Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,958
2	Patricia	1,708
3	Barbara	1,601
4	Nancy	1,115
5	Shirley	1,102
6	Carol	1,028
7	Joan	782
8	Marilyn	727
9	Janet	706
10	Betty	703
11	Joyce	698
12	Beverly	694
13	Margaret	679
14	Donna	673
15	Sharon	486
16	Dorothy	472
17	Sandra	471
18	Ruth	448
19	Judith	424
20	Phyllis	391
21	Marlene	389
22	Janice	386
23	Helen	361
23	Virginia	361
25	Carolyn	345

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sally	341
27	Joanne	337
28	Lois	333
29	Jean	327
30	Elaine	310
31	Elizabeth	292
32	Alice	290
33	Frances	289
34	Dolores	279
35	Gloria	263
36	Joann	261
37	Arlene	253
38	Doris	248
38	Geraldine	248
40	Norma	242
41	Ann	237
41	Rose	237
43	Kay	235
44	Carole	234
45	Evelyn	228
46	Kathleen	216
47	Marjorie	213
48	Linda	209
49	Marie	189
50	Delores	187
51	Jacqueline	183
52	Darlene	182
53	Yvonne	178
54	Judy	171
55	Bonnie	170
56	Gail	169
57	Eleanor	161
58	Lorraine	160
59	Catherine	155
59	Jane	155
61	Loretta	152
62	Karen	151
63	Diane	147
64	Marcia	145
65	Irene	143
65	Rosemary	143
67	Peggy	140
68	Louise	139
69	Charlotte	136
69	Jeanette	136
69	June	136
69	Sylvia	136
73	Suzanne	133
74	Marion	132
75	Roberta	131
76	Constance	129
77	Martha	128
78	Audrey	122
78	Rita	122
80	Ellen	120
81	Sue	117
82	Florence	116
82	Lillian	116
84	Susan	115
85	Marian	113
86	Katherine	108
87	Anna	107
88	Theresa	106
89	Esther	105
90	Charlene	102
91	Kathryn	101
92	Connie	96
92	Mildred	96
92	Wanda	96
95	Grace	94
95	Pauline	94
97	Josephine	92
98	Deanna	89
99	Anne	88
99	Leona	88