State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,335 Michigan births in 1925 across 1,004 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#69Lyle#154 nationally
#29Donna#110 nationally
#90Duane#170 nationally
#62Bruce#130 nationally
#99Clayton#162 nationally
#85Keith#146 nationally
#75Jacqueline#135 nationally
#60Genevieve#113 nationally
#91Steve#144 nationally
#87Jeanette#137 nationally
#72Arlene#120 nationally
#58Rosemary#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,932US #1
#2Betty1,741US #3
#3Dorothy1,501US #2
#4Helen1,206US #4
#5Virginia1,041US #7
#6Margaret1,019US #5
#7Shirley866US #17
#8Ruth856US #6
#9Doris664US #8
#10Jean603US #14
#11Barbara576US #22
#12Patricia571US #28
#13Elizabeth526US #10
#14Irene511US #19
#15Evelyn486US #12
#16Alice472US #15
#17Frances456US #11
#18June437US #39
#19Phyllis433US #40
#20Marjorie415US #21
#21Lois401US #18
#22Mildred382US #9
#23Marie372US #16
#24Eleanor371US #31
#25Florence354US #24
#26Gloria351US #20
#27Joyce347US #59
#28Geraldine337US #54
#29Donna330US #110
#30Marion327US #47
#31Lillian324US #25
#32Anna302US #13
#33Marian295US #67
#34Elaine288US #73
#35Rose279US #26
#36Maxine265US #79
#37Dolores263US #64
#38Lucille258US #41
#39Norma253US #34
#40Bernice251US #46
#41Lorraine250US #51
#42Josephine245US #36
#43Catherine232US #29
#44Beatrice223US #50
#45Gladys220US #33
#46Grace220US #44
#47Rita217US #48
#48Marilyn206US #83
#49Martha205US #23
#50Esther203US #56
#51Jane201US #53
#52Joan199US #66
#53Pauline199US #38
#54Edna191US #37
#55Louise188US #27
#56Thelma186US #35
#57Wanda180US #72
#58Rosemary175US #103
#59Ann172US #52
#60Genevieve171US #113
#61Ethel169US #43
#62Gertrude169US #70
#63Beverly164US #105
#64Agnes161US #69
#65Katherine159US #61
#66Vivian159US #76
#67Wilma159US #62
#68Edith158US #42
#69Clara157US #55
#70Audrey155US #78
#71Leona152US #108
#72Arlene151US #120
#73Eileen141US #96
#74Charlotte140US #77
#75Jacqueline139US #135
#76Kathleen138US #81
#77Theresa137US #80
#78Hazel136US #45
#79Nancy132US #60
#80Violet131US #92
#81Laura129US #75
#82Julia124US #65
#83Kathryn124US #88
#84Viola123US #84
#85Elsie121US #63
#86Jeanne117US #89
#87Jeanette114US #137
#88Carol113US #119
#89Loretta112US #122
#90Stella111US #114
#91Janet109US #111
#92Vera106US #86
#93Eva105US #71
#94Ellen102US #101
#95Emma102US #57
#96Anne98US #85
#97Jennie97US #121
#98Juanita97US #49
#99Bertha96US #74
#100Harriet94US #131

Boys

#1Robert3,101US #1
#2John2,009US #2
#3William1,928US #3
#4James1,397US #4
#5Richard1,357US #8
#6Donald1,354US #10
#7George1,004US #6
#8Charles970US #5
#9Edward920US #9
#10Joseph753US #7
#11Harold669US #14
#12Jack602US #17
#13Raymond600US #15
#14Frank575US #12
#15Kenneth540US #19
#16Thomas515US #11
#17Arthur474US #20
#18Walter450US #16
#19Paul411US #13
#20Henry391US #18
#21Gerald389US #45
#22Eugene348US #24
#23Harry337US #23
#24Carl333US #28
#25Ralph325US #25
#26Albert294US #21
#27Stanley294US #40
#28Louis293US #29
#29Leonard285US #38
#30Lawrence279US #36
#31Earl270US #31
#32Norman269US #41
#33Bernard268US #48
#34Howard262US #26
#35Clarence253US #30
#36David252US #22
#37Roy247US #32
#38Russell232US #53
#39Leo229US #54
#40Francis217US #35
#41Edwin216US #57
#42Gordon204US #72
#43Ernest195US #37
#44Frederick194US #65
#45Fred182US #33
#46Calvin181US #47
#47Marvin178US #51
#48Alfred173US #43
#49Peter172US #60
#50Herbert170US #42
#51Chester164US #73
#52Dale158US #86
#53Theodore158US #63
#54Melvin154US #50
#55Floyd153US #58
#56Anthony150US #39
#57Wayne147US #74
#58Clifford144US #59
#59Daniel142US #44
#60Lloyd134US #62
#61Elmer133US #61
#62Bruce124US #130
#63Ronald122US #104
#64Douglas121US #103
#65Leon110US #76
#66Ray109US #64
#67Andrew108US #56
#68Warren108US #66
#69Lyle104US #154
#70Harvey103US #88
#71Glenn101US #77
#72Leroy98US #52
#73Wallace94US #92
#74Michael93US #55
#75Victor93US #89
#76Milton92US #80
#77Arnold91US #95
#78Roger91US #90
#79Alvin90US #70
#80Herman90US #69
#81Leslie89US #119
#82Lewis89US #79
#83Jerome87US #113
#84Don85US #106
#85Keith85US #146
#86Max85US #128
#87Philip85US #75
#88Joe83US #34
#89Lester82US #81
#90Duane81US #170
#91Steve79US #144
#92Willard78US #97
#93Vernon76US #67
#94Samuel75US #46
#95Clyde73US #68
#96Martin73US #83
#97Allen72US #94
#98Maurice71US #111
#99Clayton68US #162
#100Glen65US #117

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑21Jacqueline#75
↑21Milton#76
↑18Gloria#26
↑17Lyle#69
↑14Wilma#67
↑13Martha#49
↑13Joan#52
↑12Dolores#37

Falling

↓24Martin#96
↓18Lester#89
↓16Kathleen#76
↓16Elsie#85
↓15Genevieve#60
↓15Vernon#93
↓12Esther#50
↓12Gertrude#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.