Popular baby names in Michigan, 1952

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1952 were Linda for girls (3,147 babies) and Michael for boys (4,439). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 167,405 babies born in Michigan in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1952

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

Girls

Jacalyn: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristine: 206 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 192 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Janine: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Denise: 1,035 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Rick: 267 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Duane: 233 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kirk: 106 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kim: 211 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	3,147	–	1
2	Mary	2,960	–	2
3	Deborah	2,503	↑2	4
4	Patricia	2,346	↓1	3
5	Susan	2,314	↓1	5
6	Barbara	1,894	–	6
7	Nancy	1,721	↑1	7
8	Karen	1,614	↓1	8
9	Kathleen	1,576	–	11
10	Sandra	1,394	–	10
11	Carol	1,383	–	12
12	Diane	1,372	–	16
13	Debra	1,333	↑4	9
14	Christine	1,256	–	20
15	Pamela	1,255	–	17
16	Sharon	1,151	↓3	14
17	Cynthia	1,045	↑1	18
18	Denise	1,035	↑6	33
19	Janet	948	↓3	19
20	Janice	839	↓1	23
21	Cheryl	799	↑1	31
22	Donna	790	↓1	13
23	Judith	785	↓3	25
24	Margaret	749	↓1	21
25	Brenda	692	–	15
26	Judy	607	–	26
27	Kathy	590	↑7	29
28	Elizabeth	580	↑4	22
29	Catherine	577	–	34
30	Gail	535	↓3	39
31	Marilyn	495	↑4	38
32	Joyce	477	↑4	27
33	Bonnie	476	↓5	41
34	Beverly	475	↓1	35
35	Ann	463	↑3	45
36	Carolyn	451	↓6	24
37	Gloria	445	↑2	36
38	Kathryn	427	↓1	48
39	Joan	424	↑1	37
40	Laura	424	new	53
41	Shirley	415	↓10	28
42	Jane	412	–	42
43	Rebecca	410	new	30
44	Betty	407	new	32
45	Peggy	406	↑1	43
46	Marcia	401	↑3	80
47	Connie	393	↓3	44
48	Suzanne	388	↓7	84
49	Jacqueline	372	↑1	58
50	Diana	362	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	4,439	↑1	4
2	Robert	4,108	↓1	2
3	David	3,905	↑1	5
4	James	3,860	↓1	1
5	John	3,636	–	3
6	Richard	2,856	–	7
7	Thomas	2,785	–	8
8	William	2,692	–	6
9	Gary	2,267	–	10
10	Dennis	1,802	–	18
11	Mark	1,777	↑2	17
12	Charles	1,521	–	9
13	Daniel	1,521	↑3	20
14	Ronald	1,469	↓3	15
15	Donald	1,450	–	13
16	Steven	1,446	↑1	11
17	Kenneth	1,401	↓3	16
18	Larry	1,150	–	14
19	Paul	1,138	–	19
20	Gregory	1,112	↑2	24
21	Joseph	1,045	↓1	12
22	Timothy	1,036	↑1	27
23	Douglas	1,017	↓2	28
24	Edward	814	↑1	23
25	Stephen	786	↓1	21
26	Bruce	754	↑1	25
27	George	712	↓1	22
28	Terry	659	–	29
29	Gerald	655	–	39
30	Patrick	654	–	37
31	Roger	586	↑1	30
32	Dale	577	↑1	46
33	Lawrence	576	↓2	35
34	Jeffrey	492	↑5	31
35	Randy	485	↑11	41
36	Jerry	479	↓1	26
37	Keith	469	↑4	49
38	Raymond	469	↓4	33
39	Alan	444	↓1	42
40	Frank	443	↓3	32
41	Craig	439	↑3	59
42	Brian	432	–	64
43	Anthony	426	↓3	34
44	Jack	416	↓8	52
45	Peter	382	↓2	36
46	Christopher	359	↓1	57
47	Randall	348	new	63
48	Wayne	335	↑2	38
49	Carl	334	↓1	45
50	Scott	322	new	54

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