Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1923

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
51	Donna	185
51	Edna	185
53	Thelma	183
54	Edith	179
55	Elaine	178
55	Ethel	178
57	Pauline	176
58	Wanda	175
59	Louise	174
60	Gloria	172
61	Arlene	167
62	Rosemary	164
63	Clara	158
64	Kathleen	154
64	Leona	154
66	Jeanne	151
66	Kathryn	151
68	Eileen	148
69	Vivian	146
70	Viola	141
71	Agnes	140
72	Elsie	138
73	Violet	137
74	Anne	136
74	Katherine	136
76	Wilma	130
77	Hazel	127
78	Stella	125
79	Bertha	124
79	Joan	124
81	Janet	123
81	Julia	123
83	Marilyn	121
84	Audrey	119
84	Bette	119
86	Vera	118
87	Eva	115
88	Ellen	113
89	Charlotte	111
90	Laura	110
91	Beverly	109
91	Emma	109
91	Marguerite	109
94	Carol	107
95	Sylvia	101
96	Jeanette	100
96	Pearl	100
98	Harriet	98
99	Nancy	97
100	Loretta	95