69
#86Victoria284US #88
#87Martha278US #63
#88Marcia274US #126
#89Marilyn272US #82
#90Elaine268US #96
#91Vickie268US #70
#92Marie266US #98
#93Anita259US #81
#94Gloria257US #66
#95Betty252US #50
#96Tammy249US #107
#97Joanne239US #94
#98Maureen237US #103
#99Terry236US #92
#100Leslie235US #77

Boys

#1Michael4,931US #1
#2David4,465US #3
#3Robert3,930US #4
#4James3,818US #2
#5Mark3,575US #7
#6John3,512US #5
#7Thomas2,577US #9
#8Richard2,472US #8
#9William2,457US #6
#10Steven2,054US #10
#11Daniel1,780US #16
#12Timothy1,609US #19
#13Gary1,578US #13
#14Kevin1,532US #20
#15Ronald1,499US #17
#16Kenneth1,487US #14
#17Paul1,448US #18
#18Donald1,427US #15
#19Brian1,350US #26
#20Joseph1,343US #12
#21Gregory1,288US #23
#22Charles1,268US #11
#23Jeffrey1,208US #21
#24Dennis1,174US #28
#25Douglas1,035US #30
#26Larry949US #22
#27Randy947US #31
#28Scott940US #32
#29Edward821US #25
#30Stephen793US #24
#31Terry786US #33
#32Keith775US #36
#33Patrick735US #41
#34Bruce710US #34
#35Anthony709US #27
#36George652US #29
#37Gerald587US #51
#38Dale550US #50
#39Christopher503US #43
#40Lawrence500US #46
#41Steve499US #44
#42Craig489US #55
#43Roger489US #42
#44Frank476US #38
#45Jerry466US #35
#46Jeffery457US #52
#47Mike452US #53
#48Peter446US #37
#49Raymond427US #39
#50Alan425US #48
#51Matthew404US #83
#52Rick400US #87
#53Carl378US #49
#54Martin376US #69
#55Ricky376US #40
#56Eric373US #60
#57Randall364US #59
#58Wayne352US #47
#59Jack341US #67
#60Russell337US #54
#61Rodney333US #70
#62Tom319US #116
#63Danny298US #45
#64Phillip294US #79
#65Tim293US #119
#66Jim284US #106
#67Dan278US #121
#68Andrew276US #56
#69Duane276US #136
#70Glenn276US #62
#71Walter263US #58
#72Philip261US #68
#73Jeff260US #96
#74Dean252US #93
#75Dave246US #155
#76Arthur242US #66
#77Bryan242US #115
#78Harold240US #74
#79Micheal237US #85
#80Ralph236US #76
#81Allen229US #91
#82Chris223US #120
#83Frederick218US #99
#84Bradley215US #107
#85Curtis212US #80
#86Kurt211US #141
#87Barry206US #72
#88Roy205US #65
#89Gordon203US #140
#90Darrell200US #90
#91Greg198US #127
#92Joel196US #104
#93Bill195US #123
#94Leonard193US #94
#95Kirk192US #154
#96Joe190US #57
#97Howard189US #89
#98Jon188US #110
#99Louis187US #86
#100Stanley187US #81

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑30Jim#66
↑25Annette#69
↑25Mike#47
↑25Dave#75
↑24Sue#47
↑19Kimberly#30
↑19Carolyn#58
↑18Jeff#73

Falling

↓24Stanley#100
↓22Renee#83
↓19Katherine#82
↓15Vickie#91
↓14Bonnie#64
↓14Marilyn#89
↓13Rebecca#53
↓13Joyce#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.