Popular baby names in Michigan, 1944

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1944 were Mary for girls (2,492 babies) and Robert for boys (3,301). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 103,948 babies born in Michigan in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1944

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: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marilynn: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ilene: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaye: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colleen: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jill: 91 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dawn: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sharron: 61 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sally: 348 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Susanne: 40 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Duane: 133 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ross: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dale: 317 babies, 2× the national rate
Gordon: 178 babies, 2× the national rate
Fredrick: 58 babies, 2× the national rate
Terrence: 49 babies, 2× the national rate
Rick: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	2,492	–	1
2	Barbara	1,684	↑2	2
3	Carol	1,677	↑2	5
4	Patricia	1,674	↓2	4
5	Sharon	1,651	↓2	8
6	Sandra	1,461	↑2	6
7	Linda	1,330	–	3
8	Judith	1,222	↓2	9
9	Nancy	1,152	–	7
10	Karen	1,040	–	16
11	Janet	871	↑1	21
12	Susan	838	↑2	13
13	Judy	823	↓2	12
14	Kathleen	818	↑2	20
15	Diane	712	↓2	24
16	Donna	708	↓1	17
17	Margaret	613	↑3	14
18	Joyce	597	↑1	18
19	Marilyn	595	↑2	27
20	Carolyn	583	↓2	11
21	Shirley	553	↓4	15
22	Betty	524	↑1	10
23	Bonnie	521	↑4	34
24	Ruth	501	↑2	32
25	Joan	481	↓3	22
26	Janice	472	↓2	28
27	Cheryl	433	new	36
28	Beverly	427	↓3	35
29	Gloria	392	↓1	25
30	Pamela	373	↑8	44
31	Jean	361	↓2	37
32	Sally	348	↓2	59
33	Carole	342	↓1	43
34	Dorothy	339	↓3	19
35	Elizabeth	331	↓2	23
36	Virginia	322	↓2	26
37	Phyllis	272	↓1	40
38	Elaine	261	↓3	46
39	Darlene	257	↑8	76
40	Gail	252	↑2	56
41	Jane	252	new	41
42	Ann	251	↓5	39
43	Helen	250	↓2	31
44	Joanne	244	↓5	55
45	Diana	242	–	60
46	Sue	237	↑4	62
47	Alice	232	↓3	38
48	Lois	232	↓5	47
49	Frances	230	↓9	33
50	Christine	226	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	3,301	–	2
2	James	3,166	–	1
3	John	2,528	–	3
4	Richard	2,260	–	5
5	William	2,057	–	4
6	David	1,952	–	6
7	Thomas	1,708	–	8
8	Michael	1,492	↑1	9
9	Ronald	1,358	↓1	10
10	Gary	1,181	↑2	15
11	Charles	1,164	–	7
12	Donald	1,160	↓2	11
13	Larry	1,071	–	12
14	Kenneth	951	↑1	16
15	Dennis	936	↓1	20
16	Gerald	755	–	24
17	Joseph	715	–	13
18	Edward	682	–	18
19	Paul	670	↑1	17
20	George	635	↓1	14
21	Daniel	606	↑2	25
22	Jerry	573	↓1	19
23	Roger	571	↓1	23
24	Douglas	491	↑1	34
25	Raymond	482	↓1	22
26	Lawrence	457	–	32
27	Jack	406	↑1	30
28	Frank	390	↓1	21
29	Terry	377	–	43
30	Dale	317	–	61
31	Carl	312	↑4	36
32	Bruce	306	↑2	51
33	Walter	294	↓2	26
34	Arthur	289	↑2	29
35	Harold	286	↓3	27
36	Wayne	265	↓3	37
37	Patrick	245	↑1	64
38	Frederick	231	↑3	73
39	Alan	219	new	55
40	Stephen	218	↑9	28
41	Peter	212	↑1	40
42	Henry	209	↑4	35
43	Norman	209	↓4	58
44	Ralph	201	–	42
45	Albert	200	new	44
46	Fred	200	↓9	47
47	Russell	200	new	63
48	Timothy	194	new	92
49	Leonard	193	↓6	56
50	Harry	190	↓5	49

← Michigan 1943 Michigan: all years · US 1944 Michigan 1945 →