Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Michigan, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,018
2	Patricia	1,823
3	Barbara	1,645
4	Judith	1,597
5	Carol	1,373
6	Nancy	1,221
7	Sharon	1,146
8	Sandra	954
9	Janet	858
10	Judy	756
11	Joyce	708
12	Shirley	679
13	Joan	665
14	Linda	618
15	Margaret	588
16	Donna	557
17	Beverly	555
18	Marilyn	543
19	Betty	529
20	Ruth	468
21	Karen	465
22	Carolyn	440
23	Dorothy	431
24	Janice	396
25	Kathleen	379
26	Susan	360
27	Bonnie	351
28	Gloria	340
28	Virginia	340
30	Jean	338
31	Diane	335
32	Helen	311
33	Phyllis	306
34	Carole	295
35	Elizabeth	294
36	Ann	279
36	Joanne	279
38	Kay	275
39	Sally	271
40	Geraldine	264
41	Lois	259
42	Alice	258
43	Elaine	256
44	Joann	243
45	Frances	239
46	Doris	224
47	Rose	210
48	Gail	208
49	Jane	206
50	Norma	205

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,943
2	James	2,489
3	John	2,138
4	Richard	2,039
5	William	1,758
6	David	1,625
7	Thomas	1,309
8	Ronald	1,273
9	Donald	1,171
10	Charles	1,115
11	Gerald	930
12	Kenneth	874
13	Larry	840
14	Michael	819
15	Gary	803
16	Joseph	659
17	Paul	599
18	George	598
19	Edward	589
20	Jerry	584
21	Dennis	510
22	Roger	459
23	Jack	432
24	Lawrence	428
25	Frank	412
26	Raymond	411
27	Daniel	368
28	Carl	358
29	Dale	332
30	Harold	328
31	Douglas	285
32	Arthur	280
32	Walter	280
34	Fred	268
35	Norman	264
36	Ralph	250
37	Wayne	232
38	Bruce	227
39	Gordon	219
40	Eugene	216
41	Patrick	212
42	Peter	209
43	Leonard	202
44	Philip	200
45	Frederick	197
46	Howard	191
47	Albert	190
47	Terry	190
49	Anthony	184
50	Henry	182