Popular baby names in Michigan, 1942

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1942 were Mary for girls (2,456 babies) and Robert for boys (3,508). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 113,644 babies born in Michigan in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1942

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: 93 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marilynn: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dawn: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diann: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sharon: 1,946 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Margo: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Doreen: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sally: 398 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Denise: 37 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrance: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gale: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 350 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gerald: 1,021 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Duane: 146 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	2,456	–	1
2	Patricia	2,127	–	3
3	Barbara	1,983	–	2
4	Sharon	1,946	↑1	11
5	Carol	1,863	↑1	5
6	Judith	1,679	↓2	7
7	Sandra	1,625	–	6
8	Nancy	1,382	–	8
9	Karen	1,198	↑2	16
10	Linda	1,151	↑2	4
11	Judy	954	↓1	15
12	Janet	920	↓3	19
13	Diane	776	↑13	28
14	Joyce	755	↓1	13
15	Donna	752	↑3	20
16	Shirley	733	↓2	12
17	Kathleen	730	↑10	24
18	Carolyn	719	↓3	10
19	Susan	684	↑3	21
20	Joan	680	↓3	18
21	Margaret	640	↓5	14
22	Marilyn	635	↑1	27
23	Betty	616	↓3	9
24	Beverly	606	↓5	32
25	Janice	595	↓4	25
26	Bonnie	562	↓1	34
27	Ruth	511	↓3	33
28	Carole	508	↑13	35
29	Gloria	444	–	31
30	Dorothy	429	↓2	17
31	Sally	398	–	56
32	Jean	385	↓2	36
33	Virginia	371	↑4	23
34	Elaine	370	↑1	45
35	Phyllis	370	↑1	37
36	Joanne	356	↓2	48
37	Elizabeth	352	↓5	22
38	Ann	316	↓5	38
39	Lois	305	–	44
40	Helen	298	↓2	26
41	Frances	293	↓1	30
42	Joann	286	↑1	58
43	Geraldine	285	↑6	47
44	Alice	260	↑1	39
45	Kay	260	↓3	75
46	Darlene	247	–	78
47	Gail	245	↑1	60
48	Rose	244	new	50
49	Diana	225	new	68
50	Martha	225	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	3,508	–	2
2	James	3,395	–	1
3	John	2,709	–	3
4	William	2,289	↑1	4
5	Richard	2,271	↓1	5
6	David	2,133	–	6
7	Thomas	1,734	–	8
8	Ronald	1,725	–	9
9	Michael	1,360	↑4	13
10	Donald	1,306	–	10
11	Charles	1,294	↓2	7
12	Gary	1,229	↑2	18
13	Larry	1,142	↓2	12
14	Kenneth	1,042	↑1	15
15	Gerald	1,021	↓3	22
16	Dennis	965	↑3	20
17	Joseph	780	–	11
18	Paul	756	↑2	19
19	Edward	731	↓1	17
20	George	715	↓4	14
21	Douglas	698	↑8	23
22	Jerry	671	↓1	16
23	Roger	583	↓1	25
24	Raymond	523	↑1	24
25	Daniel	522	↓1	28
26	Lawrence	519	↓3	30
27	Frank	472	↓1	21
28	Jack	448	↓1	34
29	Arthur	368	↑7	29
30	Carl	364	↓2	36
31	Bruce	359	–	50
32	Dale	350	–	63
33	Walter	349	↑4	26
34	Harold	321	↓4	27
35	Terry	319	↑11	52
36	Frederick	300	↑2	68
37	Norman	300	↓2	53
38	Peter	282	↑1	39
39	Fred	279	↓5	46
40	Wayne	278	↓7	41
41	Patrick	276	↑2	64
42	Albert	242	new	40
43	Ralph	242	↓3	38
44	Eugene	238	↓3	45
45	Leonard	224	↓3	57
46	Harry	223	↑3	48
47	Stephen	220	new	32
48	Stanley	218	–	56
49	Philip	212	↓5	54
50	Gordon	211	↓5	92

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