State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,425 Michigan births in 1918 across 1,006 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#78Donnaoutside the national top 200
#86Angelineoutside the national top 200
#98Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#87Arlene#165 nationally
#99Joyce#170 nationally
#77Lyle#145 nationally
#89Elaine#152 nationally
#66Wanda#128 nationally
#79Edmund#140 nationally
#98Clayton#157 nationally
#92Bruce#146 nationally
#100Don#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,787US #1
#2Helen1,625US #2
#3Dorothy1,381US #3
#4Margaret1,064US #4
#5Ruth958US #5
#6Virginia898US #7
#7Elizabeth564US #9
#8Evelyn563US #11
#9Irene531US #16
#10Frances526US #8
#11Mildred520US #6
#12Betty455US #21
#13Marie455US #12
#14Alice443US #13
#15Florence427US #14
#16Eleanor406US #26
#17Doris398US #19
#18Jean398US #37
#19Anna391US #10
#20Lillian367US #15
#21Lucille332US #29
#22Esther328US #38
#23Josephine325US #24
#24Rose324US #17
#25Marion323US #45
#26Marjorie310US #34
#27Bernice297US #41
#28June294US #66
#29Gertrude292US #39
#30Grace280US #31
#31Beatrice271US #40
#32Ann262US #44
#33Marian257US #76
#34Stella250US #67
#35Barbara249US #60
#36Catherine247US #20
#37Gladys245US #22
#38Clara238US #43
#39Genevieve238US #81
#40Jane237US #53
#41Edna229US #23
#42Geraldine228US #77
#43Thelma228US #32
#44Phyllis223US #80
#45Leona222US #79
#46Edith215US #30
#47Pauline207US #35
#48Maxine203US #87
#49Martha199US #25
#50Ethel198US #28
#51Hazel193US #33
#52Louise190US #18
#53Elsie182US #49
#54Lorraine170US #69
#55Katherine169US #50
#56Viola169US #59
#57Bertha168US #51
#58Agnes164US #47
#59Marguerite163US #86
#60Julia162US #48
#61Violet162US #83
#62Lois160US #42
#63Sophie158US #108
#64Anne151US #54
#65Wilma150US #82
#66Wanda147US #128
#67Shirley146US #97
#68Charlotte144US #78
#69Vera143US #68
#70Eva142US #55
#71Vivian141US #72
#72Kathryn136US #63
#73Pearl136US #56
#74Laura129US #64
#75Norma129US #98
#76Eileen127US #110
#77Rita125US #58
#78Donna124
#79Emma116US #46
#80Ellen114US #92
#81Jennie114US #91
#82Kathleen113US #99
#83Sylvia107US #71
#84Theresa104US #101
#85Alma101US #73
#86Angeline98
#87Arlene98US #165
#88Ida94US #57
#89Elaine92US #152
#90Olga92US #141
#91Janet91US #129
#92Mabel91US #74
#93Jeanette90US #131
#94Harriet88US #106
#95Myrtle88US #62
#96Nellie88US #65
#97Emily87US #105
#98Eleanore86
#99Joyce85US #170
#100Ella84US #84

Boys

#1John1,686US #1
#2Robert1,665US #4
#3William1,407US #2
#4Edward962US #8
#5George934US #6
#6James865US #3
#7Charles810US #5
#8Joseph782US #7
#9Donald730US #18
#10Frank655US #9
#11Harold612US #13
#12Richard547US #12
#13Walter500US #11
#14Raymond497US #15
#15Arthur458US #17
#16Henry412US #16
#17Jack409US #21
#18Stanley393US #36
#19Harry385US #20
#20Kenneth364US #27
#21Paul353US #14
#22Albert338US #19
#23Carl336US #25
#24Thomas314US #10
#25Leonard272US #41
#26Clarence268US #23
#27Francis265US #30
#28Howard257US #26
#29Ralph256US #22
#30Earl245US #31
#31Leo241US #48
#32Lawrence240US #38
#33Louis233US #24
#34Bernard232US #47
#35Gerald228US #72
#36Russell228US #50
#37Eugene220US #35
#38Norman212US #49
#39Ernest211US #37
#40Frederick202US #59
#41Roy197US #32
#42David196US #28
#43Alfred195US #42
#44Elmer193US #44
#45Chester187US #54
#46Edwin187US #55
#47Fred187US #33
#48Anthony182US #39
#49Peter181US #53
#50Herbert153US #40
#51Lloyd153US #51
#52Floyd150US #61
#53Theodore146US #64
#54Gordon141US #85
#55Clifford138US #60
#56Andrew129US #46
#57Melvin127US #56
#58Lewis114US #74
#59Victor114US #63
#60Arnold110US #92
#61Max109US #106
#62Marvin107US #68
#63Joe105US #34
#64Lester104US #62
#65Harvey103US #88
#66Douglas100US #115
#67Wayne99US #91
#68Steve97US #109
#69Glenn95US #84
#70Ray95US #69
#71Willard89US #83
#72Michael88US #45
#73Herman86US #65
#74Warren86US #90
#75Leon85US #77
#76Daniel84US #52
#77Lyle84US #145
#78Martin84US #81
#79Edmund83US #140
#80Philip83US #71
#81Leroy81US #57
#82Samuel80US #43
#83Maurice78US #103
#84Vincent76US #73
#85Leslie75US #102
#86Milton75US #76
#87Vernon75US #66
#88Clyde72US #67
#89Stephen71US #96
#90Alexander69US #104
#91Alvin67US #80
#92Bruce66US #146
#93Dale66US #111
#94Alex65US #131
#95Benjamin65US #79
#96Roland64US #121
#97Woodrow64US #58
#98Clayton63US #157
#99Cecil62US #82
#100Don61US #153

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑30Shirley#67
↑24Douglas#66
↑23Barbara#35
↑16Bertha#57
↑15Warren#74
↑14Rita#77
↑14Eugene#37
↑14Lewis#58

Falling

↓16Martin#78
↓15Julia#60
↓14Anne#64
↓14Eva#70
↓14Harriet#94
↓13Martha#49
↓13Louise#52
↓13Milton#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.