Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Michigan, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,734
2	Patricia	2,042
3	Sharon	2,028
4	Barbara	1,918
5	Carol	1,890
6	Judith	1,601
7	Linda	1,498
8	Sandra	1,431
9	Nancy	1,377
10	Karen	1,247
11	Judy	961
12	Janet	930
13	Diane	860
14	Susan	837
15	Donna	804
16	Kathleen	773
17	Shirley	720
18	Carolyn	700
19	Joyce	676
20	Margaret	673
21	Marilyn	649
22	Joan	587
23	Betty	569
24	Janice	566
25	Beverly	558
26	Ruth	542
27	Bonnie	532
28	Gloria	436
29	Jean	410
30	Sally	407
31	Dorothy	401
32	Carole	390
33	Elizabeth	375
34	Virginia	372
35	Elaine	326
36	Phyllis	316
37	Ann	307
38	Pamela	301
39	Joanne	294
40	Frances	290
41	Helen	281
42	Gail	265
43	Lois	264
44	Alice	256
45	Diana	253
46	Joann	251
47	Darlene	243
47	Jacqueline	243
49	Geraldine	239
50	Sue	236

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,577
2	James	3,513
3	John	2,838
4	Richard	2,444
5	William	2,264
6	David	2,112
7	Thomas	1,881
8	Ronald	1,774
9	Michael	1,536
10	Donald	1,284
11	Charles	1,283
12	Gary	1,176
13	Larry	1,096
14	Dennis	1,003
15	Kenneth	985
16	Gerald	923
17	Joseph	779
18	Edward	757
19	George	755
20	Paul	683
21	Jerry	680
22	Roger	669
23	Daniel	649
24	Raymond	530
25	Douglas	524
26	Lawrence	496
27	Frank	460
28	Jack	428
29	Terry	370
30	Dale	369
31	Walter	361
32	Harold	340
33	Wayne	315
34	Bruce	312
35	Carl	310
36	Arthur	295
37	Fred	281
38	Patrick	279
39	Norman	257
40	Tom	251
41	Frederick	249
42	Peter	248
43	Leonard	243
44	Ralph	242
45	Harry	234
46	Henry	230
47	Stanley	229
48	Eugene	216
49	Stephen	209
50	Gordon	208