Popular baby names in Michigan, 1959

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1959 were Mary for girls (2,777 babies) and David for boys (4,397). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 186,594 babies born in Michigan in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1959

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: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sue: 471 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Pat: 99 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dawn: 735 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rene: 73 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 318 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kurt: 256 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	2,777	–	1
2	Karen	2,054	↑1	4
3	Susan	2,036	↓1	2
4	Linda	2,002	–	3
5	Patricia	1,538	↑1	6
6	Cynthia	1,348	↑4	8
7	Deborah	1,337	↑1	9
8	Debra	1,336	↓3	7
9	Cheryl	1,305	↓2	18
10	Pamela	1,288	↓1	12
11	Diane	1,219	–	19
12	Nancy	1,176	–	14
13	Julie	1,174	↑1	26
14	Lori	1,168	↑7	27
15	Kathy	1,140	↓2	15
16	Sandra	1,133	↑1	13
17	Barbara	1,120	↓2	11
18	Donna	1,067	↑6	5
19	Lisa	1,037	↑8	10
20	Denise	1,003	–	29
21	Cindy	999	↓5	25
22	Kathleen	987	↓3	23
23	Carol	979	↓5	22
24	Brenda	924	↓1	16
25	Sharon	917	↓3	17
26	Kimberly	892	↑3	33
27	Laura	885	↓2	30
28	Debbie	854	↓2	20
29	Kim	741	↑2	35
30	Dawn	735	↑10	54
31	Janet	724	↓3	28
32	Elizabeth	717	↓2	21
33	Tammy	638	↑10	31
34	Michelle	636	↑3	47
35	Robin	616	↑3	32
36	Theresa	594	↓2	34
37	Teresa	561	↑9	24
38	Margaret	558	↓2	36
39	Laurie	533	↑6	56
40	Terri	533	↑9	46
41	Janice	523	↓8	37
42	Cathy	521	↓1	39
43	Ann	513	↓4	44
44	Christine	506	↓9	43
45	Catherine	504	↓13	40
46	Sue	471	↑2	>100
47	Judy	469	↓5	41
48	Lynn	460	↓1	63
49	Rebecca	453	new	38
50	Annette	442	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	4,397	↑1	2
2	Michael	4,191	↓1	1
3	Mark	3,483	↑3	6
4	James	3,453	–	3
5	Robert	3,439	↓2	5
6	John	3,342	↓1	4
7	Thomas	2,258	–	9
8	William	2,144	–	7
9	Richard	2,139	–	8
10	Timothy	1,910	–	12
11	Steven	1,759	–	10
12	Kevin	1,603	↑2	14
13	Brian	1,592	–	22
14	Daniel	1,586	↓2	18
15	Jeffrey	1,464	↑6	16
16	Kenneth	1,388	–	15
17	Paul	1,384	↓2	17
18	Joseph	1,349	↑1	13
19	Donald	1,232	↓1	19
20	Gary	1,196	–	20
21	Ronald	1,157	↓4	21
22	Scott	1,146	↑1	24
23	Charles	1,129	↓1	11
24	Gregory	1,111	–	23
25	Dennis	1,012	–	29
26	Douglas	924	–	30
27	Larry	824	–	25
28	Randy	785	–	31
29	Anthony	745	↑1	26
30	Patrick	723	↑4	43
31	Keith	714	–	39
32	Christopher	701	↑5	35
33	Edward	701	↓4	27
34	Craig	687	↑11	44
35	Terry	675	↓3	33
36	Bruce	653	↓3	38
37	Stephen	642	↓2	28
38	Mike	639	↓2	37
39	Steve	599	–	41
40	Dale	555	↓2	49
41	Eric	507	↑2	46
42	George	489	↓2	32
43	Gerald	456	↓2	61
44	Jeff	452	new	52
45	Jerry	447	↓1	36
46	Tim	444	new	60
47	Matthew	440	↓5	63
48	Jeffery	432	new	55
49	Alan	431	new	50
50	Lawrence	421	↓1	62

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