Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,002
2	Barbara	1,492
3	Betty	1,164
4	Patricia	1,106
5	Joan	994
6	Shirley	961
7	Dorothy	833
8	Marilyn	796
9	Joyce	763
10	Margaret	713
11	Donna	657
12	Dolores	575
13	Helen	560
14	Nancy	550
15	Beverly	538
16	Lois	468
17	Ruth	451
18	Virginia	438
19	Phyllis	426
20	Jean	417
21	Doris	395
22	Carol	352
23	Norma	336
24	Elizabeth	324
25	Janet	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	307
26	Gloria	307
28	Geraldine	295
29	Frances	287
30	Evelyn	274
31	Marjorie	269
32	Joanne	259
33	Delores	258
33	Rose	258
35	Sally	246
36	June	238
37	Lorraine	232
38	Irene	220
39	Elaine	219
40	Ann	206
41	Marlene	200
42	Marie	197
43	Mildred	192
44	Eleanor	191
45	Joann	183
46	Theresa	182
47	Arlene	181
47	Florence	181
47	Kathleen	181
50	Marion	180
51	Marian	177
52	Lillian	170
53	Anna	169
54	Carolyn	162
54	Rosemary	162
56	Catherine	161
56	Jane	161
58	Jacqueline	160
59	Louise	146
60	Rita	143
61	Esther	139
62	Bonnie	136
63	Lucille	133
64	Martha	131
65	Grace	129
66	Josephine	128
67	Constance	127
67	Jeanette	127
69	Audrey	126
70	Maxine	124
71	Janice	115
71	Loretta	115
73	Beatrice	114
74	Charlotte	112
75	Katherine	110
75	Pauline	110
77	Gladys	108
78	Ellen	105
78	Vivian	105
80	Wanda	104
80	Wilma	104
82	Bernice	103
83	Edith	100
84	Peggy	99
85	Clara	97
85	Kathryn	97
87	Sylvia	90
88	Gertrude	89
88	Laura	89
90	Eileen	87
90	Jeanne	87
92	Edna	85
92	Ethel	85
92	Thelma	85
95	Anne	84
95	Violet	84
97	Yvonne	82
98	Caroline	76
98	Juanita	76
98	Roberta	76
98	Vera	76