Popular baby names in Michigan, 1961

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1961 were Mary for girls (2,344 babies) and David for boys (4,220). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 180,086 babies born in Michigan in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1961

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: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Barb: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sue: 350 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dawn: 870 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kris: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kristine: 108 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 278 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	2,344	–	1
2	Karen	1,869	–	5
3	Susan	1,817	–	3
4	Linda	1,758	–	4
5	Lisa	1,602	↑2	2
6	Lori	1,375	–	14
7	Julie	1,295	↑4	23
8	Kimberly	1,279	↑1	22
9	Patricia	1,190	↓4	6
10	Sandra	1,129	↑4	9
11	Nancy	1,127	↓1	16
12	Brenda	1,078	↑5	11
13	Cheryl	1,071	↓1	20
14	Pamela	1,070	↓1	15
15	Debra	1,048	↓7	13
16	Barbara	1,040	↑2	12
17	Cynthia	1,016	↓2	8
18	Deborah	1,011	↓2	10
19	Michelle	953	↑13	34
20	Diane	923	↓1	26
21	Laura	912	↑1	21
22	Carol	897	↑2	24
23	Donna	887	↓3	7
24	Denise	873	↓3	30
25	Dawn	870	↑5	49
26	Kathleen	808	↓1	29
27	Kathy	807	↓4	25
28	Sharon	787	↓2	17
29	Tammy	780	↑5	28
30	Elizabeth	720	↑3	19
31	Cindy	692	↓4	33
32	Robin	660	↑3	27
33	Kim	659	↓5	36
34	Debbie	655	↓3	31
35	Kelly	649	↑5	45
36	Laurie	632	↓7	43
37	Theresa	594	↑2	35
38	Janet	582	↓2	32
39	Teresa	580	↓2	18
40	Christine	563	↓2	39
41	Tina	518	↑8	41
42	Catherine	490	↑1	48
43	Ann	486	↓2	54
44	Rebecca	463	new	44
45	Renee	457	new	79
46	Margaret	454	↓2	40
47	Jacqueline	452	new	37
48	Connie	445	new	50
49	Amy	435	new	69
50	Carolyn	424	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	4,220	–	2
2	Michael	4,149	–	1
3	John	3,642	↑3	3
4	Robert	3,410	↑1	5
5	Mark	3,297	↓2	6
6	James	3,201	↓2	4
7	Thomas	2,024	–	9
8	William	2,014	–	7
9	Jeffrey	1,825	↑4	11
10	Steven	1,797	–	10
11	Richard	1,773	↓2	8
12	Kevin	1,664	–	14
13	Timothy	1,566	↓2	15
14	Daniel	1,550	–	17
15	Brian	1,531	–	20
16	Scott	1,514	↑3	19
17	Paul	1,324	–	18
18	Joseph	1,228	–	12
19	Kenneth	1,223	↓3	16
20	Charles	1,079	↑2	13
21	Gregory	1,060	↑3	23
22	Gary	1,056	↑1	21
23	Donald	1,044	↓3	22
24	Ronald	1,042	↓3	24
25	Douglas	1,015	–	28
26	Christopher	857	↑1	26
27	Anthony	801	↑3	25
28	Dennis	750	↓2	34
29	Craig	736	↓1	43
30	Edward	688	↑2	29
31	Keith	670	–	35
32	Patrick	670	↑1	39
33	Larry	630	↑1	30
34	Todd	613	new	46
35	Mike	609	↑2	36
36	Eric	595	↑4	38
37	Randy	594	↓8	33
38	Terry	578	↓3	32
39	Stephen	577	–	27
40	Bruce	570	↓4	40
41	Jeff	556	↑2	49
42	Jeffery	533	↑4	50
43	Matthew	516	↑1	59
44	Steve	501	↓3	45
45	Gerald	491	↓3	62
46	Dale	490	↓8	58
47	George	441	↓2	31
48	Raymond	412	new	48
49	Peter	408	↓1	42
50	Roger	404	↓3	47

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