Popular baby names in Michigan, 1932

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1932 were Mary for girls (2,002 babies) and Robert for boys (2,774). Social Security records list 74,295 babies born in Michigan in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1932

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: 60 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Ilene: 42 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ardith: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Noreen: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Doreen: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angeline: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beverley: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donna: 657 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sharon: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dawn: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 25 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lavern: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Duane: 207 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laverne: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Erwin: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lyle: 101 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerald: 742 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Fredrick: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gordon: 220 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keith: 116 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	2,002	–	1
2	Barbara	1,492	↑1	3
3	Betty	1,164	↓1	2
4	Patricia	1,106	–	6
5	Joan	994	↑2	5
6	Shirley	961	↓1	9
7	Dorothy	833	↓1	4
8	Marilyn	796	↑5	16
9	Joyce	763	↓1	12
10	Margaret	713	↓1	7
11	Donna	657	↑1	29
12	Dolores	575	↓2	18
13	Helen	560	↓2	8
14	Nancy	550	↑2	13
15	Beverly	538	↑2	28
16	Lois	468	↑2	20
17	Ruth	451	↑2	11
18	Virginia	438	↓3	14
19	Phyllis	426	↑2	30
20	Jean	417	↓6	15
21	Doris	395	↓1	10
22	Carol	352	↑11	32
23	Norma	336	–	22
24	Elizabeth	324	↓2	17
25	Janet	316	↑11	35
26	Alice	307	↓2	21
27	Gloria	307	↓1	25
28	Geraldine	295	↓3	42
29	Frances	287	↓1	19
30	Evelyn	274	↓1	23
31	Marjorie	269	↓1	37
32	Joanne	259	–	62
33	Delores	258	↑1	56
34	Rose	258	↓7	33
35	Sally	246	↑6	84
36	June	238	↑4	44
37	Lorraine	232	↑1	55
38	Irene	220	↓7	43
39	Elaine	219	↑5	68
40	Ann	206	↑10	34
41	Marlene	200	new	78
42	Marie	197	↓5	31
43	Mildred	192	↓1	26
44	Eleanor	191	↓9	45
45	Joann	183	new	79
46	Theresa	182	new	60
47	Arlene	181	↓4	80
48	Florence	181	↓3	47
49	Kathleen	181	new	83
50	Marion	180	↓3	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	2,774	–	1
2	Richard	1,878	–	5
3	James	1,673	↑1	2
4	Donald	1,660	↑2	7
5	John	1,657	↓2	3
6	William	1,547	↓1	4
7	Charles	1,011	–	6
8	Ronald	777	↑10	16
9	Gerald	742	↓1	24
10	Thomas	699	–	10
11	George	689	↓2	8
12	Kenneth	641	↑1	14
13	Jack	634	↓2	17
14	Edward	562	↓2	11
15	Joseph	540	↓1	9
16	David	516	↑1	12
17	Raymond	504	↓2	19
18	Harold	485	↓2	18
19	Frank	384	–	15
20	Paul	382	–	13
21	Eugene	362	↑1	22
22	Norman	329	↑1	37
23	Arthur	324	↓2	25
24	Lawrence	311	↑5	35
25	Walter	309	↓1	21
26	Carl	290	↓1	28
27	Dale	260	↑4	61
28	Fred	257	↑4	33
29	Jerry	257	↑5	34
30	Ralph	255	↓2	27
31	Roger	229	↑6	50
32	Albert	225	↓5	26
33	Gordon	220	↑7	81
34	Marvin	218	↑9	46
35	Earl	214	↑4	41
36	Harry	212	↓10	32
37	Henry	209	↓2	23
38	Duane	207	new	>100
39	Howard	207	↓3	36
40	Leonard	205	↓10	48
41	Stanley	202	↓3	52
42	Roy	199	↑2	38
43	Douglas	188	↑2	85
44	Russell	178	↑2	63
45	Wayne	178	↑3	57
46	Bernard	176	↓4	60
47	Don	166	new	55
48	Louis	166	↓15	39
49	Clarence	164	↓8	40
50	Daniel	164	↓3	42

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