Popular baby names in Michigan, 1948

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1948 were Linda for girls (4,393 babies) and Robert for boys (3,904). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 142,936 babies born in Michigan in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1948

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: 159 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Susanne: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darlene: 389 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kim: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rick: 119 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Duane: 171 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	4,393	–	1
2	Mary	2,932	–	2
3	Susan	2,189	↑5	5
4	Patricia	2,081	↓1	4
5	Barbara	2,021	↓1	3
6	Sandra	1,667	–	6
7	Nancy	1,625	–	7
8	Carol	1,578	↓3	8
9	Sharon	1,546	–	9
10	Kathleen	1,403	–	10
11	Karen	1,300	–	12
12	Diane	1,133	–	19
13	Judith	917	–	15
14	Pamela	864	↑4	22
15	Donna	854	↑1	11
16	Janet	808	↑1	24
17	Cheryl	806	↓2	25
18	Judy	753	↓4	16
19	Margaret	730	–	13
20	Cynthia	715	↑3	27
21	Janice	715	↓1	23
22	Christine	712	↑3	35
23	Marilyn	576	↓1	33
24	Carolyn	565	↓3	14
25	Shirley	564	↓1	20
26	Joyce	520	↑1	21
27	Beverly	507	↑1	31
28	Bonnie	500	↓2	34
29	Deborah	479	new	30
30	Ruth	479	–	45
31	Gloria	471	–	28
32	Betty	449	↓3	18
33	Diana	425	↑6	48
34	Suzanne	425	↓2	66
35	Elizabeth	419	↑3	26
36	Sally	400	↑5	72
37	Darlene	389	↑5	77
38	Catherine	378	↑6	41
39	Jane	373	↓5	39
40	Brenda	369	new	17
41	Sue	369	↓4	78
42	Joan	367	↓7	37
43	Connie	366	↓10	43
44	Jean	356	↓4	47
45	Ann	353	↓9	44
46	Kathryn	349	↑1	54
47	Elaine	344	↓2	53
48	Gail	344	↓5	51
49	Marcia	338	new	79
50	Peggy	317	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	3,904	–	2
2	James	3,687	–	1
3	John	3,383	–	3
4	David	3,228	–	5
5	Michael	3,105	–	6
6	William	2,649	↑1	4
7	Richard	2,542	↓1	7
8	Thomas	2,524	–	8
9	Ronald	1,808	↑1	10
10	Gary	1,723	↓1	12
11	Dennis	1,511	–	17
12	Larry	1,464	–	11
13	Charles	1,377	↑1	9
14	Donald	1,225	↓1	14
15	Kenneth	1,139	–	15
16	Daniel	1,039	–	22
17	Paul	997	–	18
18	Joseph	962	–	13
19	Edward	788	–	19
20	George	728	–	16
21	Gerald	722	↑1	30
22	Douglas	718	↑1	33
23	Terry	698	↓2	26
24	Roger	674	–	24
25	Gregory	666	↑1	32
26	Mark	662	↑11	29
27	Timothy	623	↑6	38
28	Lawrence	608	–	31
29	Steven	603	↑6	23
30	Bruce	582	↓3	28
31	Raymond	545	↓2	27
32	Stephen	522	↑2	20
33	Frank	517	↓3	25
34	Jerry	513	↓9	21
35	Patrick	489	↑1	48
36	Dale	481	↓5	56
37	Jack	452	↓5	43
38	Alan	358	–	46
39	Carl	352	↑1	42
40	Peter	326	↑5	37
41	Wayne	311	–	34
42	Arthur	305	–	44
43	Harold	294	↓4	36
44	Walter	294	↓1	35
45	Frederick	286	↑1	75
46	Jeffrey	266	new	58
47	Philip	265	↓3	54
48	Ralph	265	↓1	51
49	Anthony	260	new	41
50	Phillip	260	new	69

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