Popular baby names in Michigan, 1927

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1927 were Mary for girls (2,156 babies) and Robert for boys (3,156). Social Security records list 83,836 babies born in Michigan in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1927

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Delphine: 80 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ilene: 64 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Noreen: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ardith: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Marvel: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ardis: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Donna: 470 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Doreen: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Loraine: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maryann: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 42 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Thaddeus: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Erwin: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lyle: 110 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ward: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Edsel: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Duane: 109 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Norbert: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vern: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Keith: 121 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	2,156	–	1
2	Betty	1,624	–	3
3	Dorothy	1,472	–	2
4	Shirley	1,022	↑2	9
5	Margaret	985	–	5
6	Helen	958	↓2	4
7	Barbara	894	↑2	10
8	Virginia	807	↓1	8
9	Ruth	745	↓1	6
10	Patricia	726	↑1	18
11	Doris	656	↓1	7
12	Jean	633	–	14
13	Joyce	571	↑1	35
14	Phyllis	528	↑3	29
15	Lois	503	↑1	19
16	Irene	492	↓3	21
17	Marjorie	476	↑1	25
18	Dolores	473	↑11	34
19	Donna	470	↑6	70
20	Elizabeth	454	↓1	13
21	Frances	451	–	12
22	Evelyn	440	↓7	15
23	Alice	424	↓3	17
24	Beverly	391	↑15	57
25	Mildred	377	↓1	11
26	Gloria	375	–	22
27	Marilyn	366	↑10	46
28	Geraldine	360	↑5	58
29	June	354	↑1	43
30	Eleanor	352	↓8	33
31	Norma	352	↑4	26
32	Marie	346	↓5	20
33	Rose	345	↓1	23
34	Lorraine	322	↑4	44
35	Marion	317	↓4	51
36	Florence	306	↓8	28
37	Joan	304	↑4	41
38	Lillian	296	↓15	32
39	Elaine	279	↓3	69
40	Anna	276	↓6	16
41	Bernice	250	↑6	49
42	Marian	248	↓2	74
43	Maxine	240	↑1	87
44	Lucille	234	↑1	45
45	Rosemary	232	new	86
46	Theresa	230	new	52
47	Catherine	223	↓5	31
48	Josephine	214	↓5	39
49	Grace	213	–	50
50	Rita	212	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	3,156	–	1
2	John	2,059	–	2
3	William	1,958	–	4
4	Donald	1,710	↑2	8
5	James	1,588	–	3
6	Richard	1,584	↓2	6
7	Charles	1,097	↑1	5
8	George	986	↓1	7
9	Edward	841	–	10
10	Jack	744	↑2	16
11	Joseph	727	↓1	9
12	Harold	693	↓1	14
13	Raymond	642	–	15
14	Kenneth	620	↑1	18
15	Thomas	582	↓1	11
16	Frank	577	–	12
17	Arthur	501	–	22
18	Gerald	483	↑2	38
19	Walter	478	↓1	17
20	Eugene	469	↓1	20
21	Paul	435	–	13
22	Henry	359	–	19
23	David	352	↑2	21
24	Ralph	347	↑5	24
25	Carl	342	↑2	26
26	Albert	326	↓2	23
27	Harry	325	↓4	25
28	Norman	314	↑2	39
29	Lawrence	297	↑2	37
30	Howard	292	↓4	28
31	Leonard	292	↓3	40
32	Stanley	285	↑1	44
33	Earl	263	↓1	33
34	Louis	262	–	29
35	Bernard	256	↑4	50
36	Clarence	251	↑1	32
37	Gordon	247	↓2	74
38	Ronald	238	↑12	63
39	Roy	230	↑1	34
40	Russell	227	↓4	54
41	Fred	215	↓3	35
42	Francis	214	↑3	36
43	Leo	210	–	55
44	Frederick	205	↓3	64
45	Alfred	193	↓1	45
46	Ernest	191	↓4	41
47	Theodore	190	–	62
48	Melvin	183	new	48
49	Herbert	178	↓1	42
50	Marvin	178	↓4	47

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