Michigan · 1939

Top 100 names in Michigan, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,998
#2	Barbara	1,706
#3	Patricia	1,635
#4	Carol	1,199
#5	Judith	1,194
#6	Nancy	1,166
#7	Sharon	989
#8	Janet	861
#9	Shirley	759
#10	Sandra	710
#11	Joyce	706
#12	Joan	658
#13	Betty	643
#14	Marilyn	605
#15	Margaret	586
#16	Donna	570
#17	Beverly	569
#18	Judy	534
#19	Ruth	501
#20	Dorothy	457
#21	Karen	433
#22	Janice	412
#23	Linda	369
#24	Carolyn	362
#25	Phyllis	360
#26	Jean	345
#27	Sally	330
#28	Helen	314
#29	Elizabeth	303
#30	Virginia	297
#31	Joanne	292
#32	Marlene	289
#33	Kathleen	289
#34	Carole	286
#35	Susan	284
#36	Lois	277
#37	Joann	276
#38	Diane	272
#39	Geraldine	269
#40	Alice	268
#41	Elaine	265
#42	Frances	237
#43	Ann	233
#44	Kay	229
#45	Gloria	226
#46	Marie	220
#47	Norma	214
#48	Marjorie	211
#49	Rose	209
#50	Doris	208
#51	Arlene	207
#52	Bonnie	196
#53	Darlene	186
#54	Delores	185
#55	Gail	179
#56	Evelyn	179
#57	Jacqueline	176
#58	Rosemary	171
#59	Dolores	168
#60	Martha	167
#61	Jane	166
#62	Marcia	160
#63	Loretta	157
#64	Catherine	153
#65	Eleanor	149
#66	Roberta	146
#67	Yvonne	145
#68	Suzanne	144
#69	Lorraine	136
#70	Constance	135
#71	Jeanette	131
#72	Brenda	130
#73	Sylvia	128
#74	Connie	127
#75	Louise	124
#76	Rita	123
#77	Theresa	122
#78	June	120
#79	Charlotte	119
#80	Deanna	117
#81	Charlene	117
#82	Sue	114
#83	Irene	113
#84	Christine	110
#85	Ellen	105
#86	Diana	103
#87	Grace	102
#88	Kathryn	101
#89	Marian	101
#90	Rosalie	100
#91	Anna	98
#92	Josephine	96
#93	Florence	95
#94	Pauline	94
#95	Katherine	93
#96	Anne	93
#97	Marion	91
#98	Jo	89
#99	Audrey	86
#100	Peggy	86

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	27	7	1
Ilene	51	12	3
Ardith	25	6	1
Marilynn	38	9	3
Noreen	31	7	2
Denise	32	8	2
Ruthann	23	6	2
Sharon	989	238	82
Sharron	39	9	3
Bernadine	34	8	3
Beverley	32	8	3
Angeline	24	6	2

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.