Top baby names in Michigan, 1931
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,092 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,356 |
| 3 | Barbara | 1,292 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,087 |
| 5 | Shirley | 1,046 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 965 |
| 7 | Joan | 956 |
| 8 | Joyce | 799 |
| 9 | Margaret | 789 |
| 10 | Dolores | 717 |
| 11 | Helen | 686 |
| 12 | Donna | 639 |
| 13 | Marilyn | 628 |
| 14 | Jean | 522 |
| 15 | Virginia | 516 |
| 16 | Nancy | 506 |
| 17 | Beverly | 499 |
| 17 | Lois | 499 |
| 19 | Ruth | 485 |
| 20 | Doris | 478 |
| 21 | Phyllis | 450 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 387 |
| 23 | Norma | 357 |
| 24 | Alice | 346 |
| 25 | Geraldine | 337 |
| 26 | Gloria | 335 |
| 27 | Rose | 309 |
| 28 | Frances | 301 |
| 29 | Evelyn | 299 |
| 30 | Marjorie | 291 |
| 31 | Irene | 290 |
| 32 | Joanne | 287 |
| 33 | Carol | 274 |
| 34 | Delores | 260 |
| 35 | Eleanor | 240 |
| 36 | Janet | 239 |
| 37 | Marie | 236 |
| 38 | Lorraine | 230 |
| 39 | Anna | 226 |
| 39 | June | 226 |
| 41 | Sally | 220 |
| 42 | Mildred | 219 |
| 43 | Arlene | 211 |
| 44 | Elaine | 210 |
| 45 | Florence | 208 |
| 46 | Jane | 201 |
| 47 | Marion | 198 |
| 47 | Rita | 198 |
| 49 | Jacqueline | 193 |
| 50 | Ann | 188 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,935 |
| 2 | Richard | 1,976 |
| 3 | John | 1,798 |
| 4 | James | 1,698 |
| 4 | William | 1,698 |
| 6 | Donald | 1,677 |
| 7 | Charles | 966 |
| 8 | Gerald | 736 |
| 9 | George | 727 |
| 10 | Thomas | 668 |
| 11 | Jack | 656 |
| 12 | Edward | 655 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 638 |
| 14 | Joseph | 627 |
| 15 | Raymond | 548 |
| 16 | Harold | 525 |
| 17 | David | 506 |
| 18 | Ronald | 455 |
| 19 | Frank | 430 |
| 20 | Paul | 409 |
| 21 | Arthur | 392 |
| 22 | Eugene | 390 |
| 23 | Norman | 351 |
| 24 | Walter | 329 |
| 25 | Carl | 315 |
| 26 | Harry | 282 |
| 27 | Albert | 279 |
| 28 | Ralph | 274 |
| 29 | Lawrence | 271 |
| 30 | Leonard | 247 |
| 31 | Dale | 238 |
| 32 | Fred | 237 |
| 33 | Louis | 231 |
| 34 | Jerry | 228 |
| 35 | Henry | 227 |
| 36 | Howard | 225 |
| 37 | Roger | 217 |
| 38 | Stanley | 206 |
| 39 | Earl | 203 |
| 39 | Gordon | 203 |
| 41 | Clarence | 202 |
| 42 | Bernard | 194 |
| 42 | Marvin | 194 |
| 44 | Roy | 189 |
| 45 | Douglas | 182 |
| 46 | Russell | 177 |
| 47 | Daniel | 176 |
| 47 | Wayne | 176 |
| 49 | Ernest | 172 |
| 50 | Bruce | 167 |