Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,018
2	Patricia	1,823
3	Barbara	1,645
4	Judith	1,597
5	Carol	1,373
6	Nancy	1,221
7	Sharon	1,146
8	Sandra	954
9	Janet	858
10	Judy	756
11	Joyce	708
12	Shirley	679
13	Joan	665
14	Linda	618
15	Margaret	588
16	Donna	557
17	Beverly	555
18	Marilyn	543
19	Betty	529
20	Ruth	468
21	Karen	465
22	Carolyn	440
23	Dorothy	431
24	Janice	396
25	Kathleen	379

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Susan	360
27	Bonnie	351
28	Gloria	340
28	Virginia	340
30	Jean	338
31	Diane	335
32	Helen	311
33	Phyllis	306
34	Carole	295
35	Elizabeth	294
36	Ann	279
36	Joanne	279
38	Kay	275
39	Sally	271
40	Geraldine	264
41	Lois	259
42	Alice	258
43	Elaine	256
44	Joann	243
45	Frances	239
46	Doris	224
47	Rose	210
48	Gail	208
49	Jane	206
50	Norma	205
51	Marlene	204
52	Brenda	198
53	Rosemary	193
54	Jacqueline	189
55	Marjorie	187
56	Darlene	183
56	Marie	183
58	Suzanne	182
59	Arlene	175
59	Martha	175
61	Evelyn	174
62	Catherine	171
63	Loretta	162
64	Dolores	161
64	Marcia	161
64	Sue	161
67	Eleanor	148
68	Charlotte	147
69	Connie	136
70	Lorraine	135
71	Constance	133
72	Katherine	129
73	Rita	128
74	Roberta	127
75	Christine	126
76	Ellen	125
77	Sylvia	122
78	Jeanette	121
79	Yvonne	119
80	Delores	116
81	Louise	115
82	June	114
83	Diana	113
84	Irene	111
85	Deanna	110
86	Anne	109
87	Charlene	106
88	Kathryn	104
89	Peggy	101
89	Theresa	101
91	Rosalie	98
91	Wanda	98
93	Jo	97
94	Jeanne	93
95	Dianne	92
96	Anna	91
96	Audrey	91
96	Josephine	91
99	Grace	90
99	Pat	90