Top baby names in Michigan, 1927
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,156 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,624 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,472 |
| 4 | Shirley | 1,022 |
| 5 | Margaret | 985 |
| 6 | Helen | 958 |
| 7 | Barbara | 894 |
| 8 | Virginia | 807 |
| 9 | Ruth | 745 |
| 10 | Patricia | 726 |
| 11 | Doris | 656 |
| 12 | Jean | 633 |
| 13 | Joyce | 571 |
| 14 | Phyllis | 528 |
| 15 | Lois | 503 |
| 16 | Irene | 492 |
| 17 | Marjorie | 476 |
| 18 | Dolores | 473 |
| 19 | Donna | 470 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 454 |
| 21 | Frances | 451 |
| 22 | Evelyn | 440 |
| 23 | Alice | 424 |
| 24 | Beverly | 391 |
| 25 | Mildred | 377 |
| 26 | Gloria | 375 |
| 27 | Marilyn | 366 |
| 28 | Geraldine | 360 |
| 29 | June | 354 |
| 30 | Eleanor | 352 |
| 30 | Norma | 352 |
| 32 | Marie | 346 |
| 33 | Rose | 345 |
| 34 | Lorraine | 322 |
| 35 | Marion | 317 |
| 36 | Florence | 306 |
| 37 | Joan | 304 |
| 38 | Lillian | 296 |
| 39 | Elaine | 279 |
| 40 | Anna | 276 |
| 41 | Bernice | 250 |
| 42 | Marian | 248 |
| 43 | Maxine | 240 |
| 44 | Lucille | 234 |
| 45 | Rosemary | 232 |
| 46 | Theresa | 230 |
| 47 | Catherine | 223 |
| 48 | Josephine | 214 |
| 49 | Grace | 213 |
| 50 | Rita | 212 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,156 |
| 2 | John | 2,059 |
| 3 | William | 1,958 |
| 4 | Donald | 1,710 |
| 5 | James | 1,588 |
| 6 | Richard | 1,584 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,097 |
| 8 | George | 986 |
| 9 | Edward | 841 |
| 10 | Jack | 744 |
| 11 | Joseph | 727 |
| 12 | Harold | 693 |
| 13 | Raymond | 642 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 620 |
| 15 | Thomas | 582 |
| 16 | Frank | 577 |
| 17 | Arthur | 501 |
| 18 | Gerald | 483 |
| 19 | Walter | 478 |
| 20 | Eugene | 469 |
| 21 | Paul | 435 |
| 22 | Henry | 359 |
| 23 | David | 352 |
| 24 | Ralph | 347 |
| 25 | Carl | 342 |
| 26 | Albert | 326 |
| 27 | Harry | 325 |
| 28 | Norman | 314 |
| 29 | Lawrence | 297 |
| 30 | Howard | 292 |
| 30 | Leonard | 292 |
| 32 | Stanley | 285 |
| 33 | Earl | 263 |
| 34 | Louis | 262 |
| 35 | Bernard | 256 |
| 36 | Clarence | 251 |
| 37 | Gordon | 247 |
| 38 | Ronald | 238 |
| 39 | Roy | 230 |
| 40 | Russell | 227 |
| 41 | Fred | 215 |
| 42 | Francis | 214 |
| 43 | Leo | 210 |
| 44 | Frederick | 205 |
| 45 | Alfred | 193 |
| 46 | Ernest | 191 |
| 47 | Theodore | 190 |
| 48 | Melvin | 183 |
| 49 | Herbert | 178 |
| 49 | Marvin | 178 |