Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,114
2	Betty	1,656
3	Dorothy	1,395
4	Helen	1,085
5	Margaret	1,012
6	Shirley	990
7	Virginia	899
8	Ruth	784
9	Barbara	726
10	Doris	635
11	Patricia	618
12	Jean	609
13	Irene	489
14	Joyce	487
15	Evelyn	483
16	Lois	481
17	Phyllis	472
18	Marjorie	471
19	Elizabeth	456
20	Alice	444
21	Frances	401
22	Eleanor	390
23	Lillian	369
24	Mildred	366
25	Donna	365

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	361
27	Marie	351
28	Florence	349
29	Dolores	347
30	June	342
31	Marion	334
32	Rose	318
33	Geraldine	314
34	Anna	312
35	Norma	298
36	Elaine	282
37	Marilyn	277
38	Lorraine	271
39	Beverly	264
40	Marian	260
41	Joan	252
42	Catherine	237
43	Josephine	234
44	Maxine	233
45	Lucille	226
46	Louise	218
47	Bernice	206
48	Arlene	203
48	Grace	203
48	Pauline	203
51	Thelma	189
52	Esther	187
53	Beatrice	185
54	Martha	184
55	Audrey	183
56	Gertrude	182
57	Jane	170
57	Rosemary	170
59	Ann	169
59	Edith	169
59	Theresa	169
62	Rita	168
63	Gladys	167
64	Clara	164
65	Genevieve	160
65	Violet	160
67	Katherine	158
68	Wanda	155
69	Jacqueline	151
69	Vivian	151
71	Kathleen	149
72	Eileen	147
73	Kathryn	143
73	Wilma	143
75	Edna	138
75	Ethel	138
77	Leona	137
78	Nancy	134
79	Charlotte	133
80	Ellen	130
81	Elsie	129
82	Agnes	128
83	Jeanne	124
84	Hazel	123
84	Janet	123
86	Viola	115
87	Carol	109
88	Stella	108
89	Delores	107
90	Julia	105
91	Vera	101
92	Jeanette	100
92	Loretta	100
92	Sylvia	100
95	Harriet	97
96	Carolyn	95
96	Laura	95
98	Anne	94
99	Juanita	93
100	Constance	91