Michigan · 1928

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,250
#2	Betty	1,629
#3	Dorothy	1,301
#4	Shirley	1,139
#5	Barbara	1,042
#6	Helen	916
#7	Margaret	888
#8	Patricia	826
#9	Virginia	791
#10	Ruth	709
#11	Dolores	670
#12	Joyce	613
#13	Doris	603
#14	Jean	545
#15	Lois	541
#16	Donna	518
#17	Phyllis	508
#18	Joan	447
#19	Beverly	433
#20	Marilyn	419
#21	Evelyn	417
#22	Elizabeth	408
#23	Marjorie	404
#24	Norma	385
#25	Irene	382
#26	Alice	375
#27	Frances	364
#28	Gloria	354
#29	Lorraine	338
#30	Rose	337
#31	Geraldine	334
#32	Marie	327
#33	June	315
#34	Florence	315
#35	Marion	310
#36	Mildred	306
#37	Anna	287
#38	Eleanor	281
#39	Lillian	274
#40	Elaine	249
#41	Theresa	249
#42	Marian	244
#43	Nancy	235
#44	Bernice	214
#45	Catherine	210
#46	Maxine	207
#47	Lucille	206
#48	Audrey	204
#49	Rosemary	197
#50	Arlene	196
#51	Delores	195
#52	Esther	192
#53	Martha	192
#54	Grace	191
#55	Josephine	182
#56	Pauline	176
#57	Louise	176
#58	Carol	173
#59	Rita	169
#60	Beatrice	169
#61	Jacqueline	167
#62	Kathleen	160
#63	Gertrude	158
#64	Jane	156
#65	Vivian	154
#66	Thelma	154
#67	Janet	153
#68	Gladys	149
#69	Leona	146
#70	Edna	143
#71	Wilma	142
#72	Ann	142
#73	Charlotte	141
#74	Genevieve	137
#75	Ethel	136
#76	Wanda	134
#77	Eileen	133
#78	Edith	128
#79	Katherine	124
#80	Joanne	123
#81	Clara	117
#82	Agnes	117
#83	Elsie	115
#84	Sally	114
#85	Laura	113
#86	Violet	112
#87	Ellen	112
#88	Viola	109
#89	Juanita	106
#90	Peggy	104
#91	Jeanne	96
#92	Kathryn	95
#93	Hazel	95
#94	Bonnie	94
#95	Jeanette	92
#96	Eva	92
#97	Carolyn	86
#98	Delphine	85
#99	Harriet	85
#100	Vera	84

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	85	21	2
Ilene	46	11	2
Donna	518	126	39
Marjory	22	5	2
Doreen	24	6	2
Ardis	21	5	2
Angeline	66	16	6
Eleanore	44	11	4
Monica	20	5	2
Beverley	29	7	3
Joyce	613	149	63
Luella	56	14	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.