Popular baby names in Michigan, 1923

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,961 babies) and Robert for boys (2,672). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,466 babies born in Michigan in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1923

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, 5.7× the national rate
Ardis: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ardith: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Doreen: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Stephanie: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Donna: 185 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ilene: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angeline: 91 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maryjane: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maryann: 26 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 41 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Casimer: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Vern: 42 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Thaddeus: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lavern: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Duane: 74 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rolland: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Ward: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mitchell: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stuart: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,961	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,533	–	2
3	Betty	1,501	↑1	5
4	Helen	1,298	↓1	3
5	Margaret	1,027	↑1	4
6	Virginia	989	↓1	7
7	Ruth	879	–	6
8	Doris	668	–	11
9	Shirley	633	↑3	26
10	Elizabeth	547	–	9
11	Jean	522	–	19
12	Irene	513	↓3	17
13	Frances	480	–	10
14	Barbara	475	↑7	33
15	Evelyn	470	–	12
16	Marjorie	462	↓2	16
17	Mildred	403	–	8
18	June	382	↑4	42
19	Florence	375	↑1	18
20	Marie	375	↓1	14
21	Eleanor	374	↓3	28
22	Phyllis	366	↑4	45
23	Alice	362	↓7	15
24	Lillian	343	↓1	20
25	Marion	322	↑3	44
26	Anna	321	↑1	13
27	Geraldine	315	↓3	58
28	Rose	297	↓3	23
29	Lucille	287	↑4	35
30	Patricia	285	↑2	56
31	Marian	265	↓2	65
32	Lorraine	256	↑7	57
33	Lois	246	↑8	27
34	Grace	243	↑1	39
35	Genevieve	240	↑5	97
36	Esther	234	↓6	47
37	Maxine	234	↓1	76
38	Josephine	223	↓7	30
39	Beatrice	222	↑5	46
40	Catherine	222	↓3	24
41	Norma	221	↑6	41
42	Gertrude	220	↓4	59
43	Rita	219	new	50
44	Bernice	218	↓10	43
45	Jane	216	↑4	55
46	Gladys	207	↓4	29
47	Joyce	207	new	>100
48	Ann	206	↓2	52
49	Dolores	197	new	83
50	Martha	193	–	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	2,672	–	2
2	John	1,853	–	1
3	William	1,652	–	3
4	James	1,130	↑1	4
5	Donald	1,114	↓1	10
6	Richard	918	↑2	9
7	George	910	–	6
8	Edward	909	↓2	8
9	Charles	889	–	5
10	Joseph	748	–	7
11	Harold	650	–	13
12	Raymond	595	↑2	15
13	Jack	557	–	17
14	Frank	532	↓2	11
15	Kenneth	487	↑1	21
16	Arthur	478	↑1	19
17	Walter	440	↓2	16
18	Thomas	432	↑2	12
19	Paul	393	–	14
20	Henry	381	↓2	18
21	Harry	342	–	22
22	Gerald	311	↑3	54
23	Albert	309	↓1	20
24	Howard	307	↑4	26
25	Leonard	292	↑2	37
26	Eugene	290	–	25
27	Carl	279	↓4	28
28	Stanley	274	↓4	41
29	Russell	259	↑8	52
30	Louis	254	↑1	27
31	Earl	252	↑3	31
32	Ralph	246	↓3	23
33	Clarence	244	↓1	29
34	Bernard	243	↑1	46
35	David	242	↓2	24
36	Norman	235	↑3	44
37	Leo	234	↓1	49
38	Lawrence	232	↓8	36
39	Frederick	217	↑3	60
40	Francis	216	↓2	34
41	Roy	198	–	32
42	Chester	192	↑6	63
43	Alfred	186	↑4	42
44	Peter	180	↑2	58
45	Fred	178	↓5	33
46	Gordon	175	↓2	76
47	Edwin	174	↓2	56
48	Herbert	173	↑2	40
49	Theodore	169	new	62
50	Elmer	168	new	57

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