Popular baby names in Michigan, 1920

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1920 were Mary for girls (1,809 babies) and Robert for boys (2,205). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,495 babies born in Michigan in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1920

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ardis: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marvel: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donna: 132 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delphine: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Eleanore: 93 babies, 4× the national rate
Leone: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arlene: 139 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angeline: 82 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lorna: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Genevieve: 279 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 34 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Casimer: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Vern: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Aloysius: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lyle: 110 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Erwin: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Thaddeus: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gerald: 296 babies, 3× the national rate
Norbert: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	1,809	–	1
2	Helen	1,456	–	3
3	Dorothy	1,382	–	2
4	Margaret	1,037	–	4
5	Ruth	984	–	5
6	Virginia	956	–	7
7	Betty	859	–	11
8	Doris	586	↑7	14
9	Irene	566	↓1	17
10	Evelyn	565	–	12
11	Elizabeth	530	↓2	8
12	Mildred	486	↑1	6
13	Frances	474	↓2	9
14	Jean	473	↑3	33
15	Alice	462	↑3	15
16	Eleanor	449	–	25
17	Marie	443	↓3	13
18	Florence	409	↓6	16
19	Marjorie	407	↑2	24
20	Anna	370	↓1	10
21	Lillian	368	↓1	18
22	Shirley	354	↑20	56
23	June	351	↑2	53
24	Lucille	322	↑2	29
25	Marion	321	↓2	43
26	Rose	309	↓4	20
27	Marian	293	↑4	73
28	Josephine	290	↓4	28
29	Phyllis	281	↑11	72
30	Genevieve	279	↓3	86
31	Geraldine	279	↓1	60
32	Esther	269	↓3	39
33	Gertrude	264	↓5	42
34	Bernice	262	↓1	40
35	Barbara	258	↑2	47
36	Catherine	255	–	21
37	Gladys	248	↑2	22
38	Grace	244	↓4	37
39	Beatrice	241	↓7	41
40	Jane	236	↓5	48
41	Ethel	222	↑7	30
42	Lois	219	new	38
43	Ann	218	new	49
44	Maxine	214	↑2	81
45	Pauline	214	new	36
46	Edith	209	new	32
47	Edna	209	↓3	27
48	Clara	204	↓7	44
49	Rita	202	new	52
50	Leona	201	↓5	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	2,205	–	3
2	John	1,745	–	1
3	William	1,567	–	2
4	Edward	951	–	8
5	James	944	↑1	4
6	George	881	↓1	6
7	Donald	869	↑1	16
8	Charles	858	↓1	5
9	Joseph	757	–	7
10	Richard	671	↑2	10
11	Harold	623	↓1	12
12	Walter	567	↑1	13
13	Frank	558	↓2	9
14	Raymond	499	–	15
15	Jack	475	↑1	20
16	Arthur	466	↓1	18
17	Kenneth	399	↑2	23
18	Thomas	366	↑5	11
19	Paul	364	↑3	14
20	Henry	358	↓3	17
21	Albert	344	–	19
22	Stanley	331	↓4	40
23	Harry	330	↓3	21
24	Gerald	296	↑8	64
25	Carl	292	↓1	27
26	Howard	291	↓1	24
27	Leonard	278	–	38
28	Clarence	267	–	26
29	Louis	266	–	28
30	Eugene	264	↑5	30
31	Ralph	254	↓5	22
32	Lawrence	251	↑1	36
33	Earl	249	↓3	31
34	Leo	236	↑2	48
35	Chester	231	↑12	55
36	Russell	224	↓5	51
37	Bernard	212	↓3	46
38	Norman	209	↓1	47
39	Roy	206	↑1	32
40	David	205	↓1	25
41	Francis	203	↓3	34
42	Fred	200	↓1	33
43	Elmer	193	↑2	45
44	Alfred	187	↑2	42
45	Frederick	175	↓3	60
46	Edwin	173	↑2	53
47	Anthony	170	↓4	43
48	Ernest	169	new	37
49	Peter	166	↑1	57
50	Theodore	164	↓1	63

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