Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Michigan, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,492
2	Barbara	1,684
3	Carol	1,677
4	Patricia	1,674
5	Sharon	1,651
6	Sandra	1,461
7	Linda	1,330
8	Judith	1,222
9	Nancy	1,152
10	Karen	1,040
11	Janet	871
12	Susan	838
13	Judy	823
14	Kathleen	818
15	Diane	712
16	Donna	708
17	Margaret	613
18	Joyce	597
19	Marilyn	595
20	Carolyn	583
21	Shirley	553
22	Betty	524
23	Bonnie	521
24	Ruth	501
25	Joan	481
26	Janice	472
27	Cheryl	433
28	Beverly	427
29	Gloria	392
30	Pamela	373
31	Jean	361
32	Sally	348
33	Carole	342
34	Dorothy	339
35	Elizabeth	331
36	Virginia	322
37	Phyllis	272
38	Elaine	261
39	Darlene	257
40	Gail	252
40	Jane	252
42	Ann	251
43	Helen	250
44	Joanne	244
45	Diana	242
46	Sue	237
47	Alice	232
47	Lois	232
49	Frances	230
50	Christine	226

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,301
2	James	3,166
3	John	2,528
4	Richard	2,260
5	William	2,057
6	David	1,952
7	Thomas	1,708
8	Michael	1,492
9	Ronald	1,358
10	Gary	1,181
11	Charles	1,164
12	Donald	1,160
13	Larry	1,071
14	Kenneth	951
15	Dennis	936
16	Gerald	755
17	Joseph	715
18	Edward	682
19	Paul	670
20	George	635
21	Daniel	606
22	Jerry	573
23	Roger	571
24	Douglas	491
25	Raymond	482
26	Lawrence	457
27	Jack	406
28	Frank	390
29	Terry	377
30	Dale	317
31	Carl	312
32	Bruce	306
33	Walter	294
34	Arthur	289
35	Harold	286
36	Wayne	265
37	Patrick	245
38	Frederick	231
39	Alan	219
40	Stephen	218
41	Peter	212
42	Henry	209
42	Norman	209
44	Ralph	201
45	Albert	200
45	Fred	200
45	Russell	200
48	Timothy	194
49	Leonard	193
50	Harry	190