State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,469 Michigan births in 1913 across 642 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#84Lyle#196 nationally
#89Angelineoutside the national top 200
#91Luellaoutside the national top 200
#76Clayton#181 nationally
#74June#163 nationally
#97Wilfred#180 nationally
#85Ronald#167 nationally
#60Phyllis#122 nationally
#97Jeanette#159 nationally
#98Lorraine#160 nationally
#94Caroline#149 nationally
#87Henrietta#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary744US #1
#2Helen674US #2
#3Dorothy520US #3
#4Margaret485US #4
#5Ruth382US #5
#6Mildred289US #6
#7Marie263US #10
#8Evelyn260US #12
#9Florence250US #13
#10Irene249US #21
#11Elizabeth242US #8
#12Frances230US #9
#13Anna221US #7
#14Alice216US #11
#15Eleanor204US #34
#16Virginia203US #15
#17Gertrude181US #33
#18Esther171US #32
#19Lillian170US #16
#20Edna164US #18
#21Rose159US #14
#22Bernice152US #45
#23Marion151US #51
#24Lucille150US #31
#25Gladys146US #19
#26Catherine144US #22
#27Josephine144US #24
#28Doris143US #44
#29Grace142US #25
#30Ethel132US #20
#31Thelma131US #26
#32Beatrice129US #37
#33Clara122US #36
#34Martha122US #28
#35Marjorie120US #48
#36Edith119US #29
#37Elsie110US #40
#38Ann109US #46
#39Genevieve108US #84
#40Leona108US #74
#41Louise108US #17
#42Marian108US #93
#43Jean107US #60
#44Hazel106US #27
#45Katherine99US #54
#46Viola94US #52
#47Violet94US #82
#48Eva92US #50
#49Pauline92US #35
#50Agnes83US #41
#51Anne82US #57
#52Marguerite82US #78
#53Myrtle82US #53
#54Stella80US #69
#55Bertha79US #39
#56Emma74US #38
#57Vera73US #68
#58Kathryn71US #66
#59Betty68US #67
#60Phyllis67US #122
#61Sylvia66US #72
#62Julia65US #42
#63Laura65US #62
#64Jane63US #81
#65Mabel63US #56
#66Nellie63US #58
#67Vivian61US #83
#68Ellen58US #88
#69Geraldine58US #121
#70Lena58US #73
#71Barbara56US #94
#72Ida56US #49
#73Pearl55US #55
#74June54US #163
#75Charlotte52US #87
#76Alma50US #64
#77Jennie50US #80
#78Maxine48US #119
#79Ella47US #70
#80Harriet47US #125
#81Blanche45US #76
#82Theresa45US #97
#83Loretta44US #118
#84Sophie44US #113
#85Wilma42US #92
#86Hilda41US #105
#87Henrietta40US #141
#88Olive40US #129
#89Angeline39
#90Kathleen38US #110
#91Luella38
#92Sarah38US #43
#93Bessie37US #47
#94Caroline37US #149
#95Lottie37US #143
#96Emily36US #99
#97Jeanette36US #159
#98Lorraine36US #160
#99Ruby36US #23
#100Beulah35US #85

Boys

#1John704US #1
#2William515US #2
#3Robert399US #4
#4George374US #6
#5Joseph359US #5
#6James307US #3
#7Charles303US #7
#8Edward288US #8
#9Harold258US #13
#10Frank230US #9
#11Donald216US #25
#12Walter212US #11
#13Arthur181US #17
#14Richard175US #19
#15Albert156US #16
#16Harry155US #15
#17Henry151US #12
#18Raymond146US #18
#19Kenneth145US #33
#20Carl135US #23
#21Clarence127US #21
#22Stanley123US #41
#23Louis121US #20
#24Paul117US #14
#25Howard116US #26
#26Thomas106US #10
#27Leo105US #48
#28Jack103US #28
#29Ralph101US #22
#30Lawrence100US #35
#31Elmer97US #45
#32Francis96US #30
#33Fred94US #27
#34Earl92US #31
#35Leonard89US #46
#36Ernest88US #34
#37Edwin87US #55
#38Frederick84US #49
#39Russell81US #50
#40Gerald79US #84
#41Norman79US #57
#42Bernard72US #52
#43Peter71US #51
#44Chester66US #56
#45Floyd65US #58
#46Herbert65US #39
#47Alfred64US #42
#48Roy64US #32
#49Anthony62US #38
#50Clifford60US #68
#51Gordon58US #94
#52Lloyd55US #67
#53Melvin55US #61
#54David54US #29
#55Michael52US #40
#56Eugene51US #43
#57Theodore49US #60
#58Andrew48US #47
#59Ray46US #73
#60Herman44US #53
#61Martin44US #75
#62Lester43US #59
#63Maurice42US #95
#64Arnold40US #92
#65Joe40US #37
#66Glenn38US #85
#67Milton36US #71
#68Victor36US #80
#69Alvin34US #82
#70Daniel34US #54
#71Harvey33US #93
#72Leon33US #81
#73Max33US #101
#74Marvin32US #77
#75Steve32US #121
#76Clayton31US #181
#77Clyde30US #64
#78Philip30US #69
#79Samuel30US #36
#80Vincent30US #66
#81Willard30US #99
#82Woodrow29US #44
#83Lee28US #78
#84Lyle28US #196
#85Ronald27US #167
#86Wesley27US #133
#87Edgar26US #87
#88Edmund26US #131
#89Leslie26US #105
#90Alexander25US #98
#91Morris25US #89
#92Sam25US #65
#93Everett24US #97
#94Leroy24US #63
#95Lewis24US #72
#96Wayne24US #113
#97Wilfred24US #180
#98Claude23US #88
#99Wilbur23US #91
#100Franklin22US #132

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑26June#74
↑26Andrew#58
↑24Joe#65
↑23Lena#70
↑21Herman#60
↑21Arnold#64
↑19Sylvia#61
↑16Phyllis#60

Falling

↓25Wayne#96
↓24Ruby#99
↓22Hazel#44
↓22Lewis#95
↓21Clyde#77
↓21Alexander#90
↓19Agnes#50
↓19Pearl#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.