Michigan · 1918

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,787
#2	Helen	1,625
#3	Dorothy	1,381
#4	Margaret	1,064
#5	Ruth	958
#6	Virginia	898
#7	Elizabeth	564
#8	Evelyn	563
#9	Irene	531
#10	Frances	526
#11	Mildred	520
#12	Marie	455
#13	Betty	455
#14	Alice	443
#15	Florence	427
#16	Eleanor	406
#17	Doris	398
#18	Jean	398
#19	Anna	391
#20	Lillian	367
#21	Lucille	332
#22	Esther	328
#23	Josephine	325
#24	Rose	324
#25	Marion	323
#26	Marjorie	310
#27	Bernice	297
#28	June	294
#29	Gertrude	292
#30	Grace	280
#31	Beatrice	271
#32	Ann	262
#33	Marian	257
#34	Stella	250
#35	Barbara	249
#36	Catherine	247
#37	Gladys	245
#38	Genevieve	238
#39	Clara	238
#40	Jane	237
#41	Edna	229
#42	Thelma	228
#43	Geraldine	228
#44	Phyllis	223
#45	Leona	222
#46	Edith	215
#47	Pauline	207
#48	Maxine	203
#49	Martha	199
#50	Ethel	198
#51	Hazel	193
#52	Louise	190
#53	Elsie	182
#54	Lorraine	170
#55	Katherine	169
#56	Viola	169
#57	Bertha	168
#58	Agnes	164
#59	Marguerite	163
#60	Violet	162
#61	Julia	162
#62	Lois	160
#63	Sophie	158
#64	Anne	151
#65	Wilma	150
#66	Wanda	147
#67	Shirley	146
#68	Charlotte	144
#69	Vera	143
#70	Eva	142
#71	Vivian	141
#72	Pearl	136
#73	Kathryn	136
#74	Laura	129
#75	Norma	129
#76	Eileen	127
#77	Rita	125
#78	Donna	124
#79	Emma	116
#80	Jennie	114
#81	Ellen	114
#82	Kathleen	113
#83	Sylvia	107
#84	Theresa	104
#85	Alma	101
#86	Angeline	98
#87	Arlene	98
#88	Ida	94
#89	Elaine	92
#90	Olga	92
#91	Mabel	91
#92	Janet	91
#93	Jeanette	90
#94	Myrtle	88
#95	Harriet	88
#96	Nellie	88
#97	Emily	87
#98	Eleanore	86
#99	Joyce	85
#100	Henrietta	84

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	124	34	6
Marvel	24	7	1
Lorna	25	7	2
Eleanore	86	23	7
Angeline	98	27	8
Reva	29	8	3
Stephanie	32	9	3
Wanda	147	40	16
Bernadine	39	11	4
Ila	42	11	5
Marian	257	70	30
Arlene	98	27	12

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.