Michigan · 1920

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,809
#2	Helen	1,456
#3	Dorothy	1,382
#4	Margaret	1,037
#5	Ruth	984
#6	Virginia	956
#7	Betty	859
#8	Doris	586
#9	Irene	566
#10	Evelyn	565
#11	Elizabeth	530
#12	Mildred	486
#13	Frances	474
#14	Jean	473
#15	Alice	462
#16	Eleanor	449
#17	Marie	443
#18	Florence	409
#19	Marjorie	407
#20	Anna	370
#21	Lillian	368
#22	Shirley	354
#23	June	351
#24	Lucille	322
#25	Marion	321
#26	Rose	309
#27	Marian	293
#28	Josephine	290
#29	Phyllis	281
#30	Geraldine	279
#31	Genevieve	279
#32	Esther	269
#33	Gertrude	264
#34	Bernice	262
#35	Barbara	258
#36	Catherine	255
#37	Gladys	248
#38	Grace	244
#39	Beatrice	241
#40	Jane	236
#41	Ethel	222
#42	Lois	219
#43	Ann	218
#44	Pauline	214
#45	Maxine	214
#46	Edith	209
#47	Edna	209
#48	Clara	204
#49	Rita	202
#50	Leona	201
#51	Louise	191
#52	Thelma	191
#53	Martha	190
#54	Katherine	189
#55	Agnes	185
#56	Lorraine	177
#57	Violet	177
#58	Stella	176
#59	Marguerite	175
#60	Elsie	173
#61	Vivian	171
#62	Elaine	170
#63	Kathryn	167
#64	Hazel	162
#65	Patricia	160
#66	Eileen	157
#67	Viola	152
#68	Julia	144
#69	Bertha	142
#70	Norma	139
#71	Arlene	139
#72	Sophie	138
#73	Charlotte	134
#74	Wanda	133
#75	Donna	132
#76	Eva	131
#77	Jennie	131
#78	Pearl	131
#79	Kathleen	131
#80	Jeanne	129
#81	Harriet	127
#82	Anne	127
#83	Wilma	125
#84	Laura	123
#85	Ellen	120
#86	Jeanette	115
#87	Sylvia	112
#88	Emma	112
#89	Vera	107
#90	Ruby	102
#91	Theresa	96
#92	Rosemary	95
#93	Ida	93
#94	Eleanore	93
#95	Audrey	89
#96	Janet	89
#97	Olga	89
#98	Muriel	88
#99	Loretta	88
#100	Dolores	88

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	23	6	1
Marvel	21	6	1
Delphine	23	6	1
Donna	132	35	8
Eleanore	93	25	6
Leone	23	6	2
Lorna	21	6	2
Angeline	82	22	8
Arlene	139	37	13
Genevieve	279	74	27
Cecilia	63	17	6
Stephanie	26	7	3

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.