Michigan · 1922

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,773
#2	Dorothy	1,436
#3	Helen	1,322
#4	Betty	1,174
#5	Virginia	1,045
#6	Margaret	1,002
#7	Ruth	875
#8	Doris	593
#9	Irene	550
#10	Elizabeth	517
#11	Jean	494
#12	Shirley	489
#13	Frances	473
#14	Marjorie	462
#15	Evelyn	458
#16	Alice	440
#17	Mildred	427
#18	Eleanor	400
#19	Marie	400
#20	Florence	380
#21	Barbara	347
#22	June	340
#23	Lillian	333
#24	Geraldine	326
#25	Rose	314
#26	Phyllis	312
#27	Anna	302
#28	Marion	287
#29	Marian	273
#30	Esther	269
#31	Josephine	267
#32	Patricia	260
#33	Lucille	255
#34	Bernice	248
#35	Grace	248
#36	Maxine	242
#37	Catherine	233
#38	Gertrude	228
#39	Lorraine	226
#40	Genevieve	222
#41	Lois	220
#42	Gladys	216
#43	Ethel	215
#44	Thelma	209
#45	Beatrice	209
#46	Ann	205
#47	Norma	205
#48	Edna	200
#49	Jane	197
#50	Martha	192
#51	Elaine	186
#52	Clara	185
#53	Rita	177
#54	Leona	174
#55	Pauline	167
#56	Edith	165
#57	Jeanne	165
#58	Hazel	164
#59	Donna	163
#60	Dolores	163
#61	Louise	162
#62	Wanda	161
#63	Joyce	158
#64	Gloria	152
#65	Katherine	152
#66	Violet	151
#67	Stella	149
#68	Julia	147
#69	Agnes	145
#70	Eileen	141
#71	Kathryn	140
#72	Rosemary	136
#73	Marguerite	134
#74	Kathleen	133
#75	Vivian	133
#76	Viola	132
#77	Eva	131
#78	Elsie	128
#79	Wilma	127
#80	Arlene	125
#81	Charlotte	122
#82	Vera	116
#83	Pearl	116
#84	Anne	116
#85	Ellen	115
#86	Laura	110
#87	Emma	107
#88	Audrey	107
#89	Jeanette	104
#90	Sylvia	104
#91	Joan	103
#92	Jennie	101
#93	Bertha	100
#94	Sarah	100
#95	Bette	99
#96	Ruby	98
#97	Beverly	97
#98	Theresa	91
#99	Marilyn	90
#100	Sophie	90

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
Delphine	41	11	1
Ardith	30	8	1
Ardis	28	8	2
Maryjane	25	7	2
Donna	163	44	11
Maryann	29	8	2
Ilene	27	7	2
Stephanie	21	6	2
Eleanore	66	18	6
Angeline	82	22	8
Suzanne	27	7	3
Bernadine	42	11	4

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.