State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 170,440 Michigan births in 1962 across 1,552 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#80Dave#145 nationally
#74Sue#135 nationally
#77Duane#135 nationally
#94Bob#152 nationally
#77Shelly#130 nationally
#73Kurt#121 nationally
#88Sally#136 nationally
#91Kirk#138 nationally
#75Dan#120 nationally
#99Karl#142 nationally
#56Tom#98 nationally
#92Sheryl#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,107US #2
#2Lisa1,876US #1
#3Karen1,802US #4
#4Susan1,745US #3
#5Linda1,510US #5
#6Kimberly1,385US #16
#7Lori1,385US #11
#8Julie1,254US #22
#9Patricia1,026US #6
#10Nancy1,018US #19
#11Pamela986US #13
#12Deborah981US #9
#13Laura971US #21
#14Brenda970US #12
#15Cynthia949US #8
#16Sandra944US #10
#17Barbara932US #14
#18Debra914US #15
#19Cheryl893US #24
#20Michelle852US #31
#21Diane841US #26
#22Donna791US #7
#23Denise789US #30
#24Kathy771US #27
#25Dawn752US #50
#26Kathleen750US #29
#27Sharon746US #17
#28Tammy721US #23
#29Carol706US #28
#30Kelly702US #38
#31Laurie678US #42
#32Elizabeth661US #20
#33Kim629US #37
#34Christine628US #39
#35Robin620US #25
#36Cindy614US #34
#37Teresa563US #18
#38Tina559US #33
#39Theresa547US #40
#40Debbie545US #32
#41Janet499US #35
#42Ann490US #56
#43Renee463US #76
#44Sherry442US #48
#45Margaret440US #43
#46Amy438US #61
#47Catherine429US #53
#48Tracy418US #55
#49Jill416US #72
#50Terri416US #54
#51Michele411US #59
#52Connie406US #51
#53Jennifer405US #41
#54Jacqueline401US #44
#55Suzanne398US #65
#56Wendy398US #64
#57Beth378US #66
#58Rhonda371US #45
#59Rebecca370US #47
#60Lynn365US #71
#61Sheila365US #52
#62Carolyn361US #46
#63Angela353US #36
#64Janice353US #58
#65Jane340US #73
#66Annette337US #75
#67Judy335US #63
#68Colleen334US #101
#69Cathy331US #62
#70Anne330US #83
#71Paula303US #60
#72Bonnie286US #79
#73Kathryn284US #89
#74Sue279US #135
#75Valerie278US #67
#76Jean261US #95
#77Shelly258US #130
#78Sherri256US #82
#79Penny254US #92
#80Diana251US #57
#81Katherine250US #84
#82Leslie248US #80
#83Peggy245US #93
#84Ruth244US #104
#85Gail232US #103
#86Vicki232US #85
#87Judith231US #86
#88Sally217US #136
#89Melissa212US #68
#90Darlene211US #88
#91Joan208US #94
#92Sheryl207US #134
#93Tamara207US #119
#94Maria206US #49
#95Joyce204US #74
#96Andrea199US #99
#97Maureen197US #108
#98Carla190US #78
#99Stephanie190US #70
#100Beverly186US #69

Boys

#1David4,039US #2
#2Michael4,000US #1
#3John3,241US #3
#4Robert3,171US #5
#5James3,098US #4
#6Mark2,933US #6
#7Scott1,938US #11
#8Thomas1,934US #9
#9Jeffrey1,865US #10
#10William1,743US #7
#11Steven1,627US #12
#12Richard1,618US #8
#13Kevin1,585US #14
#14Brian1,543US #20
#15Timothy1,529US #16
#16Daniel1,500US #17
#17Kenneth1,269US #18
#18Joseph1,224US #13
#19Paul1,193US #19
#20Gregory1,055US #21
#21Ronald1,036US #25
#22Gary1,003US #22
#23Donald985US #23
#24Charles976US #15
#25Todd919US #30
#26Douglas915US #27
#27Christopher817US #26
#28Anthony706US #24
#29Patrick646US #40
#30Keith625US #36
#31Eric605US #33
#32Edward588US #29
#33Randy575US #35
#34Craig572US #51
#35Stephen565US #28
#36Dennis559US #37
#37Larry551US #31
#38Terry545US #34
#39Bruce533US #41
#40Jeff532US #44
#41Mike514US #39
#42Jeffery512US #45
#43Matthew503US #56
#44Steve465US #46
#45Raymond423US #48
#46Gerald417US #65
#47Alan406US #53
#48Roger406US #47
#49George405US #32
#50Dale398US #62
#51Andrew383US #49
#52Jerry378US #38
#53Chris362US #60
#54Peter339US #43
#55Frank335US #42
#56Tom328US #98
#57Tim320US #72
#58Randall312US #64
#59Carl310US #58
#60Glenn303US #55
#61Jim299US #85
#62Martin299US #74
#63Greg297US #77
#64Lawrence294US #70
#65Darryl277US #83
#66Philip277US #81
#67Russell270US #57
#68Rodney266US #76
#69Jon263US #84
#70Dean257US #86
#71Wayne254US #63
#72Phillip253US #68
#73Kurt247US #121
#74Tony245US #52
#75Dan240US #120
#76Bryan237US #82
#77Duane237US #135
#78Jack236US #99
#79Rick232US #110
#80Dave229US #145
#81Troy229US #67
#82Vincent220US #66
#83Joe212US #59
#84Bradley208US #87
#85Bill207US #108
#86Curtis205US #73
#87Barry198US #61
#88Walter196US #79
#89Jay191US #80
#90Ricky190US #50
#91Kirk189US #138
#92Allen183US #93
#93Danny172US #54
#94Bob161US #152
#95Ralph161US #97
#96Frederick160US #116
#97Jonathan159US #94
#98Harold158US #95
#99Karl157US #142
#100Micheal157US #104

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑23Tracy#48
↑19Glenn#60
↑15Jennifer#53
↑15Jean#76
↑14Troy#81
↑13Wayne#71
↑12Shelly#77
↑12Leslie#82

Falling

↓21Ricky#90
↓15Rebecca#59
↓15Darlene#90
↓13Vicki#86
↓13Joan#91
↓13Beverly#100
↓13Bradley#84
↓12Carolyn#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.