Popular baby names in Michigan, 1956

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1956 were Mary for girls (3,155 babies) and Michael for boys (4,901). Social Security records list 194,065 babies born in Michigan in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1956

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

Girls

Pat: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 525 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shelly: 95 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Derrick: 107 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dave: 162 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Duane: 266 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ron: 79 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dan: 232 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	3,155	–	1
2	Susan	2,594	↑2	5
3	Linda	2,521	↑2	3
4	Debra	2,485	↓1	2
5	Karen	2,447	↑2	7
6	Deborah	2,353	↓4	4
7	Patricia	2,008	↓1	6
8	Cynthia	1,765	↑5	8
9	Nancy	1,590	–	11
10	Barbara	1,499	↓2	9
11	Pamela	1,473	↓1	12
12	Cheryl	1,454	↑2	18
13	Sandra	1,421	↓2	14
14	Diane	1,363	↓2	15
15	Kathleen	1,315	–	17
16	Sharon	1,311	↑2	13
17	Carol	1,236	–	16
18	Denise	1,230	↓2	23
19	Donna	1,025	–	10
20	Kathy	960	↑1	20
21	Janet	813	↓1	21
22	Brenda	806	↑1	19
23	Cindy	770	new	37
24	Robin	708	↑1	29
25	Janice	707	↓3	26
26	Kim	672	new	38
27	Elizabeth	627	–	22
28	Laura	623	↑3	34
29	Margaret	622	↓5	25
30	Christine	612	↓4	42
31	Theresa	606	↑2	32
32	Catherine	599	↓4	28
33	Cathy	581	↑13	36
34	Julie	568	↑1	48
35	Debbie	536	new	39
36	Gail	531	↓7	49
37	Lori	531	new	66
38	Dawn	525	↑4	92
39	Ann	519	↓2	46
40	Rebecca	517	↑7	27
41	Judith	502	↓11	45
42	Judy	492	↓8	35
43	Teresa	485	↑1	24
44	Sherry	469	↓1	54
45	Lisa	462	new	31
46	Lynn	461	↓10	58
47	Paula	455	↓9	47
48	Connie	452	↓7	43
49	Kimberly	450	new	74
50	Bonnie	445	↓18	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	4,901	–	1
2	David	4,431	–	4
3	Robert	4,138	–	3
4	James	3,972	–	2
5	John	3,676	–	5
6	Mark	3,166	–	8
7	William	2,646	↑1	6
8	Richard	2,551	↑1	7
9	Thomas	2,538	↓2	9
10	Steven	2,044	–	10
11	Gary	1,809	–	13
12	Daniel	1,732	–	18
13	Timothy	1,603	↑3	19
14	Ronald	1,573	↑1	15
15	Donald	1,543	↓1	14
16	Joseph	1,474	↑4	12
17	Paul	1,461	↑1	17
18	Charles	1,439	↑1	11
19	Kenneth	1,412	↓6	16
20	Dennis	1,316	↓3	26
21	Gregory	1,315	–	24
22	Kevin	1,269	↑2	22
23	Jeffrey	1,244	↓1	20
24	Douglas	1,156	↓1	29
25	Brian	1,087	↑5	32
26	Larry	1,034	↓1	21
27	Randy	873	↓1	28
28	Edward	835	↑1	25
29	Bruce	818	↑2	33
30	Stephen	803	↓3	23
31	Terry	788	↓3	31
32	Scott	777	↑4	34
33	Keith	746	↓1	36
34	Patrick	737	↓1	40
35	Anthony	650	↑2	30
36	George	640	↓2	27
37	Gerald	603	↓2	49
38	Dale	582	↑1	50
39	Lawrence	538	↑1	42
40	Raymond	519	↑1	39
41	Craig	508	↑1	51
42	Jerry	474	↑1	35
43	Christopher	469	↑4	47
44	Jeffery	463	new	57
45	Roger	463	↓7	41
46	Peter	445	–	37
47	Alan	441	↓3	44
48	Frank	427	↓3	38
49	Carl	413	↓1	48
50	Randall	385	new	54

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