Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,958
2	Helen	1,502
3	Dorothy	1,472
4	Margaret	1,143
5	Betty	1,035
6	Virginia	1,010
7	Ruth	960
8	Elizabeth	580
9	Irene	577
10	Evelyn	552
11	Doris	536
12	Marjorie	508
13	Frances	499
14	Jean	491
15	Mildred	462
16	Alice	456
16	Marie	456
18	Eleanor	425
19	Shirley	419
20	Florence	413
21	Barbara	376
22	June	356
23	Lillian	354
24	Rose	344
25	Marion	319

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	318
27	Phyllis	307
28	Josephine	305
28	Marian	305
30	Geraldine	299
31	Bernice	293
32	Beatrice	277
33	Lucille	275
34	Esther	272
35	Grace	260
36	Catherine	251
37	Genevieve	250
38	Lois	249
39	Gladys	244
40	Lorraine	231
41	Maxine	225
42	Edna	223
43	Elaine	222
43	Jane	222
45	Gertrude	218
46	Ann	216
46	Leona	216
48	Patricia	215
48	Thelma	215
50	Edith	203
51	Rita	202
52	Martha	199
53	Norma	198
54	Clara	192
55	Louise	191
56	Ethel	188
57	Agnes	183
58	Stella	182
59	Hazel	178
60	Katherine	177
61	Elsie	171
61	Pauline	171
63	Vivian	170
64	Wanda	161
65	Charlotte	158
66	Kathryn	155
67	Arlene	151
67	Donna	151
69	Anne	150
70	Violet	149
71	Laura	146
72	Wilma	143
73	Jeanne	139
74	Julia	138
74	Rosemary	138
76	Marguerite	136
76	Viola	136
78	Vera	133
79	Pearl	129
80	Emma	128
80	Kathleen	128
82	Ellen	125
83	Audrey	124
83	Eva	124
85	Jennie	123
86	Eileen	115
86	Joyce	115
88	Bertha	113
89	Sylvia	112
90	Joan	109
90	Theresa	109
92	Harriet	108
92	Sophie	108
94	Angeline	106
95	Jeanette	105
96	Dolores	97
97	Mabel	96
98	Ruby	94
99	Bette	92
100	Sarah	91