Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,156
2	Betty	1,624
3	Dorothy	1,472
4	Shirley	1,022
5	Margaret	985
6	Helen	958
7	Barbara	894
8	Virginia	807
9	Ruth	745
10	Patricia	726
11	Doris	656
12	Jean	633
13	Joyce	571
14	Phyllis	528
15	Lois	503
16	Irene	492
17	Marjorie	476
18	Dolores	473
19	Donna	470
20	Elizabeth	454
21	Frances	451
22	Evelyn	440
23	Alice	424
24	Beverly	391
25	Mildred	377

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	375
27	Marilyn	366
28	Geraldine	360
29	June	354
30	Eleanor	352
30	Norma	352
32	Marie	346
33	Rose	345
34	Lorraine	322
35	Marion	317
36	Florence	306
37	Joan	304
38	Lillian	296
39	Elaine	279
40	Anna	276
41	Bernice	250
42	Marian	248
43	Maxine	240
44	Lucille	234
45	Rosemary	232
46	Theresa	230
47	Catherine	223
48	Josephine	214
49	Grace	213
50	Rita	212
51	Thelma	206
52	Esther	199
53	Beatrice	195
54	Louise	191
55	Nancy	185
56	Arlene	184
57	Audrey	183
58	Pauline	179
59	Gladys	173
60	Martha	167
61	Jane	166
62	Vivian	165
63	Wanda	163
64	Leona	161
65	Kathleen	158
66	Jacqueline	155
67	Charlotte	151
68	Ann	150
69	Gertrude	149
70	Carol	145
71	Edna	143
72	Edith	141
72	Wilma	141
74	Delores	140
75	Violet	137
76	Ellen	136
76	Genevieve	136
78	Elsie	135
78	Ethel	135
80	Clara	129
81	Agnes	128
82	Hazel	127
83	Katherine	126
84	Jeanne	122
85	Eileen	119
86	Loretta	114
87	Julia	112
88	Kathryn	108
89	Eva	107
90	Carolyn	105
90	Juanita	105
92	Janet	103
92	Jeanette	103
92	Peggy	103
95	Sally	101
96	Stella	100
97	Viola	96
98	Laura	93
98	Vera	93
100	Emma	88