Popular baby names in Michigan, 1918

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1918 were Mary for girls (1,787 babies) and John for boys (1,686). Social Security records list 69,425 babies born in Michigan in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1918

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: 124 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Marvel: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Eleanore: 86 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lorna: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angeline: 98 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Reva: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephanie: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wanda: 147 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ila: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Edsel: 21 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Clare: 31 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Toivo: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Casimer: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roman: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Vern: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Stuart: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laverne: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aloysius: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	1,787	–	1
2	Helen	1,625	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,381	–	3
4	Margaret	1,064	–	4
5	Ruth	958	–	5
6	Virginia	898	–	7
7	Elizabeth	564	–	9
8	Evelyn	563	↑2	11
9	Irene	531	↑2	16
10	Frances	526	↓1	8
11	Mildred	520	↓3	6
12	Betty	455	↑7	21
13	Marie	455	↓1	12
14	Alice	443	↑1	13
15	Florence	427	↓2	14
16	Eleanor	406	↓2	26
17	Doris	398	↓1	19
18	Jean	398	↑3	37
19	Anna	391	↓2	10
20	Lillian	367	↓2	15
21	Lucille	332	↑4	29
22	Esther	328	↑4	38
23	Josephine	325	–	24
24	Rose	324	↓2	17
25	Marion	323	↓1	45
26	Marjorie	310	↑2	34
27	Bernice	297	–	41
28	June	294	↑5	66
29	Gertrude	292	↓9	39
30	Grace	280	↑1	31
31	Beatrice	271	↓2	40
32	Ann	262	–	44
33	Marian	257	↑1	76
34	Stella	250	↑1	67
35	Barbara	249	new	60
36	Catherine	247	↑2	20
37	Gladys	245	–	22
38	Clara	238	↑3	43
39	Genevieve	238	↓9	81
40	Jane	237	↑3	53
41	Edna	229	↑1	23
42	Geraldine	228	↑7	77
43	Thelma	228	new	32
44	Phyllis	223	new	80
45	Leona	222	↓1	79
46	Edith	215	↓6	30
47	Pauline	207	–	35
48	Maxine	203	new	87
49	Martha	199	↓13	25
50	Ethel	198	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	1,686	–	1
2	Robert	1,665	–	4
3	William	1,407	–	2
4	Edward	962	–	8
5	George	934	–	6
6	James	865	↑2	3
7	Charles	810	–	5
8	Joseph	782	↓2	7
9	Donald	730	–	18
10	Frank	655	↑1	9
11	Harold	612	↑1	13
12	Richard	547	↑1	12
13	Walter	500	↓3	11
14	Raymond	497	–	15
15	Arthur	458	–	17
16	Henry	412	–	16
17	Jack	409	↑5	21
18	Stanley	393	↓1	36
19	Harry	385	↓1	20
20	Kenneth	364	↓1	27
21	Paul	353	↓1	14
22	Albert	338	↑1	19
23	Carl	336	↓2	25
24	Thomas	314	↑1	10
25	Leonard	272	↑3	41
26	Clarence	268	↓2	23
27	Francis	265	↑8	30
28	Howard	257	↓2	26
29	Ralph	256	–	22
30	Earl	245	↑2	31
31	Leo	241	↑2	48
32	Lawrence	240	↓2	38
33	Louis	233	↓6	24
34	Bernard	232	–	47
35	Gerald	228	↓4	72
36	Russell	228	↑3	50
37	Eugene	220	new	35
38	Norman	212	↑7	49
39	Ernest	211	↑11	37
40	Frederick	202	↓2	59
41	Roy	197	↓5	32
42	David	196	↑5	28
43	Alfred	195	↑3	42
44	Elmer	193	↓2	44
45	Chester	187	↓5	54
46	Edwin	187	↓2	55
47	Fred	187	↓10	33
48	Anthony	182	↓5	39
49	Peter	181	↓8	53
50	Herbert	153	new	40

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