Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Michigan, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	628
2	Helen	604
3	Dorothy	458
4	Margaret	426
5	Ruth	323
6	Mildred	221
7	Irene	201
8	Elizabeth	198
9	Marie	195
10	Florence	190
11	Anna	186
12	Alice	183
13	Frances	177
14	Evelyn	164
15	Lillian	158
16	Gertrude	145
17	Esther	143
18	Edna	141
19	Gladys	135
19	Virginia	135
21	Grace	133
22	Hazel	127
23	Eleanor	125
24	Beatrice	121
24	Rose	121
26	Doris	119
27	Bernice	117
27	Martha	117
29	Catherine	115
29	Marion	115
31	Agnes	114
31	Lucille	114
33	Ethel	112
34	Thelma	111
35	Josephine	110
36	Clara	104
37	Louise	97
38	Genevieve	94
38	Marjorie	94
40	Leona	89
41	Ann	88
41	Eva	88
43	Marian	87
44	Edith	86
44	Jean	86
46	Viola	84
47	Marguerite	77
48	Vera	76
49	Elsie	75
50	Katherine	72

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	530
2	William	423
3	Robert	292
4	Charles	264
5	George	262
6	Joseph	246
7	Edward	243
8	Frank	225
9	Harold	212
10	James	205
11	Donald	154
12	Walter	148
13	Arthur	137
14	Albert	121
15	Raymond	120
16	Richard	118
17	Henry	113
18	Harry	110
19	Kenneth	109
20	Carl	99
21	Clarence	98
22	Ralph	97
23	Paul	95
24	Howard	93
25	Louis	88
26	Earl	87
27	Stanley	85
28	Lawrence	84
28	Thomas	84
30	Jack	78
31	Francis	75
32	Russell	74
33	Fred	72
34	Frederick	65
34	Leo	65
36	Ernest	64
37	Leonard	62
38	Elmer	60
38	Peter	60
40	Gordon	54
40	Norman	54
42	Roy	53
43	Anthony	51
43	Clifford	51
45	Alfred	50
45	Gerald	50
47	Bernard	49
48	Chester	47
48	Theodore	47
50	Edwin	46