State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,843 Michigan births in 1916 across 960 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#88Donnaoutside the national top 200
#93Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#83Angeline#189 nationally
#95Arlene#172 nationally
#93Ronald#167 nationally
#66Wanda#138 nationally
#81Lyle#153 nationally
#90Elaine#161 nationally
#85Winifred#148 nationally
#86Lottie#143 nationally
#29Gerald#76 nationally
#98Erma#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,587US #1
#2Helen1,415US #2
#3Dorothy1,151US #3
#4Margaret930US #4
#5Ruth853US #5
#6Virginia594US #10
#7Irene534US #17
#8Frances500US #9
#9Mildred452US #6
#10Elizabeth450US #8
#11Florence446US #14
#12Evelyn444US #11
#13Marie418US #12
#14Alice412US #13
#15Eleanor391US #27
#16Anna364US #7
#17Lillian348US #16
#18Doris339US #32
#19Josephine320US #21
#20Gertrude309US #35
#21Marjorie303US #37
#22Rose298US #15
#23Marion295US #47
#24Esther292US #34
#25Lucille288US #30
#26Jean271US #45
#27Grace270US #26
#28Bernice260US #42
#29Catherine258US #20
#30Marian244US #72
#31Beatrice242US #38
#32Genevieve239US #76
#33Ann238US #40
#34Clara237US #39
#35Edna236US #19
#36Betty229US #44
#37Edith224US #28
#38Gladys224US #22
#39Thelma212US #29
#40Ethel205US #25
#41Martha202US #24
#42Stella192US #63
#43Leona191US #75
#44Julia189US #46
#45Agnes188US #50
#46Elsie186US #48
#47Marguerite183US #78
#48Louise182US #18
#49Anne179US #53
#50Hazel169US #31
#51Pauline168US #33
#52June162US #86
#53Jane160US #62
#54Katherine159US #51
#55Maxine159US #96
#56Viola158US #59
#57Eva156US #55
#58Barbara150US #74
#59Geraldine148US #94
#60Phyllis147US #95
#61Kathryn146US #60
#62Violet140US #83
#63Bertha134US #49
#64Sophie133US #101
#65Lois132US #43
#66Wanda132US #138
#67Emma131US #41
#68Charlotte128US #80
#69Vera128US #66
#70Jennie121US #79
#71Laura121US #64
#72Vivian120US #77
#73Wilma117US #82
#74Pearl116US #57
#75Ellen114US #87
#76Ida112US #54
#77Harriet106US #106
#78Sylvia103US #69
#79Kathleen101US #104
#80Theresa95US #98
#81Nellie92US #61
#82Myrtle89US #58
#83Angeline88US #189
#84Eileen88US #118
#85Winifred87US #148
#86Lottie86US #143
#87Mabel84US #65
#88Donna83
#89Madeline82US #131
#90Elaine81US #161
#91Loretta81US #113
#92Bessie79US #56
#93Eleanore79
#94Jeanette79US #135
#95Arlene78US #172
#96Mae78US #92
#97Norma78US #111
#98Erma76US #145
#99Rita76US #67
#100Alma75US #70

Boys

#1John1,593US #1
#2Robert1,211US #4
#3William1,137US #2
#4Edward822US #8
#5George767US #7
#6Joseph756US #5
#7Charles728US #6
#8James633US #3
#9Donald557US #20
#10Walter508US #11
#11Frank503US #9
#12Harold478US #13
#13Richard402US #15
#14Arthur392US #18
#15Raymond384US #16
#16Henry382US #14
#17Stanley356US #34
#18Kenneth339US #27
#19Harry305US #19
#20Albert293US #17
#21Paul276US #12
#22Carl271US #23
#23Jack264US #26
#24Ralph262US #21
#25Louis249US #22
#26Howard246US #25
#27Thomas245US #10
#28Clarence231US #24
#29Gerald230US #76
#30Leonard224US #42
#31Russell215US #51
#32Earl204US #32
#33Lawrence198US #38
#34Norman198US #48
#35Leo188US #47
#36Elmer182US #45
#37Francis182US #31
#38Frederick182US #52
#39Anthony180US #37
#40Bernard178US #49
#41Edwin169US #53
#42Alfred167US #43
#43Fred166US #29
#44Peter164US #50
#45Ernest162US #36
#46David160US #28
#47Chester153US #54
#48Roy140US #33
#49Floyd136US #60
#50Eugene127US #39
#51Lloyd122US #58
#52Herbert121US #40
#53Arnold119US #89
#54Gordon117US #90
#55Clifford116US #61
#56Melvin112US #57
#57Theodore107US #65
#58Marvin104US #66
#59Lester99US #59
#60Willard98US #69
#61Andrew95US #46
#62Herman94US #56
#63Joe92US #35
#64Victor89US #78
#65Harvey88US #92
#66Maurice88US #100
#67Glenn87US #84
#68Milton85US #72
#69Ray85US #73
#70Martin84US #81
#71Michael82US #44
#72Wayne78US #98
#73Steve77US #108
#74Leon76US #85
#75Alexander75US #99
#76Daniel75US #55
#77Max75US #105
#78Lewis74US #71
#79Alvin73US #82
#80Leroy73US #63
#81Lyle73US #153
#82Philip72US #70
#83Samuel72US #41
#84Alex65US #128
#85Stephen62US #87
#86Dale61US #121
#87Clyde60US #62
#88Julius58US #111
#89Wesley58US #135
#90Benjamin57US #79
#91Cecil55US #80
#92Jerome55US #138
#93Ronald55US #167
#94Edmund54US #134
#95Vincent54US #67
#96Warren54US #102
#97Sam53US #74
#98Vernon52US #75
#99Claude49US #93
#100Everett49US #91

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑24Milton#68
↑20Wanda#66
↑16Alexander#75
↑15Barbara#58
↑15Eileen#84
↑15Melvin#56
↑14Laura#71
↑14Arnold#53

Falling

↓23Mabel#87
↓21Vincent#95
↓17Norma#97
↓17Alma#100
↓14Ellen#75
↓14Clyde#87
↓13Hazel#50
↓13Joe#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.