Popular baby names in Michigan, 1969

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1969 were Lisa for girls (2,240 babies) and Michael for boys (4,176). Social Security records list 149,881 babies born in Michigan in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1969

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: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lashawn: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 168 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jodie: 80 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Curt: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kurt: 201 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Michigan, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	2,240	–	1
2	Michelle	1,983	–	2
3	Kimberly	1,793	–	4
4	Jennifer	1,702	–	3
5	Amy	1,423	–	6
6	Kelly	1,112	–	15
7	Julie	1,101	–	12
8	Dawn	990	–	21
9	Melissa	908	↑4	5
10	Susan	902	–	11
11	Laura	875	↓2	10
12	Angela	874	↑4	7
13	Mary	843	↓2	8
14	Tammy	821	↓2	9
15	Karen	799	↓1	13
16	Christine	766	↓1	14
17	Tracy	761	↑4	17
18	Tina	700	↓1	22
19	Lori	688	↓1	20
20	Pamela	653	↓1	24
21	Wendy	649	↓1	29
22	Heather	627	new	34
23	Elizabeth	597	↑4	16
24	Patricia	581	↓2	18
25	Stephanie	563	↑10	19
26	Rebecca	557	–	28
27	Michele	518	↓3	30
28	Shannon	516	new	31
29	Cynthia	510	–	23
30	Deborah	497	↓7	27
31	Sandra	496	↓6	25
32	Cheryl	474	↓4	41
33	Denise	470	↓2	35
34	Linda	454	–	33
35	Brenda	443	↓2	38
36	Ann	408	↑2	57
37	Christina	401	↑9	37
38	Kathleen	401	↓6	42
39	Nicole	399	new	47
40	Jill	391	↓10	51
41	Theresa	384	–	49
42	Renee	383	↑1	67
43	Barbara	375	↓7	39
44	Tracey	368	new	65
45	Andrea	357	↑4	48
46	Kristin	357	new	76
47	Rhonda	356	↓5	44
48	Debra	354	↓8	43
49	Teresa	353	↓12	32
50	Donna	335	↓6	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	4,176	–	1
2	David	3,160	–	2
3	Robert	2,733	↑1	5
4	James	2,658	↓1	3
5	John	2,484	–	4
6	Scott	2,047	–	12
7	Jeffrey	1,794	↑2	11
8	Brian	1,778	–	9
9	Mark	1,692	↓2	8
10	Steven	1,562	↑1	14
11	William	1,538	↓1	6
12	Christopher	1,485	↑2	7
13	Richard	1,403	↓1	10
14	Thomas	1,344	↓1	13
15	Daniel	1,290	↑1	18
16	Timothy	1,267	↓1	17
17	Kevin	1,205	–	16
18	Matthew	1,175	↑1	24
19	Joseph	1,165	↑1	15
20	Paul	1,086	↓2	22
21	Todd	1,082	–	28
22	Eric	1,067	↑1	21
23	Anthony	944	↑2	20
24	Kenneth	919	↓2	23
25	Charles	863	↓1	19
26	Ronald	797	–	29
27	Gregory	770	↑1	26
28	Jason	679	new	25
29	Patrick	652	↓2	31
30	Douglas	635	–	34
31	Donald	631	↓2	30
32	Stephen	590	↓1	27
33	Andrew	577	–	33
34	Craig	532	↑4	39
35	Gary	530	↓3	35
36	Edward	484	↑1	32
37	Dennis	467	↓3	44
38	Keith	434	↓2	36
39	Jeffery	401	↓4	48
40	Troy	397	↑2	42
41	Larry	366	↓2	40
42	Bradley	361	new	53
43	Shawn	353	↑6	41
44	Sean	343	↓4	37
45	George	308	–	38
46	Gerald	299	–	65
47	Terry	298	–	52
48	Rodney	293	↓7	49
49	Peter	286	↓5	43
50	Bryan	280	new	51

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