1953
Top Baby Names of 1953
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1953
1
Mary 64,390 2
Linda 61,281 3
Deborah 52,199 4
Patricia 51,021 5
Susan 44,297 6
Barbara 38,474 7
Debra 36,855 8
Nancy 30,620 9
Karen 29,858 10
Pamela 25,759 11
Sandra 25,500 12
Cynthia 25,138 13
Donna 24,226 14
Kathleen 23,731 15
Sharon 23,041 16
Carol 22,291 17
Diane 21,350 18
Brenda 20,123 19
Janet 17,771 20
Margaret 16,196 21
Elizabeth 16,098 22
Janice 14,627 23
Kathy 13,400 24
Rebecca 12,961 25
Carolyn 12,918 26
Joyce 12,797 27
Judy 12,736 28
Cheryl 12,265 29
Shirley 12,149 30
Judith 11,968 31
Denise 11,950 32
Christine 11,793 33
Betty 11,369 34
Beverly 11,240 35
Catherine 10,848 36
Marilyn 10,742 37
Joan 9,774 38
Gloria 9,680 39
Gail 9,586 40
Paula 9,557 41
Martha 9,263 42
Teresa 8,932 43
Jane 8,913 44
Peggy 8,762 45
Bonnie 8,615 46
Ann 8,579 47
Connie 8,575 48
Kathryn 8,324 49
Dorothy 8,163 50
Theresa 7,715 51
Laura 7,628 52
Jean 7,571 53
Virginia 7,546 54
Jo 7,513 55
Diana 7,439 56
Cathy 7,300 57
Wanda 7,205 58
Jacqueline 7,131 59
Rose 7,004 60
Sheila 6,964 61
Vicki 6,821 62
Ruth 6,582 63
Katherine 6,559 64
Rita 6,284 65
Helen 6,123 66
Robin 6,038 67
Lynn 5,997 68
Maria 5,992 69
Phyllis 5,962 70
Sherry 5,935 71
Joanne 5,890 72
Frances 5,786 73
Alice 5,740 74
Julie 5,668 75
Darlene 5,591 76
Ellen 5,537 77
Elaine 5,495 78
Suzanne 5,472 79
Vickie 5,296 80
Anne 5,256 81
Sally 5,183 82
Victoria 5,164 83
Marsha 5,132 84
Marcia 5,062 85
Rhonda 5,029 86
Marie 4,955 87
Doris 4,900 88
Valerie 4,591 89
Anita 4,408 90
Roberta 4,299 91
Lois 4,220 92
Maureen 4,112 93
Sarah 4,085 94
Evelyn 4,064 95
Constance 4,030 96
Leslie 3,904 97
Jeanne 3,853 98
Anna 3,837 99
Cindy 3,825 100
Charlotte 3,814 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1953
1
Robert 86,245 2
James 86,071 3
Michael 84,202 4
John 80,167 5
David 76,119 6
William 61,830 7
Richard 58,389 8
Thomas 47,009 9
Charles 38,420 10
Gary 36,966 11
Steven 33,724 12
Mark 29,343 13
Joseph 29,267 14
Donald 28,360 15
Ronald 27,714 16
Paul 25,509 17
Kenneth 25,507 18
Larry 25,207 19
Dennis 23,658 20
Daniel 23,499 21
Stephen 21,808 22
George 19,177 23
Edward 18,984 24
Gregory 16,160 25
Jeffrey 15,950 26
Timothy 15,188 27
Douglas 14,139 28
Bruce 14,048 29
Jerry 13,902 30
Terry 13,259 31
Roger 13,171 32
Anthony 11,694 33
Frank 11,180 34
Raymond 11,110 35
Randy 10,665 36
Kevin 10,011 37
Lawrence 9,856 38
Peter 9,730 39
Patrick 9,469 40
Wayne 8,905 41
Danny 8,627 42
Gerald 8,619 43
Alan 8,454 44
Carl 7,829 45
Walter 7,509 46
Scott 7,489 47
Keith 7,376 48
Dale 7,349 49
Willie 7,057 50
Arthur 7,000 51
Ricky 6,888 52
Johnny 6,717 53
Brian 6,666 54
Henry 6,663 55
Roy 6,656 56
Harold 6,581 57
Jack 6,539 58
Rodney 6,536 59
Ralph 6,513 60
Craig 6,460 61
Philip 6,279 62
Stanley 6,275 63
Christopher 6,081 64
Randall 5,973 65
Billy 5,856 66
Joe 5,797 67
Glenn 5,727 68
Andrew 5,625 69
Albert 5,439 70
Samuel 5,423 71
Russell 5,374 72
Jimmy 5,310 73
Barry 5,181 74
Bobby 5,179 75
Eugene 5,147 76
Phillip 5,102 77
Louis 4,986 78
Howard 4,985 79
Ronnie 4,969 80
Frederick 4,865 81
Allen 4,856 82
Martin 4,778 83
Harry 4,580 84
Steve 4,539 85
Leonard 4,412 86
Curtis 4,353 87
Ernest 4,096 88
Micheal 3,987 89
Eric 3,929 90
Francis 3,875 91
Melvin 3,813 92
Fred 3,790 93
Lee 3,584 94
Marvin 3,564 95
Tommy 3,469 96
Earl 3,437 97
Eddie 3,416 98
Norman 3,372 99
Jay 3,235 100
Vincent 3,173 About 1953 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1953, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.