Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,250
2	Betty	1,629
3	Dorothy	1,301
4	Shirley	1,139
5	Barbara	1,042
6	Helen	916
7	Margaret	888
8	Patricia	826
9	Virginia	791
10	Ruth	709
11	Dolores	670
12	Joyce	613
13	Doris	603
14	Jean	545
15	Lois	541
16	Donna	518
17	Phyllis	508
18	Joan	447
19	Beverly	433
20	Marilyn	419
21	Evelyn	417
22	Elizabeth	408
23	Marjorie	404
24	Norma	385
25	Irene	382

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	375
27	Frances	364
28	Gloria	354
29	Lorraine	338
30	Rose	337
31	Geraldine	334
32	Marie	327
33	Florence	315
33	June	315
35	Marion	310
36	Mildred	306
37	Anna	287
38	Eleanor	281
39	Lillian	274
40	Elaine	249
40	Theresa	249
42	Marian	244
43	Nancy	235
44	Bernice	214
45	Catherine	210
46	Maxine	207
47	Lucille	206
48	Audrey	204
49	Rosemary	197
50	Arlene	196
51	Delores	195
52	Esther	192
52	Martha	192
54	Grace	191
55	Josephine	182
56	Louise	176
56	Pauline	176
58	Carol	173
59	Beatrice	169
59	Rita	169
61	Jacqueline	167
62	Kathleen	160
63	Gertrude	158
64	Jane	156
65	Thelma	154
65	Vivian	154
67	Janet	153
68	Gladys	149
69	Leona	146
70	Edna	143
71	Ann	142
71	Wilma	142
73	Charlotte	141
74	Genevieve	137
75	Ethel	136
76	Wanda	134
77	Eileen	133
78	Edith	128
79	Katherine	124
80	Joanne	123
81	Agnes	117
81	Clara	117
83	Elsie	115
84	Sally	114
85	Laura	113
86	Ellen	112
86	Violet	112
88	Viola	109
89	Juanita	106
90	Peggy	104
91	Jeanne	96
92	Hazel	95
92	Kathryn	95
94	Bonnie	94
95	Eva	92
95	Jeanette	92
97	Carolyn	86
98	Delphine	85
98	Harriet	85
100	Vera	84