Popular baby names in Michigan, 1912

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1912 were Mary for girls (628 babies) and John for boys (530). Social Security records list 22,003 babies born in Michigan in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1912

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: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Eleanore: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Annabelle: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Winifred: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cecelia: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Genevieve: 94 babies, 3× the national rate
Lila: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Marian: 87 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arlene: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
June: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Neil: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lyle: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gordon: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ronald: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ivan: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clayton: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nelson: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donald: 154 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gerald: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Russell: 74 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	628	–	1
2	Helen	604	–	2
3	Dorothy	458	–	3
4	Margaret	426	–	4
5	Ruth	323	–	5
6	Mildred	221	–	6
7	Irene	201	↑5	22
8	Elizabeth	198	↑3	8
9	Marie	195	↓2	10
10	Florence	190	↓2	12
11	Anna	186	↓1	7
12	Alice	183	↑2	11
13	Frances	177	↓4	9
14	Evelyn	164	↓1	13
15	Lillian	158	–	14
16	Gertrude	145	–	30
17	Esther	143	↑2	33
18	Edna	141	↑7	16
19	Gladys	135	↑5	19
20	Virginia	135	↑8	20
21	Grace	133	↓4	24
22	Hazel	127	↑4	25
23	Eleanor	125	↓1	39
24	Beatrice	121	↓6	37
25	Rose	121	↑2	15
26	Doris	119	↑7	48
27	Bernice	117	↑13	51
28	Martha	117	↑8	29
29	Catherine	115	↑9	21
30	Marion	115	↓7	55
31	Agnes	114	↑1	40
32	Lucille	114	↓12	32
33	Ethel	112	↓2	18
34	Thelma	111	↑5	26
35	Josephine	110	↓6	28
36	Clara	104	↓15	34
37	Louise	97	↓3	17
38	Genevieve	94	new	92
39	Marjorie	94	↑7	56
40	Leona	89	↓5	76
41	Ann	88	↑1	47
42	Eva	88	↑8	49
43	Marian	87	↑5	93
44	Edith	86	↓3	31
45	Jean	86	new	64
46	Viola	84	↓9	52
47	Marguerite	77	↓2	79
48	Vera	76	↓5	68
49	Elsie	75	↓19	42
50	Katherine	72	↓6	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	530	–	1
2	William	423	–	2
3	Robert	292	–	4
4	Charles	264	↑1	7
5	George	262	↓1	6
6	Joseph	246	–	5
7	Edward	243	–	8
8	Frank	225	↑1	9
9	Harold	212	↓1	13
10	James	205	–	3
11	Donald	154	↑1	27
12	Walter	148	↓1	11
13	Arthur	137	↑1	15
14	Albert	121	↑3	17
15	Raymond	120	–	18
16	Richard	118	↑6	19
17	Henry	113	↑2	12
18	Harry	110	↓5	16
19	Kenneth	109	↑1	33
20	Carl	99	↑1	24
21	Clarence	98	↓3	21
22	Ralph	97	↑12	23
23	Paul	95	↑1	14
24	Howard	93	↓1	25
25	Louis	88	↑5	20
26	Earl	87	↑19	34
27	Stanley	85	–	43
28	Lawrence	84	↓3	38
29	Thomas	84	↓1	10
30	Jack	78	↓1	28
31	Francis	75	↑16	35
32	Russell	74	↓1	56
33	Fred	72	↓17	26
34	Frederick	65	new	51
35	Leo	65	↑6	49
36	Ernest	64	↑2	32
37	Leonard	62	↓11	45
38	Elmer	60	↑4	47
39	Peter	60	↑4	48
40	Gordon	54	new	93
41	Norman	54	↓6	61
42	Roy	53	↓6	31
43	Anthony	51	↑7	37
44	Clifford	51	new	62
45	Alfred	50	↑1	40
46	Gerald	50	↓13	87
47	Bernard	49	↓8	60
48	Chester	47	new	55
49	Theodore	47	↓12	52
50	Edwin	46	↓10	54

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