State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,520 Michigan births in 1917 across 986 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#87Angeline#196 nationally
#66Lyle#153 nationally
#85Clayton#166 nationally
#92Arlene#167 nationally
#68Wanda#140 nationally
#88Elaine#160 nationally
#83Lottie#153 nationally
#82Edmund#135 nationally
#60Steve#112 nationally
#83Alex#132 nationally
#90Douglas#138 nationally
#30Genevieve#77 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,774US #1
#2Helen1,485US #2
#3Dorothy1,214US #3
#4Margaret1,012US #4
#5Ruth868US #5
#6Virginia707US #10
#7Elizabeth514US #8
#8Mildred509US #6
#9Frances489US #9
#10Evelyn474US #11
#11Irene465US #17
#12Marie455US #12
#13Florence431US #14
#14Eleanor402US #26
#15Alice384US #13
#16Doris365US #25
#17Anna361US #7
#18Lillian355US #15
#19Betty330US #34
#20Gertrude329US #37
#21Jean323US #40
#22Rose313US #16
#23Josephine310US #21
#24Marion304US #45
#25Lucille301US #29
#26Esther296US #38
#27Bernice289US #42
#28Marjorie283US #36
#29Beatrice275US #39
#30Genevieve270US #77
#31Grace268US #30
#32Ann256US #44
#33June248US #73
#34Marian242US #74
#35Stella238US #62
#36Martha227US #22
#37Gladys225US #23
#38Catherine222US #18
#39Louise222US #19
#40Edith216US #28
#41Clara215US #41
#42Edna215US #20
#43Jane206US #55
#44Leona198US #80
#45Julia196US #47
#46Hazel195US #31
#47Pauline195US #33
#48Katherine194US #49
#49Geraldine189US #89
#50Anne188US #53
#51Ethel187US #24
#52Thelma184US #32
#53Agnes177US #48
#54Elsie166US #50
#55Lois165US #43
#56Eva164US #54
#57Phyllis163US #92
#58Barbara162US #67
#59Maxine161US #93
#60Marguerite159US #78
#61Vera155US #66
#62Viola153US #59
#63Violet148US #84
#64Sophie142US #100
#65Kathryn139US #60
#66Wilma139US #82
#67Vivian138US #79
#68Wanda138US #140
#69Jennie136US #81
#70Pearl133US #57
#71Charlotte130US #76
#72Laura128US #65
#73Bertha126US #51
#74Ellen125US #90
#75Emma111US #46
#76Eileen110US #106
#77Sylvia107US #69
#78Ida101US #56
#79Bessie99US #61
#80Harriet97US #104
#81Mabel96US #68
#82Norma95US #108
#83Lottie94US #153
#84Nellie90US #64
#85Kathleen88US #101
#86Myrtle88US #58
#87Angeline86US #196
#88Elaine86US #160
#89Loretta86US #114
#90Jeanette85US #132
#91Rita85US #63
#92Arlene84US #167
#93Theresa84US #97
#94Jessie83US #70
#95Ella82US #83
#96Madeline82US #127
#97Shirley82US #123
#98Hilda81US #112
#99Sarah80US #52
#100Verna80US #124

Boys

#1John1,614US #1
#2Robert1,421US #4
#3William1,233US #2
#4Edward832US #8
#5George791US #6
#6Joseph787US #5
#7Charles704US #7
#8James671US #3
#9Donald644US #20
#10Walter568US #11
#11Frank567US #9
#12Harold528US #12
#13Richard455US #14
#14Raymond452US #16
#15Arthur426US #17
#16Henry408US #15
#17Stanley336US #34
#18Harry335US #19
#19Kenneth314US #27
#20Paul309US #13
#21Carl297US #24
#22Jack292US #22
#23Albert287US #18
#24Clarence261US #25
#25Thomas256US #10
#26Howard246US #26
#27Louis236US #23
#28Leonard233US #41
#29Ralph233US #21
#30Lawrence231US #36
#31Gerald224US #69
#32Earl222US #32
#33Leo209US #47
#34Bernard200US #49
#35Francis196US #30
#36Roy195US #33
#37Fred194US #29
#38Frederick193US #51
#39Russell189US #52
#40Chester182US #56
#41Peter172US #50
#42Elmer170US #45
#43Anthony168US #38
#44Edwin167US #55
#45Norman163US #46
#46Alfred161US #43
#47David161US #28
#48Theodore151US #63
#49Lloyd143US #53
#50Ernest138US #37
#51Eugene131US #39
#52Herbert130US #40
#53Victor124US #78
#54Gordon121US #84
#55Clifford119US #59
#56Floyd118US #62
#57Andrew105US #48
#58Arnold105US #91
#59Marvin103US #68
#60Steve100US #112
#61Joe99US #35
#62Martin99US #77
#63Melvin99US #57
#64Michael97US #44
#65Willard95US #80
#66Lyle93US #153
#67Lester90US #61
#68Ray86US #74
#69Herman85US #58
#70Max84US #104
#71Harvey81US #90
#72Lewis80US #70
#73Milton79US #75
#74Philip77US #66
#75Glenn76US #86
#76Daniel75US #54
#77Samuel74US #42
#78Leon72US #82
#79Vernon72US #71
#80Wayne72US #96
#81Vincent70US #65
#82Edmund69US #135
#83Alex68US #132
#84Alexander67US #97
#85Clayton67US #166
#86Alvin66US #81
#87Dale66US #120
#88Leroy66US #60
#89Warren66US #93
#90Douglas64US #138
#91Maurice64US #101
#92Stephen62US #89
#93Julius60US #113
#94Leslie60US #107
#95Clyde58US #64
#96Sam56US #72
#97Allen55US #100
#98Benjamin54US #76
#99Wesley53US #136
#100Wilbur53US #92

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑19June#33
↑19Vernon#79
↑17Betty#19
↑15Norma#82
↑15Lyle#66
↑14Vincent#81
↑13Bessie#79
↑13Steve#60

Falling

↓25Maurice#91
↓13Thelma#52
↓13Marguerite#60
↓13Theresa#93
↓11Ethel#51
↓11Norman#45
↓10Bertha#73
↓10Wesley#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.