Popular baby names in Michigan, 1933

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,936 babies) and Robert for boys (2,573). Social Security records list 70,370 babies born in Michigan in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1933

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: 52 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ilene: 49 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Noreen: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ardis: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marilynn: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valerie: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marylou: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Loraine: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angeline: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beverley: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 26 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Ward: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Vern: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Duane: 187 babies, 3× the national rate
Darwin: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Erwin: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Lyle: 92 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Russel: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Keith: 122 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Norbert: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,936	–	1
2	Barbara	1,391	–	3
3	Patricia	1,104	↑1	6
4	Betty	1,009	↓1	2
5	Shirley	876	↑1	9
6	Joan	816	↓1	5
7	Joyce	737	↑2	12
8	Dorothy	715	↓1	4
9	Nancy	667	↑5	11
10	Marilyn	620	↓2	16
11	Margaret	587	↓1	7
12	Donna	557	↓1	24
13	Beverly	525	↑2	26
14	Helen	506	↓1	8
15	Dolores	465	↓3	21
16	Lois	449	–	19
17	Ruth	424	–	13
18	Carol	417	↑4	20
19	Jean	414	↑1	14
20	Phyllis	397	↓1	28
21	Virginia	397	↓3	15
22	Janet	382	↑3	25
23	Doris	372	↓2	10
24	Geraldine	310	↑4	42
25	Norma	309	↓2	23
26	Alice	301	–	22
27	Marjorie	293	↑4	41
28	Elaine	270	↑11	61
29	Sally	268	↑6	76
30	Elizabeth	265	↓6	17
31	Gloria	263	↓4	31
32	Joanne	262	–	56
33	Delores	245	–	52
34	Evelyn	241	↓4	30
35	Marlene	232	↑6	50
36	June	231	–	45
37	Frances	229	↓8	18
38	Ann	227	↑2	34
39	Arlene	210	↑8	74
40	Rose	208	↓6	35
41	Marie	201	↑1	33
42	Eleanor	196	↑2	38
43	Irene	196	↓5	46
44	Joann	190	↑1	72
45	Florence	182	↑3	49
46	Lorraine	179	↓9	54
47	Jacqueline	173	new	86
48	Lillian	171	new	51
49	Jane	169	new	47
50	Rosemary	169	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	2,573	–	1
2	Richard	1,823	–	5
3	James	1,761	–	2
4	John	1,616	↑1	3
5	Donald	1,590	↓1	7
6	William	1,547	–	4
7	Charles	879	–	6
8	Ronald	810	–	12
9	George	681	↑2	8
10	Thomas	663	–	10
11	Gerald	638	↓2	22
12	Edward	593	↑2	11
13	Jack	554	–	17
14	Kenneth	536	↓2	15
15	David	528	↑1	13
16	Joseph	511	↓1	9
17	Raymond	437	–	19
18	Harold	407	–	18
19	Paul	403	↑1	14
20	Frank	393	↓1	16
21	Norman	310	↑1	37
22	Eugene	309	↓1	23
23	Lawrence	307	↑1	38
24	Carl	293	↑2	28
25	Arthur	262	↓2	25
26	Walter	259	↓1	21
27	Jerry	256	↑2	31
28	Dale	237	↓1	65
29	Roger	221	↑2	48
30	Ralph	219	–	29
31	Fred	215	↓3	34
32	Harry	210	↑4	35
33	Leonard	208	↑7	47
34	Albert	202	↓2	30
35	Gordon	201	↓2	71
36	Marvin	190	↓2	44
37	Duane	187	↑1	>100
38	Howard	186	↑1	36
39	Larry	186	new	58
40	Daniel	182	↑10	42
41	Don	179	↑6	54
42	Earl	178	↓7	41
43	Stanley	177	↓2	55
44	Wayne	177	↑1	52
45	Russell	175	↓1	67
46	Douglas	169	↓3	81
47	Louis	169	↑1	40
48	Bernard	168	↓2	63
49	Henry	168	↓12	24
50	Melvin	162	new	51

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