State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,959 Michigan births in 1911 across 438 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#83Angelineoutside the national top 200
#88Clareoutside the national top 200
#90Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#91Lyleoutside the national top 200
#59Clayton#165 nationally
#96Corneliusoutside the national top 200
#99Adolph#192 nationally
#74Phillip#160 nationally
#89Cecelia#175 nationally
#97Adeline#176 nationally
#73Otto#150 nationally
#78Phyllis#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary456US #1
#2Helen436US #2
#3Dorothy320US #4
#4Margaret310US #3
#5Ruth225US #5
#6Mildred175US #8
#7Marie158US #9
#8Florence154US #12
#9Frances152US #10
#10Anna147US #6
#11Elizabeth143US #7
#12Irene139US #21
#13Evelyn132US #16
#14Alice125US #11
#15Lillian124US #13
#16Gertrude111US #30
#17Grace111US #23
#18Beatrice106US #37
#19Esther101US #34
#20Lucille101US #32
#21Clara100US #33
#22Eleanor94US #49
#23Marion94US #58
#24Gladys88US #18
#25Edna87US #17
#26Hazel85US #25
#27Rose85US #14
#28Virginia83US #26
#29Josephine81US #29
#30Elsie80US #41
#31Ethel80US #15
#32Agnes77US #39
#33Doris74US #56
#34Louise74US #19
#35Leona73US #76
#36Martha73US #28
#37Viola73US #47
#38Catherine72US #20
#39Thelma72US #27
#40Bernice69US #51
#41Edith68US #31
#42Ann63US #53
#43Vera62US #67
#44Katherine60US #55
#45Marguerite60US #87
#46Marjorie60US #59
#47Julia59US #44
#48Marian59US #105
#49Mabel58US #43
#50Eva56US #46
#51Violet56US #83
#52Ellen51US #84
#53Bertha50US #36
#54Genevieve49US #93
#55Pearl48US #48
#56Kathryn45US #73
#57Jean43US #74
#58Pauline42US #38
#59Myrtle39US #50
#60Sylvia39US #82
#61Stella38US #72
#62Charlotte37US #95
#63Laura37US #57
#64Nellie37US #54
#65Anne35US #64
#66Betty35US #69
#67Emma35US #35
#68Theresa35US #100
#69Wilma35US #102
#70Harriet34US #115
#71Ida34US #45
#72Ruby34US #22
#73Vivian34US #80
#74Ella32US #63
#75Lois32US #68
#76Alma31US #62
#77Madeline30US #133
#78Phyllis30US #155
#79Geraldine29US #134
#80Beulah28US #79
#81Lena27US #70
#82Loretta27US #118
#83Angeline25
#84Hilda25US #101
#85Jane25US #98
#86Jennie25US #85
#87Norma25US #153
#88Olive25US #121
#89Cecelia24US #175
#90Cecilia24
#91Verna24US #132
#92Kathleen23US #126
#93Maxine23US #152
#94Minnie23US #52
#95Sarah23US #42
#96Winifred23US #166
#97Adeline22US #176
#98Bessie22US #40
#99Emily22US #103
#100Erma22US #138

Boys

#1John230US #1
#2William171US #2
#3Robert136US #5
#4George122US #4
#5Charles109US #7
#6Joseph107US #6
#7Edward103US #9
#8Harold100US #16
#9Frank94US #8
#10James88US #3
#11Walter74US #12
#12Donald64US #36
#13Harry64US #13
#14Arthur61US #18
#15Raymond53US #19
#16Fred46US #22
#17Albert45US #15
#18Clarence45US #23
#19Henry45US #11
#20Kenneth44US #40
#21Carl43US #26
#22Richard40US #20
#23Howard38US #28
#24Paul38US #17
#25Lawrence37US #37
#26Leonard36US #46
#27Stanley36US #44
#28Thomas36US #10
#29Jack33US #25
#30Louis31US #21
#31Russell31US #55
#32David30US #27
#33Gerald29US #88
#34Ralph29US #24
#35Norman28US #63
#36Roy28US #31
#37Theodore28US #56
#38Ernest27US #32
#39Bernard26US #54
#40Edwin25US #60
#41Leo25US #51
#42Elmer24US #48
#43Peter24US #50
#44Andrew23US #42
#45Earl22US #34
#46Alfred21US #39
#47Francis21US #33
#48Eugene19US #43
#49Joe19US #29
#50Anthony18US #35
#51Floyd18US #57
#52Clifford17US #62
#53Frederick17US #52
#54Samuel17US #30
#55Herbert16US #41
#56Lloyd16US #74
#57Gordon15US #97
#58Harvey15US #91
#59Clayton14US #165
#60Michael14US #38
#61Willard14US #114
#62Alvin13US #89
#63Arnold13US #108
#64Lester13US #65
#65Oscar13US #68
#66Clyde12US #61
#67Daniel12US #53
#68Herman12US #49
#69Lewis12US #66
#70Melvin12US #73
#71Milton12US #70
#72Oliver12US #115
#73Otto12US #150
#74Phillip12US #160
#75Leroy11US #59
#76Martin11US #75
#77Maurice11US #99
#78Stephen11US #84
#79Tom11US #105
#80Chester10US #58
#81Jacob10US #116
#82Leslie10US #117
#83Victor10US #81
#84Wayne10US #126
#85Wesley10US #131
#86Benjamin9US #64
#87Cecil9US #76
#88Clare9
#89Glen9US #145
#90Jerome9US #159
#91Lyle9
#92Vernon9US #96
#93Warren9US #113
#94Wilbur9US #101
#95Allen8US #98
#96Cornelius8
#97Ray8US #71
#98Steve8US #133
#99Adolph7US #192
#100Archie7US #127

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑41Clayton#59
↑25Harriet#70
↑25Eugene#48
↑23Pearl#55
↑23Lois#75
↑23Alvin#62
↑21Harvey#58
↑20Sylvia#60

Falling

↓36Ray#97
↓31Allen#95
↓30Chester#80
↓27Leslie#82
↓25Lyle#91
↓24Bessie#98
↓21Earl#45
↓20Jennie#86

Every state

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