Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,208
2	Betty	1,688
3	Dorothy	1,268
4	Shirley	1,155
5	Barbara	1,040
6	Patricia	964
7	Margaret	908
8	Helen	851
9	Dolores	768
10	Joyce	703
11	Virginia	697
12	Ruth	680
13	Joan	668
14	Doris	640
15	Jean	563
16	Donna	551
17	Lois	523
18	Phyllis	487
19	Beverly	485
20	Marilyn	477
21	Alice	450
22	Elizabeth	438
23	Evelyn	415
24	Marjorie	404
25	Irene	375

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	370
27	Norma	366
28	Rose	358
29	Geraldine	350
30	Lorraine	337
31	Gloria	334
32	Eleanor	307
33	June	303
34	Nancy	290
35	Anna	284
35	Mildred	284
37	Marie	264
38	Florence	260
39	Marion	259
40	Lillian	251
41	Marian	243
42	Elaine	239
43	Audrey	236
44	Carol	233
45	Theresa	232
46	Delores	228
47	Joanne	220
48	Maxine	208
49	Arlene	202
50	Lucille	201
51	Ann	199
52	Rosemary	196
53	Jacqueline	194
54	Bernice	190
54	Catherine	190
56	Grace	185
57	Louise	183
58	Pauline	178
59	Thelma	175
60	Beatrice	173
61	Jane	172
62	Martha	171
63	Esther	169
64	Sally	166
64	Vivian	166
66	Rita	165
67	Josephine	163
68	Janet	162
69	Kathleen	160
70	Charlotte	150
71	Gladys	140
72	Wanda	138
73	Wilma	136
74	Violet	134
75	Clara	132
75	Edith	132
77	Leona	130
78	Edna	128
79	Ellen	119
80	Ethel	116
81	Carolyn	115
82	Bonnie	111
82	Genevieve	111
84	Peggy	110
85	Gertrude	109
86	Katherine	108
87	Agnes	107
88	Julia	106
88	Laura	106
90	Jeanne	105
91	Viola	104
92	Jeanette	100
93	Hazel	99
94	Eva	97
95	Elsie	96
95	Loretta	96
97	Vera	95
98	Joann	90
98	Juanita	90
100	Kathryn	88