Top baby names in Michigan, 1923
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,961 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 1,533 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,501 |
| 4 | Helen | 1,298 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,027 |
| 6 | Virginia | 989 |
| 7 | Ruth | 879 |
| 8 | Doris | 668 |
| 9 | Shirley | 633 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 547 |
| 11 | Jean | 522 |
| 12 | Irene | 513 |
| 13 | Frances | 480 |
| 14 | Barbara | 475 |
| 15 | Evelyn | 470 |
| 16 | Marjorie | 462 |
| 17 | Mildred | 403 |
| 18 | June | 382 |
| 19 | Florence | 375 |
| 19 | Marie | 375 |
| 21 | Eleanor | 374 |
| 22 | Phyllis | 366 |
| 23 | Alice | 362 |
| 24 | Lillian | 343 |
| 25 | Marion | 322 |
| 26 | Anna | 321 |
| 27 | Geraldine | 315 |
| 28 | Rose | 297 |
| 29 | Lucille | 287 |
| 30 | Patricia | 285 |
| 31 | Marian | 265 |
| 32 | Lorraine | 256 |
| 33 | Lois | 246 |
| 34 | Grace | 243 |
| 35 | Genevieve | 240 |
| 36 | Esther | 234 |
| 36 | Maxine | 234 |
| 38 | Josephine | 223 |
| 39 | Beatrice | 222 |
| 39 | Catherine | 222 |
| 41 | Norma | 221 |
| 42 | Gertrude | 220 |
| 43 | Rita | 219 |
| 44 | Bernice | 218 |
| 45 | Jane | 216 |
| 46 | Gladys | 207 |
| 46 | Joyce | 207 |
| 48 | Ann | 206 |
| 49 | Dolores | 197 |
| 50 | Martha | 193 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,672 |
| 2 | John | 1,853 |
| 3 | William | 1,652 |
| 4 | James | 1,130 |
| 5 | Donald | 1,114 |
| 6 | Richard | 918 |
| 7 | George | 910 |
| 8 | Edward | 909 |
| 9 | Charles | 889 |
| 10 | Joseph | 748 |
| 11 | Harold | 650 |
| 12 | Raymond | 595 |
| 13 | Jack | 557 |
| 14 | Frank | 532 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 487 |
| 16 | Arthur | 478 |
| 17 | Walter | 440 |
| 18 | Thomas | 432 |
| 19 | Paul | 393 |
| 20 | Henry | 381 |
| 21 | Harry | 342 |
| 22 | Gerald | 311 |
| 23 | Albert | 309 |
| 24 | Howard | 307 |
| 25 | Leonard | 292 |
| 26 | Eugene | 290 |
| 27 | Carl | 279 |
| 28 | Stanley | 274 |
| 29 | Russell | 259 |
| 30 | Louis | 254 |
| 31 | Earl | 252 |
| 32 | Ralph | 246 |
| 33 | Clarence | 244 |
| 34 | Bernard | 243 |
| 35 | David | 242 |
| 36 | Norman | 235 |
| 37 | Leo | 234 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 232 |
| 39 | Frederick | 217 |
| 40 | Francis | 216 |
| 41 | Roy | 198 |
| 42 | Chester | 192 |
| 43 | Alfred | 186 |
| 44 | Peter | 180 |
| 45 | Fred | 178 |
| 46 | Gordon | 175 |
| 47 | Edwin | 174 |
| 48 | Herbert | 173 |
| 49 | Theodore | 169 |
| 50 | Elmer | 168 |