Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Michigan, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,289
2	Patricia	1,931
3	Barbara	1,694
4	Judith	1,624
5	Sharon	1,459
6	Carol	1,457
7	Sandra	1,189
8	Nancy	1,177
9	Janet	861
10	Judy	820
11	Karen	799
12	Linda	793
13	Joyce	751
14	Shirley	665
15	Carolyn	649
15	Margaret	649
17	Joan	634
18	Donna	608
19	Beverly	552
20	Betty	551
21	Janice	530
22	Susan	523
23	Marilyn	520
24	Ruth	505
25	Bonnie	482
26	Diane	475
27	Kathleen	460
28	Dorothy	415
29	Gloria	346
30	Jean	334
31	Sally	320
32	Elizabeth	317
33	Ann	315
34	Joanne	308
35	Elaine	305
36	Phyllis	302
37	Virginia	300
38	Helen	297
39	Lois	286
40	Frances	269
41	Carole	263
42	Kay	261
43	Joann	260
44	Marie	255
45	Alice	247
45	Darlene	247
47	Marlene	245
48	Gail	235
49	Geraldine	232
50	Suzanne	219

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,124
2	James	2,752
3	John	2,234
4	Richard	2,136
5	William	1,967
6	David	1,766
7	Thomas	1,537
8	Ronald	1,532
9	Charles	1,090
10	Donald	1,084
11	Larry	1,039
12	Gerald	1,017
13	Michael	988
14	Gary	976
15	Kenneth	919
16	George	698
17	Joseph	664
18	Edward	660
19	Dennis	655
20	Paul	653
21	Jerry	632
22	Roger	550
23	Lawrence	489
24	Daniel	463
25	Raymond	442
26	Frank	401
27	Jack	387
28	Carl	347
29	Douglas	341
30	Harold	337
31	Bruce	314
32	Dale	312
33	Wayne	287
34	Fred	278
35	Norman	276
36	Arthur	265
37	Walter	255
38	Frederick	243
39	Peter	235
40	Ralph	233
41	Eugene	228
42	Leonard	217
42	Patrick	217
44	Philip	216
45	Gordon	213
46	Terry	212
47	Henry	207
48	Stanley	200
49	Harry	192
50	Marvin	186