Popular baby names in Michigan, 1910

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1910 were Helen for girls (368 babies) and John for boys (190). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,071 babies born in Michigan in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Donna: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Angeline: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Winifred: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cecelia: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
June: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eileen: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Marian: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Phyllis: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Genevieve: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luella: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Gerald: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Kenneth: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donald: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Norman: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Stanley: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Russell: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leonard: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leslie: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clifford: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harold: 81 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Helen	368	2
2	Mary	349	1
3	Margaret	272	3
4	Dorothy	265	4
5	Ruth	212	5
6	Florence	164	12
7	Mildred	159	8
8	Frances	155	11
9	Anna	143	6
10	Marie	143	9
11	Irene	137	21
12	Gladys	133	15
13	Elizabeth	132	7
14	Alice	131	10
15	Evelyn	129	17
16	Lillian	124	14
17	Gertrude	103	26
18	Grace	95	23
19	Clara	92	32
20	Beatrice	90	36
21	Hazel	89	24
22	Lucille	89	31
23	Eleanor	88	55
24	Josephine	84	30
25	Martha	83	28
26	Rose	82	16
27	Thelma	82	25
28	Viola	82	48
29	Edna	81	18
30	Esther	81	38
31	Ethel	81	13
32	Marion	81	59
33	Catherine	74	22
34	Agnes	71	41
35	Bernice	71	58
36	Louise	71	20
37	Edith	69	35
38	Virginia	67	29
39	Leona	61	79
40	Marguerite	61	84
41	Mabel	58	46
42	Doris	57	64
43	Eva	57	45
44	Myrtle	56	43
45	Genevieve	53	98
46	Katherine	53	57
47	Violet	53	89
48	Elsie	52	44
49	Bertha	51	33
50	Vera	51	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	190	1
2	William	154	3
3	George	134	5
4	James	115	2
5	Robert	113	4
6	Edward	111	9
7	Frank	105	8
8	Charles	104	7
9	Joseph	98	6
10	Harold	81	18
11	Harry	64	16
12	Raymond	58	19
13	Walter	58	13
14	Clarence	51	20
15	Kenneth	49	43
16	Donald	48	44
17	Ralph	48	28
18	Albert	45	14
19	Carl	45	26
20	Arthur	44	17
21	Henry	44	10
22	Stanley	39	47
23	Thomas	39	12
24	Earl	38	33
25	Leonard	38	46
26	Howard	37	27
27	Richard	37	21
28	Fred	36	22
29	Paul	35	15
30	Roy	35	29
31	Lawrence	34	35
32	Louis	33	24
33	Jack	31	23
34	Russell	30	58
35	Norman	29	63
36	Alfred	27	38
37	Clifford	25	66
38	Ernest	25	31
39	Floyd	25	55
40	Bernard	23	62
41	Leo	23	51
42	David	21	30
43	Edwin	21	71
44	Elmer	20	48
45	Francis	20	36
46	Gerald	20	>100
47	Peter	19	56
48	Lester	18	64
49	Anthony	17	37
50	Chester	17	61

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