Popular baby names in Michigan, 1954

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1954 were Mary for girls (3,435 babies) and Michael for boys (4,898). Social Security records list 181,188 babies born in Michigan in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1954

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

Girls

Bethany: 50 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jacalyn: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Denice: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dawn: 311 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Janine: 76 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shelly: 73 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Luanne: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Roderick: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kim: 331 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dave: 85 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Derrick: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	3,435	–	1
2	Deborah	2,810	↑1	3
3	Susan	2,615	↑1	5
4	Linda	2,551	↓2	2
5	Debra	2,386	↑2	6
6	Patricia	2,280	↓1	4
7	Karen	1,827	↑1	8
8	Barbara	1,758	↓2	7
9	Nancy	1,716	–	9
10	Pamela	1,542	–	12
11	Sandra	1,422	–	13
12	Cynthia	1,414	↑2	10
13	Diane	1,387	↑2	17
14	Kathleen	1,359	↓2	14
15	Carol	1,270	↓2	15
16	Denise	1,213	↑1	24
17	Cheryl	1,193	↑3	22
18	Sharon	1,110	↓2	16
19	Janet	1,003	↓1	19
20	Donna	938	↓1	11
21	Janice	780	–	25
22	Kathy	751	↑4	23
23	Brenda	696	–	18
24	Margaret	669	–	21
25	Judith	638	–	30
26	Elizabeth	626	↑2	20
27	Gail	576	↑3	37
28	Laura	549	↑7	45
29	Catherine	547	↑2	32
30	Christine	547	↓8	43
31	Beverly	525	↓2	31
32	Marilyn	500	–	35
33	Robin	493	new	41
34	Judy	485	↓7	29
35	Joyce	484	↓2	28
36	Ann	479	↑2	44
37	Kathryn	465	–	51
38	Paula	450	↑4	38
39	Rebecca	437	↓5	26
40	Lynn	434	↑7	63
41	Connie	427	↑9	39
42	Julie	426	↑3	70
43	Ruth	423	↑1	66
44	Vicki	418	new	50
45	Bonnie	414	↓9	52
46	Sally	407	↓3	84
47	Theresa	407	new	47
48	Jane	404	↓9	49
49	Peggy	399	–	48
50	Shirley	395	↓9	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	4,898	–	1
2	David	4,402	–	5
3	Robert	4,271	–	2
4	James	3,951	–	3
5	John	3,466	–	4
6	Richard	2,775	–	7
7	Thomas	2,734	↑1	8
8	William	2,668	↓1	6
9	Mark	2,476	↑1	12
10	Gary	2,168	↓1	9
11	Steven	1,765	↑2	11
12	Daniel	1,642	↑3	18
13	Donald	1,559	↓1	14
14	Charles	1,541	–	10
15	Ronald	1,477	↑1	15
16	Kenneth	1,445	↑1	17
17	Dennis	1,390	↓6	21
18	Joseph	1,284	↑1	13
19	Paul	1,250	↓1	16
20	Timothy	1,231	–	26
21	Gregory	1,220	↑1	25
22	Larry	1,047	↓1	19
23	Douglas	1,009	–	29
24	Jeffrey	934	↑1	23
25	Kevin	842	↑19	28
26	Terry	821	↑4	27
27	Edward	803	↓1	22
28	Randy	802	↑3	33
29	Stephen	780	↓2	20
30	Bruce	753	↓6	30
31	Patrick	704	↑1	38
32	George	679	↓4	24
33	Gerald	633	–	44
34	Roger	604	↓5	34
35	Keith	591	↑4	45
36	Dale	571	↓2	50
37	Brian	562	↑4	48
38	Lawrence	547	↓3	39
39	Raymond	539	↓2	35
40	Anthony	532	↓2	32
41	Scott	519	↑6	40
42	Craig	504	↑3	51
43	Frank	458	–	36
44	Jerry	444	↓8	31
45	Alan	443	↓3	43
46	Peter	423	–	37
47	Jack	404	↓7	57
48	Randall	373	new	55
49	Carl	371	↓1	47
50	Christopher	367	↓1	64

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