Popular baby names in Michigan, 1925

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,932 babies) and Robert for boys (3,101). Social Security records list 80,335 babies born in Michigan in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1925

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: 47 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Donna: 330 babies, 4× the national rate
Ilene: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Doreen: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angeline: 82 babies, 3× the national rate
Leota: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Marjory: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Dona: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eleanore: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Loraine: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 40 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Roman: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Stuart: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Thaddeus: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Lyle: 104 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lavern: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mitchell: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stewart: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rolland: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bruce: 124 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,932	–	1
2	Betty	1,741	–	3
3	Dorothy	1,501	–	2
4	Helen	1,206	–	4
5	Virginia	1,041	↑1	7
6	Margaret	1,019	↓1	5
7	Shirley	866	↑1	17
8	Ruth	856	↓1	6
9	Doris	664	–	8
10	Jean	603	–	14
11	Barbara	576	–	22
12	Patricia	571	↑5	28
13	Elizabeth	526	–	10
14	Irene	511	↓2	19
15	Evelyn	486	↓1	12
16	Alice	472	↑2	15
17	Frances	456	↓2	11
18	June	437	↑2	39
19	Phyllis	433	↑2	40
20	Marjorie	415	↓4	21
21	Lois	401	↑4	18
22	Mildred	382	↓3	9
23	Marie	372	–	16
24	Eleanor	371	↓2	31
25	Florence	354	↑1	24
26	Gloria	351	↑18	20
27	Joyce	347	↑4	59
28	Geraldine	337	–	54
29	Donna	330	↑11	>100
30	Marion	327	↓3	47
31	Lillian	324	↓7	25
32	Anna	302	↓2	13
33	Marian	295	↓1	67
34	Elaine	288	↑5	73
35	Rose	279	↓6	26
36	Maxine	265	–	79
37	Dolores	263	↑12	64
38	Lucille	258	↓4	41
39	Norma	253	↑7	34
40	Bernice	251	↓3	46
41	Lorraine	250	↓8	51
42	Josephine	245	↓7	36
43	Catherine	232	↓2	29
44	Beatrice	223	new	50
45	Gladys	220	↓3	33
46	Grace	220	↓3	44
47	Rita	217	↑1	48
48	Marilyn	206	new	83
49	Martha	205	new	23
50	Esther	203	↓12	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	3,101	–	1
2	John	2,009	–	2
3	William	1,928	–	3
4	James	1,397	–	4
5	Richard	1,357	↑1	8
6	Donald	1,354	↓1	10
7	George	1,004	–	6
8	Charles	970	↑1	5
9	Edward	920	↓1	9
10	Joseph	753	–	7
11	Harold	669	–	14
12	Jack	602	–	17
13	Raymond	600	↑1	15
14	Frank	575	↓1	12
15	Kenneth	540	–	19
16	Thomas	515	↑1	11
17	Arthur	474	↓1	20
18	Walter	450	–	16
19	Paul	411	↑1	13
20	Henry	391	↑1	18
21	Gerald	389	↑3	45
22	Eugene	348	–	24
23	Harry	337	↓4	23
24	Carl	333	↑1	28
25	Ralph	325	↑4	25
26	Albert	294	↓3	21
27	Stanley	294	–	40
28	Louis	293	↑6	29
29	Leonard	285	↓1	38
30	Lawrence	279	↑2	36
31	Earl	270	–	31
32	Norman	269	↑3	41
33	Bernard	268	↑3	48
34	Howard	262	↓8	26
35	Clarence	253	↓5	30
36	David	252	↓3	22
37	Roy	247	–	32
38	Russell	232	↑3	53
39	Leo	229	↑1	54
40	Francis	217	↓1	35
41	Edwin	216	↑7	57
42	Gordon	204	↑5	72
43	Ernest	195	–	37
44	Frederick	194	↓2	65
45	Fred	182	↓7	33
46	Calvin	181	new	47
47	Marvin	178	↓3	51
48	Alfred	173	↓2	43
49	Peter	172	–	60
50	Herbert	170	↓5	42

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