Most popular baby names of 1954
Michael and Mary topped the list in 1954. The 10 most popular names went to 33% of boys and 23% of girls, from 4,359 boy names and 6,623 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 1954
- Michael 88,568
- Robert 86,331
- James 86,311
- John 81,168
- David 79,556
- William 61,426
- Richard 57,042
- Thomas 47,159
- Gary 37,920
- Charles 37,463
- Steven 36,628
- Mark 36,198
- Joseph 31,221
- Donald 29,279
- Ronald 27,625
- Paul 26,220
- Kenneth 26,186
- Daniel 25,275
- Larry 24,614
- Stephen 21,878
- Dennis 20,758
- Edward 19,493
- Jeffrey 19,052
- George 18,704
- Gregory 17,625
- Timothy 17,427
- Terry 15,553
- Kevin 15,322
- Douglas 14,703
- Bruce 14,155
- Jerry 13,681
- Anthony 13,124
- Randy 12,638
- Roger 11,717
- Raymond 11,242
- Frank 10,995
- Peter 10,085
- Patrick 9,927
- Lawrence 9,606
- Scott 9,457
- Wayne 9,175
- Danny 9,103
- Alan 8,711
- Gerald 8,552
- Keith 8,355
- Ricky 8,164
- Carl 8,137
- Brian 8,078
- Walter 7,486
- Dale 7,439
- Craig 7,180
- Arthur 6,856
- Willie 6,832
- Johnny 6,613
- Randall 6,549
- Roy 6,513
- Jack 6,475
- Stanley 6,448
- Henry 6,402
- Harold 6,359
- Ralph 6,311
- Philip 6,279
- Glenn 6,240
- Christopher 6,084
- Billy 6,033
- Rodney 5,959
- Joe 5,873
- Barry 5,844
- Russell 5,761
- Andrew 5,653
- Samuel 5,634
- Bobby 5,507
- Albert 5,428
- Jimmy 5,327
- Phillip 5,149
- Steve 5,062
- Eugene 5,033
- Ronnie 4,978
- Martin 4,968
- Howard 4,933
- Louis 4,848
- Allen 4,832
- Frederick 4,743
- Curtis 4,594
- Leonard 4,482
- Harry 4,354
- Ernest 4,202
- Micheal 4,178
- Eric 4,169
- Jeffery 3,935
- Eddie 3,766
- Melvin 3,711
- Fred 3,695
- Francis 3,686
- Darrell 3,643
- Lee 3,566
- Marvin 3,498
- Earl 3,424
- Norman 3,417
- Tommy 3,407
Top girl names of 1954
- Mary 68,019
- Linda 55,371
- Deborah 54,674
- Patricia 49,149
- Susan 47,162
- Debra 45,896
- Barbara 36,368
- Karen 32,456
- Nancy 30,270
- Cynthia 27,615
- Donna 27,429
- Pamela 27,361
- Sandra 26,061
- Kathleen 22,455
- Carol 22,247
- Sharon 22,220
- Diane 22,053
- Brenda 19,609
- Janet 18,477
- Elizabeth 16,584
- Margaret 15,226
- Cheryl 15,015
- Kathy 14,175
- Denise 13,716
- Janice 13,505
- Rebecca 13,208
- Carolyn 12,153
- Joyce 12,088
- Judy 11,632
- Judith 11,195
- Beverly 11,155
- Catherine 11,079
- Shirley 10,909
- Teresa 10,841
- Marilyn 10,814
- Betty 10,620
- Gail 9,726
- Paula 9,686
- Connie 9,636
- Joan 9,521
- Robin 9,044
- Gloria 8,923
- Christine 8,788
- Ann 8,751
- Laura 8,719
- Martha 8,596
- Theresa 8,509
- Peggy 8,454
- Jane 8,343
- Vicki 8,221
- Kathryn 8,137
- Bonnie 8,099
- Jo 8,052
- Rose 7,996
- Dorothy 7,789
- Jean 7,665
- Diana 7,624
- Wanda 7,447
- Cathy 7,207
- Sheila 7,202
- Virginia 7,176
- Sherry 7,120
- Lynn 6,780
- Katherine 6,740
- Maria 6,590
- Ruth 6,566
- Rita 6,536
- Jacqueline 6,522
- Vickie 6,367
- Julie 6,275
- Rhonda 6,100
- Helen 5,947
- Lisa 5,913
- Elaine 5,825
- Phyllis 5,763
- Darlene 5,510
- Ellen 5,457
- Joanne 5,435
- Marie 5,310
- Anne 5,298
- Alice 5,271
- Suzanne 5,236
- Frances 5,153
- Sally 5,078
- Victoria 4,978
- Marsha 4,966
- Valerie 4,917
- Terry 4,787
- Michele 4,763
- Marcia 4,744
- Cindy 4,714
- Debbie 4,664
- Doris 4,457
- Michelle 4,432
- Wendy 4,415
- Anita 4,408
- Maureen 4,370
- Laurie 4,290
- Leslie 4,147
- Terri 4,130
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 1954?
- Michael was the #1 boy name in 1954 (88,568 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (68,019 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 1954?
- Social Security records list 3,980,666 babies born in 1954 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,038,751 boys and 1,941,915 girls.