Popular baby names in Michigan, 1934

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1934 were Mary for girls (2,034 babies) and Robert for boys (2,609). Social Security records list 73,929 babies born in Michigan in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1934

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: 43 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ilene: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ardith: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eleanore: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Noreen: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sally: 339 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Doreen: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marilynn: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Donna: 690 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Julie: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 19 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Lynwood: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rolland: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darwin: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Laverne: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Duane: 181 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerald: 744 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lavern: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erwin: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dale: 283 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	2,034	–	1
2	Barbara	1,504	–	3
3	Patricia	1,333	–	6
4	Shirley	1,111	↑1	4
5	Joan	976	↑1	7
6	Betty	957	↓2	2
7	Nancy	776	↑2	10
8	Joyce	771	↓1	12
9	Donna	690	↑3	23
10	Marilyn	675	–	17
11	Margaret	659	–	8
12	Dorothy	637	↓4	5
13	Beverly	618	–	22
14	Carol	503	↑4	14
15	Janet	488	↑7	21
16	Helen	446	↓2	9
17	Dolores	443	↓2	26
18	Lois	430	↓2	20
19	Ruth	423	↓2	13
20	Virginia	377	↑1	15
21	Phyllis	369	↓1	28
22	Jean	360	↓3	16
23	Doris	353	–	11
24	Sally	339	↑5	62
25	Joanne	315	↑7	45
26	Norma	296	↓1	24
27	Alice	290	↓1	25
28	Elizabeth	286	↑2	18
29	Arlene	266	↑10	53
30	Marjorie	264	↓3	41
31	Gloria	263	–	30
32	Evelyn	261	↑2	29
33	Elaine	258	↓5	54
34	Frances	257	↑3	19
35	Marlene	246	–	57
36	Ann	245	↑2	32
37	Joann	245	↑7	50
38	Geraldine	243	↓14	43
39	Carolyn	236	new	33
40	Delores	225	↓7	51
41	Rose	220	↓1	37
42	Jacqueline	213	↑5	80
43	Marie	212	↓2	34
44	Kathleen	194	new	74
45	June	191	↓9	46
46	Lorraine	189	–	56
47	Irene	183	↓4	49
48	Janice	179	new	68
49	Jane	171	–	48
50	Eleanor	158	↓8	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	2,609	–	1
2	Richard	1,987	–	5
3	James	1,948	–	2
4	John	1,699	–	3
5	Donald	1,660	–	6
6	William	1,521	–	4
7	Ronald	982	↑1	11
8	Charles	932	↓1	7
9	Thomas	777	↑1	9
10	Gerald	744	↑1	22
11	David	654	↑4	12
12	George	650	↓3	8
13	Kenneth	562	↑1	15
14	Edward	546	↓2	13
15	Joseph	539	↑1	10
16	Jack	516	↓3	17
17	Harold	436	↑1	18
18	Raymond	411	↓1	19
19	Paul	386	–	14
20	Frank	384	–	16
21	Eugene	311	↑1	24
22	Jerry	310	↑5	25
23	Roger	310	↑6	39
24	Walter	302	↑2	21
25	Lawrence	289	↓2	34
26	Dale	283	↑2	62
27	Arthur	281	↓2	29
28	Carl	274	↓4	28
29	Norman	267	↓8	38
30	Larry	250	↑9	43
31	Ralph	247	↓1	31
32	Gordon	233	↑3	71
33	Marvin	222	↑3	44
34	Fred	209	↓3	33
35	Harry	208	↓3	36
36	Daniel	204	↑4	42
37	Leonard	198	↓4	53
38	Bernard	197	↑10	65
39	Albert	195	↓5	32
40	Russell	190	↑5	70
41	Gary	187	new	60
42	Michael	187	new	47
43	Douglas	186	↑3	72
44	Duane	181	↓7	>100
45	Henry	179	↑4	27
46	Bruce	176	new	78
47	Stanley	176	↓4	58
48	Wayne	174	↓4	48
49	Frederick	168	new	77
50	Louis	167	↓3	40

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