Michigan · 1930

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1930, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,292
#2	Betty	1,513
#3	Barbara	1,210
#4	Dorothy	1,146
#5	Patricia	1,126
#6	Shirley	1,113
#7	Dolores	897
#8	Margaret	842
#9	Helen	832
#10	Joan	828
#11	Joyce	752
#12	Donna	675
#13	Marilyn	636
#14	Virginia	605
#15	Ruth	599
#16	Doris	571
#17	Lois	543
#18	Jean	519
#19	Beverly	460
#20	Phyllis	452
#21	Nancy	429
#22	Alice	411
#23	Elizabeth	403
#24	Evelyn	386
#25	Marjorie	383
#26	Norma	374
#27	Rose	369
#28	Geraldine	360
#29	Frances	343
#30	Lorraine	330
#31	Irene	329
#32	Delores	312
#33	Gloria	312
#34	June	300
#35	Eleanor	292
#36	Marie	290
#37	Elaine	283
#38	Joanne	271
#39	Mildred	269
#40	Florence	256
#41	Carol	256
#42	Janet	253
#43	Anna	248
#44	Marion	231
#45	Lillian	231
#46	Louise	228
#47	Rita	225
#48	Sally	222
#49	Theresa	219
#50	Ann	217
#51	Catherine	210
#52	Rosemary	205
#53	Marian	203
#54	Jacqueline	202
#55	Josephine	192
#56	Lucille	192
#57	Arlene	190
#58	Kathleen	181
#59	Audrey	177
#60	Grace	175
#61	Pauline	175
#62	Bernice	173
#63	Thelma	165
#64	Jane	161
#65	Maxine	156
#66	Martha	154
#67	Esther	151
#68	Beatrice	150
#69	Charlotte	143
#70	Jeanette	138
#71	Carolyn	136
#72	Joann	135
#73	Edith	130
#74	Bonnie	129
#75	Vivian	127
#76	Katherine	125
#77	Gladys	124
#78	Leona	124
#79	Wilma	122
#80	Wanda	119
#81	Gertrude	117
#82	Clara	117
#83	Eileen	117
#84	Ellen	116
#85	Peggy	114
#86	Loretta	114
#87	Edna	111
#88	Violet	109
#89	Kathryn	107
#90	Elsie	106
#91	Ethel	104
#92	Yvonne	99
#93	Laura	99
#94	Juanita	98
#95	Jeanne	98
#96	Agnes	93
#97	Anne	92
#98	Genevieve	92
#99	Eva	88
#100	Julia	85

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	71	17	2
Ilene	40	10	2
Dawn	26	6	2
Beverley	41	10	3
Donna	675	161	53
Janette	21	5	2
Loraine	36	9	3
Doreen	26	6	2
Eleanore	37	9	3
Maryann	44	10	4
Angeline	53	13	5
Sally	222	53	23

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.