Michigan · 1927

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,156
#2	Betty	1,624
#3	Dorothy	1,472
#4	Shirley	1,022
#5	Margaret	985
#6	Helen	958
#7	Barbara	894
#8	Virginia	807
#9	Ruth	745
#10	Patricia	726
#11	Doris	656
#12	Jean	633
#13	Joyce	571
#14	Phyllis	528
#15	Lois	503
#16	Irene	492
#17	Marjorie	476
#18	Dolores	473
#19	Donna	470
#20	Elizabeth	454
#21	Frances	451
#22	Evelyn	440
#23	Alice	424
#24	Beverly	391
#25	Mildred	377
#26	Gloria	375
#27	Marilyn	366
#28	Geraldine	360
#29	June	354
#30	Eleanor	352
#31	Norma	352
#32	Marie	346
#33	Rose	345
#34	Lorraine	322
#35	Marion	317
#36	Florence	306
#37	Joan	304
#38	Lillian	296
#39	Elaine	279
#40	Anna	276
#41	Bernice	250
#42	Marian	248
#43	Maxine	240
#44	Lucille	234
#45	Rosemary	232
#46	Theresa	230
#47	Catherine	223
#48	Josephine	214
#49	Grace	213
#50	Rita	212
#51	Thelma	206
#52	Esther	199
#53	Beatrice	195
#54	Louise	191
#55	Nancy	185
#56	Arlene	184
#57	Audrey	183
#58	Pauline	179
#59	Gladys	173
#60	Martha	167
#61	Jane	166
#62	Vivian	165
#63	Wanda	163
#64	Leona	161
#65	Kathleen	158
#66	Jacqueline	155
#67	Charlotte	151
#68	Ann	150
#69	Gertrude	149
#70	Carol	145
#71	Edna	143
#72	Edith	141
#73	Wilma	141
#74	Delores	140
#75	Violet	137
#76	Genevieve	136
#77	Ellen	136
#78	Elsie	135
#79	Ethel	135
#80	Clara	129
#81	Agnes	128
#82	Hazel	127
#83	Katherine	126
#84	Jeanne	122
#85	Eileen	119
#86	Loretta	114
#87	Julia	112
#88	Kathryn	108
#89	Eva	107
#90	Juanita	105
#91	Carolyn	105
#92	Peggy	103
#93	Jeanette	103
#94	Janet	103
#95	Sally	101
#96	Stella	100
#97	Viola	96
#98	Laura	93
#99	Vera	93
#100	Emma	88

Uniquely popular in Michigan

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Delphine	80	19	2
Ilene	64	15	3
Noreen	23	5	1
Ardith	24	6	1
Marvel	22	5	1
Ardis	24	6	2
Donna	470	112	33
Doreen	22	5	2
Loraine	38	9	3
Marjory	20	5	2
Maryann	30	7	3
Angeline	65	16	6

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.