Popular baby names in Michigan, 1946

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1946 were Mary for girls (2,811 babies) and Robert for boys (3,876). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 127,891 babies born in Michigan in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1946

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

Girls

Dawn: 112 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ilene: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Julie: 193 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Penny: 140 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jill: 136 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Susanne: 55 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kim: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Duane: 172 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dave: 118 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Fredrick: 71 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gordon: 196 babies, 2× the national rate
Rick: 68 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	2,811	–	1
2	Linda	2,042	↑3	2
3	Patricia	1,989	↑1	3
4	Carol	1,932	↓2	5
5	Barbara	1,848	↓2	4
6	Sharon	1,817	–	9
7	Sandra	1,717	–	6
8	Susan	1,568	↑3	8
9	Nancy	1,544	–	7
10	Karen	1,173	–	15
11	Judith	1,136	↓3	10
12	Diane	1,074	–	19
13	Kathleen	1,056	–	16
14	Judy	862	↑1	11
15	Janet	817	↓1	21
16	Donna	796	–	13
17	Margaret	677	↑1	17
18	Janice	652	↑5	22
19	Shirley	634	–	18
20	Joyce	609	↓3	20
21	Cheryl	582	↑3	27
22	Marilyn	582	↓1	29
23	Carolyn	578	↓3	12
24	Pamela	575	↑6	34
25	Betty	540	↓3	14
26	Beverly	512	↑3	30
27	Bonnie	500	↓1	33
28	Christine	465	↑8	50
29	Suzanne	465	↑12	52
30	Ruth	445	↓3	38
31	Jean	442	↑7	37
32	Gloria	434	↓4	26
33	Joan	431	↓8	28
34	Diana	375	↓3	42
35	Sue	369	new	61
36	Gail	365	↑7	49
37	Sally	365	↓2	67
38	Connie	358	↑9	45
39	Elaine	348	↓2	47
40	Cynthia	344	new	46
41	Jane	341	↓2	35
42	Darlene	340	–	71
43	Ann	330	↓9	40
44	Dorothy	320	↓12	23
45	Elizabeth	315	↓12	25
46	Virginia	305	↓6	31
47	Rosemary	304	new	74
48	Phyllis	293	↑1	41
49	Marcia	279	new	89
50	Jacqueline	275	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	3,876	–	2
2	James	3,643	–	1
3	John	3,240	–	3
4	Richard	2,764	–	5
5	David	2,510	↑1	6
6	William	2,455	↓1	4
7	Michael	2,330	↑1	7
8	Thomas	2,156	↓1	8
9	Ronald	1,765	–	10
10	Gary	1,649	–	12
11	Dennis	1,483	↑2	17
12	Charles	1,324	↓1	9
13	Donald	1,236	↓1	13
14	Larry	1,204	–	11
15	Kenneth	1,044	–	15
16	Paul	897	↑1	18
17	Daniel	821	↑1	21
18	Joseph	813	↓2	14
19	Edward	784	–	19
20	Gerald	778	↑1	27
21	George	702	↓1	16
22	Roger	690	–	23
23	Terry	649	↑4	26
24	Jerry	598	–	20
25	Douglas	577	↓2	34
26	Lawrence	512	↓1	31
27	Bruce	466	↑3	32
28	Raymond	455	↓2	25
29	Jack	449	–	35
30	Frank	432	↓2	22
31	Gregory	414	new	56
32	Dale	373	↓1	62
33	Timothy	355	↑3	60
34	Patrick	349	↑1	59
35	Stephen	346	↑4	24
36	Harold	341	↓3	33
37	Walter	331	–	30
38	Alan	330	–	49
39	Carl	323	↓7	39
40	Steven	317	↑7	28
41	Wayne	309	↓1	29
42	Arthur	292	↓8	36
43	Frederick	286	–	75
44	Mark	271	↑5	58
45	Tom	266	↑3	87
46	Russell	259	–	66
47	Ralph	257	↓6	48
48	Peter	253	↓6	38
49	Fred	251	new	51
50	Anthony	244	new	44

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