Popular baby names in Michigan, 1928

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,250 babies) and Robert for boys (3,213). Social Security records list 82,963 babies born in Michigan in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1928

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: 85 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Ilene: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Donna: 518 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marjory: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doreen: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Ardis: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angeline: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eleanore: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beverley: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joyce: 613 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 36 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Vern: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Thaddeus: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Darwin: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Emerson: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Duane: 134 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lavern: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Keith: 119 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Norbert: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rolland: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,250	–	1
2	Betty	1,629	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,301	–	3
4	Shirley	1,139	–	10
5	Barbara	1,042	↑2	8
6	Helen	916	–	4
7	Margaret	888	↓2	5
8	Patricia	826	↑2	11
9	Virginia	791	↓1	9
10	Ruth	709	↓1	6
11	Dolores	670	↑7	20
12	Joyce	613	↑1	30
13	Doris	603	↓2	7
14	Jean	545	↓2	12
15	Lois	541	–	18
16	Donna	518	↑3	61
17	Phyllis	508	↓3	26
18	Joan	447	↑19	27
19	Beverly	433	↑5	46
20	Marilyn	419	↑7	38
21	Evelyn	417	↑1	17
22	Elizabeth	408	↓2	14
23	Marjorie	404	↓6	29
24	Norma	385	↑7	23
25	Irene	382	↓9	28
26	Alice	375	↓3	19
27	Frances	364	↓6	13
28	Gloria	354	↓2	25
29	Lorraine	338	↑5	39
30	Rose	337	↑3	24
31	Geraldine	334	↓3	50
32	Marie	327	–	21
33	Florence	315	↑3	32
34	June	315	↓5	44
35	Marion	310	–	47
36	Mildred	306	↓11	15
37	Anna	287	↑3	16
38	Eleanor	281	↓8	36
39	Lillian	274	↓1	35
40	Elaine	249	↓1	68
41	Theresa	249	↑5	49
42	Marian	244	–	71
43	Nancy	235	new	43
44	Bernice	214	↓3	53
45	Catherine	210	↑2	33
46	Maxine	207	↓3	84
47	Lucille	206	↓3	51
48	Audrey	204	new	60
49	Rosemary	197	↓4	88
50	Arlene	196	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	3,213	–	1
2	John	2,033	–	2
3	William	1,958	–	4
4	Donald	1,802	–	7
5	Richard	1,783	↑1	6
6	James	1,610	↓1	3
7	Charles	1,059	–	5
8	George	926	–	8
9	Edward	845	–	10
10	Joseph	715	↑1	9
11	Jack	710	↓1	15
12	Harold	671	–	14
13	Kenneth	612	↑1	17
14	Raymond	601	↓1	16
15	Thomas	595	–	11
16	Frank	530	–	12
17	Arthur	506	–	22
18	Eugene	491	↑2	20
19	Gerald	491	↓1	41
20	Walter	429	↓1	18
21	Paul	401	–	13
22	David	399	↑1	19
23	Norman	374	↑5	39
24	Carl	337	↑1	28
25	Albert	332	↑1	23
26	Harry	325	↑1	26
27	Ralph	324	↓3	24
28	Lawrence	320	↑1	38
29	Henry	306	↓7	21
30	Ronald	300	↑8	50
31	Howard	291	↓1	31
32	Stanley	273	–	45
33	Louis	271	↑1	32
34	Leonard	269	↓3	42
35	Clarence	260	↑1	35
36	Gordon	247	↑1	77
37	Herbert	241	↑12	25
38	Earl	234	↓5	37
39	Bernard	230	↓4	49
40	Francis	228	↑2	40
41	Fred	221	–	36
42	Roy	218	↓3	34
43	Frederick	208	↑1	67
44	Russell	207	↓4	55
45	Leo	200	↓2	61
46	Ernest	199	–	43
47	Dale	197	new	75
48	Marvin	193	↑2	46
49	Alfred	183	↓4	33
50	Melvin	181	↓2	48

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