Top baby names in Michigan, 1928
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,250 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,629 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,301 |
| 4 | Shirley | 1,139 |
| 5 | Barbara | 1,042 |
| 6 | Helen | 916 |
| 7 | Margaret | 888 |
| 8 | Patricia | 826 |
| 9 | Virginia | 791 |
| 10 | Ruth | 709 |
| 11 | Dolores | 670 |
| 12 | Joyce | 613 |
| 13 | Doris | 603 |
| 14 | Jean | 545 |
| 15 | Lois | 541 |
| 16 | Donna | 518 |
| 17 | Phyllis | 508 |
| 18 | Joan | 447 |
| 19 | Beverly | 433 |
| 20 | Marilyn | 419 |
| 21 | Evelyn | 417 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 408 |
| 23 | Marjorie | 404 |
| 24 | Norma | 385 |
| 25 | Irene | 382 |
| 26 | Alice | 375 |
| 27 | Frances | 364 |
| 28 | Gloria | 354 |
| 29 | Lorraine | 338 |
| 30 | Rose | 337 |
| 31 | Geraldine | 334 |
| 32 | Marie | 327 |
| 33 | Florence | 315 |
| 33 | June | 315 |
| 35 | Marion | 310 |
| 36 | Mildred | 306 |
| 37 | Anna | 287 |
| 38 | Eleanor | 281 |
| 39 | Lillian | 274 |
| 40 | Elaine | 249 |
| 40 | Theresa | 249 |
| 42 | Marian | 244 |
| 43 | Nancy | 235 |
| 44 | Bernice | 214 |
| 45 | Catherine | 210 |
| 46 | Maxine | 207 |
| 47 | Lucille | 206 |
| 48 | Audrey | 204 |
| 49 | Rosemary | 197 |
| 50 | Arlene | 196 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,213 |
| 2 | John | 2,033 |
| 3 | William | 1,958 |
| 4 | Donald | 1,802 |
| 5 | Richard | 1,783 |
| 6 | James | 1,610 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,059 |
| 8 | George | 926 |
| 9 | Edward | 845 |
| 10 | Joseph | 715 |
| 11 | Jack | 710 |
| 12 | Harold | 671 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 612 |
| 14 | Raymond | 601 |
| 15 | Thomas | 595 |
| 16 | Frank | 530 |
| 17 | Arthur | 506 |
| 18 | Eugene | 491 |
| 18 | Gerald | 491 |
| 20 | Walter | 429 |
| 21 | Paul | 401 |
| 22 | David | 399 |
| 23 | Norman | 374 |
| 24 | Carl | 337 |
| 25 | Albert | 332 |
| 26 | Harry | 325 |
| 27 | Ralph | 324 |
| 28 | Lawrence | 320 |
| 29 | Henry | 306 |
| 30 | Ronald | 300 |
| 31 | Howard | 291 |
| 32 | Stanley | 273 |
| 33 | Louis | 271 |
| 34 | Leonard | 269 |
| 35 | Clarence | 260 |
| 36 | Gordon | 247 |
| 37 | Herbert | 241 |
| 38 | Earl | 234 |
| 39 | Bernard | 230 |
| 40 | Francis | 228 |
| 41 | Fred | 221 |
| 42 | Roy | 218 |
| 43 | Frederick | 208 |
| 44 | Russell | 207 |
| 45 | Leo | 200 |
| 46 | Ernest | 199 |
| 47 | Dale | 197 |
| 48 | Marvin | 193 |
| 49 | Alfred | 183 |
| 50 | Melvin | 181 |