Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Michigan, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,119
2	Barbara	1,815
3	Patricia	1,603
4	Nancy	1,144
5	Carol	1,125
6	Shirley	994
7	Joan	780
8	Sharon	776
9	Janet	773
10	Judith	735
11	Joyce	728
12	Betty	727
13	Marilyn	677
14	Donna	676
15	Sandra	654
16	Beverly	643
17	Margaret	637
18	Dorothy	489
18	Ruth	489
20	Janice	461
21	Carolyn	404
22	Helen	359
23	Phyllis	354
24	Lois	353
25	Karen	352
26	Jean	345
26	Sally	345
28	Joanne	341
29	Virginia	339
30	Marlene	337
31	Elizabeth	328
32	Linda	306
33	Judy	305
34	Elaine	295
35	Alice	272
36	Arlene	265
36	Geraldine	265
38	Carole	261
39	Norma	252
40	Doris	251
41	Gloria	248
42	Diane	246
43	Joann	237
44	Ann	235
45	Dolores	233
46	Darlene	232
47	Kathleen	230
48	Kay	229
49	Frances	224
50	Marjorie	223

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,087
2	James	2,343
3	Richard	2,093
4	John	1,922
5	William	1,725
6	Ronald	1,431
7	Donald	1,406
8	David	1,319
9	Thomas	1,145
10	Charles	1,037
11	Gerald	1,015
12	Kenneth	852
13	Larry	670
14	George	656
15	Joseph	643
16	Edward	594
17	Gary	548
18	Paul	512
19	Michael	508
20	Raymond	487
21	Jack	468
22	Jerry	453
23	Roger	442
24	Lawrence	425
25	Frank	420
26	Harold	346
27	Dale	324
28	Daniel	308
29	Carl	306
30	Walter	303
31	Douglas	302
32	Arthur	291
33	Norman	288
34	Fred	285
35	Ralph	277
36	Eugene	270
37	Dennis	237
37	Gordon	237
37	Wayne	237
40	Albert	222
41	Marvin	215
42	Frederick	200
43	Bruce	197
43	Howard	197
45	Peter	195
46	Henry	191
47	Stanley	181
48	Leonard	180
49	Harry	178
50	Louis	176