Popular baby names in Michigan, 1962

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1962 were Mary for girls (2,107 babies) and David for boys (4,037). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 170,428 babies born in Michigan in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1962

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: 49 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Barb: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sue: 279 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dawn: 752 babies, 2× the national rate
Chris: 127 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 229 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Duane: 238 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	2,107	–	2
2	Lisa	1,876	↑3	1
3	Karen	1,802	↓1	4
4	Susan	1,745	↓1	3
5	Linda	1,510	↓1	5
6	Kimberly	1,386	↑2	16
7	Lori	1,385	↓1	11
8	Julie	1,254	↓1	22
9	Patricia	1,026	–	6
10	Nancy	1,018	↑1	19
11	Pamela	986	↑3	13
12	Deborah	981	↑6	9
13	Laura	972	↑8	21
14	Brenda	971	↓2	12
15	Cynthia	949	↑2	8
16	Sandra	945	↓6	10
17	Barbara	932	↓1	14
18	Debra	914	↓3	15
19	Cheryl	893	↓6	24
20	Michelle	851	↓1	31
21	Diane	841	↓1	26
22	Donna	791	↑1	7
23	Denise	789	↑1	30
24	Kathy	771	↑3	27
25	Dawn	752	–	50
26	Kathleen	750	–	29
27	Sharon	746	↑1	17
28	Tammy	721	↑1	23
29	Carol	706	↓7	28
30	Kelly	702	↑5	38
31	Laurie	678	↑5	42
32	Elizabeth	661	↓2	20
33	Kim	629	–	37
34	Christine	628	↑6	39
35	Robin	620	↓3	25
36	Cindy	614	↓5	34
37	Teresa	563	↑2	18
38	Tina	559	↑3	33
39	Theresa	547	↓2	40
40	Debbie	545	↓6	32
41	Janet	499	↓3	35
42	Ann	490	↑1	56
43	Renee	463	↑2	76
44	Sherry	442	new	48
45	Margaret	440	↑1	43
46	Amy	438	↑3	61
47	Catherine	429	↓5	53
48	Tracy	418	new	55
49	Jill	416	new	72
50	Terri	416	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	4,037	–	2
2	Michael	3,999	–	1
3	John	3,240	–	3
4	Robert	3,170	–	5
5	James	3,098	↑1	4
6	Mark	2,933	↓1	6
7	Scott	1,937	↑9	11
8	Thomas	1,935	↓1	9
9	Jeffrey	1,864	–	10
10	William	1,742	↓2	7
11	Steven	1,627	↓1	12
12	Richard	1,618	↓1	8
13	Kevin	1,584	↓1	14
14	Brian	1,543	↑1	20
15	Timothy	1,529	↓2	16
16	Daniel	1,501	↓2	17
17	Kenneth	1,269	↑2	18
18	Joseph	1,224	–	13
19	Paul	1,193	↓2	19
20	Gregory	1,055	↑1	21
21	Ronald	1,036	↑3	25
22	Gary	1,002	–	22
23	Donald	985	–	23
24	Charles	976	↓4	15
25	Todd	919	↑9	30
26	Douglas	914	↓1	27
27	Christopher	816	↓1	26
28	Anthony	706	↓1	24
29	Patrick	646	↑3	40
30	Keith	626	↑1	36
31	Eric	604	↑5	33
32	Edward	588	↓2	29
33	Randy	575	↑4	35
34	Craig	572	↓5	51
35	Stephen	565	↑4	28
36	Dennis	559	↓8	37
37	Larry	551	↓4	31
38	Terry	544	–	34
39	Bruce	534	↑1	41
40	Jeff	533	↑1	44
41	Mike	514	↓6	39
42	Jeffery	513	–	45
43	Matthew	503	–	56
44	Steve	465	–	46
45	Raymond	423	↑3	48
46	Gerald	417	↓1	65
47	Alan	407	new	53
48	Roger	406	↑2	47
49	George	405	↓2	32
50	Dale	398	↓4	62

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