Michigan · 1916

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1916, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,587
#2	Helen	1,415
#3	Dorothy	1,151
#4	Margaret	930
#5	Ruth	853
#6	Virginia	594
#7	Irene	534
#8	Frances	500
#9	Mildred	452
#10	Elizabeth	450
#11	Florence	446
#12	Evelyn	444
#13	Marie	418
#14	Alice	412
#15	Eleanor	391
#16	Anna	364
#17	Lillian	348
#18	Doris	339
#19	Josephine	320
#20	Gertrude	309
#21	Marjorie	303
#22	Rose	298
#23	Marion	295
#24	Esther	292
#25	Lucille	288
#26	Jean	271
#27	Grace	270
#28	Bernice	260
#29	Catherine	258
#30	Marian	244
#31	Beatrice	242
#32	Genevieve	239
#33	Ann	238
#34	Clara	237
#35	Edna	236
#36	Betty	229
#37	Gladys	224
#38	Edith	224
#39	Thelma	212
#40	Ethel	205
#41	Martha	202
#42	Stella	192
#43	Leona	191
#44	Julia	189
#45	Agnes	188
#46	Elsie	186
#47	Marguerite	183
#48	Louise	182
#49	Anne	179
#50	Hazel	169
#51	Pauline	168
#52	June	162
#53	Jane	160
#54	Katherine	159
#55	Maxine	159
#56	Viola	158
#57	Eva	156
#58	Barbara	150
#59	Geraldine	148
#60	Phyllis	147
#61	Kathryn	146
#62	Violet	140
#63	Bertha	134
#64	Sophie	133
#65	Lois	132
#66	Wanda	132
#67	Emma	131
#68	Charlotte	128
#69	Vera	128
#70	Jennie	121
#71	Laura	121
#72	Vivian	120
#73	Wilma	117
#74	Pearl	116
#75	Ellen	114
#76	Ida	112
#77	Harriet	106
#78	Sylvia	103
#79	Kathleen	101
#80	Theresa	95
#81	Nellie	92
#82	Myrtle	89
#83	Angeline	88
#84	Eileen	88
#85	Winifred	87
#86	Lottie	86
#87	Mabel	84
#88	Donna	83
#89	Madeline	82
#90	Loretta	81
#91	Elaine	81
#92	Eleanore	79
#93	Jeanette	79
#94	Bessie	79
#95	Norma	78
#96	Arlene	78
#97	Mae	78
#98	Erma	76
#99	Rita	76
#100	Emily	75

Uniquely popular in Michigan

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Donna	83	26	6
Eleanore	79	24	7
Angeline	88	27	9
Stephanie	37	11	4
Lorna	20	6	2
Johanna	33	10	4
Wanda	132	41	14
Leone	22	7	2
Monica	24	7	3
Gretchen	25	8	3
Lenore	27	8	3
Genevieve	239	74	29

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.