Popular baby names in Michigan, 1929

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1929 were Mary for girls (2,208 babies) and Robert for boys (3,175). Social Security records list 84,172 babies born in Michigan in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1929

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: 74 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Ilene: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Doreen: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorna: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Donna: 551 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beverley: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eleanore: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joanne: 220 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angeline: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 28 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Thaddeus: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vern: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lavern: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darwin: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rolland: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laverne: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gerald: 556 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bruce: 154 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Duane: 119 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	2,208	–	1
2	Betty	1,688	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,268	–	3
4	Shirley	1,155	–	9
5	Barbara	1,040	–	7
6	Patricia	964	↑2	10
7	Margaret	908	–	5
8	Helen	851	↓2	4
9	Dolores	768	↑2	14
10	Joyce	703	↑2	23
11	Virginia	697	↓2	11
12	Ruth	680	↓2	8
13	Joan	668	↑5	13
14	Doris	640	↓1	6
15	Jean	563	↓1	12
16	Donna	551	–	47
17	Lois	523	↓2	17
18	Phyllis	487	↓1	24
19	Beverly	485	–	39
20	Marilyn	477	–	33
21	Alice	450	↑5	21
22	Elizabeth	438	–	15
23	Evelyn	415	↓2	19
24	Marjorie	404	↓1	30
25	Irene	375	–	29
26	Frances	370	↑1	16
27	Norma	366	↓3	25
28	Rose	358	↑2	26
29	Geraldine	350	↑2	43
30	Lorraine	337	↓1	42
31	Gloria	334	↓3	28
32	Eleanor	307	↑6	38
33	June	303	↑1	48
34	Nancy	290	↑9	32
35	Anna	284	↑2	20
36	Mildred	284	–	18
37	Marie	264	↓5	22
38	Florence	260	↓5	35
39	Marion	259	↓4	53
40	Lillian	251	↓1	40
41	Marian	243	↑1	75
42	Elaine	239	↓2	67
43	Audrey	236	↑5	58
44	Carol	233	new	63
45	Theresa	232	↓4	49
46	Delores	228	new	74
47	Joanne	220	new	>100
48	Maxine	208	↓2	85
49	Arlene	202	↑1	>100
50	Lucille	201	↓3	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	3,175	–	1
2	John	2,100	–	3
3	William	1,982	–	4
4	Richard	1,903	↑1	6
5	Donald	1,874	↓1	7
6	James	1,797	–	2
7	Charles	1,041	–	5
8	George	974	–	8
9	Edward	819	–	10
10	Jack	746	↑1	14
11	Joseph	736	↓1	9
12	Kenneth	669	↑1	18
13	Thomas	629	↑2	11
14	Raymond	612	–	15
15	Harold	569	↓3	16
16	Gerald	556	↑3	33
17	Frank	544	↓1	12
18	David	488	↑4	17
19	Arthur	468	↓2	22
20	Paul	425	↑1	13
21	Eugene	409	↓3	20
22	Walter	387	↓2	19
23	Ronald	380	↑7	45
24	Harry	348	↑2	27
25	Albert	346	–	24
26	Carl	344	↓2	28
27	Norman	339	↓4	40
28	Lawrence	296	–	38
29	Henry	286	–	21
30	Ralph	283	↓3	26
31	Howard	265	–	31
32	Herbert	262	↑5	25
33	Earl	249	↑5	36
34	Leonard	247	–	42
35	Stanley	247	↓3	48
36	Roy	246	↑6	35
37	Fred	231	↑4	34
38	Clarence	230	↓3	37
39	Gordon	226	↓3	79
40	Bernard	224	↓1	52
41	Louis	219	↓8	32
42	Dale	210	↑5	73
43	Frederick	208	–	67
44	Leo	188	↑1	60
45	Marvin	187	↑3	46
46	Russell	187	↓2	56
47	Melvin	173	↑3	49
48	Douglas	171	new	97
49	Francis	168	↓9	39
50	Alfred	163	↓1	41

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