Popular baby names in Michigan, 1919

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,554 babies) and Robert for boys (1,725). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,931 babies born in Michigan in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1919

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: 130 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ardis: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rhea: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Winnifred: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aletha: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hedwig: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Eleanore: 85 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Monica: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Genevieve: 281 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephanie: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 34 babies, 13× the national rate
Edsel: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Duane: 40 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Aloysius: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rolland: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lyle: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Thaddeus: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Roman: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Lavern: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,554	–	1
2	Helen	1,370	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,262	–	3
4	Margaret	992	–	4
5	Ruth	861	–	5
6	Virginia	820	–	7
7	Betty	566	↑5	15
8	Irene	517	↑1	16
9	Elizabeth	501	↓2	8
10	Evelyn	488	↓2	11
11	Frances	467	↓1	9
12	Florence	449	↑3	14
13	Mildred	448	↓2	6
14	Marie	437	↓1	12
15	Doris	422	↑2	18
16	Eleanor	411	–	30
17	Jean	389	↑1	37
18	Alice	374	↓4	13
19	Anna	363	–	10
20	Lillian	358	–	17
21	Marjorie	341	↑5	33
22	Rose	311	↑2	19
23	Marion	310	↑2	44
24	Josephine	294	↓1	26
25	June	291	↑3	64
26	Lucille	291	↓5	27
27	Genevieve	281	↑12	88
28	Gertrude	273	↑1	39
29	Esther	265	↓7	38
30	Geraldine	265	↑12	68
31	Marian	260	↑2	82
32	Beatrice	256	↓1	41
33	Bernice	241	↓6	42
34	Grace	229	↓4	34
35	Jane	224	↑5	53
36	Catherine	221	–	23
37	Barbara	219	↓2	60
38	Thelma	219	↑5	31
39	Gladys	218	↓2	21
40	Phyllis	211	↑4	84
41	Clara	210	↓3	43
42	Shirley	209	new	89
43	Stella	205	↓9	70
44	Edna	197	↓3	22
45	Leona	193	–	90
46	Maxine	193	↑2	85
47	Martha	192	↑2	25
48	Ethel	191	↑2	28
49	Lorraine	190	new	62
50	Elsie	184	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	1,725	↑1	4
2	John	1,585	↓1	1
3	William	1,222	–	2
4	Edward	824	–	8
5	George	775	–	6
6	James	772	–	3
7	Charles	735	–	5
8	Donald	698	↑1	17
9	Joseph	682	↓1	7
10	Harold	570	↑1	13
11	Frank	536	↓1	9
12	Richard	516	–	12
13	Walter	514	–	11
14	Raymond	445	–	14
15	Arthur	410	–	19
16	Jack	372	↑1	21
17	Henry	347	↓1	16
18	Stanley	341	–	37
19	Kenneth	324	↑1	26
20	Harry	317	↓1	20
21	Albert	303	↑1	18
22	Paul	299	↓1	15
23	Thomas	286	↑1	10
24	Carl	268	↓1	29
25	Howard	266	↑3	24
26	Ralph	253	↑3	22
27	Leonard	250	↓2	39
28	Clarence	240	↓2	25
29	Louis	235	↑4	28
30	Earl	224	–	31
31	Russell	222	↑5	50
32	Gerald	221	↑3	70
33	Lawrence	217	↓1	38
34	Bernard	209	–	45
35	Eugene	208	↑2	33
36	Leo	205	↓5	49
37	Norman	189	↑1	48
38	Francis	183	↓11	34
39	David	176	↑3	27
40	Roy	176	↑1	32
41	Fred	172	↑6	30
42	Frederick	165	↓2	64
43	Anthony	163	↑5	41
44	Herbert	161	↑6	40
45	Elmer	158	↓1	44
46	Alfred	152	↓3	42
47	Chester	150	↓2	53
48	Edwin	150	↓2	52
49	Theodore	150	new	54
50	Peter	148	↓1	57

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