State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 190,723 Michigan births in 1958 across 1,593 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#84Kirk#147 nationally
#69Dave#126 nationally
#80Duane#136 nationally
#96Gordon#152 nationally
#48Sue#102 nationally
#67Sally#112 nationally
#94Bob#139 nationally
#40Dawn#84 nationally
#90Kurt#134 nationally
#68Dan#109 nationally
#65Renee#105 nationally
#83Sheryl#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,744US #1
#2Susan2,386US #2
#3Karen2,232US #4
#4Linda2,110US #3
#5Debra1,667US #6
#6Patricia1,628US #5
#7Cheryl1,537US #13
#8Deborah1,449US #7
#9Pamela1,436US #11
#10Cynthia1,415US #8
#11Diane1,284US #18
#12Nancy1,275US #12
#13Kathy1,269US #14
#14Julie1,252US #23
#15Barbara1,215US #9
#16Cindy1,147US #25
#17Sandra1,135US #15
#18Carol1,111US #20
#19Kathleen1,089US #21
#20Denise1,081US #27
#21Lori1,060US #30
#22Sharon978US #17
#23Brenda944US #16
#24Donna909US #10
#25Laura888US #29
#26Debbie863US #24
#27Lisa840US #19
#28Janet760US #28
#29Kimberly736US #39
#30Elizabeth695US #22
#31Kim689US #40
#32Catherine594US #38
#33Janice587US #35
#34Theresa586US #33
#35Christine572US #43
#36Margaret565US #31
#37Michelle563US #56
#38Robin559US #32
#39Ann552US #47
#40Dawn545US #84
#41Cathy542US #34
#42Judy518US #36
#43Tammy503US #44
#44Peggy500US #42
#45Laurie491US #70
#46Teresa490US #26
#47Lynn487US #60
#48Sue486US #102
#49Terri433US #51
#50Darlene432US #49
#51Jane412US #61
#52Kathryn404US #58
#53Rebecca397US #41
#54Annette395US #76
#55Gail393US #72
#56Judith384US #62
#57Tina380US #71
#58Vicki377US #57
#59Connie374US #50
#60Rhonda371US #48
#61Sherry370US #67
#62Valerie369US #64
#63Michele357US #92
#64Bonnie355US #63
#65Renee355US #105
#66Paula354US #53
#67Sally349US #112
#68Carolyn347US #37
#69Diana343US #45
#70Jill343US #98
#71Beth336US #95
#72Joyce334US #46
#73Jean318US #73
#74Katherine318US #74
#75Anne316US #87
#76Sheila314US #59
#77Suzanne312US #104
#78Shirley301US #52
#79Beverly300US #55
#80Joan290US #68
#81Amy288US #97
#82Colleen288US #116
#83Sheryl278US #121
#84Kelly273US #108
#85Ruth271US #90
#86Wendy268US #107
#87Jennifer266US #81
#88Betty262US #54
#89Terry255US #89
#90Vickie253US #75
#91Leslie250US #79
#92Marcia247US #128
#93Martha245US #69
#94Penny243US #124
#95Elaine239US #101
#96Rose236US #78
#97Joanne234US #80
#98Maureen225US #110
#99Tamara225US #127
#100Victoria222US #109

Boys

#1Michael4,529US #1
#2David4,375US #2
#3Robert3,644US #4
#4James3,635US #3
#5John3,474US #5
#6Mark3,404US #7
#7Thomas2,322US #9
#8William2,310US #6
#9Richard2,262US #8
#10Timothy1,824US #13
#11Steven1,801US #10
#12Daniel1,696US #16
#13Brian1,585US #24
#14Kevin1,462US #20
#15Paul1,414US #15
#16Kenneth1,402US #14
#17Ronald1,363US #19
#18Donald1,318US #18
#19Joseph1,316US #12
#20Gary1,292US #17
#21Jeffrey1,248US #21
#22Charles1,238US #11
#23Scott1,210US #25
#24Gregory1,095US #23
#25Dennis1,086US #29
#26Douglas1,055US #30
#27Larry899US #22
#28Randy780US #32
#29Edward775US #28
#30Anthony768US #27
#31Keith754US #37
#32Terry731US #33
#33Bruce689US #36
#34Patrick679US #42
#35Stephen672US #26
#36Mike669US #40
#37Christopher608US #39
#38Dale603US #46
#39Steve581US #44
#40George547US #31
#41Gerald512US #58
#42Matthew503US #60
#43Eric495US #50
#44Jerry492US #35
#45Craig476US #53
#46Ricky459US #34
#47Frank456US #38
#48Raymond453US #43
#49Lawrence448US #52
#50Peter446US #41
#51Tim443US #74
#52Rick442US #77
#53Jeffery435US #59
#54Alan434US #49
#55Roger416US #47
#56Jeff387US #68
#57Martin386US #71
#58Jim379US #87
#59Tom373US #96
#60Carl344US #51
#61Russell325US #54
#62Rodney319US #65
#63Randall315US #62
#64Wayne307US #48
#65Andrew301US #55
#66Jack293US #80
#67Bill292US #99
#68Dan286US #109
#69Dave286US #126
#70Philip283US #67
#71Phillip279US #81
#72Chris273US #93
#73Walter269US #63
#74Dean265US #97
#75Bryan258US #101
#76Danny244US #45
#77Joe244US #56
#78Greg243US #105
#79Tony242US #57
#80Duane241US #136
#81Glenn228US #76
#82Arthur219US #72
#83Allen217US #92
#84Kirk215US #147
#85Jay214US #86
#86Ralph210US #78
#87Micheal208US #91
#88Bradley204US #108
#89Todd204US #116
#90Kurt202US #134
#91Frederick200US #110
#92Leonard197US #102
#93Harold194US #84
#94Bob191US #139
#95Darrell189US #90
#96Gordon189US #152
#97Roy185US #75
#98Jon182US #117
#99Fred178US #115
#100Howard178US #95

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑53Tammy#43
↑26Bill#67
↑19Joe#77
↑18Renee#65
↑17Peggy#44
↑17Tina#57
↑17Jeff#56
↑16Rhonda#60

Falling

↓15Harold#93
↓14Victoria#100
↓13Ruth#85
↓13Danny#76
↓12Beverly#79
↓12Roger#55
↓11Paula#66
↓11Jean#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.