Top baby names in Michigan, 1929
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,208 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,688 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,268 |
| 4 | Shirley | 1,155 |
| 5 | Barbara | 1,040 |
| 6 | Patricia | 964 |
| 7 | Margaret | 908 |
| 8 | Helen | 851 |
| 9 | Dolores | 768 |
| 10 | Joyce | 703 |
| 11 | Virginia | 697 |
| 12 | Ruth | 680 |
| 13 | Joan | 668 |
| 14 | Doris | 640 |
| 15 | Jean | 563 |
| 16 | Donna | 551 |
| 17 | Lois | 523 |
| 18 | Phyllis | 487 |
| 19 | Beverly | 485 |
| 20 | Marilyn | 477 |
| 21 | Alice | 450 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 438 |
| 23 | Evelyn | 415 |
| 24 | Marjorie | 404 |
| 25 | Irene | 375 |
| 26 | Frances | 370 |
| 27 | Norma | 366 |
| 28 | Rose | 358 |
| 29 | Geraldine | 350 |
| 30 | Lorraine | 337 |
| 31 | Gloria | 334 |
| 32 | Eleanor | 307 |
| 33 | June | 303 |
| 34 | Nancy | 290 |
| 35 | Anna | 284 |
| 35 | Mildred | 284 |
| 37 | Marie | 264 |
| 38 | Florence | 260 |
| 39 | Marion | 259 |
| 40 | Lillian | 251 |
| 41 | Marian | 243 |
| 42 | Elaine | 239 |
| 43 | Audrey | 236 |
| 44 | Carol | 233 |
| 45 | Theresa | 232 |
| 46 | Delores | 228 |
| 47 | Joanne | 220 |
| 48 | Maxine | 208 |
| 49 | Arlene | 202 |
| 50 | Lucille | 201 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,175 |
| 2 | John | 2,100 |
| 3 | William | 1,982 |
| 4 | Richard | 1,903 |
| 5 | Donald | 1,874 |
| 6 | James | 1,797 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,041 |
| 8 | George | 974 |
| 9 | Edward | 819 |
| 10 | Jack | 746 |
| 11 | Joseph | 736 |
| 12 | Kenneth | 669 |
| 13 | Thomas | 629 |
| 14 | Raymond | 612 |
| 15 | Harold | 569 |
| 16 | Gerald | 556 |
| 17 | Frank | 544 |
| 18 | David | 488 |
| 19 | Arthur | 468 |
| 20 | Paul | 425 |
| 21 | Eugene | 409 |
| 22 | Walter | 387 |
| 23 | Ronald | 380 |
| 24 | Harry | 348 |
| 25 | Albert | 346 |
| 26 | Carl | 344 |
| 27 | Norman | 339 |
| 28 | Lawrence | 296 |
| 29 | Henry | 286 |
| 30 | Ralph | 283 |
| 31 | Howard | 265 |
| 32 | Herbert | 262 |
| 33 | Earl | 249 |
| 34 | Leonard | 247 |
| 34 | Stanley | 247 |
| 36 | Roy | 246 |
| 37 | Fred | 231 |
| 38 | Clarence | 230 |
| 39 | Gordon | 226 |
| 40 | Bernard | 224 |
| 41 | Louis | 219 |
| 42 | Dale | 210 |
| 43 | Frederick | 208 |
| 44 | Leo | 188 |
| 45 | Marvin | 187 |
| 45 | Russell | 187 |
| 47 | Melvin | 173 |
| 48 | Douglas | 171 |
| 49 | Francis | 168 |
| 50 | Alfred | 163 |