Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Michigan, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,456
2	Patricia	2,127
3	Barbara	1,983
4	Sharon	1,946
5	Carol	1,863
6	Judith	1,679
7	Sandra	1,625
8	Nancy	1,382
9	Karen	1,198
10	Linda	1,151
11	Judy	954
12	Janet	920
13	Diane	776
14	Joyce	755
15	Donna	752
16	Shirley	733
17	Kathleen	730
18	Carolyn	719
19	Susan	684
20	Joan	680
21	Margaret	640
22	Marilyn	635
23	Betty	616
24	Beverly	606
25	Janice	595
26	Bonnie	562
27	Ruth	511
28	Carole	508
29	Gloria	444
30	Dorothy	429
31	Sally	398
32	Jean	385
33	Virginia	371
34	Elaine	370
34	Phyllis	370
36	Joanne	356
37	Elizabeth	352
38	Ann	316
39	Lois	305
40	Helen	298
41	Frances	293
42	Joann	286
43	Geraldine	285
44	Alice	260
44	Kay	260
46	Darlene	247
47	Gail	245
48	Rose	244
49	Diana	225
49	Martha	225

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,508
2	James	3,395
3	John	2,709
4	William	2,289
5	Richard	2,271
6	David	2,133
7	Thomas	1,734
8	Ronald	1,725
9	Michael	1,360
10	Donald	1,306
11	Charles	1,294
12	Gary	1,229
13	Larry	1,142
14	Kenneth	1,042
15	Gerald	1,021
16	Dennis	965
17	Joseph	780
18	Paul	756
19	Edward	731
20	George	715
21	Douglas	698
22	Jerry	671
23	Roger	583
24	Raymond	523
25	Daniel	522
26	Lawrence	519
27	Frank	472
28	Jack	448
29	Arthur	368
30	Carl	364
31	Bruce	359
32	Dale	350
33	Walter	349
34	Harold	321
35	Terry	319
36	Frederick	300
36	Norman	300
38	Peter	282
39	Fred	279
40	Wayne	278
41	Patrick	276
42	Albert	242
42	Ralph	242
44	Eugene	238
45	Leonard	224
46	Harry	223
47	Stephen	220
48	Stanley	218
49	Philip	212
50	Gordon	211