Popular baby names in Michigan, 1943

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1943 were Mary for girls (2,734 babies) and Robert for boys (3,577). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 114,985 babies born in Michigan in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1943

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

Girls

Ruthann: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marilynn: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ilene: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Doreen: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sharron: 88 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 72 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sally: 407 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Susanne: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sharon: 2,028 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Gale: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ron: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Duane: 167 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeffery: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Fredrick: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dale: 369 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tom: 251 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gregory: 97 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrance: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	2,734	–	1
2	Patricia	2,042	–	3
3	Sharon	2,028	↑1	8
4	Barbara	1,918	↓1	2
5	Carol	1,890	–	5
6	Judith	1,601	–	7
7	Linda	1,498	↑3	4
8	Sandra	1,431	↓1	6
9	Nancy	1,377	↓1	9
10	Karen	1,247	↓1	15
11	Judy	961	–	13
12	Janet	930	–	20
13	Diane	860	–	24
14	Susan	837	↑5	18
15	Donna	804	–	17
16	Kathleen	773	↑1	22
17	Shirley	720	↓1	12
18	Carolyn	700	–	11
19	Joyce	676	↓5	16
20	Margaret	673	↑1	14
21	Marilyn	649	↑1	27
22	Joan	587	↓2	21
23	Betty	569	–	10
24	Janice	566	↑1	26
25	Beverly	558	↓1	32
26	Ruth	542	↑1	33
27	Bonnie	532	↓1	34
28	Gloria	436	↑1	30
29	Jean	410	↑3	36
30	Sally	407	↑1	57
31	Dorothy	401	↓1	19
32	Carole	390	↓4	42
33	Elizabeth	375	↑4	23
34	Virginia	372	↓1	25
35	Elaine	326	↓1	46
36	Phyllis	316	↓1	39
37	Ann	307	↑1	37
38	Pamela	301	new	54
39	Joanne	294	↓3	49
40	Frances	290	↑1	31
41	Helen	281	↓1	28
42	Gail	265	↑5	55
43	Lois	264	↓4	43
44	Alice	256	–	38
45	Diana	253	↑4	62
46	Joann	251	↓4	60
47	Darlene	243	↓1	73
48	Jacqueline	243	new	65
49	Geraldine	239	↓6	51
50	Sue	236	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	3,577	–	2
2	James	3,513	–	1
3	John	2,838	–	3
4	Richard	2,444	↑1	5
5	William	2,264	↓1	4
6	David	2,112	–	6
7	Thomas	1,881	–	8
8	Ronald	1,774	–	9
9	Michael	1,536	–	10
10	Donald	1,284	–	11
11	Charles	1,283	–	7
12	Gary	1,176	–	16
13	Larry	1,096	–	12
14	Dennis	1,003	↑2	20
15	Kenneth	985	↓1	15
16	Gerald	923	↓1	23
17	Joseph	779	–	13
18	Edward	757	↑1	18
19	George	755	↑1	14
20	Paul	683	↓2	19
21	Jerry	680	↑1	17
22	Roger	669	↑1	24
23	Daniel	649	↑2	25
24	Raymond	530	–	22
25	Douglas	524	↓4	28
26	Lawrence	496	–	32
27	Frank	460	–	21
28	Jack	428	–	34
29	Terry	370	↑6	49
30	Dale	369	↑2	59
31	Walter	361	↑2	26
32	Harold	340	↑2	27
33	Wayne	315	↑7	41
34	Bruce	312	↓3	51
35	Carl	310	↓5	33
36	Arthur	295	↓7	30
37	Fred	281	↑2	45
38	Patrick	279	↑3	69
39	Norman	257	↓2	56
40	Tom	251	new	87
41	Frederick	249	↓5	70
42	Peter	248	↓4	39
43	Leonard	243	↑2	55
44	Ralph	242	↓1	40
45	Harry	234	↑1	50
46	Henry	230	new	31
47	Stanley	229	↑1	54
48	Eugene	216	↓4	47
49	Stephen	209	↓2	29
50	Gordon	208	–	98

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