Popular baby names in Michigan, 1953

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1953 were Mary for girls (3,058 babies) and Michael for boys (4,751). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 172,188 babies born in Michigan in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1953

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

Girls

Luanne: 73 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacalyn: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shannon: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dawn: 246 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lori: 167 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kristine: 113 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Denise: 1,071 babies, 2× the national rate
Luann: 106 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 247 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rick: 317 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Roderick: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	3,058	↑1	1
2	Linda	2,844	↓1	2
3	Deborah	2,668	–	3
4	Susan	2,510	↑1	5
5	Patricia	2,320	↓1	4
6	Barbara	1,796	–	6
7	Debra	1,794	↑6	7
8	Karen	1,672	–	9
9	Nancy	1,659	↓2	8
10	Pamela	1,511	↑5	10
11	Sandra	1,442	↓1	11
12	Kathleen	1,435	↓3	14
13	Carol	1,305	↓2	16
14	Cynthia	1,296	↑3	12
15	Diane	1,284	↓3	17
16	Sharon	1,237	–	15
17	Denise	1,071	↑1	31
18	Janet	908	↑1	19
19	Donna	857	↑3	13
20	Cheryl	840	↑1	28
21	Janice	833	↓1	22
22	Christine	757	↓8	32
23	Brenda	687	↑2	18
24	Margaret	681	–	20
25	Judith	658	↓2	30
26	Kathy	643	↑1	23
27	Judy	595	↓1	27
28	Elizabeth	557	–	21
29	Beverly	533	↑5	34
30	Gail	532	–	39
31	Catherine	519	↓2	35
32	Marilyn	514	↓1	36
33	Joyce	474	↓1	26
34	Rebecca	471	↑9	24
35	Laura	462	↑5	51
36	Bonnie	456	↓3	45
37	Kathryn	456	↑1	48
38	Ann	454	↓3	46
39	Jane	427	↑3	43
40	Suzanne	420	↑8	78
41	Shirley	419	–	29
42	Paula	416	new	40
43	Sally	405	new	81
44	Ruth	400	new	62
45	Julie	394	new	74
46	Carolyn	393	↓10	25
47	Lynn	392	new	67
48	Jean	387	new	52
49	Peggy	386	↓4	44
50	Connie	384	↓3	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	4,751	–	3
2	David	4,135	↑1	5
3	Robert	4,109	↓1	1
4	James	3,864	–	2
5	John	3,545	–	4
6	Richard	2,843	–	7
7	William	2,746	↑1	6
8	Thomas	2,717	↓1	8
9	Gary	2,169	–	10
10	Mark	1,998	↑1	12
11	Dennis	1,706	↓1	19
12	Donald	1,566	↑3	14
13	Steven	1,561	↑3	11
14	Charles	1,533	↓2	9
15	Daniel	1,501	↓2	20
16	Ronald	1,478	↓2	15
17	Kenneth	1,365	–	17
18	Paul	1,265	↑1	16
19	Joseph	1,202	↑2	13
20	Timothy	1,102	↑2	26
21	Larry	1,052	↓3	18
22	Gregory	1,049	↓2	24
23	Douglas	971	–	27
24	Bruce	766	↑2	28
25	Jeffrey	763	↑9	25
26	Edward	761	↓2	23
27	Stephen	754	↓2	21
28	George	719	↓1	22
29	Roger	717	↑2	31
30	Terry	717	↓2	30
31	Randy	679	↑4	35
32	Patrick	676	↓2	39
33	Gerald	629	↓4	42
34	Dale	567	↓2	48
35	Lawrence	555	↓2	37
36	Jerry	507	–	29
37	Raymond	502	↑1	34
38	Anthony	493	↑5	32
39	Keith	459	↓2	47
40	Jack	454	↑4	57
41	Brian	445	↑1	53
42	Alan	444	↓3	43
43	Frank	440	↓3	33
44	Kevin	429	new	36
45	Craig	414	↓4	60
46	Peter	396	↓1	38
47	Scott	363	↑3	46
48	Carl	358	↑1	44
49	Christopher	357	↓3	63
50	Wayne	330	↓2	40

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