Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,092
2	Betty	1,356
3	Barbara	1,292
4	Patricia	1,087
5	Shirley	1,046
6	Dorothy	965
7	Joan	956
8	Joyce	799
9	Margaret	789
10	Dolores	717
11	Helen	686
12	Donna	639
13	Marilyn	628
14	Jean	522
15	Virginia	516
16	Nancy	506
17	Beverly	499
17	Lois	499
19	Ruth	485
20	Doris	478
21	Phyllis	450
22	Elizabeth	387
23	Norma	357
24	Alice	346
25	Geraldine	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	335
27	Rose	309
28	Frances	301
29	Evelyn	299
30	Marjorie	291
31	Irene	290
32	Joanne	287
33	Carol	274
34	Delores	260
35	Eleanor	240
36	Janet	239
37	Marie	236
38	Lorraine	230
39	Anna	226
39	June	226
41	Sally	220
42	Mildred	219
43	Arlene	211
44	Elaine	210
45	Florence	208
46	Jane	201
47	Marion	198
47	Rita	198
49	Jacqueline	193
50	Ann	188
51	Lillian	185
52	Rosemary	182
53	Josephine	177
54	Theresa	168
55	Marian	165
56	Kathleen	162
57	Joann	160
58	Bonnie	158
59	Catherine	154
59	Esther	154
61	Louise	152
62	Lucille	150
63	Martha	149
63	Maxine	149
65	Pauline	148
66	Carolyn	147
67	Audrey	146
67	Charlotte	146
69	Marlene	141
70	Bernice	139
70	Vivian	139
72	Jeanette	128
73	Grace	121
74	Wilma	120
75	Constance	118
76	Beatrice	117
76	Juanita	117
78	Edna	113
78	Jeanne	113
80	Gladys	112
80	Peggy	112
82	Edith	110
83	Leona	109
84	Clara	107
85	Thelma	104
86	Gertrude	101
86	Loretta	101
88	Wanda	100
89	Violet	98
90	Laura	97
91	Ethel	94
91	Katherine	94
93	Ellen	91
94	Eileen	89
95	Genevieve	87
96	Elsie	85
97	Anne	81
97	Janice	81
97	Vera	81
100	Agnes	73
100	Suzanne	73
100	Viola	73
100	Yvonne	73