State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,466 Michigan births in 1923 across 1,014 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#51Donna#156 nationally
#94Duane#190 nationally
#77Lyle#154 nationally
#61Arlene#127 nationally
#59Max#122 nationally
#85Bette#148 nationally
#35Genevieve#97 nationally
#76Bruce#135 nationally
#86Keith#145 nationally
#85Edmund#143 nationally
#47Joyce#104 nationally
#91Beverly#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,961US #1
#2Dorothy1,533US #2
#3Betty1,501US #5
#4Helen1,298US #3
#5Margaret1,027US #4
#6Virginia989US #7
#7Ruth879US #6
#8Doris668US #11
#9Shirley633US #26
#10Elizabeth547US #9
#11Jean522US #19
#12Irene513US #17
#13Frances480US #10
#14Barbara475US #33
#15Evelyn470US #12
#16Marjorie462US #16
#17Mildred403US #8
#18June382US #42
#19Florence375US #18
#20Marie375US #14
#21Eleanor374US #28
#22Phyllis366US #45
#23Alice362US #15
#24Lillian343US #20
#25Marion322US #44
#26Anna321US #13
#27Geraldine315US #58
#28Rose297US #23
#29Lucille287US #35
#30Patricia285US #56
#31Marian265US #65
#32Lorraine256US #57
#33Lois246US #27
#34Grace243US #39
#35Genevieve240US #97
#36Esther234US #47
#37Maxine234US #76
#38Josephine223US #30
#39Beatrice222US #46
#40Catherine222US #24
#41Norma221US #41
#42Gertrude220US #59
#43Rita219US #50
#44Bernice218US #43
#45Jane216US #55
#46Gladys207US #29
#47Joyce207US #104
#48Ann206US #52
#49Dolores197US #83
#50Martha193US #21
#51Donna185US #156
#52Edna185US #32
#53Thelma183US #31
#54Edith179US #36
#55Elaine178US #87
#56Ethel178US #38
#57Pauline176US #37
#58Wanda175US #80
#59Louise174US #22
#60Gloria172US #48
#61Arlene167US #127
#62Rosemary164US #110
#63Clara158US #49
#64Kathleen154US #70
#65Leona154US #100
#66Jeanne151US #90
#67Kathryn151US #72
#68Eileen148US #95
#69Vivian146US #69
#70Viola141US #79
#71Agnes140US #63
#72Elsie138US #61
#73Violet137US #86
#74Anne136US #71
#75Katherine136US #60
#76Wilma130US #74
#77Hazel127US #40
#78Stella125US #96
#79Bertha124US #64
#80Joan124US #117
#81Janet123US #121
#82Julia123US #62
#83Marilyn121US #118
#84Audrey119US #85
#85Bette119US #148
#86Vera118US #82
#87Eva115US #66
#88Ellen113US #103
#89Charlotte111US #77
#90Laura110US #73
#91Beverly109US #144
#92Emma109US #53
#93Marguerite109US #115
#94Carol107US #139
#95Sylvia101US #98
#96Jeanette100US #131
#97Pearl100US #78
#98Harriet98US #122
#99Nancy97US #75
#100Loretta95US #124

Boys

#1Robert2,672US #2
#2John1,853US #1
#3William1,652US #3
#4James1,130US #4
#5Donald1,114US #10
#6Richard918US #9
#7George910US #6
#8Edward909US #8
#9Charles889US #5
#10Joseph748US #7
#11Harold650US #13
#12Raymond595US #15
#13Jack557US #17
#14Frank532US #11
#15Kenneth487US #21
#16Arthur478US #19
#17Walter440US #16
#18Thomas432US #12
#19Paul393US #14
#20Henry381US #18
#21Harry342US #22
#22Gerald311US #54
#23Albert309US #20
#24Howard307US #26
#25Leonard292US #37
#26Eugene290US #25
#27Carl279US #28
#28Stanley274US #41
#29Russell259US #52
#30Louis254US #27
#31Earl252US #31
#32Ralph246US #23
#33Clarence244US #29
#34Bernard243US #46
#35David242US #24
#36Norman235US #44
#37Leo234US #49
#38Lawrence232US #36
#39Frederick217US #60
#40Francis216US #34
#41Roy198US #32
#42Chester192US #63
#43Alfred186US #42
#44Peter180US #58
#45Fred178US #33
#46Gordon175US #76
#47Edwin174US #56
#48Herbert173US #40
#49Theodore169US #62
#50Elmer168US #57
#51Ernest167US #38
#52Marvin164US #51
#53Warren161US #43
#54Melvin151US #48
#55Anthony143US #39
#56Clifford132US #65
#57Wallace129US #69
#58Floyd128US #64
#59Max125US #122
#60Lloyd123US #59
#61Wayne116US #75
#62Andrew115US #53
#63Dale112US #90
#64Daniel110US #47
#65Douglas105US #108
#66Alvin101US #73
#67Victor101US #88
#68Arnold96US #93
#69Harvey96US #91
#70Vernon93US #67
#71Joe91US #35
#72Herman90US #66
#73Philip90US #70
#74Ray89US #61
#75Martin88US #80
#76Bruce87US #135
#77Lyle87US #154
#78Michael87US #50
#79Leroy85US #55
#80Leslie85US #112
#81Lester85US #71
#82Roger85US #95
#83Glenn84US #84
#84Wesley84US #125
#85Edmund83US #143
#86Keith83US #145
#87Milton81US #81
#88Benjamin80US #86
#89Leon79US #77
#90Ronald79US #142
#91Lewis78US #74
#92Jerome75US #118
#93Clyde74US #68
#94Duane74US #190
#95Samuel73US #45
#96Don72US #130
#97Steve72US #133
#98Allen68US #97
#99Bill67US #98
#100Vincent67US #72

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑19Arlene#61
↑16Joyce#47
↑16Marilyn#83
↑14Bertha#79
↑14Wallace#57
↑14Wesley#84
↑14Edmund#85
↑13Vernon#70

Falling

↓20Marguerite#93
↓19Hazel#77
↓14Julia#82
↓14Pearl#97
↓14Joe#71
↓13Ethel#56
↓13Glenn#83
↓13Leon#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.