Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,034
2	Barbara	1,504
3	Patricia	1,333
4	Shirley	1,111
5	Joan	976
6	Betty	957
7	Nancy	776
8	Joyce	771
9	Donna	690
10	Marilyn	675
11	Margaret	659
12	Dorothy	637
13	Beverly	618
14	Carol	503
15	Janet	488
16	Helen	446
17	Dolores	443
18	Lois	430
19	Ruth	423
20	Virginia	377
21	Phyllis	369
22	Jean	360
23	Doris	353
24	Sally	339
25	Joanne	315

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norma	296
27	Alice	290
28	Elizabeth	286
29	Arlene	266
30	Marjorie	264
31	Gloria	263
32	Evelyn	261
33	Elaine	258
34	Frances	257
35	Marlene	246
36	Ann	245
36	Joann	245
38	Geraldine	243
39	Carolyn	236
40	Delores	225
41	Rose	220
42	Jacqueline	213
43	Marie	212
44	Kathleen	194
45	June	191
46	Lorraine	189
47	Irene	183
48	Janice	179
49	Jane	171
50	Eleanor	158
51	Catherine	152
51	Martha	152
53	Lillian	151
54	Audrey	145
55	Bonnie	144
56	Theresa	143
57	Carole	141
58	Anna	140
58	Marian	140
60	Judith	139
60	Marion	139
60	Rita	139
63	Louise	137
64	Florence	135
64	Rosemary	135
66	Mildred	130
67	Darlene	128
67	Sandra	128
69	Jeanette	124
70	Loretta	123
71	Maxine	119
72	Lucille	116
72	Pauline	116
74	Sylvia	113
75	Ellen	112
76	Peggy	111
77	Charlotte	108
78	Esther	107
78	Josephine	107
80	Beatrice	106
80	Grace	106
82	Sharon	105
83	Edith	102
83	Wilma	102
85	Gladys	101
86	Constance	98
87	Anne	96
87	Kay	96
87	Yvonne	96
90	Kathryn	95
91	Diane	94
91	Suzanne	94
93	Thelma	91
94	Katherine	88
94	Wanda	88
96	Edna	87
97	Bernice	86
98	Laura	85
99	Eileen	84
99	Patsy	84
99	Vivian	84