State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,817 Michigan births in 1921 across 1,029 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#68Donna#189 nationally
#94Angelineoutside the national top 200
#60Lyle#150 nationally
#67Arlene#138 nationally
#82Keith#153 nationally
#99Bette#169 nationally
#96Ronald#154 nationally
#81Don#136 nationally
#43Elaine#97 nationally
#37Genevieve#90 nationally
#75Rosemary#128 nationally
#90Joan#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,958US #1
#2Helen1,502US #3
#3Dorothy1,472US #2
#4Margaret1,143US #4
#5Betty1,035US #8
#6Virginia1,010US #6
#7Ruth960US #5
#8Elizabeth580US #10
#9Irene577US #18
#10Evelyn552US #12
#11Doris536US #13
#12Marjorie508US #16
#13Frances499US #9
#14Jean491US #25
#15Mildred462US #7
#16Alice456US #15
#17Marie456US #14
#18Eleanor425US #29
#19Shirley419US #44
#20Florence413US #17
#21Barbara376US #40
#22June356US #50
#23Lillian354US #19
#24Rose344US #20
#25Marion319US #43
#26Anna318US #11
#27Phyllis307US #60
#28Josephine305US #28
#29Marian305US #69
#30Geraldine299US #62
#31Bernice293US #39
#32Beatrice277US #41
#33Lucille275US #31
#34Esther272US #42
#35Grace260US #35
#36Catherine251US #23
#37Genevieve250US #90
#38Lois249US #38
#39Gladys244US #24
#40Lorraine231US #61
#41Maxine225US #77
#42Edna223US #27
#43Elaine222US #97
#44Jane222US #47
#45Gertrude218US #46
#46Ann216US #53
#47Leona216US #92
#48Patricia215US #84
#49Thelma215US #30
#50Edith203US #33
#51Rita202US #48
#52Martha199US #21
#53Norma198US #51
#54Clara192US #45
#55Louise191US #22
#56Ethel188US #32
#57Agnes183US #56
#58Stella182US #86
#59Hazel178US #34
#60Katherine177US #49
#61Elsie171US #55
#62Pauline171US #37
#63Vivian170US #68
#64Wanda161US #101
#65Charlotte158US #79
#66Kathryn155US #64
#67Arlene151US #138
#68Donna151US #189
#69Anne150US #70
#70Violet149US #81
#71Laura146US #71
#72Wilma143US #72
#73Jeanne139US #109
#74Julia138US #58
#75Rosemary138US #128
#76Marguerite136US #98
#77Viola136US #66
#78Vera133US #76
#79Pearl129US #65
#80Emma128US #52
#81Kathleen128US #83
#82Ellen125US #95
#83Audrey124US #82
#84Eva124US #63
#85Jennie123US #99
#86Eileen115US #100
#87Joyce115US #137
#88Bertha113US #59
#89Sylvia112US #88
#90Joan109US #142
#91Theresa109US #107
#92Harriet108US #114
#93Sophie108US #136
#94Angeline106
#95Jeanette105US #125
#96Dolores97US #111
#97Mabel96US #85
#98Ruby94US #26
#99Bette92US #169
#100Sarah91US #54

Boys

#1Robert2,431US #2
#2John1,763US #1
#3William1,621US #3
#4James1,053US #4
#5George970US #6
#6Donald964US #13
#7Charles896US #5
#8Edward894US #8
#9Joseph740US #7
#10Richard734US #10
#11Harold676US #12
#12Frank606US #9
#13Raymond552US #16
#14Jack522US #18
#15Walter508US #15
#16Arthur505US #19
#17Kenneth428US #22
#18Henry388US #17
#19Harry380US #21
#20Paul379US #14
#21Thomas374US #11
#22Albert327US #20
#23Howard327US #27
#24Stanley314US #41
#25Leonard298US #39
#26Clarence293US #28
#27Carl287US #30
#28Lawrence282US #37
#29Gerald279US #60
#30Louis268US #29
#31Eugene266US #26
#32Earl265US #31
#33Ralph250US #23
#34Warren246US #24
#35Frederick234US #61
#36Leo232US #50
#37Bernard228US #45
#38Francis222US #35
#39Norman222US #46
#40Alfred217US #43
#41Roy207US #32
#42Russell207US #52
#43Ernest204US #38
#44David198US #25
#45Fred193US #33
#46Chester188US #56
#47Edwin187US #54
#48Elmer174US #48
#49Theodore165US #65
#50Anthony159US #40
#51Herbert157US #42
#52Gordon150US #84
#53Peter145US #57
#54Floyd142US #63
#55Clifford138US #62
#56Joe136US #36
#57Lloyd134US #58
#58Melvin131US #53
#59Marvin124US #59
#60Lyle118US #150
#61Andrew114US #51
#62Victor114US #83
#63Daniel112US #49
#64Arnold108US #91
#65Wayne108US #81
#66Alvin103US #73
#67Lester99US #66
#68Lewis99US #71
#69Dale98US #93
#70Glenn98US #80
#71Ray98US #67
#72Leroy96US #55
#73Harvey94US #87
#74Max93US #112
#75Leon91US #74
#76Wallace91US #88
#77Douglas89US #111
#78Leslie85US #106
#79Michael84US #47
#80Martin83US #78
#81Don82US #136
#82Keith82US #153
#83Vernon82US #68
#84Vincent80US #70
#85Steve79US #130
#86Herman77US #64
#87Milton75US #75
#88Samuel75US #44
#89Alexander73US #116
#90Willard73US #89
#91Sam72US #85
#92Edmund71US #142
#93Maurice71US #101
#94Wesley71US #127
#95Gilbert70US #103
#96Ronald70US #154
#97Allen69US #94
#98Clyde68US #69
#99Roger68US #99
#100Lee65US #86

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑19Elaine#43
↑19Warren#34
↑19Leslie#78
↑19Don#81
↑18Norma#53
↑17Patricia#48
↑17Rosemary#75
↑16Lorraine#40

Falling

↓22Clyde#98
↓21Sophie#93
↓20Eileen#86
↓19Bertha#88
↓17Pauline#62
↓17Marguerite#76
↓16Herman#86
↓15Ethel#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.