State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 182,711 Michigan births in 1960 across 1,582 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#48Sue#120 nationally
#93Gordon#159 nationally
#62Dave#122 nationally
#97Shelly#157 nationally
#90Kirk#142 nationally
#72Sally#123 nationally
#78Duane#127 nationally
#82Kurt#130 nationally
#94Sheryl#142 nationally
#66Dan#111 nationally
#53Renee#93 nationally
#61Rick#101 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,517US #1
#2Karen2,018US #4
#3Susan1,976US #2
#4Linda1,821US #3
#5Patricia1,370US #7
#6Lori1,301US #20
#7Lisa1,293US #6
#8Debra1,233US #8
#9Kimberly1,220US #26
#10Nancy1,202US #15
#11Julie1,197US #28
#12Cheryl1,146US #17
#13Pamela1,130US #14
#14Sandra1,110US #11
#15Cynthia1,109US #9
#16Deborah1,096US #10
#17Brenda1,080US #13
#18Barbara1,043US #12
#19Diane1,043US #22
#20Donna1,006US #5
#21Denise989US #29
#22Laura964US #25
#23Kathy949US #21
#24Carol946US #23
#25Kathleen908US #27
#26Sharon833US #16
#27Cindy780US #30
#28Kim763US #34
#29Laurie729US #37
#30Dawn721US #57
#31Debbie717US #24
#32Michelle715US #39
#33Tammy667US #31
#34Elizabeth665US #18
#35Robin661US #33
#36Janet648US #32
#37Teresa617US #19
#38Christine571US #40
#39Theresa564US #35
#40Kelly545US #52
#41Ann521US #51
#42Janice504US #41
#43Catherine489US #42
#44Margaret477US #36
#45Lynn474US #64
#46Beth444US #72
#47Terri437US #49
#48Sue435US #120
#49Tina431US #45
#50Jill422US #76
#51Connie413US #47
#52Judy408US #48
#53Renee407US #93
#54Rebecca404US #38
#55Sherry402US #54
#56Cathy398US #46
#57Annette395US #62
#58Wendy392US #63
#59Amy384US #77
#60Rhonda384US #44
#61Suzanne354US #78
#62Sheila341US #56
#63Paula338US #55
#64Bonnie335US #71
#65Carolyn328US #43
#66Peggy326US #69
#67Jane325US #67
#68Colleen324US #107
#69Vicki311US #73
#70Anne310US #88
#71Kathryn310US #82
#72Sally309US #123
#73Valerie308US #65
#74Angela307US #50
#75Michele303US #89
#76Joyce300US #58
#77Judith300US #74
#78Katherine300US #81
#79Darlene297US #75
#80Joan289US #80
#81Jennifer285US #61
#82Gail280US #90
#83Jean279US #86
#84Ruth276US #97
#85Diana273US #53
#86Penny266US #113
#87Beverly264US #60
#88Marie259US #103
#89Tamara254US #124
#90Tracy235US #84
#91Jacqueline226US #85
#92Andrea225US #115
#93Martha225US #83
#94Sheryl221US #142
#95Sandy212US #126
#96Shirley210US #70
#97Shelly208US #157
#98Anita206US #87
#99Maureen203US #106
#100Elaine202US #112

Boys

#1David4,289US #1
#2Michael3,940US #2
#3Mark3,422US #6
#4James3,415US #3
#5Robert3,276US #5
#6John3,225US #4
#7Thomas2,119US #9
#8William2,031US #7
#9Richard1,888US #8
#10Steven1,836US #10
#11Timothy1,835US #11
#12Kevin1,796US #15
#13Jeffrey1,601US #14
#14Daniel1,571US #17
#15Brian1,499US #20
#16Kenneth1,401US #16
#17Paul1,344US #18
#18Joseph1,286US #12
#19Scott1,285US #23
#20Donald1,173US #19
#21Ronald1,163US #21
#22Charles1,082US #13
#23Gary1,071US #22
#24Gregory1,063US #24
#25Douglas907US #30
#26Dennis867US #31
#27Christopher804US #29
#28Craig751US #41
#29Randy734US #32
#30Anthony730US #25
#31Keith715US #35
#32Edward694US #26
#33Patrick677US #45
#34Larry658US #28
#35Terry622US #34
#36Bruce587US #39
#37Mike584US #36
#38Dale571US #54
#39Stephen562US #27
#40Eric535US #44
#41Steve531US #43
#42Gerald519US #62
#43Jeff504US #49
#44Matthew501US #61
#45George453US #33
#46Jeffery452US #55
#47Roger443US #47
#48Peter439US #42
#49Jerry438US #37
#50Tim436US #60
#51Alan422US #50
#52Raymond406US #46
#53Andrew383US #51
#54Todd379US #71
#55Chris377US #63
#56Tom375US #86
#57Randall367US #59
#58Frank364US #40
#59Jim352US #75
#60Lawrence347US #64
#61Rick322US #101
#62Dave314US #122
#63Carl313US #53
#64Rodney309US #68
#65Russell309US #56
#66Dan301US #111
#67Philip298US #76
#68Martin295US #77
#69Greg286US #83
#70Bill284US #95
#71Dean284US #94
#72Jack278US #85
#73Phillip275US #66
#74Bradley270US #90
#75Ricky269US #38
#76Wayne265US #58
#77Bryan262US #88
#78Duane261US #127
#79Tony259US #52
#80Darryl248US #96
#81Joe247US #57
#82Kurt239US #130
#83Arthur231US #82
#84Danny221US #48
#85Glenn219US #74
#86Walter210US #70
#87Allen201US #99
#88Jon199US #97
#89Curtis196US #79
#90Kirk189US #142
#91Micheal188US #105
#92Jay184US #78
#93Gordon183US #159
#94Bob182US #131
#95Frederick179US #114
#96Harold177US #92
#97Ralph174US #89
#98Roy171US #80
#99Leonard168US #113
#100Fred166US #117

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑17Kimberly#9
↑16Angela#74
↑16Darryl#80
↑15Kelly#40
↑15Suzanne#61
↑15Andrew#53
↑15Todd#54
↑13Wendy#58

Falling

↓24Gail#82
↓14Cathy#56
↓14Ricky#75
↓14Wayne#76
↓13Valerie#73
↓13Judith#77
↓10Diana#85
↓10Lawrence#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.