State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,003 Michigan births in 1912 across 566 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#84Cecelia#191 nationally
#78Lyle#181 nationally
#99Neiloutside the national top 200
#100Juneoutside the national top 200
#95Ronald#191 nationally
#67Winifred#162 nationally
#88Ivan#173 nationally
#87Fern#167 nationally
#91Clayton#169 nationally
#94Nelson#166 nationally
#76Phyllis#140 nationally
#63Geraldine#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary628US #1
#2Helen604US #2
#3Dorothy458US #3
#4Margaret426US #4
#5Ruth323US #5
#6Mildred221US #6
#7Irene201US #22
#8Elizabeth198US #8
#9Marie195US #10
#10Florence190US #12
#11Anna186US #7
#12Alice183US #11
#13Frances177US #9
#14Evelyn164US #13
#15Lillian158US #14
#16Gertrude145US #30
#17Esther143US #33
#18Edna141US #16
#19Gladys135US #19
#20Virginia135US #20
#21Grace133US #24
#22Hazel127US #25
#23Eleanor125US #39
#24Beatrice121US #37
#25Rose121US #15
#26Doris119US #48
#27Bernice117US #51
#28Martha117US #29
#29Catherine115US #21
#30Marion115US #55
#31Agnes114US #40
#32Lucille114US #32
#33Ethel112US #18
#34Thelma111US #26
#35Josephine110US #28
#36Clara104US #34
#37Louise97US #17
#38Genevieve94US #92
#39Marjorie94US #56
#40Leona89US #76
#41Ann88US #47
#42Eva88US #49
#43Marian87US #93
#44Edith86US #31
#45Jean86US #64
#46Viola84US #52
#47Marguerite77US #79
#48Vera76US #68
#49Elsie75US #42
#50Katherine72US #53
#51Mabel71US #46
#52Pauline71US #38
#53Stella66US #73
#54Pearl65US #54
#55Julia64US #44
#56Anne62US #58
#57Laura61US #57
#58Violet61US #83
#59Bertha60US #36
#60Ida60US #45
#61Emma59US #35
#62Charlotte58US #91
#63Geraldine56US #122
#64Myrtle55US #50
#65Kathryn52US #71
#66Wilma52US #99
#67Winifred52US #162
#68Alma50US #62
#69Barbara49US #102
#70Ellen49US #86
#71Theresa49US #97
#72Vivian49US #84
#73Betty48US #66
#74Nellie48US #59
#75Ruby47US #23
#76Phyllis46US #140
#77Jane45US #89
#78Jennie45US #81
#79Lois45US #63
#80Sylvia42US #77
#81Harriet41US #113
#82Beulah39US #80
#83Blanche37US #75
#84Cecelia37US #191
#85Velma37US #88
#86Olive36US #131
#87Fern35US #167
#88Kathleen34US #118
#89Ella33US #69
#90Minnie33US #60
#91Caroline32US #139
#92Henrietta32US #135
#93Lena32US #72
#94Madeline32US #124
#95Bessie31US #43
#96Erma31US #141
#97Hilda31US #104
#98Sarah31US #41
#99Sophie31US #117
#100June30

Boys

#1John530US #1
#2William423US #2
#3Robert292US #4
#4Charles264US #7
#5George262US #6
#6Joseph246US #5
#7Edward243US #8
#8Frank225US #9
#9Harold212US #13
#10James205US #3
#11Donald154US #27
#12Walter148US #11
#13Arthur137US #15
#14Albert121US #17
#15Raymond120US #18
#16Richard118US #19
#17Henry113US #12
#18Harry110US #16
#19Kenneth109US #33
#20Carl99US #24
#21Clarence98US #21
#22Ralph97US #23
#23Paul95US #14
#24Howard93US #25
#25Louis88US #20
#26Earl87US #34
#27Stanley85US #43
#28Lawrence84US #38
#29Thomas84US #10
#30Jack78US #28
#31Francis75US #35
#32Russell74US #56
#33Fred72US #26
#34Frederick65US #51
#35Leo65US #49
#36Ernest64US #32
#37Leonard62US #45
#38Elmer60US #47
#39Peter60US #48
#40Gordon54US #93
#41Norman54US #61
#42Roy53US #31
#43Anthony51US #37
#44Clifford51US #62
#45Alfred50US #40
#46Gerald50US #87
#47Bernard49US #60
#48Chester47US #55
#49Theodore47US #52
#50Edwin46US #54
#51Floyd46US #59
#52David45US #29
#53Eugene44US #41
#54Lloyd42US #70
#55Herbert39US #39
#56Clyde37US #65
#57Martin37US #75
#58Michael36US #42
#59Alvin33US #86
#60Milton32US #64
#61Glenn31US #84
#62Lester31US #58
#63Benjamin30US #67
#64Harvey30US #91
#65Stephen30US #88
#66Marvin29US #83
#67Melvin29US #71
#68Willard29US #105
#69Alexander28US #97
#70Victor27US #81
#71Wayne27US #118
#72Daniel26US #53
#73Lewis26US #68
#74Maurice26US #95
#75Ray26US #77
#76Hugh25US #116
#77Leroy25US #66
#78Lyle25US #181
#79Max24US #101
#80Samuel24US #30
#81Herman23US #50
#82Leon23US #79
#83Leslie23US #108
#84Andrew22US #44
#85Arnold22US #99
#86Cecil22US #76
#87Edmund22US #143
#88Ivan22US #173
#89Joe22US #36
#90Alex20US #135
#91Clayton20US #169
#92Irving20US #94
#93Jacob20US #110
#94Nelson20US #166
#95Ronald20US #191
#96Sam20US #63
#97Vernon20US #90
#98Julius19US #100
#99Neil19
#100Allen18US #103

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑32Chester#48
↑29Winifred#67
↑23Benjamin#63
↑22Ray#75
↑19Earl#26
↑19Frederick#34
↑19Martin#57
↑17Gordon#40

Falling

↓40Andrew#84
↓40Joe#89
↓32Clayton#91
↓26Samuel#80
↓22Arnold#85
↓20Sylvia#80
↓20David#52
↓19Elsie#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.