Popular baby names in Michigan, 1950

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1950 were Linda for girls (4,010 babies) and Robert for boys (4,010). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 150,961 babies born in Michigan in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1950

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: 142 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kaye: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Suzanne: 484 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kristine: 110 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 191 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrance: 83 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	4,010	–	1
2	Mary	2,937	–	2
3	Susan	2,293	–	5
4	Patricia	2,135	–	3
5	Barbara	1,789	–	4
6	Nancy	1,665	–	6
7	Kathleen	1,544	–	10
8	Deborah	1,537	↑5	7
9	Sandra	1,537	↓1	8
10	Carol	1,453	↓1	9
11	Karen	1,411	–	12
12	Sharon	1,380	↓2	11
13	Diane	1,184	↓1	16
14	Pamela	1,022	–	17
15	Christine	957	↑1	28
16	Janet	953	↑1	18
17	Judith	832	↓2	21
18	Cynthia	826	↑3	23
19	Janice	786	–	22
20	Donna	761	↓2	13
21	Margaret	732	↓1	15
22	Cheryl	731	–	29
23	Brenda	631	↑6	14
24	Shirley	578	–	19
25	Judy	555	↓2	25
26	Bonnie	535	↓1	33
27	Carolyn	499	↓1	20
28	Marilyn	490	↓1	37
29	Suzanne	484	↑7	71
30	Beverly	477	–	31
31	Joyce	470	↓3	27
32	Elizabeth	462	↓1	24
33	Kathy	453	↑4	38
34	Gail	441	↑1	42
35	Catherine	439	↓1	34
36	Kathryn	433	↑9	46
37	Gloria	418	↓4	30
38	Ann	410	↑4	45
39	Ruth	385	↓7	49
40	Sally	385	↑9	78
41	Jane	384	↓1	39
42	Jean	377	↑1	48
43	Joan	369	new	40
44	Diana	355	↓5	47
45	Jacqueline	354	↑1	55
46	Marcia	349	↑1	77
47	Peggy	346	↑1	41
48	Lynn	337	↑2	76
49	Betty	335	↓11	26
50	Connie	334	↓9	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	4,010	–	2
2	James	3,829	–	1
3	Michael	3,755	–	4
4	David	3,489	–	5
5	John	3,382	–	3
6	Thomas	2,640	↑1	8
7	William	2,634	↓1	6
8	Richard	2,470	–	7
9	Gary	1,979	–	10
10	Charles	1,595	↑1	9
11	Dennis	1,592	↑1	17
12	Ronald	1,570	↓2	12
13	Donald	1,354	–	14
14	Larry	1,343	–	11
15	Daniel	1,285	–	21
16	Kenneth	1,260	–	15
17	Mark	1,118	↑2	23
18	Joseph	1,033	–	13
19	Paul	1,014	↓2	18
20	Steven	969	↑2	16
21	Douglas	927	–	28
22	Gregory	900	↓2	25
23	Timothy	803	↑3	32
24	Gerald	738	↑3	34
25	Edward	730	↓2	22
26	George	693	↓2	20
27	Stephen	690	↓2	19
28	Bruce	674	↑1	26
29	Roger	638	↑2	27
30	Lawrence	622	↓2	33
31	Terry	573	↓1	30
32	Dale	554	↑2	49
33	Patrick	546	↓1	38
34	Frank	477	↑2	29
35	Jerry	475	–	24
36	Raymond	452	↓3	31
37	Jack	409	–	48
38	Alan	395	↑1	41
39	Carl	359	↓1	44
40	Anthony	345	↑8	36
41	Craig	341	↑9	69
42	Wayne	325	↓1	35
43	Brian	323	new	79
44	Frederick	314	↓4	75
45	Jeffrey	314	–	43
46	Peter	312	↓3	37
47	Arthur	292	↓5	46
48	Walter	292	↓4	40
49	Harold	281	↓3	45
50	Phillip	281	new	64

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