State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,737 Michigan births in 1914 across 709 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#85Angelineoutside the national top 200
#70Lyle#178 nationally
#96Donnaoutside the national top 200
#100Dorothea#182 nationally
#92Fern#172 nationally
#82Winifred#161 nationally
#88Ronald#163 nationally
#89Wanda#164 nationally
#95Bruce#169 nationally
#90Clayton#158 nationally
#62Geraldine#123 nationally
#72Alex#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary886US #1
#2Helen795US #2
#3Dorothy696US #3
#4Margaret563US #4
#5Ruth482US #5
#6Elizabeth305US #8
#7Mildred298US #7
#8Frances291US #9
#9Florence286US #13
#10Irene273US #22
#11Marie268US #10
#12Alice266US #12
#13Virginia252US #14
#14Eleanor251US #28
#15Evelyn250US #11
#16Anna236US #6
#17Gertrude206US #32
#18Lillian203US #16
#19Rose188US #15
#20Doris179US #36
#21Marion175US #50
#22Bernice170US #43
#23Grace165US #25
#24Esther162US #35
#25Josephine160US #23
#26Clara159US #37
#27Catherine158US #18
#28Lucille155US #30
#29Marjorie151US #45
#30Edna150US #19
#31Beatrice147US #38
#32Ann146US #40
#33Jean142US #54
#34Gladys138US #20
#35Martha138US #27
#36Thelma138US #26
#37Leona136US #79
#38Louise130US #17
#39Genevieve126US #76
#40Stella124US #65
#41Hazel123US #29
#42Marian122US #90
#43Ethel119US #21
#44Agnes118US #44
#45Edith116US #31
#46Julia113US #42
#47Anne108US #53
#48Pauline106US #34
#49Elsie103US #46
#50Viola101US #57
#51Ellen93US #86
#52Eva91US #52
#53Katherine90US #48
#54Violet89US #83
#55Laura87US #59
#56Vivian86US #81
#57Bertha85US #41
#58Betty85US #62
#59Jane84US #71
#60Marguerite83US #84
#61Emma82US #39
#62Geraldine82US #123
#63Phyllis80US #113
#64Pearl79US #56
#65Vera79US #68
#66Kathryn78US #63
#67Mabel77US #58
#68Barbara71US #82
#69Sophie71US #100
#70Wilma70US #95
#71Lois68US #51
#72Ida67US #49
#73Sylvia66US #70
#74Maxine60US #114
#75Harriet59US #111
#76Nellie59US #61
#77Charlotte58US #88
#78Jennie58US #77
#79Alma57US #69
#80Olive56US #127
#81Ruby56US #24
#82Winifred55US #161
#83Kathleen53US #110
#84Norma53US #128
#85Angeline52
#86June52US #132
#87Theresa50US #93
#88Myrtle48US #60
#89Wanda48US #164
#90Loretta47US #122
#91Ella46US #72
#92Fern46US #172
#93Lena46US #75
#94Lorraine46US #152
#95Henrietta45US #140
#96Donna43
#97Madeline43US #116
#98Verna43US #125
#99Blanche42US #80
#100Dorothea41US #182

Boys

#1John930US #1
#2William643US #2
#3Robert570US #4
#4George458US #6
#5Edward444US #8
#6Joseph430US #5
#7Charles364US #7
#8James346US #3
#9Harold321US #14
#10Frank304US #9
#11Donald284US #23
#12Walter284US #10
#13Raymond224US #16
#14Arthur217US #18
#15Henry214US #12
#16Richard204US #17
#17Harry190US #19
#18Paul182US #13
#19Albert179US #15
#20Carl172US #24
#21Stanley170US #39
#22Thomas163US #11
#23Kenneth162US #30
#24Howard158US #26
#25Clarence150US #22
#26Louis147US #20
#27Earl130US #33
#28Jack124US #27
#29Ralph122US #21
#30Lawrence117US #35
#31Leo116US #47
#32Leonard116US #45
#33Frederick115US #52
#34Anthony114US #37
#35Russell107US #49
#36Peter106US #48
#37Roy105US #32
#38Elmer104US #46
#39Norman103US #54
#40Francis101US #31
#41Fred98US #28
#42Edwin97US #53
#43Chester95US #56
#44David95US #29
#45Gerald91US #81
#46Ernest90US #38
#47Bernard89US #50
#48Alfred82US #41
#49Floyd74US #58
#50Herbert71US #42
#51Joe69US #34
#52Andrew68US #44
#53Gordon67US #88
#54Michael67US #40
#55Clifford65US #62
#56Eugene62US #43
#57Herman60US #51
#58Daniel58US #55
#59Lester58US #57
#60Theodore57US #64
#61Melvin55US #59
#62Lewis54US #72
#63Lloyd54US #66
#64Willard51US #92
#65Marvin50US #75
#66Alvin48US #78
#67Victor48US #76
#68Arnold47US #97
#69Leslie47US #103
#70Lyle47US #178
#71Max47US #99
#72Alex46US #131
#73Samuel46US #36
#74Martin45US #73
#75Wayne45US #111
#76Glenn44US #91
#77Maurice43US #94
#78Philip43US #68
#79Steve43US #112
#80Edmund42US #130
#81Stephen41US #80
#82Wesley40US #132
#83Benjamin38US #70
#84Vincent36US #61
#85Leroy35US #60
#86Wilbur35US #96
#87Milton34US #69
#88Ronald34US #163
#89Alexander33US #98
#90Clayton33US #158
#91Leon32US #85
#92Rudolph32US #139
#93Vernon31US #83
#94Clyde30US #63
#95Bruce29US #169
#96Cecil29US #79
#97Irving29US #100
#98Ray29US #74
#99Claude28US #93
#100Edgar28US #87

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑33Lewis#62
↑21Wayne#75
↑20Leslie#69
↑18Ruby#81
↑17Ellen#51
↑17Willard#64
↑16Julia#46
↑15Sophie#69

Falling

↓39Ray#98
↓35Myrtle#88
↓23Lena#93
↓20Milton#87
↓19Leon#91
↓18Blanche#99
↓17Clyde#94
↓14Maurice#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.