Popular baby names in Michigan, 1916

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1916 were Mary for girls (1,587 babies) and John for boys (1,593). Social Security records list 59,843 babies born in Michigan in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1916

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: 83 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Eleanore: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rhea: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angeline: 88 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephanie: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorna: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Johanna: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wanda: 132 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Monica: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leone: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Reino: 22 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Clare: 28 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Gerrit: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Ford: 26 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Eino: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Sigmund: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rolland: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lavern: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gerald: 230 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vern: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	1,587	–	1
2	Helen	1,415	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,151	–	3
4	Margaret	930	–	4
5	Ruth	853	–	5
6	Virginia	594	–	10
7	Irene	534	↑1	17
8	Frances	500	↑3	9
9	Mildred	452	–	6
10	Elizabeth	450	↑2	8
11	Florence	446	↑4	14
12	Evelyn	444	↓5	11
13	Marie	418	↓3	12
14	Alice	412	↓1	13
15	Eleanor	391	↑1	27
16	Anna	364	↓2	7
17	Lillian	348	–	16
18	Doris	339	↑1	32
19	Josephine	320	↑5	21
20	Gertrude	309	↑2	35
21	Marjorie	303	↑7	37
22	Rose	298	↓2	15
23	Marion	295	↑2	47
24	Esther	292	↓3	34
25	Lucille	288	↓7	30
26	Jean	271	–	45
27	Grace	270	↓4	26
28	Bernice	260	↑4	42
29	Catherine	258	↑2	20
30	Marian	244	↑3	72
31	Beatrice	242	↑3	38
32	Genevieve	239	↓5	76
33	Ann	238	↓3	40
34	Clara	237	↑7	39
35	Edna	236	↓6	19
36	Betty	229	↑12	44
37	Edith	224	↑6	28
38	Gladys	224	↓3	22
39	Thelma	212	↑8	29
40	Ethel	205	↑2	25
41	Martha	202	↓1	24
42	Stella	192	↓3	63
43	Leona	191	↓5	75
44	Julia	189	↑5	46
45	Agnes	188	↑1	50
46	Elsie	186	↓10	48
47	Marguerite	183	new	78
48	Louise	182	↓4	18
49	Anne	179	new	53
50	Hazel	169	↓13	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	1,593	–	1
2	Robert	1,211	↑1	4
3	William	1,137	↓1	2
4	Edward	822	↑1	8
5	George	767	↑1	7
6	Joseph	756	↓2	5
7	Charles	728	↑1	6
8	James	633	↓1	3
9	Donald	557	↑2	20
10	Walter	508	↑2	11
11	Frank	503	↓2	9
12	Harold	478	↓2	13
13	Richard	402	–	15
14	Arthur	392	↑1	18
15	Raymond	384	↑1	16
16	Henry	382	↓2	14
17	Stanley	356	–	34
18	Kenneth	339	↑1	27
19	Harry	305	↑1	19
20	Albert	293	↓2	17
21	Paul	276	↑1	12
22	Carl	271	↓1	23
23	Jack	264	↑4	26
24	Ralph	262	↑6	21
25	Louis	249	–	22
26	Howard	246	–	25
27	Thomas	245	↓3	10
28	Clarence	231	↓5	24
29	Gerald	230	↑12	76
30	Leonard	224	↓2	42
31	Russell	215	–	51
32	Earl	204	↑3	32
33	Lawrence	198	↓1	38
34	Norman	198	↑4	48
35	Leo	188	↓1	47
36	Elmer	182	↑9	45
37	Francis	182	↓8	31
38	Frederick	182	↓1	52
39	Anthony	180	↑3	37
40	Bernard	178	↓7	49
41	Edwin	169	↑7	53
42	Alfred	167	↓2	43
43	Fred	166	↓4	29
44	Peter	164	↑3	50
45	Ernest	162	↓9	36
46	David	160	new	28
47	Chester	153	↓4	54
48	Roy	140	↓2	33
49	Floyd	136	↓5	60
50	Eugene	127	new	39

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