Popular baby names in Michigan, 1936

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1936 were Mary for girls (2,066 babies) and Robert for boys (2,817). Social Security records list 78,598 babies born in Michigan in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1936

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: 51 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Sharlene: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sharron: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ilene: 43 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marilynn: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Noreen: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loraine: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julie: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Doreen: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sharon: 355 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darwin: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gerald: 1,003 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gordon: 277 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rolland: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Duane: 163 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Laverne: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keith: 128 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terrence: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Norbert: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	2,066	↑1	1
2	Shirley	1,677	↓1	2
3	Barbara	1,520	–	3
4	Patricia	1,429	–	5
5	Nancy	1,045	↑1	8
6	Carol	901	↑6	10
7	Marilyn	825	↑1	13
8	Joan	799	↓3	7
9	Betty	764	↓2	4
10	Joyce	749	↓1	12
11	Beverly	677	↓1	17
12	Margaret	598	↑1	9
13	Donna	559	↓2	22
14	Dorothy	559	–	6
15	Janet	539	–	21
16	Marlene	418	↑6	39
17	Helen	415	↓1	11
18	Ruth	409	↑2	16
19	Virginia	389	↓2	14
20	Phyllis	376	↓2	25
21	Sharon	355	↑25	60
22	Lois	351	↑1	26
23	Sandra	343	↑18	38
24	Jean	339	↓5	20
25	Sally	334	↑3	59
26	Dolores	326	↓5	30
27	Joanne	321	↓3	48
28	Elizabeth	290	↑1	18
29	Janice	290	↑18	31
30	Elaine	284	–	50
31	Joann	283	↑6	55
32	Geraldine	280	↓7	41
33	Carolyn	275	–	23
34	Judith	273	↑4	43
35	Doris	264	↓9	15
36	Frances	262	↓5	19
37	Alice	260	↓10	27
38	Ann	256	↓3	28
39	Arlene	252	↑6	54
40	Marjorie	250	↓4	49
41	Gloria	246	↓9	32
42	Norma	238	↓8	29
43	Delores	235	–	58
44	Rose	223	↓2	37
45	Jacqueline	219	new	66
46	Marie	219	↓7	33
47	Evelyn	215	↓7	34
48	Jane	187	↑1	42
49	Kathleen	182	↓5	67
50	Eleanor	179	↓2	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	2,817	–	1
2	James	2,115	–	2
3	Richard	1,971	–	5
4	John	1,745	–	3
5	William	1,596	–	4
6	Donald	1,517	–	7
7	Ronald	1,114	–	12
8	Charles	1,042	–	6
9	Gerald	1,003	–	19
10	David	939	↑1	10
11	Thomas	931	↓1	8
12	George	674	–	9
13	Kenneth	647	–	14
14	Joseph	604	↑2	11
15	Edward	590	↓1	13
16	Jack	544	↓1	20
17	Raymond	487	↑1	17
18	Paul	455	↓1	15
19	Larry	437	↑3	25
20	Jerry	427	↑3	18
21	Harold	375	–	21
22	Lawrence	373	↓3	37
23	Frank	359	↓3	16
24	Gary	328	↑6	38
25	Roger	317	↓1	35
26	Carl	305	↑1	27
27	Walter	301	↓1	26
28	Michael	289	↑6	33
29	Gordon	277	–	75
30	Dale	271	↑3	59
31	Norman	269	↓3	43
32	Arthur	266	↓1	30
33	Eugene	253	↓8	29
34	Daniel	240	↑3	41
35	Albert	222	↑3	34
36	Marvin	217	↓4	49
37	Ralph	217	↓2	31
38	Wayne	207	↑2	45
39	Leonard	206	↑10	54
40	Fred	204	↓4	36
41	Frederick	192	↑6	70
42	Douglas	190	↓3	78
43	Louis	184	new	44
44	Henry	170	↓1	28
45	Bruce	169	↑5	73
46	Earl	169	↑2	47
47	Howard	168	↓5	40
48	Bernard	164	↓3	68
49	Harry	164	↓5	39
50	Duane	163	↓9	>100

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