Popular baby names in Michigan, 1930

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1930 were Mary for girls (2,292 babies) and Robert for boys (3,257). Social Security records list 84,458 babies born in Michigan in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1930

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: 71 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ilene: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dawn: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donna: 675 babies, 3× the national rate
Beverley: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Loraine: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maryann: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eleanore: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Doreen: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angeline: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 25 babies, 11× the national rate
Rolland: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vern: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ward: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Mitchell: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gerald: 666 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lavern: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Duane: 139 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Erwin: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gordon: 234 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	2,292	–	1
2	Betty	1,513	–	2
3	Barbara	1,210	↑2	6
4	Dorothy	1,146	↓1	3
5	Patricia	1,126	↑1	7
6	Shirley	1,113	↓2	11
7	Dolores	897	↑2	13
8	Margaret	842	↓1	5
9	Helen	832	↓1	4
10	Joan	828	↑3	8
11	Joyce	752	↓1	18
12	Donna	675	↑4	37
13	Marilyn	636	↑7	22
14	Virginia	605	↓3	12
15	Ruth	599	↓3	10
16	Doris	571	↓2	9
17	Lois	543	–	17
18	Jean	519	↓3	14
19	Beverly	460	–	34
20	Phyllis	452	↓2	28
21	Nancy	429	↑13	24
22	Alice	411	↓1	20
23	Elizabeth	403	↓1	15
24	Evelyn	386	↓1	19
25	Marjorie	383	↓1	32
26	Norma	374	↑1	25
27	Rose	369	↑1	29
28	Geraldine	360	↑1	43
29	Frances	343	↓3	16
30	Lorraine	330	–	46
31	Irene	329	↓6	33
32	Delores	312	↑14	66
33	Gloria	312	↓2	30
34	June	300	↓1	47
35	Eleanor	292	↓3	39
36	Marie	290	↑1	26
37	Elaine	283	↑5	69
38	Joanne	271	↑9	81
39	Mildred	269	↓3	21
40	Carol	256	↑4	54
41	Florence	256	↓3	38
42	Janet	253	new	53
43	Anna	248	↓8	23
44	Lillian	231	↓4	44
45	Marion	231	↓6	60
46	Louise	228	new	31
47	Rita	225	new	42
48	Sally	222	new	98
49	Theresa	219	↓4	50
50	Ann	217	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	3,257	–	1
2	John	2,062	–	3
3	Richard	2,054	↑1	5
4	William	1,917	↓1	4
5	James	1,881	↑1	2
6	Donald	1,820	↓1	7
7	Charles	1,122	–	6
8	George	887	–	8
9	Edward	750	–	10
10	Jack	713	–	14
11	Joseph	705	–	9
12	Thomas	667	↑1	11
13	Gerald	666	↑3	30
14	Kenneth	654	↓2	17
15	Harold	590	–	18
16	Raymond	577	↓2	16
17	David	574	↑1	15
18	Frank	478	↓1	13
19	Paul	475	↑1	12
20	Eugene	420	↑1	21
21	Ronald	399	↑2	37
22	Walter	392	–	19
23	Arthur	389	↓4	23
24	Carl	362	↑2	26
25	Ralph	357	↑5	25
26	Norman	308	↑1	40
27	Lawrence	301	↑1	36
28	Harry	279	↓4	28
29	Henry	279	–	22
30	Albert	268	↓5	24
31	Earl	260	↑2	38
32	Fred	248	↑5	32
33	Leonard	245	↑1	45
34	Gordon	234	↑5	77
35	Howard	232	↓4	31
36	Louis	229	↑5	34
37	Clarence	226	↑1	39
38	Stanley	223	↓3	49
39	Roy	221	↓3	33
40	Bernard	220	–	52
41	Marvin	218	↑4	48
42	Dale	216	–	64
43	Jerry	209	new	51
44	Herbert	204	↓12	35
45	Leo	195	↓1	63
46	Frederick	194	↓3	74
47	Francis	186	↑2	42
48	Daniel	182	new	47
49	Douglas	178	↓1	89
50	Melvin	176	↓3	50

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