Top names of 1953

Girls

1Mary64,389▲ 1 2Linda61,281▼ 1 3Deborah52,199▲ 1 4Patricia51,019▼ 1 5Susan44,297– 6Barbara38,473– 7Debra36,856▲ 2 8Nancy30,620▼ 1 9Karen29,858▼ 1 10Pamela25,760▲ 7 11Sandra25,500▼ 1 12Cynthia25,140▲ 6 13Donna24,227– 14Kathleen23,731▼ 3 15Sharon23,040▼ 1 16Carol22,290▼ 4 17Diane21,351▼ 1 18Brenda20,122▼ 3 19Janet17,771– 20Margaret16,195▲ 1 21Elizabeth16,099▲ 1 22Janice14,627▲ 1 23Kathy13,400▲ 6 24Rebecca12,959▲ 6 25Carolyn12,919▼ 1 26Joyce12,796▲ 1 27Judy12,735▼ 1 28Cheryl12,264▲ 3 29Shirley12,148▼ 1 30Judith11,969▼ 5 31Denise11,950▲ 2 32Christine11,793▼ 12 33Betty11,369▼ 1 34Beverly11,240▲ 1 35Catherine10,849▼ 1 36Marilyn10,742▲ 2 37Joan9,774– 38Gloria9,680▼ 2 39Gail9,585– 40Paula9,557▲ 7 41Martha9,263▼ 1 42Teresa8,932▲ 10 43Jane8,913▼ 1 44Peggy8,762▼ 1 45Bonnie8,615▼ 4 46Ann8,579▼ 1 47Connie8,575▼ 3 48Kathryn8,324– 49Dorothy8,162▼ 3 50Theresa7,715▲ 10 51Laura7,628▲ 2 52Jean7,571▼ 2 53Virginia7,546▼ 4 54Jo7,513▲ 1 55Diana7,438▼ 4 56Cathy7,301– 57Wanda7,203▼ 3 58Jacqueline7,128– 59Rose7,004▲ 3 60Sheila6,965▲ 4 61Vicki6,821– 62Ruth6,582▼ 5 63Katherine6,559▼ 4 64Rita6,284▲ 2 65Helen6,123▼ 2 66Robin6,037▲ 36 67Lynn5,997▲ 4 68Maria5,992▲ 4 69Phyllis5,961▼ 4 70Sherry5,935▼ 2 71Joanne5,890▲ 7 72Frances5,786▼ 5 73Alice5,740▼ 4 74Julie5,668▲ 11 75Darlene5,591▲ 2 76Ellen5,537▼ 6 77Elaine5,496▼ 4 78Suzanne5,472▲ 6 79Vickie5,297▼ 3 80Anne5,256▼ 1 81Sally5,183– 82Victoria5,164▼ 8 83Marsha5,131▼ 8 84Marcia5,062▼ 4 85Rhonda5,029▲ 10 86Marie4,955▼ 4 87Doris4,900▼ 4 88Valerie4,591▼ 1 89Anita4,407▲ 2 90Roberta4,299▼ 2 91Lois4,219▼ 5 92Maureen4,112▲ 2 93Sarah4,086– 94Evelyn4,064▼ 4 95Constance4,030▼ 3 96Leslie3,904▲ 8 97Jeanne3,853▲ 1 98Anna3,837▲ 3 99Cindy3,825▲ 41 100Charlotte3,813▼ 11

Boys

1Robert86,243▲ 1 2James86,066▼ 1 3Michael84,198▲ 1 4John80,165▼ 1 5David76,119– 6William61,829– 7Richard58,389– 8Thomas47,008– 9Charles38,421– 10Gary36,967– 11Steven33,721– 12Mark29,341▲ 5 13Joseph29,269▼ 1 14Donald28,361▼ 1 15Ronald27,713– 16Paul25,509▲ 3 17Kenneth25,507▼ 1 18Larry25,208▼ 4 19Dennis23,658▼ 1 20Daniel23,498– 21Stephen21,807– 22George19,176– 23Edward18,984– 24Gregory16,160– 25Jeffrey15,949▲ 6 26Timothy15,187▲ 1 27Douglas14,138▲ 1 28Bruce14,048▼ 3 29Jerry13,901▼ 3 30Terry13,259▼ 1 31Roger13,172▼ 1 32Anthony11,693▲ 2 33Frank11,180▼ 1 34Raymond11,110▼ 1 35Randy10,666▲ 6 36Kevin10,011▲ 7 37Lawrence9,856▼ 2 38Peter9,729▼ 2 39Patrick9,468▼ 2 40Wayne8,905▼ 2 41Danny8,627▼ 1 42Gerald8,619▼ 3 43Alan8,454▼ 1 44Carl7,829▲ 1 45Walter7,509▼ 1 46Scott7,489▲ 8 47Keith7,375▲ 2 48Dale7,350▼ 2 49Willie7,056▼ 1 50Arthur7,001▼ 3 51Ricky6,887▲ 30 52Johnny6,717▲ 1 53Brian6,665▲ 11 54Henry6,662▼ 4 55Roy6,655– 56Harold6,580▼ 5 57Jack6,540▼ 5 58Rodney6,536▲ 26 59Ralph6,513▼ 3 60Craig6,459▼ 1 61Philip6,279▼ 1 62Stanley6,275▼ 4 63Christopher6,081▼ 6 64Randall5,973▼ 2 65Billy5,856– 66Joe5,797▼ 4 67Glenn5,726▼ 6 68Andrew5,626– 69Albert5,439▼ 3 70Samuel5,423▼ 3 71Russell5,374▼ 1 72Jimmy5,310– 73Barry5,182▼ 4 74Bobby5,179▲ 3 75Eugene5,147▼ 4 76Phillip5,103▼ 2 77Howard4,985▼ 4 78Louis4,985▲ 1 79Ronnie4,970▲ 3 80Frederick4,865▼ 4 81Allen4,854▼ 3 82Martin4,778▼ 2 83Harry4,580▼ 8 84Steve4,539▲ 1 85Leonard4,412▼ 2 86Curtis4,353– 87Ernest4,095– 88Micheal3,987▲ 6 89Eric3,929▼ 1 90Francis3,875▼ 1 91Melvin3,811– 92Fred3,789▼ 2 93Lee3,583▼ 1 94Marvin3,564▲ 1 95Tommy3,469▲ 2 96Earl3,437▲ 2 97Eddie3,417▼ 4 98Norman3,372▼ 2 99Jay3,235▲ 7 100Vincent3,174▲ 1