State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,656 Michigan births in 1922 across 977 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#60Donna#166 nationally
#73Lyle#146 nationally
#89Clayton#160 nationally
#79Ronald#147 nationally
#91Keith#157 nationally
#97Beverly#163 nationally
#95Bette#160 nationally
#63Joyce#126 nationally
#40Genevieve#98 nationally
#61Max#117 nationally
#87Bruce#142 nationally
#99Edmund#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,773US #1
#2Dorothy1,436US #2
#3Helen1,322US #3
#4Betty1,174US #6
#5Virginia1,045US #7
#6Margaret1,002US #4
#7Ruth875US #5
#8Doris593US #11
#9Irene550US #17
#10Elizabeth517US #9
#11Jean494US #20
#12Shirley489US #39
#13Frances473US #10
#14Marjorie462US #16
#15Evelyn458US #13
#16Alice440US #15
#17Mildred427US #8
#18Eleanor400US #28
#19Marie400US #14
#20Florence380US #18
#21Barbara347US #40
#22June340US #45
#23Lillian333US #19
#24Geraldine326US #58
#25Rose314US #23
#26Phyllis312US #53
#27Anna302US #12
#28Marion287US #42
#29Marian273US #67
#30Esther269US #44
#31Josephine267US #27
#32Patricia260US #69
#33Lucille255US #33
#34Bernice248US #41
#35Grace248US #38
#36Maxine242US #82
#37Catherine233US #24
#38Gertrude228US #48
#39Lorraine226US #56
#40Genevieve222US #98
#41Lois220US #35
#42Gladys216US #25
#43Ethel215US #32
#44Beatrice209US #43
#45Thelma209US #31
#46Ann205US #49
#47Norma205US #46
#48Edna200US #29
#49Jane197US #55
#50Martha192US #21
#51Elaine186US #102
#52Clara185US #47
#53Rita177US #52
#54Leona174US #101
#55Pauline167US #36
#56Edith165US #34
#57Jeanne165US #97
#58Hazel164US #37
#59Dolores163US #104
#60Donna163US #166
#61Louise162US #22
#62Wanda161US #92
#63Joyce158US #126
#64Gloria152US #61
#65Katherine152US #54
#66Violet151US #86
#67Stella149US #88
#68Julia147US #60
#69Agnes145US #62
#70Eileen141US #96
#71Kathryn140US #73
#72Rosemary136US #120
#73Marguerite134US #106
#74Kathleen133US #80
#75Vivian133US #74
#76Viola132US #72
#77Eva131US #64
#78Elsie128US #59
#79Wilma127US #77
#80Arlene125US #133
#81Charlotte122US #76
#82Anne116US #66
#83Pearl116US #71
#84Vera116US #79
#85Ellen115US #95
#86Laura110US #68
#87Audrey107US #89
#88Emma107US #50
#89Jeanette104US #128
#90Sylvia104US #94
#91Joan103US #127
#92Jennie101US #105
#93Bertha100US #63
#94Sarah100US #51
#95Bette99US #160
#96Ruby98US #26
#97Beverly97US #163
#98Theresa91US #109
#99Marilyn90US #145
#100Sophie90US #153

Boys

#1Robert2,489US #2
#2John1,756US #1
#3William1,617US #3
#4Donald1,046US #12
#5James1,040US #4
#6Edward959US #8
#7George930US #6
#8Richard857US #9
#9Charles837US #5
#10Joseph696US #7
#11Harold655US #13
#12Frank548US #10
#13Jack519US #18
#14Raymond506US #16
#15Walter501US #15
#16Kenneth456US #21
#17Arthur450US #19
#18Henry391US #17
#19Paul372US #14
#20Thomas359US #11
#21Harry351US #22
#22Albert317US #20
#23Carl302US #30
#24Stanley295US #41
#25Gerald291US #58
#26Eugene288US #25
#27Leonard271US #38
#28Howard266US #26
#29Ralph256US #23
#30Lawrence255US #36
#31Louis255US #27
#32Clarence253US #29
#33David245US #24
#34Earl245US #31
#35Bernard242US #46
#36Leo230US #51
#37Russell228US #49
#38Francis225US #34
#39Norman224US #44
#40Fred206US #33
#41Roy197US #32
#42Frederick188US #60
#43Ernest181US #37
#44Gordon181US #76
#45Edwin176US #52
#46Peter166US #57
#47Alfred163US #42
#48Chester156US #64
#49Warren149US #45
#50Herbert148US #40
#51Lloyd148US #59
#52Anthony142US #39
#53Theodore142US #62
#54Floyd139US #61
#55Elmer137US #54
#56Marvin134US #56
#57Joe130US #35
#58Melvin128US #50
#59Clifford119US #63
#60Wayne114US #78
#61Max113US #117
#62Alvin108US #73
#63Andrew105US #53
#64Dale104US #89
#65Ray104US #65
#66Victor104US #86
#67Herman102US #66
#68Douglas101US #106
#69Daniel100US #47
#70Glenn97US #79
#71Wallace94US #87
#72Michael91US #48
#73Lyle90US #146
#74Harvey89US #88
#75Arnold88US #94
#76Leon88US #77
#77Martin88US #80
#78Leroy87US #55
#79Ronald85US #147
#80Philip84US #70
#81Milton83US #74
#82Sam82US #84
#83Vernon82US #68
#84Maurice81US #103
#85Samuel81US #43
#86Lester80US #69
#87Bruce77US #142
#88Clyde75US #67
#89Clayton74US #160
#90Lewis74US #75
#91Keith73US #157
#92Steve73US #130
#93Willard67US #91
#94Roger66US #96
#95Jerome64US #121
#96Don60US #136
#97Morris60US #109
#98Wesley60US #127
#99Edmund59US #153
#100Glen58US #123

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑37Dolores#59
↑24Joyce#63
↑19Herman#67
↑17Ronald#79
↑16Patricia#32
↑16Jeanne#57
↑16Eileen#70
↑13Ethel#43

Falling

↓22Lewis#90
↓19Lester#86
↓17Elsie#78
↓16Charlotte#81
↓15Laura#86
↓15Warren#49
↓15Don#96
↓13Arlene#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.