Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Michigan, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,066
2	Shirley	1,677
3	Barbara	1,520
4	Patricia	1,429
5	Nancy	1,045
6	Carol	901
7	Marilyn	825
8	Joan	799
9	Betty	764
10	Joyce	749
11	Beverly	677
12	Margaret	598
13	Donna	559
13	Dorothy	559
15	Janet	539
16	Marlene	418
17	Helen	415
18	Ruth	409
19	Virginia	389
20	Phyllis	376
21	Sharon	355
22	Lois	351
23	Sandra	343
24	Jean	339
25	Sally	334
26	Dolores	326
27	Joanne	321
28	Elizabeth	290
28	Janice	290
30	Elaine	284
31	Joann	283
32	Geraldine	280
33	Carolyn	275
34	Judith	273
35	Doris	264
36	Frances	262
37	Alice	260
38	Ann	256
39	Arlene	252
40	Marjorie	250
41	Gloria	246
42	Norma	238
43	Delores	235
44	Rose	223
45	Jacqueline	219
45	Marie	219
47	Evelyn	215
48	Jane	187
49	Kathleen	182
50	Eleanor	179

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,817
2	James	2,115
3	Richard	1,971
4	John	1,745
5	William	1,596
6	Donald	1,517
7	Ronald	1,114
8	Charles	1,042
9	Gerald	1,003
10	David	939
11	Thomas	931
12	George	674
13	Kenneth	647
14	Joseph	604
15	Edward	590
16	Jack	544
17	Raymond	487
18	Paul	455
19	Larry	437
20	Jerry	427
21	Harold	375
22	Lawrence	373
23	Frank	359
24	Gary	328
25	Roger	317
26	Carl	305
27	Walter	301
28	Michael	289
29	Gordon	277
30	Dale	271
31	Norman	269
32	Arthur	266
33	Eugene	253
34	Daniel	240
35	Albert	222
36	Marvin	217
36	Ralph	217
38	Wayne	207
39	Leonard	206
40	Fred	204
41	Frederick	192
42	Douglas	190
43	Louis	184
44	Henry	170
45	Bruce	169
45	Earl	169
47	Howard	168
48	Bernard	164
48	Harry	164
50	Duane	163