Michigan · 1938

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,119
#2	Barbara	1,815
#3	Patricia	1,603
#4	Nancy	1,144
#5	Carol	1,125
#6	Shirley	994
#7	Joan	780
#8	Sharon	776
#9	Janet	773
#10	Judith	735
#11	Joyce	728
#12	Betty	727
#13	Marilyn	677
#14	Donna	676
#15	Sandra	654
#16	Beverly	643
#17	Margaret	637
#18	Dorothy	489
#19	Ruth	489
#20	Janice	461
#21	Carolyn	404
#22	Helen	359
#23	Phyllis	354
#24	Lois	353
#25	Karen	352
#26	Jean	345
#27	Sally	345
#28	Joanne	341
#29	Virginia	339
#30	Marlene	337
#31	Elizabeth	328
#32	Linda	306
#33	Judy	305
#34	Elaine	295
#35	Alice	272
#36	Geraldine	265
#37	Arlene	265
#38	Carole	261
#39	Norma	252
#40	Doris	251
#41	Gloria	248
#42	Diane	246
#43	Joann	237
#44	Ann	235
#45	Dolores	233
#46	Darlene	232
#47	Kathleen	230
#48	Kay	229
#49	Frances	224
#50	Marjorie	223
#51	Rosalie	218
#52	Jacqueline	215
#53	Bonnie	204
#54	Marie	203
#55	Rose	203
#56	Gail	198
#57	Susan	196
#58	Evelyn	190
#59	Delores	172
#60	Jane	171
#61	Rosemary	171
#62	Martha	170
#63	Loretta	163
#64	Yvonne	155
#65	Deanna	153
#66	Eleanor	148
#67	Suzanne	147
#68	June	142
#69	Lorraine	142
#70	Constance	142
#71	Jeanette	135
#72	Charlotte	135
#73	Ellen	135
#74	Rita	133
#75	Connie	133
#76	Sylvia	132
#77	Sue	131
#78	Catherine	127
#79	Theresa	122
#80	Grace	119
#81	Anna	119
#82	Roberta	118
#83	Marcia	117
#84	Peggy	116
#85	Audrey	114
#86	Irene	113
#87	Louise	111
#88	Katherine	110
#89	Mildred	109
#90	Florence	105
#91	Charlene	105
#92	Pauline	104
#93	Marian	103
#94	Edith	100
#95	Marion	98
#96	Lillian	97
#97	Patsy	95
#98	Laura	91
#99	Wanda	88
#100	Wilma	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	37	9	1
Ruthann	32	8	2
Sharron	44	10	3
Ardith	24	6	2
Marilynn	38	9	3
Doreen	40	9	3
Ilene	37	9	3
Sharon	776	184	66
Jill	27	6	2
Noreen	24	6	2
Luella	27	6	3
Julie	55	13	5

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.