Popular baby names in Michigan, 1921

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1921 were Mary for girls (1,958 babies) and Robert for boys (2,431). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,817 babies born in Michigan in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1921

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

Girls

Delphine: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ardith: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ardis: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donna: 151 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maryjane: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Stephanie: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ilene: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leone: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angeline: 106 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eleanore: 82 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 38 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Lyle: 118 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Thaddeus: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Teddy: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gale: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Casimir: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Erwin: 47 babies, 3× the national rate
Darwin: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Aloysius: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Duane: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	1,958	–	1
2	Helen	1,502	–	3
3	Dorothy	1,472	–	2
4	Margaret	1,143	–	4
5	Betty	1,035	↑2	8
6	Virginia	1,010	–	6
7	Ruth	960	↓2	5
8	Elizabeth	580	↑3	10
9	Irene	577	–	18
10	Evelyn	552	–	12
11	Doris	536	↓3	13
12	Marjorie	508	↑7	16
13	Frances	499	–	9
14	Jean	491	–	25
15	Mildred	462	↓3	7
16	Alice	456	↓1	15
17	Marie	456	–	14
18	Eleanor	425	↓2	29
19	Shirley	419	↑3	44
20	Florence	413	↓2	17
21	Barbara	376	↑14	40
22	June	356	↑1	50
23	Lillian	354	↓2	19
24	Rose	344	↑2	20
25	Marion	319	–	43
26	Anna	318	↓6	11
27	Phyllis	307	↑2	60
28	Josephine	305	–	28
29	Marian	305	↓2	69
30	Geraldine	299	↑1	62
31	Bernice	293	↑3	39
32	Beatrice	277	↑7	41
33	Lucille	275	↓9	31
34	Esther	272	↓2	42
35	Grace	260	↑3	35
36	Catherine	251	–	23
37	Genevieve	250	↓7	90
38	Lois	249	↑4	38
39	Gladys	244	↓2	24
40	Lorraine	231	new	61
41	Maxine	225	↑3	77
42	Edna	223	↑5	27
43	Elaine	222	new	97
44	Jane	222	↓4	47
45	Gertrude	218	↓12	46
46	Ann	216	↓3	53
47	Leona	216	↑3	92
48	Patricia	215	new	84
49	Thelma	215	new	30
50	Edith	203	↓4	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	2,431	–	2
2	John	1,763	–	1
3	William	1,621	–	3
4	James	1,053	↑1	4
5	George	970	↑1	6
6	Donald	964	↑1	13
7	Charles	896	↑1	5
8	Edward	894	↓4	8
9	Joseph	740	–	7
10	Richard	734	–	10
11	Harold	676	–	12
12	Frank	606	↑1	9
13	Raymond	552	↑1	16
14	Jack	522	↑1	18
15	Walter	508	↓3	15
16	Arthur	505	–	19
17	Kenneth	428	–	22
18	Henry	388	↑2	17
19	Harry	380	↑4	21
20	Paul	379	↓1	14
21	Thomas	374	↓3	11
22	Albert	327	↓1	20
23	Howard	327	↑3	27
24	Stanley	314	↓2	41
25	Leonard	298	↑2	39
26	Clarence	293	↑2	28
27	Carl	287	↓2	30
28	Lawrence	282	↑4	37
29	Gerald	279	↓5	60
30	Louis	268	↓1	29
31	Eugene	266	↓1	26
32	Earl	265	↑1	31
33	Ralph	250	↓2	23
34	Warren	246	new	24
35	Frederick	234	↑10	61
36	Leo	232	↓2	50
37	Bernard	228	–	45
38	Francis	222	↑3	35
39	Norman	222	↓1	46
40	Alfred	217	↑4	43
41	Roy	207	↓2	32
42	Russell	207	↓6	52
43	Ernest	204	↑5	38
44	David	198	↓4	25
45	Fred	193	↓3	33
46	Chester	188	↓11	56
47	Edwin	187	↓1	54
48	Elmer	174	↓5	48
49	Theodore	165	↑1	65
50	Anthony	159	↓3	40

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