Popular baby names in Michigan, 1955

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1955 were Mary for girls (3,144 babies) and Michael for boys (4,792). Social Security records list 185,388 babies born in Michigan in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1955

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: 421 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shelly: 74 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Luanne: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Janine: 69 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kim: 356 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tom: 141 babies, 2× the national rate
Dave: 99 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	3,144	–	1
2	Deborah	2,792	–	2
3	Debra	2,657	↑2	4
4	Susan	2,568	↓1	5
5	Linda	2,469	↓1	3
6	Patricia	2,273	–	6
7	Karen	1,920	–	8
8	Barbara	1,652	–	7
9	Nancy	1,605	–	9
10	Pamela	1,515	–	12
11	Sandra	1,417	–	13
12	Diane	1,409	↑1	14
13	Cynthia	1,402	↓1	11
14	Cheryl	1,380	↑3	19
15	Kathleen	1,328	↓1	17
16	Denise	1,302	–	23
17	Carol	1,260	↓2	15
18	Sharon	1,101	–	16
19	Donna	965	↑1	10
20	Janet	887	↓1	20
21	Kathy	815	↑1	22
22	Janice	733	↓1	25
23	Brenda	667	–	18
24	Margaret	640	–	24
25	Robin	626	↑8	33
26	Christine	612	↑4	40
27	Elizabeth	578	↓1	21
28	Catherine	569	↑1	28
29	Gail	568	↓2	42
30	Judith	551	↓5	31
31	Laura	546	↓3	41
32	Bonnie	489	↑13	45
33	Theresa	480	↑14	38
34	Judy	476	–	32
35	Julie	470	↑7	67
36	Lynn	465	↑4	62
37	Ann	453	↓1	43
38	Paula	449	–	39
39	Beverly	438	↓8	34
40	Joyce	438	↓5	29
41	Connie	428	–	35
42	Dawn	421	new	>100
43	Sherry	412	new	56
44	Teresa	412	new	26
45	Kathryn	411	↓8	59
46	Cathy	399	new	44
47	Rebecca	399	↓8	27
48	Ruth	395	↓5	70
49	Peggy	393	–	51
50	Sheila	393	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	4,792	–	1
2	David	4,596	–	2
3	Robert	4,024	–	4
4	James	3,866	–	3
5	John	3,624	–	5
6	Mark	2,846	↑3	9
7	Thomas	2,694	–	8
8	William	2,620	–	6
9	Richard	2,583	↓3	7
10	Steven	2,065	↑1	10
11	Gary	1,948	↓1	12
12	Daniel	1,768	–	17
13	Kenneth	1,516	↑3	15
14	Donald	1,459	↓1	14
15	Ronald	1,444	–	18
16	Timothy	1,436	↑4	22
17	Dennis	1,423	–	23
18	Paul	1,422	↑1	16
19	Charles	1,400	↓5	11
20	Joseph	1,370	↓2	13
21	Gregory	1,316	–	24
22	Jeffrey	1,125	↑2	20
23	Douglas	1,068	–	29
24	Kevin	1,012	↑1	27
25	Larry	1,011	↓3	19
26	Randy	932	↑2	30
27	Stephen	880	↑2	21
28	Terry	836	↓2	28
29	Edward	830	↓2	25
30	Brian	749	↑7	40
31	Bruce	704	↓1	32
32	Keith	703	↑3	39
33	Patrick	664	↓2	41
34	George	663	↓2	26
35	Gerald	612	↓2	48
36	Scott	596	↑5	38
37	Anthony	588	↑3	31
38	Roger	541	↓4	37
39	Dale	534	↓3	52
40	Lawrence	514	↓2	42
41	Raymond	501	↓2	36
42	Craig	463	–	50
43	Jerry	460	↑1	33
44	Alan	447	↑1	43
45	Frank	436	↓2	34
46	Peter	427	–	35
47	Christopher	424	↑3	49
48	Carl	370	↑1	47
49	Jack	360	↓2	60
50	Kim	356	new	98

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