Popular baby names in Michigan, 1935

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1935 were Shirley for girls (2,013 babies) and Robert for boys (2,852). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 77,363 babies born in Michigan in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1935

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, 7.4× the national rate
Ilene: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ardith: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Noreen: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marilynn: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Loraine: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valerie: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beverley: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gail: 161 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beverly: 683 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Lynwood: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Elden: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Duane: 203 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darwin: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gordon: 275 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gerald: 860 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Norbert: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lyle: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Fredrick: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gale: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	2,013	↑3	2
2	Mary	1,848	↓1	1
3	Barbara	1,556	↓1	3
4	Patricia	1,469	↓1	5
5	Joan	907	–	7
6	Nancy	892	↑1	9
7	Betty	804	↓1	4
8	Marilyn	779	↑2	14
9	Joyce	744	↓1	12
10	Beverly	683	↑3	20
11	Donna	664	↓2	23
12	Carol	649	↑2	11
13	Margaret	633	↓2	8
14	Dorothy	597	↓2	6
15	Janet	473	–	22
16	Helen	423	–	10
17	Virginia	420	↑3	16
18	Phyllis	404	↑3	27
19	Jean	395	↑3	18
20	Ruth	384	↓1	15
21	Dolores	378	↓4	26
22	Marlene	373	↑13	39
23	Lois	359	↓5	21
24	Joanne	317	↑1	44
25	Geraldine	312	↑13	40
26	Doris	301	↓3	13
27	Alice	298	–	25
28	Sally	298	↓4	58
29	Elizabeth	280	↓1	17
30	Elaine	270	↑3	51
31	Frances	265	↑3	19
32	Gloria	261	↓1	32
33	Carolyn	256	↑6	28
34	Norma	254	↓8	29
35	Ann	246	↑1	30
36	Marjorie	238	↓6	46
37	Joann	236	–	53
38	Judith	225	new	54
39	Marie	223	↑4	33
40	Evelyn	221	↓8	31
41	Sandra	212	new	50
42	Rose	207	↓1	37
43	Delores	206	↓3	57
44	Kathleen	199	–	71
45	Arlene	197	↓16	59
46	Sharon	195	new	96
47	Janice	189	↑1	47
48	Eleanor	184	↑2	48
49	Jane	183	–	43
50	June	176	↓5	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	2,852	–	1
2	James	2,133	↑1	2
3	Richard	2,042	↓1	5
4	John	1,842	–	3
5	William	1,631	↑1	4
6	Donald	1,609	↓1	7
7	Ronald	1,124	–	12
8	Charles	1,005	–	6
9	Gerald	860	↑1	21
10	Thomas	835	↓1	9
11	David	816	–	11
12	George	622	–	8
13	Kenneth	603	–	15
14	Edward	560	–	13
15	Jack	556	↑1	18
16	Joseph	556	↓1	10
17	Paul	452	↑2	14
18	Raymond	445	–	17
19	Lawrence	375	↑6	35
20	Frank	366	–	16
21	Harold	359	↓4	20
22	Larry	356	↑8	33
23	Jerry	346	↓1	22
24	Roger	319	↓1	36
25	Eugene	308	↓4	26
26	Walter	307	↓2	23
27	Carl	306	↑1	28
28	Norman	276	↑1	38
29	Gordon	275	↑3	70
30	Gary	274	↑11	44
31	Arthur	265	↓4	29
32	Marvin	258	↑1	45
33	Dale	257	↓7	61
34	Michael	250	↑8	41
35	Ralph	245	↓4	32
36	Fred	219	↓2	34
37	Daniel	215	↓1	43
38	Albert	210	↑1	31
39	Douglas	210	↑4	75
40	Wayne	208	↑8	49
41	Duane	203	↑3	>100
42	Howard	203	new	39
43	Henry	196	↑2	27
44	Harry	195	↓9	37
45	Bernard	177	↓7	67
46	Stanley	173	↑1	56
47	Frederick	171	↑2	73
48	Earl	170	new	46
49	Leonard	170	↓12	54
50	Bruce	166	↓4	77

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