Michigan · 1931

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1931, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,092
#2	Betty	1,356
#3	Barbara	1,292
#4	Patricia	1,087
#5	Shirley	1,046
#6	Dorothy	965
#7	Joan	956
#8	Joyce	799
#9	Margaret	789
#10	Dolores	717
#11	Helen	686
#12	Donna	639
#13	Marilyn	628
#14	Jean	522
#15	Virginia	516
#16	Nancy	506
#17	Beverly	499
#18	Lois	499
#19	Ruth	485
#20	Doris	478
#21	Phyllis	450
#22	Elizabeth	387
#23	Norma	357
#24	Alice	346
#25	Geraldine	337
#26	Gloria	335
#27	Rose	309
#28	Frances	301
#29	Evelyn	299
#30	Marjorie	291
#31	Irene	290
#32	Joanne	287
#33	Carol	274
#34	Delores	260
#35	Eleanor	240
#36	Janet	239
#37	Marie	236
#38	Lorraine	230
#39	Anna	226
#40	June	226
#41	Sally	220
#42	Mildred	219
#43	Arlene	211
#44	Elaine	210
#45	Florence	208
#46	Jane	201
#47	Marion	198
#48	Rita	198
#49	Jacqueline	193
#50	Ann	188
#51	Lillian	185
#52	Rosemary	182
#53	Josephine	177
#54	Theresa	168
#55	Marian	165
#56	Kathleen	162
#57	Joann	160
#58	Bonnie	158
#59	Esther	154
#60	Catherine	154
#61	Louise	152
#62	Lucille	150
#63	Maxine	149
#64	Martha	149
#65	Pauline	148
#66	Carolyn	147
#67	Charlotte	146
#68	Audrey	146
#69	Marlene	141
#70	Bernice	139
#71	Vivian	139
#72	Jeanette	128
#73	Grace	121
#74	Wilma	120
#75	Constance	118
#76	Juanita	117
#77	Beatrice	117
#78	Jeanne	113
#79	Edna	113
#80	Peggy	112
#81	Gladys	112
#82	Edith	110
#83	Leona	109
#84	Clara	107
#85	Thelma	104
#86	Gertrude	101
#87	Loretta	101
#88	Wanda	100
#89	Violet	98
#90	Laura	97
#91	Katherine	94
#92	Ethel	94
#93	Ellen	91
#94	Eileen	89
#95	Genevieve	87
#96	Elsie	85
#97	Janice	81
#98	Vera	81
#99	Anne	81
#100	Agnes	73

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	65	17	2
Ilene	56	15	3
Marilynn	25	6	1
Marylou	27	7	2
Ardith	24	6	2
Angeline	51	13	4
Doreen	37	10	3
Monica	20	5	2
Donna	639	166	62
Suzanne	73	19	8
Loraine	25	6	3
Sally	220	57	24

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.