Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,066
2	Shirley	1,677
3	Barbara	1,520
4	Patricia	1,429
5	Nancy	1,045
6	Carol	901
7	Marilyn	825
8	Joan	799
9	Betty	764
10	Joyce	749
11	Beverly	677
12	Margaret	598
13	Donna	559
13	Dorothy	559
15	Janet	539
16	Marlene	418
17	Helen	415
18	Ruth	409
19	Virginia	389
20	Phyllis	376
21	Sharon	355
22	Lois	351
23	Sandra	343
24	Jean	339
25	Sally	334

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dolores	326
27	Joanne	321
28	Elizabeth	290
28	Janice	290
30	Elaine	284
31	Joann	283
32	Geraldine	280
33	Carolyn	275
34	Judith	273
35	Doris	264
36	Frances	262
37	Alice	260
38	Ann	256
39	Arlene	252
40	Marjorie	250
41	Gloria	246
42	Norma	238
43	Delores	235
44	Rose	223
45	Jacqueline	219
45	Marie	219
47	Evelyn	215
48	Jane	187
49	Kathleen	182
50	Eleanor	179
50	Yvonne	179
52	Kay	172
53	Carole	169
53	Gail	169
55	Lorraine	166
56	Loretta	163
57	Bonnie	162
57	Irene	162
59	Audrey	161
60	Darlene	160
60	Sylvia	160
62	Catherine	158
62	June	158
64	Martha	150
65	Marion	145
66	Jeanette	141
67	Roberta	140
67	Rosemary	140
69	Charlotte	131
70	Marian	126
70	Rita	126
72	Anna	125
72	Judy	125
74	Susan	124
75	Florence	123
76	Louise	121
77	Lillian	118
78	Pauline	117
79	Ellen	116
80	Mildred	114
81	Suzanne	112
82	Grace	111
83	Karen	110
84	Linda	109
85	Esther	107
86	Patsy	105
87	Kathryn	103
88	Marcia	102
89	Theresa	101
90	Josephine	99
91	Katherine	98
92	Constance	96
93	Charlene	95
94	Peggy	94
95	Eileen	93
96	Wanda	91
97	Wilma	90
98	Anne	89
99	Lucille	88
100	Maxine	87