Popular baby names in Michigan, 1949

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1949 were Linda for girls (4,254 babies) and Robert for boys (3,958). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 146,607 babies born in Michigan in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1949

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: 163 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marilynn: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cheri: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kim: 65 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Duane: 184 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ron: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	4,254	–	1
2	Mary	2,984	–	2
3	Susan	2,213	–	5
4	Patricia	2,002	–	3
5	Barbara	1,767	–	4
6	Nancy	1,670	↑1	7
7	Kathleen	1,660	↑3	9
8	Sandra	1,613	↓2	6
9	Carol	1,509	↓1	8
10	Sharon	1,443	↓1	10
11	Karen	1,315	–	11
12	Diane	1,156	–	19
13	Deborah	949	↑16	15
14	Pamela	918	–	21
15	Judith	878	↓2	16
16	Christine	869	↑6	30
17	Janet	850	↓1	23
18	Donna	813	↓3	12
19	Janice	801	↑2	24
20	Margaret	799	↓1	14
21	Cynthia	715	↓1	27
22	Cheryl	697	↓5	28
23	Judy	602	↓5	20
24	Shirley	586	↑1	18
25	Bonnie	539	↑3	35
26	Carolyn	536	↓2	17
27	Marilyn	528	↓4	33
28	Joyce	512	↓2	26
29	Brenda	490	↑11	13
30	Beverly	464	↓3	31
31	Elizabeth	453	↑4	25
32	Ruth	444	↓2	47
33	Gloria	439	↓2	29
34	Catherine	420	↑4	37
35	Gail	409	↑13	51
36	Suzanne	404	↓2	62
37	Kathy	400	new	42
38	Betty	390	↓6	22
39	Diana	388	↓6	48
40	Jane	385	↓1	41
41	Connie	378	↑2	43
42	Ann	370	↑3	44
43	Jean	365	↑1	45
44	Darlene	360	↓7	75
45	Kathryn	358	↑1	52
46	Jacqueline	355	new	58
47	Marcia	340	↑2	78
48	Peggy	340	↑2	38
49	Sally	320	↓13	77
50	Lynn	318	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	3,958	–	2
2	James	3,760	–	1
3	Michael	3,569	↑2	5
4	David	3,400	–	6
5	John	3,370	↓2	3
6	William	2,604	–	4
7	Thomas	2,511	↑1	8
8	Richard	2,510	↓1	7
9	Gary	1,698	↑1	12
10	Ronald	1,668	↓1	11
11	Charles	1,584	↑2	9
12	Dennis	1,423	↓1	16
13	Donald	1,381	↑1	13
14	Larry	1,347	↓2	10
15	Daniel	1,239	↑1	22
16	Kenneth	1,137	↓1	15
17	Paul	1,045	–	17
18	Joseph	989	–	14
19	Mark	938	↑7	24
20	Gregory	850	↑5	31
21	Douglas	818	↑1	29
22	Steven	811	↑7	20
23	Edward	768	↓4	21
24	George	756	↓4	18
25	Stephen	693	↑7	19
26	Timothy	684	↑1	34
27	Gerald	683	↓6	33
28	Lawrence	650	–	32
29	Bruce	647	↑1	26
30	Terry	641	↓7	28
31	Roger	621	↓7	25
32	Patrick	585	↑3	39
33	Raymond	501	↓2	30
34	Dale	497	↑2	54
35	Jerry	490	↓1	23
36	Frank	459	↓3	27
37	Jack	432	–	47
38	Carl	411	↑1	43
39	Alan	382	↓1	45
40	Frederick	342	↑5	70
41	Wayne	331	–	35
42	Arthur	329	–	44
43	Peter	316	↓3	38
44	Walter	310	–	37
45	Jeffrey	306	↑1	48
46	Harold	302	↓3	42
47	Ralph	284	↑1	50
48	Anthony	281	↑1	36
49	Philip	276	↓2	55
50	Craig	269	new	77

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