Popular baby names in Michigan, 1922

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1922 were Mary for girls (1,773 babies) and Robert for boys (2,489). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,656 babies born in Michigan in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1922

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: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ardith: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Crystal: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ardis: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryjane: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donna: 163 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryann: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ilene: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Stephanie: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Eleanore: 66 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 35 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Thaddeus: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vern: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ward: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rolland: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Duane: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erwin: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lyle: 90 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Norbert: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerald: 291 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	1,773	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,436	↑1	2
3	Helen	1,322	↓1	3
4	Betty	1,174	↑1	6
5	Virginia	1,045	↑1	7
6	Margaret	1,002	↓2	4
7	Ruth	875	–	5
8	Doris	593	↑3	11
9	Irene	550	–	17
10	Elizabeth	517	↓2	9
11	Jean	494	↑3	20
12	Shirley	489	↑7	39
13	Frances	473	–	10
14	Marjorie	462	↓2	16
15	Evelyn	458	↓5	13
16	Alice	440	–	15
17	Mildred	427	↓2	8
18	Eleanor	400	–	28
19	Marie	400	↓2	14
20	Florence	380	–	18
21	Barbara	347	–	40
22	June	340	–	45
23	Lillian	333	–	19
24	Geraldine	326	↑6	58
25	Rose	314	↓1	23
26	Phyllis	312	↑1	53
27	Anna	302	↓1	12
28	Marion	287	↓3	42
29	Marian	273	–	67
30	Esther	269	↑4	44
31	Josephine	267	↓3	27
32	Patricia	260	↑16	69
33	Lucille	255	–	33
34	Bernice	248	↓3	41
35	Grace	248	–	38
36	Maxine	242	↑5	82
37	Catherine	233	↓1	24
38	Gertrude	228	↑7	48
39	Lorraine	226	↑1	56
40	Genevieve	222	↓3	98
41	Lois	220	↓3	35
42	Gladys	216	↓3	25
43	Ethel	215	new	32
44	Beatrice	209	↓12	43
45	Thelma	209	↑4	31
46	Ann	205	–	49
47	Norma	205	new	46
48	Edna	200	↓6	29
49	Jane	197	↓5	55
50	Martha	192	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	2,489	–	2
2	John	1,756	–	1
3	William	1,617	–	3
4	Donald	1,046	↑2	12
5	James	1,040	↓1	4
6	Edward	959	↑2	8
7	George	930	↓2	6
8	Richard	857	↑2	9
9	Charles	837	↓2	5
10	Joseph	696	↓1	7
11	Harold	655	–	13
12	Frank	548	–	10
13	Jack	519	↑1	18
14	Raymond	506	↓1	16
15	Walter	501	–	15
16	Kenneth	456	↑1	21
17	Arthur	450	↓1	19
18	Henry	391	–	17
19	Paul	372	↑1	14
20	Thomas	359	↑1	11
21	Harry	351	↓2	22
22	Albert	317	–	20
23	Carl	302	↑4	30
24	Stanley	295	–	41
25	Gerald	291	↑4	58
26	Eugene	288	↑5	25
27	Leonard	271	↓2	38
28	Howard	266	↓5	26
29	Ralph	256	↑4	23
30	Lawrence	255	↓2	36
31	Louis	255	↓1	27
32	Clarence	253	↓6	29
33	David	245	↑11	24
34	Earl	245	↓2	31
35	Bernard	242	↑2	46
36	Leo	230	–	51
37	Russell	228	↑5	49
38	Francis	225	–	34
39	Norman	224	–	44
40	Fred	206	↑5	33
41	Roy	197	–	32
42	Frederick	188	↓7	60
43	Ernest	181	–	37
44	Gordon	181	new	76
45	Edwin	176	↑2	52
46	Peter	166	new	57
47	Alfred	163	↓7	42
48	Chester	156	↓2	64
49	Warren	149	↓15	45
50	Herbert	148	new	40

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