Popular baby names in Michigan, 1945

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1945 were Mary for girls (2,503 babies) and Robert for boys (3,110). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 102,492 babies born in Michigan in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1945

Names given at least 15 times in Michigan that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ruthann: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ilene: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marilynn: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dawn: 69 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sharron: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Faith: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jill: 95 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Duane: 154 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lyle: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ron: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dale: 322 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Grant: 27 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	2,503	–	1
2	Carol	1,724	↑1	5
3	Barbara	1,565	↓1	3
4	Patricia	1,555	–	4
5	Linda	1,491	↑2	2
6	Sharon	1,426	↓1	8
7	Sandra	1,350	↓1	6
8	Judith	1,126	–	9
9	Nancy	1,109	–	7
10	Karen	1,013	–	16
11	Susan	1,011	↑1	10
12	Diane	859	↑3	22
13	Kathleen	837	↑1	19
14	Janet	806	↓3	20
15	Judy	803	↓2	13
16	Donna	670	–	17
17	Joyce	592	↑1	18
18	Margaret	575	↓1	15
19	Shirley	561	↑2	14
20	Carolyn	536	–	12
21	Marilyn	531	↓2	27
22	Betty	519	–	11
23	Janice	480	↑3	24
24	Cheryl	454	↑3	32
25	Joan	450	–	25
26	Bonnie	441	↓3	35
27	Ruth	438	↓3	33
28	Gloria	427	↑1	23
29	Beverly	381	↓1	37
30	Pamela	354	–	42
31	Diana	335	↑14	43
32	Dorothy	323	↑2	21
33	Elizabeth	307	↑2	26
34	Ann	300	↑8	39
35	Sally	299	↓3	64
36	Christine	297	↑14	62
37	Elaine	296	↑1	44
38	Jean	294	↓7	38
39	Jane	289	↑2	36
40	Virginia	281	↓4	28
41	Suzanne	274	new	68
42	Darlene	265	↓3	71
43	Gail	255	↓3	52
44	Helen	251	↓1	31
45	Carole	250	↓12	51
46	Joanne	245	↓2	53
47	Connie	236	new	47
48	Lois	234	–	48
49	Phyllis	233	↓12	40
50	Kay	231	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	3,110	–	2
2	James	2,992	–	1
3	John	2,540	–	3
4	Richard	2,228	–	5
5	William	1,932	–	4
6	David	1,874	–	6
7	Thomas	1,805	–	8
8	Michael	1,753	–	9
9	Ronald	1,321	–	10
10	Gary	1,270	–	13
11	Charles	1,109	–	7
12	Donald	1,068	–	12
13	Dennis	1,041	↑2	19
14	Larry	1,007	↓1	11
15	Kenneth	881	↓1	16
16	Joseph	729	↑1	14
17	Paul	679	↑2	17
18	Daniel	650	↑3	24
19	Edward	646	↓1	18
20	George	641	–	15
21	Gerald	623	↓5	25
22	Roger	579	↑1	22
23	Douglas	510	↑1	29
24	Jerry	481	↓2	20
25	Lawrence	423	↑1	30
26	Raymond	401	↓1	23
27	Terry	390	↑2	33
28	Frank	373	–	21
29	Jack	368	↓2	32
30	Bruce	323	↑2	48
31	Dale	322	↓1	61
32	Carl	301	↓1	39
33	Harold	285	↑2	28
34	Arthur	268	–	34
35	Patrick	267	↑2	63
36	Timothy	262	↑12	70
37	Walter	257	↓4	27
38	Alan	248	↑1	52
39	Stephen	244	↑1	26
40	Wayne	241	↓4	35
41	Ralph	236	↑3	44
42	Peter	232	↓1	38
43	Frederick	219	↓5	77
44	Leonard	219	↑5	57
45	Norman	217	↓2	65
46	Russell	200	↑1	64
47	Steven	199	new	43
48	Tom	198	new	89
49	Mark	185	new	72
50	Stanley	181	new	59

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