Popular baby names in Michigan, 1941

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1941 were Mary for girls (2,289 babies) and Robert for boys (3,124). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,734 babies born in Michigan in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Sharron: 90 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ruthann: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loraine: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ilene: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Marilynn: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sharon: 1,459 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jill: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Margo: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Beverley: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dawn: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 157 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lyle: 90 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darwin: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Norbert: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gerald: 1,017 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Fredrick: 69 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ron: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gordon: 213 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gale: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Douglas: 341 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	2,289	–	1
2	Patricia	1,931	–	3
3	Barbara	1,694	–	2
4	Judith	1,624	–	6
5	Sharon	1,459	↑2	15
6	Carol	1,457	↓1	4
7	Sandra	1,189	↑1	9
8	Nancy	1,177	↓2	8
9	Janet	861	–	18
10	Judy	820	–	16
11	Karen	799	↑10	19
12	Linda	793	↑2	5
13	Joyce	751	↓2	13
14	Shirley	665	↓2	10
15	Carolyn	649	↑7	11
16	Margaret	649	↓1	12
17	Joan	634	↓4	17
18	Donna	608	↓2	20
19	Beverly	552	↓2	29
20	Betty	551	↓1	7
21	Janice	530	↑3	22
22	Susan	523	↑4	27
23	Marilyn	520	↓5	30
24	Ruth	505	↓4	28
25	Bonnie	482	↑2	33
26	Diane	475	↑5	40
27	Kathleen	460	↓2	36
28	Dorothy	415	↓5	14
29	Gloria	346	↓1	26
30	Jean	334	–	32
31	Sally	320	↑8	61
32	Elizabeth	317	↑3	21
33	Ann	315	↑3	37
34	Joanne	308	↑3	54
35	Elaine	305	↑8	44
36	Phyllis	302	↓3	35
37	Virginia	300	↓8	23
38	Helen	297	↓6	24
39	Lois	286	↑2	43
40	Frances	269	↑5	31
41	Carole	263	↓7	48
42	Kay	261	↓4	70
43	Joann	260	↑1	58
44	Marie	255	new	42
45	Alice	247	↓3	34
46	Darlene	247	new	76
47	Marlene	245	new	83
48	Gail	235	–	68
49	Geraldine	232	↓9	45
50	Suzanne	219	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	3,124	–	2
2	James	2,752	–	1
3	John	2,234	–	3
4	Richard	2,136	–	5
5	William	1,967	–	4
6	David	1,766	–	7
7	Thomas	1,537	–	8
8	Ronald	1,532	–	9
9	Charles	1,090	↑1	6
10	Donald	1,084	↓1	10
11	Larry	1,039	↑2	11
12	Gerald	1,017	↓1	20
13	Michael	988	↑1	16
14	Gary	976	↑1	19
15	Kenneth	919	↓3	15
16	George	698	↑2	13
17	Joseph	664	↓1	12
18	Edward	660	↑1	17
19	Dennis	655	↑2	23
20	Paul	653	↓3	18
21	Jerry	632	↓1	14
22	Roger	550	–	25
23	Lawrence	489	↑1	34
24	Daniel	463	↑3	31
25	Raymond	442	↑1	22
26	Frank	401	↓1	21
27	Jack	387	↓4	32
28	Carl	347	–	29
29	Douglas	341	↑2	53
30	Harold	337	–	24
31	Bruce	314	↑7	51
32	Dale	312	↓3	59
33	Wayne	287	↑4	37
34	Fred	278	–	43
35	Norman	276	–	49
36	Arthur	265	↓4	33
37	Walter	255	↓4	26
38	Frederick	243	↑7	69
39	Peter	235	↑3	44
40	Ralph	233	↓4	38
41	Eugene	228	↓1	42
42	Leonard	217	↑1	54
43	Patrick	217	↓2	70
44	Philip	216	–	52
45	Gordon	213	↓6	92
46	Terry	212	↑2	64
47	Henry	207	↑3	28
48	Stanley	200	new	57
49	Harry	192	new	48
50	Marvin	186	new	63

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