Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,289
2	Patricia	1,931
3	Barbara	1,694
4	Judith	1,624
5	Sharon	1,459
6	Carol	1,457
7	Sandra	1,189
8	Nancy	1,177
9	Janet	861
10	Judy	820
11	Karen	799
12	Linda	793
13	Joyce	751
14	Shirley	665
15	Carolyn	649
15	Margaret	649
17	Joan	634
18	Donna	608
19	Beverly	552
20	Betty	551
21	Janice	530
22	Susan	523
23	Marilyn	520
24	Ruth	505
25	Bonnie	482

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Diane	475
27	Kathleen	460
28	Dorothy	415
29	Gloria	346
30	Jean	334
31	Sally	320
32	Elizabeth	317
33	Ann	315
34	Joanne	308
35	Elaine	305
36	Phyllis	302
37	Virginia	300
38	Helen	297
39	Lois	286
40	Frances	269
41	Carole	263
42	Kay	261
43	Joann	260
44	Marie	255
45	Alice	247
45	Darlene	247
47	Marlene	245
48	Gail	235
49	Geraldine	232
50	Suzanne	219
51	Jane	205
52	Martha	203
53	Marjorie	198
54	Catherine	192
55	Jacqueline	191
56	Doris	182
57	Arlene	179
58	Rose	178
59	Marcia	175
59	Sue	175
61	Norma	174
62	Rosemary	170
63	Connie	167
64	Dolores	166
65	Brenda	165
66	Lorraine	159
67	Charlotte	157
68	Delores	155
69	Evelyn	153
70	Diana	149
71	Christine	147
72	Charlene	142
72	Irene	142
72	Roberta	142
75	Constance	139
75	Yvonne	139
77	Peggy	138
78	Ellen	135
78	Katherine	135
80	Loretta	133
80	Sylvia	133
82	June	131
82	Kathryn	131
84	Anne	125
85	Jo	124
86	Jeanette	121
86	Louise	121
88	Cynthia	119
89	Deanna	116
90	Eleanor	115
91	Dianne	114
92	Rita	113
93	Jeanne	108
93	Julie	108
95	Theresa	106
96	Sheila	100
97	Anita	99
98	Josephine	98
99	Patsy	96
100	Anna	94