Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Shirley	2,013
2	Mary	1,848
3	Barbara	1,556
4	Patricia	1,469
5	Joan	907
6	Nancy	892
7	Betty	804
8	Marilyn	779
9	Joyce	744
10	Beverly	683
11	Donna	664
12	Carol	649
13	Margaret	633
14	Dorothy	597
15	Janet	473
16	Helen	423
17	Virginia	420
18	Phyllis	404
19	Jean	395
20	Ruth	384
21	Dolores	378
22	Marlene	373
23	Lois	359
24	Joanne	317
25	Geraldine	312

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	301
27	Alice	298
27	Sally	298
29	Elizabeth	280
30	Elaine	270
31	Frances	265
32	Gloria	261
33	Carolyn	256
34	Norma	254
35	Ann	246
36	Marjorie	238
37	Joann	236
38	Judith	225
39	Marie	223
40	Evelyn	221
41	Sandra	212
42	Rose	207
43	Delores	206
44	Kathleen	199
45	Arlene	197
46	Sharon	195
47	Janice	189
48	Eleanor	184
49	Jane	183
50	June	176
51	Gail	161
52	Lorraine	156
53	Carole	155
53	Catherine	155
55	Irene	154
56	Bonnie	153
57	Jacqueline	152
57	Rosemary	152
59	Yvonne	150
60	Darlene	149
61	Loretta	147
62	Marion	145
63	Audrey	142
64	Louise	138
64	Marian	138
66	Theresa	137
67	Lillian	136
68	Mildred	134
69	Esther	133
70	Martha	132
71	Anna	128
72	Rita	126
73	Maxine	125
74	Charlotte	122
75	Jeanette	118
75	Roberta	118
77	Kay	114
78	Sylvia	113
79	Florence	112
80	Grace	110
81	Pauline	109
82	Judy	108
83	Ellen	100
83	Suzanne	100
83	Wilma	100
86	Kathryn	98
86	Susan	98
88	Lucille	95
89	Anne	94
89	Diane	94
89	Josephine	94
92	Beatrice	93
93	Constance	92
94	Peggy	89
95	Marcia	86
95	Pat	86
97	Leona	85
98	Eileen	82
98	Sue	82
100	Laura	81