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Baby names in Michigan, 1960s

1960–1969 · 1,612,544 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Michigan across the 1960s, with 39,956 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,612,544 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Michigan in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Bethany568
Deb110
Donyale30
Barb251
Kristyn59
Kirt151
Krystal184
Sue2,047

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael39,956
#2David36,650
#3John30,746
#4Robert30,431
#5James30,142
#6Mark24,208
#7Lisa22,324
#8Scott17,564
#9Jeffrey17,560
#10Thomas17,227
#11William17,179
#12Mary16,921
#13Steven16,455
#14Kimberly16,416
#15Richard16,076
#16Brian15,904
#17Timothy15,448
#18Kevin14,998
#19Karen14,318
#20Susan14,219
#21Daniel14,018
#22Michelle13,261
#23Paul12,742
#24Joseph12,219
#25Julie11,645

Other decades in Michigan

All Michigan names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org