Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,119
2	Barbara	1,815
3	Patricia	1,603
4	Nancy	1,144
5	Carol	1,125
6	Shirley	994
7	Joan	780
8	Sharon	776
9	Janet	773
10	Judith	735
11	Joyce	728
12	Betty	727
13	Marilyn	677
14	Donna	676
15	Sandra	654
16	Beverly	643
17	Margaret	637
18	Dorothy	489
18	Ruth	489
20	Janice	461
21	Carolyn	404
22	Helen	359
23	Phyllis	354
24	Lois	353
25	Karen	352

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	345
26	Sally	345
28	Joanne	341
29	Virginia	339
30	Marlene	337
31	Elizabeth	328
32	Linda	306
33	Judy	305
34	Elaine	295
35	Alice	272
36	Arlene	265
36	Geraldine	265
38	Carole	261
39	Norma	252
40	Doris	251
41	Gloria	248
42	Diane	246
43	Joann	237
44	Ann	235
45	Dolores	233
46	Darlene	232
47	Kathleen	230
48	Kay	229
49	Frances	224
50	Marjorie	223
51	Rosalie	218
52	Jacqueline	215
53	Bonnie	204
54	Marie	203
54	Rose	203
56	Gail	198
57	Susan	196
58	Evelyn	190
59	Delores	172
60	Jane	171
60	Rosemary	171
62	Martha	170
63	Loretta	163
64	Yvonne	155
65	Deanna	153
66	Eleanor	148
67	Suzanne	147
68	Constance	142
68	June	142
68	Lorraine	142
71	Charlotte	135
71	Ellen	135
71	Jeanette	135
74	Connie	133
74	Rita	133
76	Sylvia	132
77	Sue	131
78	Catherine	127
79	Theresa	122
80	Anna	119
80	Grace	119
82	Roberta	118
83	Marcia	117
84	Peggy	116
85	Audrey	114
86	Irene	113
87	Louise	111
88	Katherine	110
89	Mildred	109
90	Charlene	105
90	Florence	105
92	Pauline	104
93	Marian	103
94	Edith	100
95	Marion	98
96	Lillian	97
97	Patsy	95
98	Laura	91
99	Wanda	88
99	Wilma	88