State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,754 Michigan births in 1924 across 1,027 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#40Donna#131 nationally
#85Duane#176 nationally
#86Lyle#159 nationally
#66Bruce#133 nationally
#84Bette#151 nationally
#45Genevieve#107 nationally
#89Keith#150 nationally
#73Ronald#130 nationally
#68Arlene#122 nationally
#94Edmund#148 nationally
#31Joyce#83 nationally
#96Jacqueline#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,946US #1
#2Betty1,703US #4
#3Dorothy1,560US #2
#4Helen1,267US #3
#5Margaret1,073US #5
#6Virginia1,023US #7
#7Ruth902US #6
#8Shirley765US #19
#9Doris656US #9
#10Jean582US #16
#11Barbara562US #28
#12Irene550US #18
#13Elizabeth545US #11
#14Evelyn531US #12
#15Frances498US #10
#16Marjorie487US #17
#17Patricia460US #35
#18Alice442US #15
#19Mildred421US #8
#20June396US #45
#21Phyllis387US #44
#22Eleanor383US #29
#23Marie376US #14
#24Lillian351US #23
#25Lois345US #22
#26Florence336US #20
#27Marion332US #46
#28Geraldine318US #58
#29Rose314US #25
#30Anna309US #13
#31Joyce305US #83
#32Marian284US #64
#33Lorraine264US #52
#34Lucille262US #37
#35Josephine258US #34
#36Maxine257US #77
#37Bernice256US #47
#38Esther255US #51
#39Elaine250US #73
#40Donna247US #131
#41Catherine245US #27
#42Gladys243US #30
#43Grace239US #43
#44Gloria234US #41
#45Genevieve231US #107
#46Norma231US #40
#47Jane219US #53
#48Rita217US #49
#49Dolores216US #75
#50Gertrude216US #60
#51Beatrice208US #50
#52Ann205US #55
#53Louise189US #24
#54Marilyn189US #101
#55Thelma186US #33
#56Edith183US #36
#57Pauline181US #38
#58Edna178US #31
#59Ethel178US #39
#60Kathleen175US #76
#61Wanda168US #74
#62Martha165US #21
#63Agnes162US #63
#64Rosemary161US #106
#65Joan160US #95
#66Vivian158US #71
#67Katherine156US #59
#68Arlene155US #122
#69Elsie153US #61
#70Audrey152US #84
#71Beverly152US #121
#72Charlotte152US #80
#73Violet152US #88
#74Clara151US #56
#75Leona148US #103
#76Julia143US #62
#77Eileen141US #93
#78Jeanne140US #90
#79Hazel138US #42
#80Stella138US #105
#81Wilma137US #67
#82Laura135US #72
#83Kathryn132US #81
#84Bette128US #151
#85Marguerite126US #125
#86Ellen125US #99
#87Nancy123US #69
#88Jennie113US #111
#89Vera113US #85
#90Anne109US #79
#91Eva107US #66
#92Jeanette107US #134
#93Harriet106US #128
#94Bertha104US #65
#95Viola104US #82
#96Jacqueline101US #148
#97Loretta101US #124
#98Pearl96US #78
#99Janet94US #118
#100Juanita92US #48

Boys

#1Robert2,919US #1
#2John2,052US #2
#3William1,855US #3
#4James1,287US #4
#5Donald1,229US #10
#6Richard1,186US #8
#7George1,035US #6
#8Edward1,024US #9
#9Charles947US #5
#10Joseph777US #7
#11Harold707US #13
#12Jack663US #17
#13Frank579US #12
#14Raymond532US #15
#15Kenneth520US #19
#16Arthur502US #20
#17Thomas490US #11
#18Walter464US #16
#19Harry405US #22
#20Paul398US #14
#21Henry392US #18
#22Eugene347US #25
#23Albert333US #21
#24Gerald331US #49
#25Carl326US #27
#26Howard316US #26
#27Stanley305US #40
#28Leonard304US #38
#29Ralph291US #23
#30Clarence275US #29
#31Earl264US #33
#32Lawrence264US #36
#33David262US #24
#34Louis258US #28
#35Norman252US #42
#36Bernard238US #46
#37Roy238US #31
#38Fred234US #32
#39Francis225US #34
#40Leo225US #51
#41Russell218US #52
#42Frederick214US #62
#43Ernest213US #37
#44Marvin201US #50
#45Herbert184US #41
#46Alfred181US #43
#47Gordon181US #75
#48Edwin174US #55
#49Peter169US #59
#50Chester160US #67
#51Anthony159US #39
#52Theodore159US #65
#53Calvin152US #44
#54Lloyd150US #61
#55Clifford149US #64
#56Warren149US #58
#57Elmer142US #57
#58Floyd141US #66
#59Melvin140US #48
#60Dale139US #84
#61Wayne135US #74
#62Daniel123US #47
#63Glenn120US #79
#64Harvey117US #88
#65Douglas112US #105
#66Bruce110US #133
#67Andrew108US #56
#68Arnold104US #95
#69Leon103US #76
#70Leroy101US #53
#71Lester101US #72
#72Martin101US #82
#73Ronald101US #130
#74Wallace101US #87
#75Jerome100US #114
#76Philip100US #71
#77Ray100US #60
#78Vernon99US #68
#79Alvin98US #73
#80Max98US #126
#81Lewis97US #77
#82Michael97US #54
#83Herman96US #70
#84Victor96US #90
#85Duane87US #176
#86Lyle87US #159
#87Clyde86US #69
#88Roger85US #93
#89Keith81US #150
#90Leslie81US #107
#91Joe80US #35
#92Alexander77US #129
#93Maurice73US #102
#94Edmund72US #148
#95Allen71US #94
#96Glen71US #118
#97Milton71US #81
#98Samuel71US #45
#99Wesley70US #131
#100Sam68US #91

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑29Marilyn#54
↑20Beverly#71
↑20Glenn#63
↑20Leon#69
↑17Charlotte#72
↑17Ronald#73
↑17Jerome#75
↑16Joyce#31

Falling

↓25Viola#95
↓21Max#80
↓20Joe#91
↓18Janet#99
↓17Wallace#74
↓17Victor#84
↓16Kathryn#83
↓16Anne#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.