Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,932
2	Betty	1,741
3	Dorothy	1,501
4	Helen	1,206
5	Virginia	1,041
6	Margaret	1,019
7	Shirley	866
8	Ruth	856
9	Doris	664
10	Jean	603
11	Barbara	576
12	Patricia	571
13	Elizabeth	526
14	Irene	511
15	Evelyn	486
16	Alice	472
17	Frances	456
18	June	437
19	Phyllis	433
20	Marjorie	415
21	Lois	401
22	Mildred	382
23	Marie	372
24	Eleanor	371
25	Florence	354

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	351
27	Joyce	347
28	Geraldine	337
29	Donna	330
30	Marion	327
31	Lillian	324
32	Anna	302
33	Marian	295
34	Elaine	288
35	Rose	279
36	Maxine	265
37	Dolores	263
38	Lucille	258
39	Norma	253
40	Bernice	251
41	Lorraine	250
42	Josephine	245
43	Catherine	232
44	Beatrice	223
45	Gladys	220
45	Grace	220
47	Rita	217
48	Marilyn	206
49	Martha	205
50	Esther	203
51	Jane	201
52	Joan	199
52	Pauline	199
54	Edna	191
55	Louise	188
56	Thelma	186
57	Wanda	180
58	Rosemary	175
59	Ann	172
60	Genevieve	171
61	Ethel	169
61	Gertrude	169
63	Beverly	164
64	Agnes	161
65	Katherine	159
65	Vivian	159
65	Wilma	159
68	Edith	158
69	Clara	157
70	Audrey	155
71	Leona	152
72	Arlene	151
73	Eileen	141
74	Charlotte	140
75	Jacqueline	139
76	Kathleen	138
77	Theresa	137
78	Hazel	136
79	Nancy	132
80	Violet	131
81	Laura	129
82	Julia	124
82	Kathryn	124
84	Viola	123
85	Elsie	121
86	Jeanne	117
87	Jeanette	114
88	Carol	113
89	Loretta	112
90	Stella	111
91	Janet	109
92	Vera	106
93	Eva	105
94	Ellen	102
94	Emma	102
96	Anne	98
97	Jennie	97
97	Juanita	97
99	Bertha	96
100	Harriet	94
100	Pearl	94
100	Ruby	94