Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,292
2	Betty	1,513
3	Barbara	1,210
4	Dorothy	1,146
5	Patricia	1,126
6	Shirley	1,113
7	Dolores	897
8	Margaret	842
9	Helen	832
10	Joan	828
11	Joyce	752
12	Donna	675
13	Marilyn	636
14	Virginia	605
15	Ruth	599
16	Doris	571
17	Lois	543
18	Jean	519
19	Beverly	460
20	Phyllis	452
21	Nancy	429
22	Alice	411
23	Elizabeth	403
24	Evelyn	386
25	Marjorie	383

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norma	374
27	Rose	369
28	Geraldine	360
29	Frances	343
30	Lorraine	330
31	Irene	329
32	Delores	312
32	Gloria	312
34	June	300
35	Eleanor	292
36	Marie	290
37	Elaine	283
38	Joanne	271
39	Mildred	269
40	Carol	256
40	Florence	256
42	Janet	253
43	Anna	248
44	Lillian	231
44	Marion	231
46	Louise	228
47	Rita	225
48	Sally	222
49	Theresa	219
50	Ann	217
51	Catherine	210
52	Rosemary	205
53	Marian	203
54	Jacqueline	202
55	Josephine	192
55	Lucille	192
57	Arlene	190
58	Kathleen	181
59	Audrey	177
60	Grace	175
60	Pauline	175
62	Bernice	173
63	Thelma	165
64	Jane	161
65	Maxine	156
66	Martha	154
67	Esther	151
68	Beatrice	150
69	Charlotte	143
70	Jeanette	138
71	Carolyn	136
72	Joann	135
73	Edith	130
74	Bonnie	129
75	Vivian	127
76	Katherine	125
77	Gladys	124
77	Leona	124
79	Wilma	122
80	Wanda	119
81	Clara	117
81	Eileen	117
81	Gertrude	117
84	Ellen	116
85	Loretta	114
85	Peggy	114
87	Edna	111
88	Violet	109
89	Kathryn	107
90	Elsie	106
91	Ethel	104
92	Laura	99
92	Yvonne	99
94	Jeanne	98
94	Juanita	98
96	Agnes	93
97	Anne	92
97	Genevieve	92
99	Eva	88
100	Julia	85