Popular baby names in Michigan, 1966

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1966 were Lisa for girls (2,687 babies) and Michael for boys (3,877). Social Security records list 152,648 babies born in Michigan in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1966

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: 74 babies, 4× the national rate
Ursula: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 151 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 268 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	2,687	–	1
2	Kimberly	2,209	–	2
3	Michelle	1,690	↑4	4
4	Mary	1,382	↓1	3
5	Karen	1,242	↓1	5
6	Susan	1,190	↓1	6
7	Julie	1,128	↓1	13
8	Dawn	1,098	–	24
9	Tammy	960	↑7	8
10	Kelly	901	↑1	26
11	Amy	857	↑8	30
12	Laura	853	–	19
13	Lori	834	↓3	21
14	Christine	816	↑3	20
15	Patricia	785	↓6	7
16	Jennifer	763	↑14	10
17	Deborah	741	↓3	14
18	Pamela	729	↓3	15
19	Cheryl	722	↑3	34
20	Sandra	718	–	17
21	Tina	717	↑6	23
22	Linda	677	↓9	18
23	Cynthia	669	↓5	11
24	Angela	662	–	9
25	Tracy	621	↑11	31
26	Wendy	613	↑5	41
27	Denise	610	↓2	32
28	Barbara	606	–	27
29	Brenda	597	↓8	25
30	Elizabeth	590	↓4	16
31	Michele	579	↑12	36
32	Donna	559	↓3	12
33	Kathleen	554	↓10	37
34	Nancy	548	↓2	33
35	Jill	527	↑5	49
36	Melissa	525	new	22
37	Debra	514	↓3	35
38	Teresa	505	↓3	29
39	Rebecca	489	↑5	40
40	Theresa	478	↓3	46
41	Diane	477	↓8	45
42	Carol	439	↓1	48
43	Robin	431	↓4	42
44	Rhonda	426	↑2	39
45	Sharon	423	↓7	28
46	Renee	414	↑2	66
47	Sherry	377	new	53
48	Paula	371	new	50
49	Kim	370	↓7	43
50	Ann	364	↓3	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	3,877	–	1
2	David	3,406	–	2
3	James	3,035	↑1	3
4	John	2,934	↓1	4
5	Robert	2,818	–	5
6	Mark	1,930	–	7
7	Scott	1,773	↑4	16
8	Jeffrey	1,757	↓1	9
9	Brian	1,665	↑6	14
10	Timothy	1,657	↑2	11
11	Steven	1,610	↓2	13
12	William	1,591	↓2	6
13	Thomas	1,546	↓5	10
14	Richard	1,500	↓1	8
15	Kevin	1,444	↓1	17
16	Daniel	1,386	–	19
17	Christopher	1,305	↑2	12
18	Paul	1,226	↓1	18
19	Joseph	1,223	↓1	15
20	Todd	998	↑1	29
21	Kenneth	993	↓1	21
22	Ronald	918	–	24
23	Charles	828	–	20
24	Gregory	826	↑1	23
25	Eric	819	↓1	25
26	Anthony	812	↑1	22
27	Donald	763	↓1	27
28	Matthew	750	↑2	34
29	Patrick	716	↑2	31
30	Gary	681	↓1	28
31	Douglas	673	↓3	33
32	Keith	614	↑1	32
33	Stephen	596	↑1	26
34	Edward	543	↓2	30
35	Craig	496	–	46
36	Andrew	487	↑3	36
37	Rodney	485	↓1	35
38	Jeffery	479	–	42
39	Dennis	473	↓2	44
40	Terry	412	↑2	40
41	Larry	369	–	38
42	Gerald	366	↑3	60
43	Randy	343	↓3	45
44	Peter	329	↓1	39
45	George	324	↑3	37
46	Bruce	323	–	53
47	Roger	313	new	51
48	Jerry	311	↑1	41
49	Raymond	309	↓5	47
50	Bryan	295	new	52

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