Popular baby names in Michigan, 1951

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1951 were Linda for girls (3,653 babies) and Robert for boys (4,218). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 162,732 babies born in Michigan in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1951

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

Girls

Kristine: 186 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dawn: 161 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ilene: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jill: 233 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rochelle: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kerry: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 93 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rick: 175 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Duane: 193 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	3,653	–	1
2	Mary	3,090	–	2
3	Patricia	2,652	↑1	3
4	Susan	2,298	↓1	6
5	Deborah	2,032	↑3	4
6	Barbara	1,870	↓1	5
7	Karen	1,668	↑4	8
8	Nancy	1,668	↓2	7
9	Kathleen	1,620	↓2	10
10	Sandra	1,470	↓1	9
11	Carol	1,421	↓1	11
12	Diane	1,335	↑1	15
13	Sharon	1,295	↓1	13
14	Christine	1,098	↑1	24
15	Pamela	1,079	↓1	16
16	Janet	962	–	19
17	Debra	914	new	18
18	Cynthia	899	–	20
19	Janice	884	–	21
20	Judith	848	↓3	25
21	Donna	821	↓1	12
22	Cheryl	752	–	30
23	Margaret	712	↓2	17
24	Denise	675	new	48
25	Brenda	667	↓2	14
26	Judy	589	↓1	26
27	Gail	577	↑7	36
28	Bonnie	524	↓2	37
29	Catherine	523	↑6	34
30	Carolyn	519	↓3	22
31	Shirley	518	↓7	27
32	Elizabeth	514	–	23
33	Beverly	493	↓3	33
34	Kathy	493	↓1	35
35	Marilyn	493	↓7	41
36	Joyce	458	↓5	28
37	Kathryn	448	↓1	45
38	Ann	442	–	46
39	Gloria	431	↓2	31
40	Joan	428	↑3	39
41	Suzanne	412	↓12	83
42	Jane	406	↓1	43
43	Ruth	396	↓4	53
44	Connie	389	↑6	44
45	Sally	384	↓5	77
46	Peggy	383	↑1	40
47	Jean	375	↓5	49
48	Darlene	373	new	79
49	Marcia	373	↓3	74
50	Jacqueline	369	↓5	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	4,218	–	2
2	Michael	4,205	↑1	4
3	James	3,963	↓1	1
4	David	3,634	–	5
5	John	3,535	–	3
6	Richard	2,789	↑2	7
7	Thomas	2,772	↓1	8
8	William	2,736	↓1	6
9	Gary	2,336	–	10
10	Dennis	1,751	↑1	17
11	Ronald	1,543	↑1	12
12	Charles	1,537	↓2	9
13	Mark	1,457	↑4	20
14	Kenneth	1,456	↑2	16
15	Donald	1,434	↓2	15
16	Daniel	1,380	↓1	21
17	Steven	1,294	↑3	13
18	Larry	1,288	↓4	11
19	Paul	1,160	–	18
20	Joseph	1,108	↓2	14
21	Douglas	1,001	–	27
22	Gregory	955	–	25
23	Timothy	880	–	28
24	Stephen	817	↑3	19
25	Edward	801	–	23
26	George	778	–	22
27	Bruce	739	↑1	26
28	Terry	696	↑3	30
29	Gerald	695	↓5	36
30	Patrick	614	↑3	39
31	Lawrence	599	↓1	33
32	Roger	598	↓3	29
33	Dale	538	↓1	49
34	Raymond	528	↑2	32
35	Jerry	523	–	24
36	Jack	457	↑1	48
37	Frank	442	↓3	31
38	Alan	424	–	40
39	Jeffrey	424	↑6	35
40	Anthony	409	–	34
41	Keith	405	new	59
42	Brian	372	↑1	75
43	Peter	372	↑3	38
44	Craig	366	↓3	63
45	Christopher	363	new	61
46	Randy	343	new	56
47	Walter	338	↑1	42
48	Carl	336	↓9	43
49	Arthur	328	↓2	44
50	Wayne	327	↓8	37

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