Popular baby names in Michigan, 1947

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1947 were Linda for girls (4,539 babies) and Robert for boys (4,169). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 148,947 babies born in Michigan in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1947

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: 150 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marilynn: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadine: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cheri: 67 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kay: 302 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kristine: 60 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kim: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kurt: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrance: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dale: 532 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Duane: 183 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lyle: 78 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dave: 142 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	4,539	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,961	↓1	2
3	Patricia	2,376	–	3
4	Barbara	2,104	↑1	4
5	Carol	1,923	↓1	6
6	Sandra	1,882	↑1	5
7	Nancy	1,849	↑2	7
8	Susan	1,828	–	8
9	Sharon	1,782	↓3	9
10	Kathleen	1,380	↑3	11
11	Karen	1,317	↓1	13
12	Diane	1,199	–	18
13	Judith	1,142	↓2	12
14	Judy	974	–	14
15	Cheryl	883	↑6	24
16	Donna	865	–	10
17	Janet	841	↓2	23
18	Pamela	801	↑6	28
19	Margaret	771	↓2	16
20	Janice	727	↓2	22
21	Carolyn	646	↑2	15
22	Marilyn	632	–	29
23	Cynthia	621	↑17	33
24	Shirley	610	↓5	19
25	Christine	606	↑3	45
26	Bonnie	587	↑1	35
27	Joyce	565	↓7	20
28	Beverly	549	↓2	31
29	Betty	506	↓4	17
30	Ruth	493	–	44
31	Gloria	474	↑1	27
32	Suzanne	470	↓3	53
33	Connie	433	↑5	43
34	Jane	429	↑7	36
35	Joan	423	↓2	30
36	Ann	419	↑7	41
37	Sue	412	↓2	69
38	Elizabeth	409	↑7	25
39	Diana	405	↓5	48
40	Jean	397	↓9	40
41	Sally	389	↓4	70
42	Darlene	388	–	71
43	Gail	383	↓7	49
44	Catherine	362	new	46
45	Elaine	359	↓6	50
46	Dorothy	343	↓2	26
47	Kathryn	320	new	55
48	Kathy	318	new	64
49	Phyllis	318	↓1	37
50	Lynn	311	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	4,169	–	2
2	James	4,025	–	1
3	John	3,645	–	3
4	David	3,392	↑1	6
5	Michael	2,969	↑2	7
6	Richard	2,823	↓2	5
7	William	2,758	↓1	4
8	Thomas	2,569	–	8
9	Gary	1,888	↑1	12
10	Ronald	1,801	↓1	11
11	Dennis	1,650	–	17
12	Larry	1,456	↑2	10
13	Donald	1,383	–	13
14	Charles	1,376	↓2	9
15	Kenneth	1,147	–	15
16	Daniel	1,032	↑1	22
17	Paul	975	↓1	18
18	Joseph	958	–	14
19	Edward	882	–	19
20	George	779	↑1	16
21	Terry	762	↑2	26
22	Gerald	750	↓2	28
23	Douglas	728	↑2	31
24	Roger	679	↓2	25
25	Jerry	668	↓1	20
26	Gregory	589	↑5	33
27	Bruce	583	–	29
28	Lawrence	582	↓2	32
29	Raymond	567	↓1	27
30	Frank	549	–	23
31	Dale	532	↑1	63
32	Jack	498	↓3	37
33	Timothy	498	–	52
34	Stephen	481	↑1	21
35	Steven	481	↑5	24
36	Patrick	438	↓2	53
37	Mark	425	↑7	47
38	Alan	406	–	45
39	Harold	401	↓3	35
40	Carl	375	↓1	40
41	Wayne	369	–	30
42	Arthur	335	–	38
43	Walter	328	↓6	34
44	Philip	320	new	57
45	Peter	310	↑3	36
46	Frederick	277	↓3	78
47	Ralph	272	–	50
48	Tom	272	↓3	87
49	Leonard	263	new	71
50	Mike	262	new	65

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