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Top names in Michigan

Name: Top baby names in Michigan, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,071 Michigan births in 1910 across 423 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Michigan more than they say America.

#66Lyleoutside the national top 200
#88Ivanoutside the national top 200
#89Karloutside the national top 200
#85Cecelia#196 nationally
#92Angelineoutside the national top 200
#81Nelson#189 nationally
#79Winifred#185 nationally
#96Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#97Juneoutside the national top 200
#94Luella#184 nationally
#65Edmund#154 nationally
#87Phyllis#175 nationally

Girls

#1Helen368US #2
#2Mary349US #1
#3Margaret272US #3
#4Dorothy265US #4
#5Ruth212US #5
#6Florence164US #12
#7Mildred159US #8
#8Frances155US #11
#9Anna143US #6
#10Marie143US #9
#11Irene137US #21
#12Gladys133US #15
#13Elizabeth132US #7
#14Alice131US #10
#15Evelyn129US #17
#16Lillian124US #14
#17Gertrude103US #26
#18Grace95US #23
#19Clara92US #32
#20Beatrice90US #36
#21Hazel89US #24
#22Lucille89US #31
#23Eleanor88US #55
#24Josephine84US #30
#25Martha83US #28
#26Rose82US #16
#27Thelma82US #25
#28Viola82US #48
#29Edna81US #18
#30Esther81US #38
#31Ethel81US #13
#32Marion81US #59
#33Catherine74US #22
#34Agnes71US #41
#35Bernice71US #58
#36Louise71US #20
#37Edith69US #35
#38Virginia67US #29
#39Leona61US #79
#40Marguerite61US #84
#41Mabel58US #46
#42Doris57US #64
#43Eva57US #45
#44Myrtle56US #43
#45Genevieve53US #98
#46Katherine53US #57
#47Violet53US #89
#48Elsie52US #44
#49Bertha51US #33
#50Vera51US #71
#51Ann50US #52
#52Marian50US #106
#53Laura47US #53
#54Marjorie47US #68
#55Julia46US #49
#56Jean44US #77
#57Pauline41US #42
#58Stella39US #72
#59Kathryn37US #80
#60Theresa37US #96
#61Alma35US #61
#62Ellen35US #88
#63Nellie35US #51
#64Ida34US #47
#65Charlotte33US #99
#66Jennie33US #81
#67Ella32US #62
#68Emma31US #34
#69Lena31US #66
#70Anne30US #67
#71Geraldine30US #148
#72Caroline29US #146
#73Mae29US #65
#74Bessie28US #37
#75Minnie28US #50
#76Olive28US #125
#77Ruby28US #27
#78Pearl27US #39
#79Winifred27US #185
#80Sylvia26US #92
#81Betty25US #69
#82Blanche25US #74
#83Jessie25US #63
#84Wilma25US #119
#85Cecelia24US #196
#86Hilda24US #109
#87Phyllis24US #175
#88Ada23US #94
#89Erma23US #140
#90Henrietta23US #153
#91Lydia23US #152
#92Angeline22
#93Loretta22US #124
#94Luella22US #184
#95Harriet21US #126
#96Jane21US #116
#97June21
#98Lois21US #76
#99Mable21US #121
#100Norma21US #159

Boys

#1John190US #1
#2William154US #3
#3George134US #5
#4James115US #2
#5Robert113US #4
#6Edward111US #9
#7Frank105US #8
#8Charles104US #7
#9Joseph98US #6
#10Harold81US #18
#11Harry64US #16
#12Raymond58US #19
#13Walter58US #13
#14Clarence51US #20
#15Kenneth49US #43
#16Donald48US #44
#17Ralph48US #28
#18Albert45US #14
#19Carl45US #26
#20Arthur44US #17
#21Henry44US #10
#22Stanley39US #47
#23Thomas39US #12
#24Earl38US #33
#25Leonard38US #46
#26Howard37US #27
#27Richard37US #21
#28Fred36US #22
#29Paul35US #15
#30Roy35US #29
#31Lawrence34US #35
#32Louis33US #24
#33Jack31US #23
#34Russell30US #58
#35Norman29US #63
#36Alfred27US #38
#37Clifford25US #66
#38Ernest25US #31
#39Floyd25US #55
#40Bernard23US #62
#41Leo23US #51
#42David21US #30
#43Edwin21US #71
#44Elmer20US #48
#45Francis20US #36
#46Gerald20US #105
#47Peter19US #56
#48Lester18US #64
#49Anthony17US #37
#50Chester17US #61
#51Andrew16US #42
#52Frederick16US #69
#53Michael16US #45
#54Claude15US #78
#55Leslie15US #102
#56Lloyd15US #67
#57Theodore15US #54
#58Clyde14US #57
#59Glenn14US #97
#60Joe14US #25
#61Ray14US #68
#62Melvin13US #75
#63Samuel13US #32
#64Allen12US #92
#65Edmund12US #154
#66Lyle12
#67Arnold11US #126
#68Cecil11US #77
#69Daniel11US #53
#70Everett11US #88
#71Lewis11US #65
#72Alex10US #127
#73Eugene10US #39
#74Gordon10US #120
#75Herbert10US #41
#76Herman10US #52
#77Julius10US #95
#78Gilbert9US #116
#79Harvey9US #89
#80Lee9US #49
#81Nelson9US #189
#82Orville9US #142
#83Stephen9US #96
#84Vernon9US #94
#85Alvin8US #85
#86Benjamin8US #70
#87Emil8US #161
#88Ivan8
#89Karl8
#90Maurice8US #110
#91Mike8US #143
#92Morris8US #91
#93Roland8US #163
#94Victor8US #90
#95Warren8US #122
#96Wilfred8
#97Willis8US #149
#98Adam7US #182
#99Archie7US #119
#100Clayton7US #178

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.