Popular baby names in Michigan, 1931

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1931 were Mary for girls (2,092 babies) and Robert for boys (2,935). Social Security records list 77,458 babies born in Michigan in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1931

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: 65 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ilene: 56 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marilynn: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marylou: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ardith: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angeline: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Doreen: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Monica: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Donna: 639 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Suzanne: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 22 babies, 10× the national rate
Gaylord: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gerald: 736 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darwin: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vern: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bruce: 167 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Duane: 160 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lyle: 88 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keith: 124 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Laverne: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	2,092	–	1
2	Betty	1,356	–	2
3	Barbara	1,292	–	4
4	Patricia	1,087	↑1	8
5	Shirley	1,046	↑1	9
6	Dorothy	965	↓2	3
7	Joan	956	↑3	5
8	Joyce	799	↑3	15
9	Margaret	789	↓1	7
10	Dolores	717	↓3	14
11	Helen	686	↓2	6
12	Donna	639	–	32
13	Marilyn	628	–	19
14	Jean	522	↑4	13
15	Virginia	516	↓1	12
16	Nancy	506	↑5	17
17	Beverly	499	↑2	31
18	Lois	499	↓1	20
19	Ruth	485	↓4	11
20	Doris	478	↓4	10
21	Phyllis	450	↓1	29
22	Elizabeth	387	↑1	16
23	Norma	357	↑3	22
24	Alice	346	↓2	21
25	Geraldine	337	↑3	38
26	Gloria	335	↑7	23
27	Rose	309	–	30
28	Frances	301	↑1	18
29	Evelyn	299	↓5	24
30	Marjorie	291	↓5	34
31	Irene	290	–	37
32	Joanne	287	↑6	68
33	Carol	274	↑7	46
34	Delores	260	↓2	58
35	Eleanor	240	–	40
36	Janet	239	↑6	45
37	Marie	236	↓1	27
38	Lorraine	230	↓8	49
39	Anna	226	↑4	25
40	June	226	↓6	44
41	Sally	220	↑7	97
42	Mildred	219	↓3	26
43	Arlene	211	new	77
44	Elaine	210	↓7	72
45	Florence	208	↓4	43
46	Jane	201	new	50
47	Marion	198	↓2	66
48	Rita	198	↓1	48
49	Jacqueline	193	new	78
50	Ann	188	–	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	2,935	–	1
2	Richard	1,976	↑1	5
3	John	1,798	↓1	3
4	James	1,698	↑1	2
5	William	1,698	↓1	4
6	Donald	1,677	–	7
7	Charles	966	–	6
8	Gerald	736	↑5	26
9	George	727	↓1	8
10	Thomas	668	↑2	10
11	Jack	656	↓1	15
12	Edward	655	↓3	11
13	Kenneth	638	↑1	14
14	Joseph	627	↓3	9
15	Raymond	548	↑1	17
16	Harold	525	↓1	18
17	David	506	–	13
18	Ronald	455	↑3	27
19	Frank	430	↓1	16
20	Paul	409	↓1	12
21	Arthur	392	↑2	23
22	Eugene	390	↓2	21
23	Norman	351	↑3	36
24	Walter	329	↓2	20
25	Carl	315	↓1	28
26	Harry	282	↑2	30
27	Albert	279	↑3	24
28	Ralph	274	↓3	25
29	Lawrence	271	↓2	38
30	Leonard	247	↑3	48
31	Dale	238	↑11	62
32	Fred	237	–	33
33	Louis	231	↑3	37
34	Jerry	228	↑9	43
35	Henry	227	↓6	22
36	Howard	225	↓1	34
37	Roger	217	new	53
38	Stanley	206	–	49
39	Earl	203	↓8	40
40	Gordon	203	↓6	76
41	Clarence	202	↓4	39
42	Bernard	194	↓2	54
43	Marvin	194	↓2	45
44	Roy	189	↓5	35
45	Douglas	182	↑4	85
46	Russell	177	new	63
47	Daniel	176	↑1	44
48	Wayne	176	new	58
49	Ernest	172	new	47
50	Bruce	167	new	>100

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