Popular baby names in Michigan, 1960

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1960 were Mary for girls (2,517 babies) and David for boys (4,289). Social Security records list 182,726 babies born in Michigan in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1960

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, 5.3× the national rate
Barb: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sue: 435 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 721 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 314 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrance: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	2,517	–	1
2	Karen	2,017	–	4
3	Susan	1,976	–	2
4	Linda	1,820	–	3
5	Patricia	1,371	–	7
6	Lori	1,301	↑8	20
7	Lisa	1,293	↑12	6
8	Debra	1,233	–	8
9	Kimberly	1,220	↑17	26
10	Nancy	1,202	↑2	15
11	Julie	1,197	↑2	28
12	Cheryl	1,146	↓3	17
13	Pamela	1,131	↓3	14
14	Sandra	1,110	↑2	11
15	Cynthia	1,109	↓9	9
16	Deborah	1,096	↓9	10
17	Brenda	1,080	↑7	13
18	Barbara	1,043	↓1	12
19	Diane	1,043	↓8	22
20	Donna	1,005	↓2	5
21	Denise	989	↓1	29
22	Laura	964	↑5	25
23	Kathy	949	↓8	21
24	Carol	946	↓1	23
25	Kathleen	908	↓3	27
26	Sharon	834	↓1	16
27	Cindy	780	↓6	30
28	Kim	763	↑1	34
29	Laurie	729	↑10	37
30	Dawn	721	–	57
31	Debbie	717	↓3	24
32	Michelle	715	↑2	39
33	Elizabeth	666	↓1	18
34	Tammy	666	↓1	31
35	Robin	661	–	33
36	Janet	648	↓5	32
37	Teresa	618	–	19
38	Christine	571	↑6	40
39	Theresa	564	↓3	35
40	Kelly	545	new	52
41	Ann	521	↑2	51
42	Janice	504	↓1	41
43	Catherine	489	↑2	42
44	Margaret	477	↓6	36
45	Lynn	474	↑3	64
46	Beth	444	new	72
47	Terri	437	↓7	49
48	Sue	435	↓2	>100
49	Tina	431	new	45
50	Jill	422	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	4,289	–	1
2	Michael	3,940	–	2
3	Mark	3,422	–	6
4	James	3,416	–	3
5	Robert	3,279	–	5
6	John	3,222	–	4
7	Thomas	2,120	–	9
8	William	2,033	–	7
9	Richard	1,889	–	8
10	Steven	1,837	↑1	10
11	Timothy	1,837	↓1	11
12	Kevin	1,796	–	15
13	Jeffrey	1,601	↑2	14
14	Daniel	1,571	–	17
15	Brian	1,499	↓2	20
16	Kenneth	1,401	–	16
17	Paul	1,344	–	18
18	Joseph	1,286	–	12
19	Scott	1,285	↑3	23
20	Donald	1,173	↓1	19
21	Ronald	1,164	–	21
22	Charles	1,082	↑1	13
23	Gary	1,071	↓3	22
24	Gregory	1,066	–	24
25	Douglas	907	↑1	30
26	Dennis	866	↓1	31
27	Christopher	804	↑5	29
28	Craig	752	↑6	41
29	Randy	734	↓1	32
30	Anthony	730	↓1	25
31	Keith	715	–	35
32	Edward	693	↑1	26
33	Patrick	677	↓3	45
34	Larry	658	↓7	28
35	Terry	622	–	34
36	Bruce	588	–	39
37	Mike	584	↑1	36
38	Dale	571	↑2	54
39	Stephen	561	↓2	27
40	Eric	536	↑1	44
41	Steve	531	↓2	43
42	Gerald	520	↑1	62
43	Jeff	503	↑1	49
44	Matthew	501	↑3	61
45	George	454	↓3	33
46	Jeffery	452	↑2	55
47	Roger	443	new	47
48	Peter	439	new	42
49	Jerry	438	↓4	37
50	Tim	436	↓4	60

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