Popular baby names in Michigan, 1937

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1937 were Mary for girls (1,958 babies) and Robert for boys (3,145). Social Security records list 81,667 babies born in Michigan in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1937

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: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marilynn: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sharron: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ilene: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Ardith: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Sharlene: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bernadine: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sharon: 486 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dawn: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beverley: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Clare: 22 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Roderick: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerald: 1,061 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Duane: 184 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darwin: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lavern: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rodger: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terrence: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gordon: 241 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lyle: 78 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	1,958	–	1
2	Patricia	1,708	↑2	3
3	Barbara	1,601	–	2
4	Nancy	1,115	↑1	7
5	Shirley	1,102	↓3	4
6	Carol	1,028	–	6
7	Joan	782	↑1	9
8	Marilyn	727	↓1	13
9	Janet	706	↑6	18
10	Betty	703	↓1	5
11	Joyce	698	↓1	11
12	Beverly	694	↓1	14
13	Margaret	679	↓1	10
14	Donna	673	↓1	21
15	Sharon	486	↑6	41
16	Dorothy	472	↓2	8
17	Sandra	471	↑6	26
18	Ruth	448	–	15
19	Judith	424	↑15	34
20	Phyllis	391	–	27
21	Marlene	389	↓5	40
22	Janice	386	↑7	25
23	Helen	361	↓6	12
24	Virginia	361	↓5	16
25	Carolyn	345	↑8	20
26	Sally	341	↓1	59
27	Joanne	337	–	51
28	Lois	333	↓6	29
29	Jean	327	↓5	23
30	Elaine	310	–	45
31	Elizabeth	292	↓3	17
32	Alice	290	↑5	28
33	Frances	289	↑3	19
34	Dolores	279	↓8	37
35	Gloria	263	↑6	32
36	Joann	261	↓5	58
37	Arlene	253	↑2	60
38	Doris	248	↓3	22
39	Geraldine	248	↓7	44
40	Norma	242	↑2	33
41	Ann	237	↓3	30
42	Rose	237	↑2	38
43	Kay	235	new	79
44	Carole	234	new	56
45	Evelyn	228	↑2	36
46	Kathleen	216	↑3	61
47	Marjorie	213	↓7	57
48	Linda	209	new	49
49	Marie	189	↓3	35
50	Delores	187	↓7	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	3,145	–	1
2	James	2,273	–	2
3	Richard	1,923	–	5
4	John	1,811	–	3
5	William	1,683	–	4
6	Donald	1,430	–	7
7	Ronald	1,282	–	11
8	David	1,235	↑2	8
9	Gerald	1,061	–	20
10	Charles	1,043	↓2	6
11	Thomas	996	–	9
12	Kenneth	724	↑1	14
13	George	710	↓1	10
14	Edward	622	↑1	13
15	Joseph	597	↓1	12
16	Larry	591	↑3	16
17	Paul	479	↑1	15
18	Jack	468	↓2	23
19	Jerry	436	↑1	17
20	Raymond	417	↓3	19
21	Gary	416	↑3	29
22	Michael	391	↑6	27
23	Lawrence	382	↓1	38
24	Roger	361	↑1	36
25	Frank	350	↓2	18
26	Harold	345	↓5	21
27	Carl	330	↓1	28
28	Norman	296	↑3	43
29	Arthur	287	↑3	31
30	Walter	276	↓3	26
31	Fred	262	↑9	35
32	Ralph	254	↑5	34
33	Dale	249	↓3	59
34	Daniel	246	–	39
35	Eugene	242	↓2	33
36	Gordon	241	↓7	75
37	Marvin	234	↓1	49
38	Wayne	233	–	44
39	Douglas	210	↑3	74
40	Frederick	198	↑1	68
41	Bruce	196	↑4	70
42	Henry	190	↑2	30
43	Stanley	190	new	57
44	Duane	184	↑6	>100
45	Leonard	182	↓6	58
46	Harry	178	↑3	41
47	Albert	175	↓12	37
48	Howard	175	↓1	42
49	Dennis	173	new	63
50	Peter	165	new	52

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