State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 180,068 Michigan births in 1961 across 1,606 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#67Sue#130 nationally
#68Dave#130 nationally
#89Shelly#145 nationally
#83Duane#132 nationally
#91Kirk#140 nationally
#82Kurt#129 nationally
#86Sally#133 nationally
#94Bob#141 nationally
#70Dan#115 nationally
#65Colleen#106 nationally
#99Karl#138 nationally
#100Carrie#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,344US #1
#2Karen1,869US #5
#3Susan1,817US #3
#4Linda1,758US #4
#5Lisa1,602US #2
#6Lori1,375US #14
#7Julie1,295US #23
#8Kimberly1,279US #22
#9Patricia1,191US #6
#10Sandra1,128US #9
#11Nancy1,127US #16
#12Brenda1,079US #11
#13Cheryl1,071US #20
#14Pamela1,071US #15
#15Debra1,048US #13
#16Barbara1,040US #12
#17Cynthia1,016US #8
#18Deborah1,011US #10
#19Michelle953US #34
#20Diane923US #26
#21Laura912US #21
#22Carol897US #24
#23Donna886US #7
#24Denise873US #30
#25Dawn870US #49
#26Kathleen808US #29
#27Kathy807US #25
#28Sharon787US #17
#29Tammy779US #28
#30Elizabeth721US #19
#31Cindy692US #33
#32Robin660US #27
#33Kim659US #36
#34Debbie655US #31
#35Kelly649US #45
#36Laurie632US #43
#37Theresa594US #35
#38Janet582US #32
#39Teresa581US #18
#40Christine563US #39
#41Tina519US #41
#42Catherine490US #48
#43Ann486US #54
#44Rebecca463US #44
#45Renee457US #79
#46Margaret454US #40
#47Jacqueline452US #37
#48Connie445US #50
#49Amy435US #69
#50Carolyn424US #42
#51Terri421US #51
#52Jill417US #74
#53Sherry399US #53
#54Suzanne396US #68
#55Michele395US #63
#56Beth393US #65
#57Janice393US #52
#58Lynn390US #71
#59Wendy384US #61
#60Cathy382US #55
#61Jane380US #72
#62Rhonda379US #46
#63Judy356US #58
#64Annette355US #73
#65Colleen355US #106
#66Paula350US #60
#67Sue350US #130
#68Jennifer348US #47
#69Angela344US #38
#70Sheila314US #59
#71Tracy312US #64
#72Anne310US #90
#73Vicki302US #76
#74Kathryn301US #93
#75Darlene293US #80
#76Diana293US #56
#77Katherine284US #86
#78Joan277US #89
#79Gail275US #94
#80Bonnie271US #75
#81Peggy270US #88
#82Judith268US #83
#83Valerie268US #67
#84Joyce265US #62
#85Ruth263US #96
#86Sally262US #133
#87Beverly250US #66
#88Penny249US #101
#89Shelly237US #145
#90Martha235US #81
#91Jean234US #92
#92Marie233US #109
#93Tamara227US #125
#94Leslie224US #84
#95Victoria223US #114
#96Maureen222US #104
#97Carla216US #77
#98Sandy214US #135
#99Andrea213US #110
#100Carrie213US #139

Boys

#1David4,217US #2
#2Michael4,148US #1
#3John3,637US #3
#4Robert3,411US #5
#5Mark3,297US #6
#6James3,201US #4
#7Thomas2,025US #9
#8William2,014US #7
#9Jeffrey1,824US #11
#10Steven1,797US #10
#11Richard1,774US #8
#12Kevin1,663US #14
#13Timothy1,564US #15
#14Daniel1,550US #17
#15Brian1,530US #20
#16Scott1,513US #19
#17Paul1,324US #18
#18Joseph1,228US #12
#19Kenneth1,222US #16
#20Charles1,079US #13
#21Gregory1,060US #23
#22Gary1,053US #21
#23Donald1,044US #22
#24Ronald1,043US #24
#25Douglas1,014US #28
#26Christopher858US #26
#27Anthony801US #25
#28Dennis749US #34
#29Craig737US #43
#30Edward688US #29
#31Keith671US #35
#32Patrick671US #39
#33Larry630US #30
#34Todd614US #46
#35Mike609US #36
#36Eric594US #38
#37Randy594US #33
#38Terry577US #32
#39Stephen576US #27
#40Bruce571US #40
#41Jeff555US #49
#42Jeffery534US #50
#43Matthew516US #59
#44Steve502US #45
#45Gerald492US #62
#46Dale490US #58
#47George442US #31
#48Raymond412US #48
#49Peter408US #42
#50Roger404US #47
#51Tim404US #65
#52Tom394US #88
#53Alan393US #51
#54Jerry386US #37
#55Andrew382US #52
#56Frank382US #41
#57Chris356US #57
#58Jim340US #78
#59Dean323US #84
#60Darryl315US #80
#61Lawrence315US #67
#62Carl304US #56
#63Martin295US #73
#64Russell290US #55
#65Rodney289US #72
#66Bryan288US #82
#67Randall287US #63
#68Dave278US #130
#69Ricky276US #44
#70Dan271US #115
#71Bradley270US #87
#72Tony267US #53
#73Philip260US #79
#74Greg257US #77
#75Rick257US #108
#76Bill253US #104
#77Phillip252US #69
#78Jon245US #93
#79Glenn243US #64
#80Jack233US #90
#81Joe233US #60
#82Kurt232US #129
#83Duane230US #132
#84Wayne222US #61
#85Danny212US #54
#86Walter207US #74
#87Barry197US #66
#88Allen196US #96
#89Curtis187US #75
#90Arthur186US #85
#91Kirk185US #140
#92Micheal181US #103
#93Jay180US #81
#94Bob173US #141
#95Troy169US #100
#96Frederick164US #117
#97Roy160US #83
#98Harold159US #94
#99Karl153US #138
#100Dwayne152US #111

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑44Jacqueline#47
↑20Michele#55
↑20Todd#34
↑20Darryl#60
↑19Tracy#71
↑15Carolyn#50
↑13Michelle#19
↑13Jennifer#68

Falling

↓19Sue#67
↓16Bonnie#80
↓15Janice#57
↓15Peggy#81
↓14Sally#86
↓14Rick#75
↓13Lynn#58
↓11Judy#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.