State roster

Top names in Michigan

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Michigan birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,876 Michigan births in 1926 across 1,016 distinct names.

Distinctively Michigan

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

#73Duane#160 nationally
#83Lyle#152 nationally
#25Donna#90 nationally
#64Bruce#127 nationally
#65Genevieve#128 nationally
#48Arlene#108 nationally
#88Keith#148 nationally
#89Delores#145 nationally
#100Steve#151 nationally
#69Jacqueline#119 nationally
#100Constance#146 nationally
#92Jeanette#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,114US #1
#2Betty1,656US #3
#3Dorothy1,395US #2
#4Helen1,085US #4
#5Margaret1,012US #5
#6Shirley990US #14
#7Virginia899US #8
#8Ruth784US #6
#9Barbara726US #16
#10Doris635US #7
#11Patricia618US #23
#12Jean609US #12
#13Irene489US #21
#14Joyce487US #44
#15Evelyn483US #13
#16Lois481US #19
#17Phyllis472US #33
#18Marjorie471US #22
#19Elizabeth456US #11
#20Alice444US #17
#21Frances401US #10
#22Eleanor390US #32
#23Lillian369US #28
#24Mildred366US #9
#25Donna365US #90
#26Gloria361US #20
#27Marie351US #18
#28Florence349US #26
#29Dolores347US #49
#30June342US #40
#31Marion334US #47
#32Rose318US #25
#33Geraldine314US #54
#34Anna312US #15
#35Norma298US #29
#36Elaine282US #68
#37Marilyn277US #65
#38Lorraine271US #53
#39Beverly264US #74
#40Marian260US #70
#41Joan252US #51
#42Catherine237US #31
#43Josephine234US #37
#44Maxine233US #85
#45Lucille226US #43
#46Louise218US #27
#47Bernice206US #45
#48Arlene203US #108
#49Grace203US #46
#50Pauline203US #39
#51Thelma189US #36
#52Esther187US #62
#53Beatrice185US #58
#54Martha184US #24
#55Audrey183US #60
#56Gertrude182US #71
#57Jane170US #56
#58Rosemary170US #95
#59Ann169US #55
#60Edith169US #42
#61Theresa169US #64
#62Rita168US #50
#63Gladys167US #35
#64Clara164US #61
#65Genevieve160US #128
#66Violet160US #94
#67Katherine158US #72
#68Wanda155US #66
#69Jacqueline151US #119
#70Vivian151US #80
#71Kathleen149US #83
#72Eileen147US #92
#73Kathryn143US #87
#74Wilma143US #67
#75Edna138US #38
#76Ethel138US #41
#77Leona137US #112
#78Nancy134US #57
#79Charlotte133US #78
#80Ellen130US #100
#81Elsie129US #69
#82Agnes128US #77
#83Jeanne124US #88
#84Hazel123US #48
#85Janet123US #110
#86Viola115US #97
#87Carol109US #113
#88Stella108US #121
#89Delores107US #145
#90Julia105US #75
#91Vera101US #84
#92Jeanette100US #136
#93Loretta100US #126
#94Sylvia100US #107
#95Harriet97US #133
#96Carolyn95US #114
#97Laura95US #81
#98Anne94US #86
#99Juanita93US #52
#100Constance91US #146

Boys

#1Robert3,223US #1
#2John1,995US #2
#3William1,942US #4
#4Richard1,593US #7
#5James1,499US #3
#6Donald1,497US #9
#7George991US #6
#8Charles979US #5
#9Edward896US #10
#10Joseph801US #8
#11Harold688US #14
#12Jack679US #16
#13Raymond599US #15
#14Thomas581US #11
#15Kenneth554US #18
#16Frank536US #12
#17Arthur511US #20
#18Walter497US #17
#19Eugene441US #23
#20Gerald413US #41
#21Paul383US #13
#22Henry353US #19
#23Harry352US #25
#24Albert320US #21
#25David319US #22
#26Howard312US #27
#27Carl307US #26
#28Leonard307US #38
#29Ralph307US #24
#30Norman283US #39
#31Lawrence282US #36
#32Earl279US #32
#33Stanley278US #43
#34Louis260US #30
#35Gordon248US #76
#36Russell247US #52
#37Clarence246US #29
#38Fred246US #31
#39Bernard238US #49
#40Roy210US #34
#41Frederick209US #64
#42Ernest204US #37
#43Leo204US #54
#44Alfred200US #45
#45Francis188US #35
#46Marvin187US #50
#47Theodore180US #63
#48Herbert176US #44
#49Anthony172US #42
#50Ronald170US #88
#51Melvin164US #47
#52Clifford162US #62
#53Edwin162US #55
#54Daniel155US #46
#55Chester151US #79
#56Lloyd151US #60
#57Floyd147US #53
#58Peter147US #58
#59Wayne147US #68
#60Dale144US #84
#61Douglas140US #103
#62Ray134US #57
#63Andrew133US #59
#64Bruce132US #127
#65Michael132US #56
#66Roger120US #89
#67Elmer118US #61
#68Philip117US #70
#69Glenn115US #75
#70Leon110US #73
#71Leroy110US #51
#72Alvin109US #72
#73Duane106US #160
#74Martin106US #80
#75Joe103US #33
#76Arnold99US #99
#77Victor99US #94
#78Jerome96US #114
#79Warren96US #71
#80Calvin94US #65
#81Harvey93US #90
#82Lewis92US #82
#83Lyle91US #152
#84Don89US #96
#85Jerry89US #97
#86Clyde86US #67
#87Herman83US #69
#88Keith83US #148
#89Allen82US #93
#90Lester82US #78
#91Milton79US #83
#92Vernon78US #66
#93Bill77US #74
#94Gilbert77US #101
#95Lee76US #85
#96Samuel76US #48
#97Wallace76US #95
#98Glen75US #121
#99Max71US #137
#100Steve71US #151

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑24Beverly#39
↑24Arlene#48
↑22Martin#74
↑19Philip#68
↑17Duane#73
↑16Theresa#61
↑15Audrey#55
↑14Violet#66

Falling

↓34Calvin#80
↓24Wallace#97
↓21Edna#75
↓18Gladys#63
↓18Agnes#82
↓16Laura#97
↓15Rita#62
↓15Ethel#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.