State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,000 Michigan births in 1915 across 879 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#91Angeline#183 nationally
#76Lyle#159 nationally
#84Clayton#165 nationally
#79Lottie#153 nationally
#86Wanda#154 nationally
#96Elaine#155 nationally
#97Ronald#155 nationally
#33Marian#86 nationally
#86Edmund#136 nationally
#27Genevieve#76 nationally
#61Steve#110 nationally
#92Lorraine#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,447US #1
#2Helen1,288US #2
#3Dorothy1,051US #3
#4Margaret845US #4
#5Ruth689US #5
#6Virginia444US #12
#7Evelyn433US #10
#8Irene427US #17
#9Mildred419US #6
#10Marie416US #11
#11Frances411US #9
#12Elizabeth398US #8
#13Alice376US #13
#14Anna349US #7
#15Florence332US #14
#16Eleanor318US #28
#17Lillian312US #15
#18Lucille295US #29
#19Doris292US #34
#20Rose279US #16
#21Esther264US #33
#22Gertrude264US #35
#23Grace255US #27
#24Josephine247US #22
#25Marion247US #50
#26Jean241US #48
#27Genevieve231US #76
#28Marjorie223US #39
#29Edna220US #20
#30Ann218US #43
#31Catherine217US #19
#32Bernice209US #42
#33Marian208US #86
#34Beatrice199US #37
#35Gladys191US #21
#36Elsie183US #41
#37Hazel182US #26
#38Leona182US #74
#39Stella178US #64
#40Martha175US #25
#41Clara173US #38
#42Ethel173US #23
#43Edith170US #31
#44Louise167US #18
#45Katherine165US #49
#46Agnes164US #45
#47Thelma162US #30
#48Betty161US #53
#49Julia154US #44
#50Pauline149US #32
#51Jane147US #69
#52Maxine141US #98
#53June139US #96
#54Viola139US #59
#55Violet136US #82
#56Anne135US #52
#57Marguerite134US #85
#58Eva128US #55
#59Bertha126US #46
#60Phyllis120US #100
#61Ellen118US #88
#62Geraldine118US #108
#63Lois113US #47
#64Mabel112US #62
#65Jennie111US #73
#66Sophie111US #97
#67Kathryn109US #60
#68Pearl107US #56
#69Vivian107US #78
#70Wilma104US #80
#71Charlotte101US #81
#72Vera101US #65
#73Barbara99US #83
#74Ida99US #54
#75Myrtle97US #58
#76Sylvia95US #67
#77Emma93US #40
#78Theresa89US #93
#79Lottie87US #153
#80Norma83US #118
#81Madeline81US #121
#82Nellie81US #63
#83Alma80US #70
#84Sarah80US #51
#85Laura79US #61
#86Wanda78US #154
#87Harriet76US #112
#88Ella72US #75
#89Kathleen72US #104
#90Ruby72US #24
#91Angeline71US #183
#92Lorraine71US #141
#93Rita71US #71
#94Hilda69US #107
#95Loretta69US #115
#96Elaine68US #155
#97Olive68US #123
#98Beulah67US #95
#99Eileen67US #132
#100Caroline66US #137

Boys

#1John1,368US #1
#2William1,072US #2
#3Robert989US #4
#4Joseph684US #5
#5Edward680US #8
#6George669US #6
#7James590US #3
#8Charles584US #7
#9Frank469US #9
#10Harold458US #12
#11Donald445US #20
#12Walter427US #11
#13Richard342US #15
#14Henry340US #14
#15Arthur332US #18
#16Raymond318US #16
#17Stanley312US #34
#18Albert305US #17
#19Kenneth298US #28
#20Harry282US #19
#21Carl270US #22
#22Paul257US #13
#23Clarence240US #24
#24Thomas235US #10
#25Louis225US #23
#26Howard223US #25
#27Jack217US #27
#28Leonard198US #44
#29Francis197US #29
#30Ralph190US #21
#31Russell179US #51
#32Lawrence178US #37
#33Bernard175US #48
#34Leo174US #47
#35Earl167US #33
#36Ernest158US #35
#37Frederick158US #52
#38Norman154US #50
#39Fred153US #26
#40Alfred150US #42
#41Gerald143US #78
#42Anthony141US #36
#43Chester141US #54
#44Floyd135US #59
#45Elmer133US #45
#46Roy127US #32
#47Peter124US #49
#48Edwin121US #53
#49Gordon116US #90
#50Joe107US #38
#51Eugene104US #41
#52Herbert103US #40
#53Lloyd102US #62
#54Willard102US #58
#55Victor100US #74
#56David99US #31
#57Andrew98US #46
#58Theodore98US #64
#59Clifford97US #61
#60Martin90US #79
#61Steve87US #110
#62Marvin86US #72
#63Lester85US #57
#64Michael84US #43
#65Herman80US #56
#66Lewis79US #70
#67Arnold78US #91
#68Ray77US #67
#69Harvey75US #95
#70Max75US #102
#71Melvin73US #60
#72Samuel71US #39
#73Clyde70US #63
#74Vincent70US #65
#75Wayne70US #97
#76Lyle68US #159
#77Alvin65US #81
#78Glenn65US #87
#79Leroy62US #66
#80Leon60US #82
#81Philip60US #69
#82Daniel59US #55
#83Leslie58US #106
#84Clayton56US #165
#85Dale56US #125
#86Edmund55US #136
#87Sam55US #68
#88Vernon55US #80
#89Wesley54US #133
#90Alex53US #131
#91Alexander52US #103
#92Milton52US #73
#93Warren51US #105
#94Benjamin48US #71
#95Emil48US #138
#96Jacob48US #121
#97Ronald48US #155
#98Stephen48US #86
#99Rudolph47US #135
#100Julius46US #109

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑33June#53
↑30Ray#68
↑22Maxine#52
↑21Clyde#73
↑18Steve#61
↑16Madeline#81
↑14Bernard#33
↑14Martin#60

Falling

↓30Laura#85
↓24Daniel#82
↓18Alex#90
↓17Olive#97
↓17Stephen#98
↓16Emma#77
↓15Clara#41
↓14Leslie#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.