Michigan · 1917

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,774
#2	Helen	1,485
#3	Dorothy	1,214
#4	Margaret	1,012
#5	Ruth	868
#6	Virginia	707
#7	Elizabeth	514
#8	Mildred	509
#9	Frances	489
#10	Evelyn	474
#11	Irene	465
#12	Marie	455
#13	Florence	431
#14	Eleanor	402
#15	Alice	384
#16	Doris	365
#17	Anna	361
#18	Lillian	355
#19	Betty	330
#20	Gertrude	329
#21	Jean	323
#22	Rose	313
#23	Josephine	310
#24	Marion	304
#25	Lucille	301
#26	Esther	296
#27	Bernice	289
#28	Marjorie	283
#29	Beatrice	275
#30	Genevieve	270
#31	Grace	268
#32	Ann	256
#33	June	248
#34	Marian	242
#35	Stella	238
#36	Martha	227
#37	Gladys	225
#38	Catherine	222
#39	Louise	222
#40	Edith	216
#41	Edna	215
#42	Clara	215
#43	Jane	206
#44	Leona	198
#45	Julia	196
#46	Pauline	195
#47	Hazel	195
#48	Katherine	194
#49	Geraldine	189
#50	Anne	188
#51	Ethel	187
#52	Thelma	184
#53	Agnes	177
#54	Elsie	166
#55	Lois	165
#56	Eva	164
#57	Phyllis	163
#58	Barbara	162
#59	Maxine	161
#60	Marguerite	159
#61	Vera	155
#62	Viola	153
#63	Violet	148
#64	Sophie	142
#65	Kathryn	139
#66	Wilma	139
#67	Wanda	138
#68	Vivian	138
#69	Jennie	136
#70	Pearl	133
#71	Charlotte	130
#72	Laura	128
#73	Bertha	126
#74	Ellen	125
#75	Emma	111
#76	Eileen	110
#77	Sylvia	107
#78	Ida	101
#79	Bessie	99
#80	Harriet	97
#81	Mabel	96
#82	Norma	95
#83	Lottie	94
#84	Nellie	90
#85	Myrtle	88
#86	Kathleen	88
#87	Loretta	86
#88	Elaine	86
#89	Angeline	86
#90	Jeanette	85
#91	Rita	85
#92	Arlene	84
#93	Theresa	84
#94	Jessie	83
#95	Ella	82
#96	Madeline	82
#97	Shirley	82
#98	Hilda	81
#99	Sarah	80
#100	Verna	80

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
Ardis	25	7	1
Rhea	23	7	2
Donna	76	22	6
Stephanie	41	12	4
Eleanore	72	21	7
Angeline	86	25	9
Johanna	32	9	3
Wanda	138	40	14
Genevieve	270	79	30
Bernadine	32	9	4
Marian	242	71	30
June	248	73	31

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.