Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,492
2	Barbara	1,684
3	Carol	1,677
4	Patricia	1,674
5	Sharon	1,651
6	Sandra	1,461
7	Linda	1,330
8	Judith	1,222
9	Nancy	1,152
10	Karen	1,040
11	Janet	871
12	Susan	838
13	Judy	823
14	Kathleen	818
15	Diane	712
16	Donna	708
17	Margaret	613
18	Joyce	597
19	Marilyn	595
20	Carolyn	583
21	Shirley	553
22	Betty	524
23	Bonnie	521
24	Ruth	501
25	Joan	481

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	472
27	Cheryl	433
28	Beverly	427
29	Gloria	392
30	Pamela	373
31	Jean	361
32	Sally	348
33	Carole	342
34	Dorothy	339
35	Elizabeth	331
36	Virginia	322
37	Phyllis	272
38	Elaine	261
39	Darlene	257
40	Gail	252
40	Jane	252
42	Ann	251
43	Helen	250
44	Joanne	244
45	Diana	242
46	Sue	237
47	Alice	232
47	Lois	232
49	Frances	230
50	Christine	226
50	Joann	226
52	Catherine	225
53	Kay	219
54	Suzanne	215
55	Marcia	213
56	Jacqueline	209
57	Dianne	208
58	Martha	206
59	Connie	205
60	Geraldine	191
61	Marie	187
62	Rose	181
63	Kathryn	171
64	Brenda	167
65	Marlene	164
66	Charlotte	161
66	Rosemary	161
68	Jo	160
69	Roberta	158
70	Delores	155
70	Marjorie	155
72	Katherine	152
73	Charlene	149
74	Constance	148
75	Cynthia	143
76	Lorraine	142
76	Peggy	142
78	Norma	139
79	Rita	138
80	Doris	137
81	Arlene	135
81	Ellen	135
83	Evelyn	133
84	Yvonne	128
85	Louise	120
86	Kathy	118
87	Irene	115
88	Dolores	114
88	Loretta	114
90	Jeanne	111
91	Anne	109
91	Marsha	109
91	Theresa	109
94	Sherry	108
95	Sylvia	104
96	Claudia	103
97	June	100
97	Paula	100
99	Eileen	98
100	Lynn	97