100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1953

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert +1 86,195
2 James -1 86,009
3 Michael +1 84,177
4 John -1 80,125
5 David 0 76,096
6 William 0 61,799
7 Richard 0 58,340
8 Thomas 0 46,971
9 Charles 0 38,401
10 Gary 0 36,938
11 Steven 0 33,703
12 Mark +5 29,319
13 Joseph -1 29,258
14 Donald -1 28,338
15 Ronald 0 27,704
16 Kenneth 0 25,503
17 Paul +2 25,491
18 Larry -4 25,204
19 Dennis -1 23,640
20 Daniel 0 23,490
21 Stephen 0 21,809
22 George 0 19,176
23 Edward 0 18,973
24 Gregory 0 16,149
25 Jeffrey +6 15,933
26 Timothy +1 15,176
27 Douglas +1 14,136
28 Bruce -3 14,032
29 Jerry -3 13,903
30 Terry -1 13,255
31 Roger -1 13,163
32 Anthony +2 11,694
33 Frank -1 11,160
34 Raymond -1 11,117
35 Randy +6 10,666
36 Kevin +7 10,008
37 Lawrence -2 9,847
38 Peter -2 9,730
39 Patrick -2 9,473
40 Wayne -2 8,903
41 Danny -1 8,622
42 Gerald -3 8,614
43 Alan -1 8,444
44 Carl +1 7,820
45 Walter -1 7,507
46 Scott +8 7,489
47 Keith +2 7,375
48 Dale -2 7,341
49 Willie -1 7,056
50 Arthur -3 6,996
51 Ricky +30 6,882
52 Johnny +1 6,707
53 Brian +11 6,661
54 Henry -4 6,660
55 Roy 0 6,651
56 Harold -5 6,582
57 Jack -5 6,538
58 Rodney +26 6,533
59 Ralph -3 6,513
60 Craig -1 6,460
61 Stanley -3 6,282
62 Philip -2 6,279
63 Christopher -6 6,066
64 Randall -2 5,966
65 Billy 0 5,847
66 Joe -3 5,802
67 Glenn -6 5,732
68 Andrew 0 5,623
69 Albert -3 5,436
70 Samuel -3 5,423
71 Russell -1 5,378
72 Jimmy -1 5,299
73 Bobby +4 5,181
74 Barry -5 5,177
75 Eugene -3 5,148
76 Phillip -2 5,100
77 Howard -4 4,984
78 Louis +1 4,984
79 Ronnie +3 4,961
80 Frederick -4 4,865
81 Allen -3 4,854
82 Martin -2 4,777
83 Harry -8 4,572
84 Steve +1 4,529
85 Leonard -2 4,418
86 Curtis 0 4,354
87 Ernest 0 4,098
88 Micheal +6 3,984
89 Eric -1 3,933
90 Francis -1 3,870
91 Melvin 0 3,814
92 Fred -2 3,783
93 Lee -1 3,587
94 Marvin +1 3,558
95 Tommy +2 3,469
96 Earl +2 3,434
97 Eddie -4 3,414
98 Norman -2 3,371
99 Jay +7 3,237
100 Rick +19 3,175
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary +1 64,372
2 Linda -1 61,275
3 Deborah +1 52,188
4 Patricia -1 51,013
5 Susan 0 44,285
6 Barbara 0 38,460
7 Debra +2 36,856
8 Nancy -1 30,606
9 Karen -1 29,853
10 Pamela +7 25,756
11 Sandra -1 25,494
12 Cynthia +6 25,133
13 Donna 0 24,227
14 Kathleen -3 23,728
15 Sharon -1 23,041
16 Carol -4 22,286
17 Diane -1 21,347
18 Brenda -3 20,132
19 Janet 0 17,768
20 Margaret +1 16,201
21 Elizabeth +1 16,092
22 Janice +1 14,615
23 Kathy +6 13,396
24 Rebecca +6 12,960
25 Carolyn -1 12,911
26 Joyce +1 12,794
27 Judy -1 12,728
28 Cheryl +3 12,266
29 Shirley -1 12,140
30 Judith -5 11,965
31 Denise +2 11,947
32 Christine -12 11,795
33 Betty -1 11,364
34 Beverly +1 11,233
35 Catherine -1 10,840
36 Marilyn +2 10,736
37 Joan 0 9,772
38 Gloria -2 9,679
39 Gail 0 9,581
40 Paula +7 9,553
41 Martha -1 9,260
42 Teresa +10 8,933
43 Jane -1 8,904
44 Peggy -1 8,760
45 Bonnie -4 8,609
46 Ann -1 8,576
47 Connie -3 8,573
48 Kathryn 0 8,321
49 Dorothy -3 8,154
50 Theresa +10 7,719
51 Laura +2 7,631
52 Jean -2 7,568
53 Virginia -4 7,546
54 Jo +1 7,516
55 Diana -4 7,441
56 Cathy 0 7,295
57 Wanda -3 7,202
58 Jacqueline 0 7,130
59 Rose +3 7,009
60 Sheila +4 6,958
61 Vicki 0 6,821
62 Ruth -5 6,577
63 Katherine -4 6,559
64 Rita +2 6,278
65 Helen -2 6,118
66 Robin +36 6,037
67 Lynn +4 5,997
68 Maria +4 5,982
69 Phyllis -4 5,963
70 Sherry -2 5,937
71 Joanne +7 5,883
72 Frances -5 5,783
73 Alice -4 5,740
74 Julie +11 5,664
75 Darlene +2 5,591
76 Ellen -6 5,536
77 Elaine -4 5,494
78 Suzanne +6 5,470
79 Vickie -3 5,293
80 Anne -1 5,256
81 Sally 0 5,181
82 Victoria -8 5,163
83 Marsha -8 5,131
84 Marcia -4 5,063
85 Rhonda +10 5,030
86 Marie -4 4,955
87 Doris -4 4,900
88 Valerie -1 4,587
89 Anita +2 4,405
90 Roberta -2 4,299
91 Lois -5 4,219
92 Maureen +2 4,109
93 Sarah 0 4,079
94 Evelyn -4 4,064
95 Constance -3 4,025
96 Leslie +8 3,905
97 Jeanne +1 3,853
98 Anna +3 3,837
99 Cindy +41 3,823
100 Sylvia -1 3,812