State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,495 Michigan births in 1920 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#75Donnaoutside the national top 200
#93Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#61Lyle#151 nationally
#94Keith#175 nationally
#70Arlene#145 nationally
#89Bruce#149 nationally
#95Clayton#153 nationally
#72Sophie#129 nationally
#30Genevieve#86 nationally
#88Edmund#138 nationally
#78Steve#127 nationally
#92Rosemary#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,809US #1
#2Helen1,456US #3
#3Dorothy1,382US #2
#4Margaret1,037US #4
#5Ruth984US #5
#6Virginia956US #7
#7Betty859US #11
#8Doris586US #14
#9Irene566US #17
#10Evelyn565US #12
#11Elizabeth530US #8
#12Mildred486US #6
#13Frances474US #9
#14Jean473US #33
#15Alice462US #15
#16Eleanor449US #25
#17Marie443US #13
#18Florence409US #16
#19Marjorie407US #24
#20Anna370US #10
#21Lillian368US #18
#22Shirley354US #56
#23June351US #53
#24Lucille322US #29
#25Marion321US #43
#26Rose309US #20
#27Marian293US #73
#28Josephine290US #28
#29Phyllis281US #72
#30Genevieve279US #86
#31Geraldine279US #60
#32Esther269US #39
#33Gertrude264US #42
#34Bernice262US #40
#35Barbara258US #47
#36Catherine255US #21
#37Gladys248US #22
#38Grace244US #37
#39Beatrice241US #41
#40Jane236US #48
#41Ethel222US #30
#42Lois219US #38
#43Ann218US #49
#44Maxine214US #81
#45Pauline214US #36
#46Edith209US #32
#47Edna209US #27
#48Clara204US #44
#49Rita202US #52
#50Leona201US #89
#51Louise191US #19
#52Thelma191US #31
#53Martha190US #23
#54Katherine189US #45
#55Agnes185US #54
#56Lorraine177US #70
#57Violet177US #77
#58Stella176US #82
#59Marguerite175US #93
#60Elsie173US #51
#61Vivian171US #64
#62Elaine170US #107
#63Kathryn167US #67
#64Hazel162US #34
#65Patricia160US #104
#66Eileen157US #100
#67Viola152US #59
#68Julia144US #55
#69Bertha142US #57
#70Arlene139US #145
#71Norma139US #69
#72Sophie138US #129
#73Charlotte134US #79
#74Wanda133US #117
#75Donna132
#76Eva131US #58
#77Jennie131US #97
#78Kathleen131US #91
#79Pearl131US #62
#80Jeanne129US #114
#81Anne127US #65
#82Harriet127US #112
#83Wilma125US #78
#84Laura123US #63
#85Ellen120US #92
#86Jeanette115US #126
#87Emma112US #46
#88Sylvia112US #85
#89Vera107US #75
#90Ruby102US #26
#91Theresa96US #108
#92Rosemary95US #141
#93Eleanore93
#94Ida93US #66
#95Audrey89US #103
#96Janet89US #124
#97Olga89US #146
#98Dolores88US #110
#99Loretta88US #120
#100Muriel88US #123

Boys

#1Robert2,205US #3
#2John1,745US #1
#3William1,567US #2
#4Edward951US #8
#5James944US #4
#6George881US #6
#7Donald869US #16
#8Charles858US #5
#9Joseph757US #7
#10Richard671US #10
#11Harold623US #12
#12Walter567US #13
#13Frank558US #9
#14Raymond499US #15
#15Jack475US #20
#16Arthur466US #18
#17Kenneth399US #23
#18Thomas366US #11
#19Paul364US #14
#20Henry358US #17
#21Albert344US #19
#22Stanley331US #40
#23Harry330US #21
#24Gerald296US #64
#25Carl292US #27
#26Howard291US #24
#27Leonard278US #38
#28Clarence267US #26
#29Louis266US #28
#30Eugene264US #30
#31Ralph254US #22
#32Lawrence251US #36
#33Earl249US #31
#34Leo236US #48
#35Chester231US #55
#36Russell224US #51
#37Bernard212US #46
#38Norman209US #47
#39Roy206US #32
#40David205US #25
#41Francis203US #34
#42Fred200US #33
#43Elmer193US #45
#44Alfred187US #42
#45Frederick175US #60
#46Edwin173US #53
#47Anthony170US #43
#48Ernest169US #37
#49Peter166US #57
#50Theodore164US #63
#51Herbert163US #41
#52Floyd149US #61
#53Warren145US #39
#54Gordon139US #85
#55Lloyd134US #58
#56Marvin124US #62
#57Clifford121US #59
#58Ray118US #67
#59Melvin117US #54
#60Andrew113US #49
#61Lyle110US #151
#62Joe108US #35
#63Glenn107US #80
#64Wayne106US #86
#65Lester99US #69
#66Dale97US #105
#67Douglas97US #106
#68Martin96US #78
#69Arnold95US #91
#70Herman95US #66
#71Victor93US #81
#72Daniel90US #52
#73Harvey88US #87
#74Michael88US #50
#75Lewis86US #72
#76Clyde85US #68
#77Vernon85US #65
#78Steve84US #127
#79Alvin83US #76
#80Leon83US #75
#81Max79US #112
#82Philip79US #71
#83Wallace77US #93
#84Leroy76US #56
#85Milton76US #74
#86Vincent76US #73
#87Allen75US #94
#88Edmund74US #138
#89Bruce71US #149
#90Maurice71US #102
#91Roger68US #103
#92Samuel68US #44
#93Jerome67US #126
#94Keith66US #175
#95Clayton64US #153
#96Stephen63US #96
#97Leslie62US #110
#98Willard61US #88
#99Alexander60US #117
#100Don60US #148

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑31Warren#53
↑25Elaine#62
↑20Shirley#22
↑18Rita#49
↑18Kathleen#78
↑17Lois#42
↑16Vernon#77
↑15Martin#68

Falling

↓28Leslie#97
↓27Vera#89
↓21Willard#98
↓20Max#81
↓18Leroy#84
↓16Pearl#79
↓15Stella#58
↓15Michael#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.