Popular baby names in Michigan, 1964

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1964 were Lisa for girls (2,308 babies) and Michael for boys (3,800). Social Security records list 162,396 babies born in Michigan in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1964

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: 72 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sue: 203 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dawn: 1,146 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jodie: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 278 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Duane: 223 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dave: 136 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	2,308	–	1
2	Mary	1,983	–	2
3	Kimberly	1,583	↑3	6
4	Susan	1,537	–	3
5	Karen	1,413	↓2	4
6	Julie	1,267	↑2	17
7	Dawn	1,146	↑18	33
8	Michelle	1,104	↑1	23
9	Linda	1,100	↓2	8
10	Patricia	1,070	↑1	5
11	Lori	1,059	↓6	15
12	Laura	994	↓2	14
13	Deborah	880	–	12
14	Tammy	868	↑3	10
15	Pamela	849	–	11
16	Kelly	801	↑5	35
17	Brenda	785	↓1	18
18	Cheryl	780	↑2	29
19	Sandra	769	↓7	13
20	Cynthia	752	↓1	9
21	Barbara	746	↓3	19
22	Nancy	738	↓8	26
23	Kathleen	729	↑1	30
24	Donna	722	↑3	7
25	Diane	704	↑3	32
26	Christine	699	–	28
27	Denise	696	↓5	25
28	Debra	691	↓5	24
29	Robin	641	↑3	27
30	Elizabeth	635	↑1	16
31	Amy	610	↑9	44
32	Tina	603	↑3	34
33	Carol	596	↓3	36
34	Sharon	558	↓5	20
35	Jennifer	548	↑6	31
36	Theresa	538	↑1	38
37	Teresa	537	↓4	21
38	Ann	523	↑4	60
39	Kathy	514	↓5	39
40	Jill	496	↑6	61
41	Angela	483	new	22
42	Tracy	472	↑8	40
43	Kim	455	↓5	42
44	Renee	453	–	71
45	Wendy	449	new	55
46	Jacqueline	447	new	37
47	Laurie	432	↓11	59
48	Janet	425	↓5	48
49	Rebecca	415	new	46
50	Paula	409	↓2	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	3,800	–	1
2	David	3,636	–	3
3	John	3,551	–	2
4	Robert	3,280	–	5
5	James	3,074	–	4
6	Mark	2,402	–	6
7	Scott	1,780	↑1	14
8	William	1,768	↑2	7
9	Jeffrey	1,758	–	10
10	Thomas	1,727	↓3	9
11	Steven	1,717	↑2	12
12	Richard	1,654	↓1	8
13	Kevin	1,548	↓1	13
14	Timothy	1,534	↑1	15
15	Brian	1,508	↓1	20
16	Paul	1,358	–	16
17	Daniel	1,324	–	19
18	Joseph	1,294	–	11
19	Kenneth	1,158	–	18
20	Todd	1,125	–	28
21	Ronald	994	–	24
22	Christopher	949	↑4	23
23	Gregory	946	–	22
24	Charles	925	↓2	17
25	Donald	863	↓1	25
26	Patrick	844	↑3	30
27	Douglas	798	–	31
28	Gary	798	↓3	26
29	Eric	765	↑2	32
30	Anthony	754	↓2	21
31	Matthew	623	↑2	43
32	Edward	607	–	27
33	Keith	581	↓3	34
34	Stephen	572	↑1	29
35	Craig	548	↑2	48
36	Dennis	527	–	42
37	Randy	493	↑3	38
38	Terry	493	↓4	35
39	Andrew	472	↑4	37
40	Larry	454	↑1	36
41	Jeffery	450	↓2	45
42	Bruce	398	↓4	46
43	Jeff	394	↑1	52
44	Raymond	391	new	44
45	Gerald	385	–	60
46	George	379	↑4	33
47	Peter	376	↓1	39
48	Dale	359	–	72
49	Mike	353	↓7	47
50	Frank	347	new	41

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