Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1919

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

RankNameBabies
1Mary1,554
2Helen1,370
3Dorothy1,262
4Margaret992
5Ruth861
6Virginia820
7Betty566
8Irene517
9Elizabeth501
10Evelyn488
11Frances467
12Florence449
13Mildred448
14Marie437
15Doris422
16Eleanor411
17Jean389
18Alice374
19Anna363
20Lillian358
21Marjorie341
22Rose311
23Marion310
24Josephine294
25June291
RankNameBabies
25Lucille291
27Genevieve281
28Gertrude273
29Esther265
29Geraldine265
31Marian260
32Beatrice256
33Bernice241
34Grace229
35Jane224
36Catherine221
37Barbara219
37Thelma219
39Gladys218
40Phyllis211
41Clara210
42Shirley209
43Stella205
44Edna197
45Leona193
45Maxine193
47Martha192
48Ethel191
49Lorraine190
50Elsie184
51Pauline181
52Ann180
53Hazel179
54Katherine173
55Edith172
55Julia172
57Louise170
58Agnes167
59Lois165
60Violet161
61Norma150
62Vera146
63Pearl143
64Kathryn142
65Sophie141
65Vivian141
67Rita139
68Anne130
68Donna130
68Wilma130
71Viola129
72Wanda128
73Marguerite125
74Eileen124
74Jennie124
76Eva121
77Ellen119
77Patricia119
79Bertha112
79Emma112
81Arlene111
82Charlotte110
83Jeanne109
84Laura107
85Ruby101
86Myrtle99
87Elaine98
88Joyce94
89Audrey93
89Lottie93
91Harriet92
91Theresa92
93Janet91
94Mabel90
95Ida88
95Kathleen88
95Sarah88
98Sylvia86
99Eleanore85
99Olga85