Popular baby names in Michigan, 1924

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,946 babies) and Robert for boys (2,919). Social Security records list 79,754 babies born in Michigan in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1924

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: 44 babies, 6× the national rate
Ardith: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rhea: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donna: 247 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Doreen: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Eleanore: 76 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ilene: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stephanie: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maryann: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Monica: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 33 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Edsel: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Thaddeus: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casimir: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Erwin: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Duane: 87 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lavern: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Lyle: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Neil: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roman: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,946	–	1
2	Betty	1,703	↑1	4
3	Dorothy	1,560	↓1	2
4	Helen	1,267	–	3
5	Margaret	1,073	–	5
6	Virginia	1,023	–	7
7	Ruth	902	–	6
8	Shirley	765	↑1	19
9	Doris	656	↓1	9
10	Jean	582	↑1	16
11	Barbara	562	↑3	28
12	Irene	550	–	18
13	Elizabeth	545	↓3	11
14	Evelyn	531	↑1	12
15	Frances	498	↓2	10
16	Marjorie	487	–	17
17	Patricia	460	↑13	35
18	Alice	442	↑5	15
19	Mildred	421	↓2	8
20	June	396	↓2	45
21	Phyllis	387	↑1	44
22	Eleanor	383	↓1	29
23	Marie	376	↓3	14
24	Lillian	351	–	23
25	Lois	345	↑8	22
26	Florence	336	↓7	20
27	Marion	332	↓2	46
28	Geraldine	318	↓1	58
29	Rose	314	↓1	25
30	Anna	309	↓4	13
31	Joyce	305	↑16	83
32	Marian	284	↓1	64
33	Lorraine	264	↓1	52
34	Lucille	262	↓5	37
35	Josephine	258	↑3	34
36	Maxine	257	↑1	77
37	Bernice	256	↑7	47
38	Esther	255	↓2	51
39	Elaine	250	new	73
40	Donna	247	new	>100
41	Catherine	245	↓1	27
42	Gladys	243	↑4	30
43	Grace	239	↓9	43
44	Gloria	234	new	41
45	Genevieve	231	↓10	>100
46	Norma	231	↓5	40
47	Jane	219	↓2	53
48	Rita	217	↓5	49
49	Dolores	216	–	75
50	Gertrude	216	↓8	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	2,919	–	1
2	John	2,052	–	2
3	William	1,855	–	3
4	James	1,287	–	4
5	Donald	1,229	–	10
6	Richard	1,186	–	8
7	George	1,035	–	6
8	Edward	1,024	–	9
9	Charles	947	–	5
10	Joseph	777	–	7
11	Harold	707	–	13
12	Jack	663	↑1	17
13	Frank	579	↑1	12
14	Raymond	532	↓2	15
15	Kenneth	520	–	19
16	Arthur	502	–	20
17	Thomas	490	↑1	11
18	Walter	464	↓1	16
19	Harry	405	↑2	22
20	Paul	398	↓1	14
21	Henry	392	↓1	18
22	Eugene	347	↑4	25
23	Albert	333	–	21
24	Gerald	331	↓2	49
25	Carl	326	↑2	27
26	Howard	316	↓2	26
27	Stanley	305	↑1	40
28	Leonard	304	↓3	38
29	Ralph	291	↑3	23
30	Clarence	275	↑3	29
31	Earl	264	–	33
32	Lawrence	264	↑6	36
33	David	262	↑2	24
34	Louis	258	↓4	28
35	Norman	252	↑1	42
36	Bernard	238	↓2	46
37	Roy	238	↑4	31
38	Fred	234	↑7	32
39	Francis	225	↑1	34
40	Leo	225	↓3	51
41	Russell	218	↓12	52
42	Frederick	214	↓3	62
43	Ernest	213	new	37
44	Marvin	201	new	50
45	Herbert	184	↑3	41
46	Alfred	181	↓3	43
47	Gordon	181	↓1	75
48	Edwin	174	↓1	55
49	Peter	169	↓5	59
50	Chester	160	↓8	67

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