State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,932 Michigan births in 1919 across 934 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#69Donnaoutside the national top 200
#99Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#68Lyle#153 nationally
#88Joyce#173 nationally
#89Ronald#171 nationally
#81Arlene#156 nationally
#90Lottie#162 nationally
#82Clayton#149 nationally
#27Genevieve#88 nationally
#72Wanda#128 nationally
#31Marian#82 nationally
#94Edmund#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,554US #1
#2Helen1,370US #2
#3Dorothy1,262US #3
#4Margaret992US #4
#5Ruth861US #5
#6Virginia820US #7
#7Betty566US #15
#8Irene517US #16
#9Elizabeth501US #8
#10Evelyn488US #11
#11Frances467US #9
#12Florence449US #14
#13Mildred448US #6
#14Marie437US #12
#15Doris422US #18
#16Eleanor411US #30
#17Jean389US #37
#18Alice374US #13
#19Anna363US #10
#20Lillian358US #17
#21Marjorie341US #33
#22Rose311US #19
#23Marion310US #44
#24Josephine294US #26
#25June291US #64
#26Lucille291US #27
#27Genevieve281US #88
#28Gertrude273US #39
#29Esther265US #38
#30Geraldine265US #68
#31Marian260US #82
#32Beatrice256US #41
#33Bernice241US #42
#34Grace229US #34
#35Jane224US #53
#36Catherine221US #23
#37Barbara219US #60
#38Thelma219US #31
#39Gladys218US #21
#40Phyllis211US #84
#41Clara210US #43
#42Shirley209US #89
#43Stella205US #70
#44Edna197US #22
#45Leona193US #90
#46Maxine193US #85
#47Martha192US #25
#48Ethel191US #28
#49Lorraine190US #62
#50Elsie184US #47
#51Pauline181US #36
#52Ann180US #49
#53Hazel179US #32
#54Katherine173US #51
#55Edith172US #29
#56Julia172US #48
#57Louise170US #20
#58Agnes167US #50
#59Lois165US #40
#60Violet161US #74
#61Norma150US #83
#62Vera146US #65
#63Pearl143US #56
#64Kathryn142US #66
#65Sophie141US #109
#66Vivian141US #72
#67Rita139US #54
#68Anne130US #63
#69Donna130
#70Wilma130US #86
#71Viola129US #58
#72Wanda128US #128
#73Marguerite125US #96
#74Eileen124US #103
#75Jennie124US #93
#76Eva121US #55
#77Ellen119US #92
#78Patricia119US #114
#79Bertha112US #52
#80Emma112US #45
#81Arlene111US #156
#82Charlotte110US #79
#83Jeanne109US #130
#84Laura107US #71
#85Ruby101US #24
#86Myrtle99US #67
#87Elaine98US #136
#88Joyce94US #173
#89Audrey93US #115
#90Lottie93US #162
#91Harriet92US #113
#92Theresa92US #102
#93Janet91US #126
#94Mabel90US #78
#95Ida88US #57
#96Kathleen88US #101
#97Sarah88US #46
#98Sylvia86US #77
#99Eleanore85
#100Olga85US #137

Boys

#1Robert1,725US #4
#2John1,585US #1
#3William1,223US #2
#4Edward824US #8
#5George775US #6
#6James772US #3
#7Charles735US #5
#8Donald698US #17
#9Joseph682US #7
#10Harold570US #13
#11Frank536US #9
#12Richard516US #12
#13Walter514US #11
#14Raymond445US #14
#15Arthur410US #19
#16Jack372US #21
#17Henry347US #16
#18Stanley341US #37
#19Kenneth324US #26
#20Harry317US #20
#21Albert303US #18
#22Paul299US #15
#23Thomas286US #10
#24Carl268US #29
#25Howard266US #24
#26Ralph253US #22
#27Leonard250US #39
#28Clarence240US #25
#29Louis235US #28
#30Earl224US #31
#31Russell222US #50
#32Gerald221US #70
#33Lawrence217US #38
#34Bernard209US #45
#35Eugene208US #33
#36Leo205US #49
#37Norman189US #48
#38Francis183US #34
#39David176US #27
#40Roy176US #32
#41Fred172US #30
#42Frederick165US #64
#43Anthony163US #41
#44Herbert161US #40
#45Elmer158US #44
#46Alfred152US #42
#47Chester150US #53
#48Edwin150US #52
#49Theodore150US #54
#50Peter148US #57
#51Ernest147US #36
#52Lloyd138US #58
#53Floyd136US #59
#54Gordon126US #86
#55Clifford124US #60
#56Melvin121US #56
#57Marvin108US #63
#58Arnold102US #94
#59Michael101US #46
#60Victor101US #68
#61Max96US #110
#62Joe93US #35
#63Wayne93US #90
#64Glenn87US #84
#65Andrew84US #47
#66Leroy82US #55
#67Ray82US #69
#68Lyle78US #153
#69Leslie77US #105
#70Alvin76US #76
#71Harvey75US #85
#72Lester74US #62
#73Philip74US #71
#74Daniel72US #51
#75Douglas72US #121
#76Milton72US #73
#77Willard72US #87
#78Dale70US #112
#79Steve69US #125
#80Vincent69US #72
#81Samuel68US #43
#82Clayton67US #149
#83Martin66US #81
#84Warren66US #83
#85Herman65US #61
#86Wesley65US #135
#87Leon61US #80
#88Lewis61US #74
#89Ronald61US #171
#90Clyde60US #67
#91Maurice60US #108
#92Sam58US #75
#93Vernon58US #65
#94Edmund56US #144
#95Orville56US #133
#96Benjamin55US #79
#97Don53US #145
#98Julius52US #123
#99Stephen52US #97
#100Alex51US #137

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑25Shirley#42
↑21Alvin#70
↑16Leslie#69
↑16Clayton#82
↑15Leroy#66
↑15Dale#78
↑14Norma#61
↑13Michael#59

Falling

↓30Lewis#88
↓22Bertha#79
↓20Ann#52
↓15Viola#71
↓15Sylvia#98
↓15Edmund#94
↓14Marguerite#73
↓14Charlotte#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.