Popular baby names in Michigan, 1914

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1914 were Mary for girls (886 babies) and John for boys (930). Social Security records list 33,737 babies born in Michigan in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1914

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: 43 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bernadine: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angeline: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aileen: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Johanna: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eleanore: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leota: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marian: 122 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leona: 136 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Geraldine: 82 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Toivo: 15 babies, 16× the national rate
Clare: 21 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rolland: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ward: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Thaddeus: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lyle: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Keith: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Norbert: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Neil: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maynard: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	886	–	1
2	Helen	795	–	2
3	Dorothy	696	–	3
4	Margaret	563	–	4
5	Ruth	482	–	5
6	Elizabeth	305	↑5	8
7	Mildred	298	↓1	7
8	Frances	291	↑4	9
9	Florence	286	–	13
10	Irene	273	–	22
11	Marie	268	↓4	10
12	Alice	266	↑2	12
13	Virginia	252	↑3	14
14	Eleanor	251	↑1	28
15	Evelyn	250	↓7	11
16	Anna	236	↓3	6
17	Gertrude	206	–	32
18	Lillian	203	↑1	16
19	Rose	188	↑2	15
20	Doris	179	↑8	36
21	Marion	175	↑2	50
22	Bernice	170	–	43
23	Grace	165	↑6	25
24	Esther	162	↓6	35
25	Josephine	160	↑2	23
26	Clara	159	↑7	37
27	Catherine	158	↓1	18
28	Lucille	155	↓4	30
29	Marjorie	151	↑6	45
30	Edna	150	↓10	19
31	Beatrice	147	↑1	38
32	Ann	146	↑6	40
33	Jean	142	↑10	54
34	Gladys	138	↓9	20
35	Martha	138	↓1	27
36	Thelma	138	↓5	26
37	Leona	136	↑3	79
38	Louise	130	↑3	17
39	Genevieve	126	–	76
40	Stella	124	new	65
41	Hazel	123	↑3	29
42	Marian	122	–	90
43	Ethel	119	↓13	21
44	Agnes	118	↑6	44
45	Edith	116	↓9	31
46	Julia	113	new	42
47	Anne	108	new	53
48	Pauline	106	↑1	34
49	Elsie	103	↓12	46
50	Viola	101	↓4	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	930	–	1
2	William	643	–	2
3	Robert	570	–	4
4	George	458	–	6
5	Edward	444	↑3	8
6	Joseph	430	↓1	5
7	Charles	364	–	7
8	James	346	↓2	3
9	Harold	321	–	14
10	Frank	304	–	9
11	Donald	284	–	23
12	Walter	284	–	10
13	Raymond	224	↑5	16
14	Arthur	217	↓1	18
15	Henry	214	↑2	12
16	Richard	204	↓2	17
17	Harry	190	↓1	19
18	Paul	182	↑6	13
19	Albert	179	↓4	15
20	Carl	172	–	24
21	Stanley	170	↑1	39
22	Thomas	163	↑4	11
23	Kenneth	162	↓4	30
24	Howard	158	↑1	26
25	Clarence	150	↓4	22
26	Louis	147	↓3	20
27	Earl	130	↑7	33
28	Jack	124	–	27
29	Ralph	122	–	21
30	Lawrence	117	–	35
31	Leo	116	↓4	47
32	Leonard	116	↑3	45
33	Frederick	115	↑5	52
34	Anthony	114	↑15	37
35	Russell	107	↑4	49
36	Peter	106	↑7	48
37	Roy	105	↑11	32
38	Elmer	104	↓7	46
39	Norman	103	↑2	54
40	Francis	101	↓8	31
41	Fred	98	↓8	28
42	Edwin	97	↓5	53
43	Chester	95	↑1	56
44	David	95	new	29
45	Gerald	91	↓5	81
46	Ernest	90	↓10	38
47	Bernard	89	↓5	50
48	Alfred	82	↓1	41
49	Floyd	74	↓4	58
50	Herbert	71	↓4	42

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