Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1953

Robert and Mary topped the list in 1953. The 10 most popular names went to 33% of boys and 23% of girls, from 4,338 boy names and 6,495 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1953

  1. Robert 86,243
  2. James 86,066
  3. Michael 84,198
  4. John 80,165
  5. David 76,119
  6. William 61,829
  7. Richard 58,389
  8. Thomas 47,008
  9. Charles 38,421
  10. Gary 36,967
  11. Steven 33,721
  12. Mark 29,341
  13. Joseph 29,269
  14. Donald 28,361
  15. Ronald 27,713
  16. Paul 25,509
  17. Kenneth 25,507
  18. Larry 25,208
  19. Dennis 23,658
  20. Daniel 23,498
  21. Stephen 21,807
  22. George 19,176
  23. Edward 18,984
  24. Gregory 16,160
  25. Jeffrey 15,949
  26. Timothy 15,187
  27. Douglas 14,138
  28. Bruce 14,048
  29. Jerry 13,901
  30. Terry 13,259
  31. Roger 13,172
  32. Anthony 11,693
  33. Frank 11,180
  34. Raymond 11,110
  35. Randy 10,666
  36. Kevin 10,011
  37. Lawrence 9,856
  38. Peter 9,729
  39. Patrick 9,468
  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 7,375
  48. Dale 7,350
  49. Willie 7,056
  50. Arthur 7,001
  51. Ricky 6,887
  52. Johnny 6,717
  53. Brian 6,665
  54. Henry 6,662
  55. Roy 6,655
  56. Harold 6,580
  57. Jack 6,540
  58. Rodney 6,536
  59. Ralph 6,513
  60. Craig 6,459
  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 5,726
  68. Andrew 5,626
  69. Albert 5,439
  70. Samuel 5,423
  71. Russell 5,374
  72. Jimmy 5,310
  73. Barry 5,182
  74. Bobby 5,179
  75. Eugene 5,147
  76. Phillip 5,103
  77. Howard 4,985
  78. Louis 4,985
  79. Ronnie 4,970
  80. Frederick 4,865
  81. Allen 4,854
  82. Martin 4,778
  83. Harry 4,580
  84. Steve 4,539
  85. Leonard 4,412
  86. Curtis 4,353
  87. Ernest 4,095
  88. Micheal 3,987
  89. Eric 3,929
  90. Francis 3,875
  91. Melvin 3,811
  92. Fred 3,789
  93. Lee 3,583
  94. Marvin 3,564
  95. Tommy 3,469
  96. Earl 3,437
  97. Eddie 3,417
  98. Norman 3,372
  99. Jay 3,235
  100. Vincent 3,174

Top girl names of 1953

  1. Mary 64,389
  2. Linda 61,281
  3. Deborah 52,199
  4. Patricia 51,019
  5. Susan 44,297
  6. Barbara 38,473
  7. Debra 36,856
  8. Nancy 30,620
  9. Karen 29,858
  10. Pamela 25,760
  11. Sandra 25,500
  12. Cynthia 25,140
  13. Donna 24,227
  14. Kathleen 23,731
  15. Sharon 23,040
  16. Carol 22,290
  17. Diane 21,351
  18. Brenda 20,122
  19. Janet 17,771
  20. Margaret 16,195
  21. Elizabeth 16,099
  22. Janice 14,627
  23. Kathy 13,400
  24. Rebecca 12,959
  25. Carolyn 12,919
  26. Joyce 12,796
  27. Judy 12,735
  28. Cheryl 12,264
  29. Shirley 12,148
  30. Judith 11,969
  31. Denise 11,950
  32. Christine 11,793
  33. Betty 11,369
  34. Beverly 11,240
  35. Catherine 10,849
  36. Marilyn 10,742
  37. Joan 9,774
  38. Gloria 9,680
  39. Gail 9,585
  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 8,162
  50. Theresa 7,715
  51. Laura 7,628
  52. Jean 7,571
  53. Virginia 7,546
  54. Jo 7,513
  55. Diana 7,438
  56. Cathy 7,301
  57. Wanda 7,203
  58. Jacqueline 7,128
  59. Rose 7,004
  60. Sheila 6,965
  61. Vicki 6,821
  62. Ruth 6,582
  63. Katherine 6,559
  64. Rita 6,284
  65. Helen 6,123
  66. Robin 6,037
  67. Lynn 5,997
  68. Maria 5,992
  69. Phyllis 5,961
  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 5,496
  78. Suzanne 5,472
  79. Vickie 5,297
  80. Anne 5,256
  81. Sally 5,183
  82. Victoria 5,164
  83. Marsha 5,131
  84. Marcia 5,062
  85. Rhonda 5,029
  86. Marie 4,955
  87. Doris 4,900
  88. Valerie 4,591
  89. Anita 4,407
  90. Roberta 4,299
  91. Lois 4,219
  92. Maureen 4,112
  93. Sarah 4,086
  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 3,813

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1953?
Robert was the #1 boy name in 1953 (86,243 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (64,389 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1953?
Social Security records list 3,853,600 babies born in 1953 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,972,299 boys and 1,881,301 girls.