Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,998
2	Barbara	1,706
3	Patricia	1,635
4	Carol	1,199
5	Judith	1,194
6	Nancy	1,166
7	Sharon	989
8	Janet	861
9	Shirley	759
10	Sandra	710
11	Joyce	706
12	Joan	658
13	Betty	643
14	Marilyn	605
15	Margaret	586
16	Donna	570
17	Beverly	569
18	Judy	534
19	Ruth	501
20	Dorothy	457
21	Karen	433
22	Janice	412
23	Linda	369
24	Carolyn	362
25	Phyllis	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	345
27	Sally	330
28	Helen	314
29	Elizabeth	303
30	Virginia	297
31	Joanne	292
32	Kathleen	289
32	Marlene	289
34	Carole	286
35	Susan	284
36	Lois	277
37	Joann	276
38	Diane	272
39	Geraldine	269
40	Alice	268
41	Elaine	265
42	Frances	237
43	Ann	233
44	Kay	229
45	Gloria	226
46	Marie	220
47	Norma	214
48	Marjorie	211
49	Rose	209
50	Doris	208
51	Arlene	207
52	Bonnie	196
53	Darlene	186
54	Delores	185
55	Evelyn	179
55	Gail	179
57	Jacqueline	176
58	Rosemary	171
59	Dolores	168
60	Martha	167
61	Jane	166
62	Marcia	160
63	Loretta	157
64	Catherine	153
65	Eleanor	149
66	Roberta	146
67	Yvonne	145
68	Suzanne	144
69	Lorraine	136
70	Constance	135
71	Jeanette	131
72	Brenda	130
73	Sylvia	128
74	Connie	127
75	Louise	124
76	Rita	123
77	Theresa	122
78	June	120
79	Charlotte	119
80	Charlene	117
80	Deanna	117
82	Sue	114
83	Irene	113
84	Christine	110
85	Ellen	105
86	Diana	103
87	Grace	102
88	Kathryn	101
88	Marian	101
90	Rosalie	100
91	Anna	98
92	Josephine	96
93	Florence	95
94	Pauline	94
95	Anne	93
95	Katherine	93
97	Marion	91
98	Jo	89
99	Audrey	86
99	Peggy	86