Michigan ★ 1956

Top names in Michigan, 1956

Mary led for girls with 3,155 babies ; Michael for boys with 4,901. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,155
2	Susan	2,594
3	Linda	2,521
4	Debra	2,485
5	Karen	2,447
6	Deborah	2,353
7	Patricia	2,008
8	Cynthia	1,765
9	Nancy	1,590
10	Barbara	1,499
11	Pamela	1,473
12	Cheryl	1,454
13	Sandra	1,421
14	Diane	1,363
15	Kathleen	1,315
16	Sharon	1,311
17	Carol	1,236
18	Denise	1,230
19	Donna	1,025
20	Kathy	960
21	Janet	813
22	Brenda	806
23	Cindy	770
24	Robin	708
25	Janice	707
26	Kim	672
27	Elizabeth	627
28	Laura	623
29	Margaret	622
30	Christine	612
31	Theresa	606
32	Catherine	599
33	Cathy	581
34	Julie	568
35	Debbie	536
36	Gail	531
36	Lori	531
38	Dawn	525
39	Ann	519
40	Rebecca	517
41	Judith	502
42	Judy	492
43	Teresa	485
44	Sherry	469
45	Lisa	462
46	Lynn	461
47	Paula	455
48	Connie	452
49	Kimberly	450
50	Bonnie	445
51	Laurie	438
52	Kathryn	424
53	Joyce	419
54	Sheila	413
55	Beverly	407
56	Jane	401
57	Darlene	394
58	Vicki	378
59	Peggy	373
60	Michelle	360
61	Renee	357
62	Diana	355
62	Katherine	355
64	Jean	354
65	Jill	353
65	Ruth	353
67	Suzanne	350
68	Terri	341
69	Joan	340
70	Michele	333
71	Sue	332
72	Valerie	329
73	Sheryl	326
74	Colleen	322
75	Marilyn	321
75	Vickie	321
77	Carolyn	319
78	Marcia	316
79	Shirley	314
80	Tina	312
81	Sally	311
82	Rose	310
83	Rhonda	309
84	Victoria	307
85	Betty	306
86	Beth	292
87	Anne	290
88	Jacqueline	284
89	Terry	283
90	Wendy	282
91	Elaine	280
92	Martha	266
93	Gloria	260
94	Annette	254
95	Jo	249
96	Marie	244
97	Anita	228
98	Dorothy	224
98	Maureen	224
98	Yvonne	224

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,901
2	David	4,431
3	Robert	4,138
4	James	3,972
5	John	3,676
6	Mark	3,166
7	William	2,646
8	Richard	2,551
9	Thomas	2,538
10	Steven	2,044
11	Gary	1,809
12	Daniel	1,732
13	Timothy	1,603
14	Ronald	1,573
15	Donald	1,543
16	Joseph	1,474
17	Paul	1,461
18	Charles	1,439
19	Kenneth	1,412
20	Dennis	1,316
21	Gregory	1,315
22	Kevin	1,269
23	Jeffrey	1,244
24	Douglas	1,156
25	Brian	1,087
26	Larry	1,034
27	Randy	873
28	Edward	835
29	Bruce	818
30	Stephen	803
31	Terry	788
32	Scott	777
33	Keith	746
34	Patrick	737
35	Anthony	650
36	George	640
37	Gerald	603
38	Dale	582
39	Lawrence	538
40	Raymond	519
41	Craig	508
42	Jerry	474
43	Christopher	469
44	Jeffery	463
44	Roger	463
46	Peter	445
47	Alan	441
48	Frank	427
49	Carl	413
50	Randall	385
51	Jack	380
52	Russell	374
53	Martin	344
54	Wayne	343
55	Rodney	329
56	Matthew	320
57	Rick	319
58	Steve	313
59	Ricky	305
60	Eric	299
61	Walter	286
62	Andrew	285
63	Philip	284
64	Phillip	279
65	Danny	278
65	Kim	278
67	Glenn	269
67	Harold	269
69	Duane	266
70	Micheal	264
71	Arthur	258
71	Mike	258
73	Ralph	254
74	Frederick	239
75	Dan	232
76	Stanley	222
77	Barry	220
78	Dean	218
79	Kurt	215
80	Gordon	212
80	Henry	212
82	Roy	206
83	Allen	197
84	Bradley	196
85	Norman	193
86	Chris	191
87	Leonard	188
88	Curtis	184
88	Joe	184
90	Jerome	178
91	Jeff	177
91	Louis	177
93	Howard	175
94	Joel	174
95	Theodore	173
96	Jim	167
97	Lee	165
98	Darrell	164
99	Jon	163
100	Dave	162