Can You Guess the Most Popular Street Name in Michigan?

America: where the streets have no (original) names.

New research has shed some light on something you probably don’t think about too much — the most common street names.

It includes a breakdown by state, so we know the most popular street name in Michigan. It's different from the national leader, can you guess what it might be? And no, it's not Divsion -- Kentwood's spelling, not mine.

Michigan's top street name is Maple.

Four other states also claim Maple as their top street name -- Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia and New Hampshire.

The rest of the top 10 street names in our state follow national trends, with a couple of exceptions. Lakeview and Lake shoot up into the top ten because, well, if you haven't noticed, there's more than 6,000 lakes in Michigan. Also "Birch" sneaks in at number ten due to the prevalence of that species of tree, which natives used to fashion canoes out of to row across the 6,000 lakes. (So there's no argument, I'm defining lake as a body of water larger than 10 acres.)

Top 10 Street Names In Michigan
Maple, 424
Park, 375
Lake, 333
Pine, 330
Oak, 328
Cedar, 283
2nd/Second, 266
Lakeview, 265
1st/First, 263
Birch, 242

Out west, you get some unique variations like Apache in Arizona and Lehua in Hawaii (that's its state flower). On the east coast, the most popular street name in Virginia is Lee, after Confederate Gen. Robert E.Lee.

Topping the list nationally is Park, with more than 9,600 roads bearing that moniker across this great land of ours. Ironically, Second (or 2nd) took second, with more than 8,200 locations.

10 Most Popular Street Names in U.S.

1. Park
2. 2nd/Second
3. Oak
4. 1st/First
5. 3rd/Third
6. Maple
7. Pine
8. 4th/Fourth
9. Cedar
10. Main

Perhaps the most intriguing discovery here is that 1st/First is somehow used less often than 2nd/Second.

As The Washington Post points out: “The most convincing explanation anyone has come up with so far is that in many towns the primary thoroughfare is ‘Main’ street instead of 1st street. Because those two names split the honor, so to speak, they tumble in the rankings."

All of these names evoke a certain sense of Americana, but times are always changing.

So, I wonder how long before there’s a Kardashian Way, LeBron Boulevard or Instagram Avenue?