Popular baby names in Michigan, 1957

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1957 were Mary for girls (3,198 babies) and Michael for boys (4,931). Social Security records list 196,610 babies born in Michigan in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1957

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

Girls

Barb: 52 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dawn: 537 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sue: 460 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shawn: 66 babies, 2× the national rate
Margo: 49 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 246 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Duane: 276 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ken: 120 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Derrick: 100 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tom: 319 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	3,198	–	1
2	Susan	2,443	–	2
3	Karen	2,379	↑2	5
4	Linda	2,254	↓1	3
5	Debra	2,212	↓1	4
6	Cynthia	1,944	↑2	7
7	Deborah	1,832	↓1	6
8	Patricia	1,716	↓1	8
9	Nancy	1,472	–	11
10	Cheryl	1,460	↑2	16
11	Cindy	1,381	↑12	19
12	Pamela	1,372	↓1	12
13	Diane	1,328	↑1	17
14	Barbara	1,310	↓4	9
15	Sandra	1,286	↓2	15
16	Carol	1,282	↑1	18
17	Kathleen	1,149	↓2	21
18	Denise	1,121	–	25
19	Kathy	1,079	↑1	20
20	Sharon	1,074	↓4	14
21	Brenda	1,065	↑1	13
22	Julie	988	↑12	28
23	Donna	975	↓4	10
24	Laura	779	↑4	31
25	Kim	775	↑1	35
26	Janet	766	↓5	23
27	Lori	761	↑10	45
28	Debbie	750	↑7	27
29	Robin	701	↓5	30
30	Kimberly	667	↑19	42
31	Janice	636	↓6	32
32	Lisa	636	↑13	26
33	Elizabeth	627	↓6	22
34	Theresa	589	↓3	36
35	Catherine	572	↓3	37
36	Christine	561	↓6	41
37	Margaret	547	↓8	29
38	Judy	541	↑4	38
39	Dawn	537	↓1	93
40	Ann	511	↓1	44
41	Teresa	502	↑2	24
42	Cathy	494	↓9	39
43	Lynn	493	↑3	61
44	Laurie	486	new	73
45	Gail	482	↓9	54
46	Darlene	476	new	57
47	Sue	460	new	>100
48	Judith	457	↓7	53
49	Connie	437	↓1	47
50	Michelle	433	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	4,931	–	1
2	David	4,464	–	3
3	Robert	3,930	–	4
4	James	3,818	–	2
5	Mark	3,575	↑1	7
6	John	3,512	↓1	5
7	Thomas	2,577	↑2	9
8	Richard	2,472	–	8
9	William	2,457	↓2	6
10	Steven	2,053	–	10
11	Daniel	1,780	↑1	16
12	Timothy	1,609	↑1	19
13	Gary	1,578	↓2	13
14	Kevin	1,532	↑8	20
15	Ronald	1,499	↓1	17
16	Kenneth	1,487	↑3	14
17	Paul	1,448	–	18
18	Donald	1,427	↓3	15
19	Brian	1,349	↑6	26
20	Joseph	1,343	↓4	12
21	Gregory	1,288	–	23
22	Charles	1,268	↓4	11
23	Jeffrey	1,208	–	21
24	Dennis	1,175	↓4	28
25	Douglas	1,035	↓1	30
26	Larry	949	–	22
27	Randy	946	–	31
28	Scott	940	↑4	32
29	Edward	821	↓1	25
30	Stephen	793	–	24
31	Terry	786	–	33
32	Keith	775	↑1	36
33	Patrick	735	↑1	41
34	Bruce	710	↓5	34
35	Anthony	709	–	27
36	George	652	–	29
37	Gerald	587	–	51
38	Dale	550	–	50
39	Christopher	503	↑4	43
40	Lawrence	500	↓1	46
41	Steve	499	new	44
42	Craig	489	↓1	55
43	Roger	489	↑2	42
44	Frank	476	↑4	38
45	Jerry	466	↓3	35
46	Jeffery	457	↓2	52
47	Mike	452	new	53
48	Peter	446	↓2	37
49	Raymond	427	↓9	39
50	Alan	425	↓3	48

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