Popular baby names of 1953

In 1953, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (64,389 babies) and Robert for boys (86,243). Social Security records show 3,853,600 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 6,497 girls' names and 4,341 boys' names.

1953 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Robin, Leslie, Anna, Cindy.
New in the boys' top 100: Jay, Vincent.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952
1	Mary	64,389	↑1
2	Linda	61,281	↓1
3	Deborah	52,199	↑1
4	Patricia	51,019	↓1
5	Susan	44,297	–
6	Barbara	38,473	–
7	Debra	36,856	↑2
8	Nancy	30,620	↓1
9	Karen	29,858	↓1
10	Pamela	25,760	↑7
11	Sandra	25,500	↓1
12	Cynthia	25,140	↑6
13	Donna	24,227	–
14	Kathleen	23,731	↓3
15	Sharon	23,040	↓1
16	Carol	22,290	↓4
17	Diane	21,351	↓1
18	Brenda	20,122	↓3
19	Janet	17,771	–
20	Margaret	16,195	↑1
21	Elizabeth	16,099	↑1
22	Janice	14,627	↑1
23	Kathy	13,400	↑6
24	Rebecca	12,959	↑6
25	Carolyn	12,919	↓1
26	Joyce	12,796	↑1
27	Judy	12,735	↓1
28	Cheryl	12,264	↑3
29	Shirley	12,148	↓1
30	Judith	11,969	↓5
31	Denise	11,950	↑2
32	Christine	11,793	↓12
33	Betty	11,369	↓1
34	Beverly	11,240	↑1
35	Catherine	10,849	↓1
36	Marilyn	10,742	↑2
37	Joan	9,774	–
38	Gloria	9,680	↓2
39	Gail	9,585	–
40	Paula	9,557	↑7
41	Martha	9,263	↓1
42	Teresa	8,932	↑10
43	Jane	8,913	↓1
44	Peggy	8,762	↓1
45	Bonnie	8,615	↓4
46	Ann	8,579	↓1
47	Connie	8,575	↓3
48	Kathryn	8,324	–
49	Dorothy	8,162	↓3
50	Theresa	7,715	↑10
51	Laura	7,628	↑2
52	Jean	7,571	↓2
53	Virginia	7,546	↓4
54	Jo	7,513	↑1
55	Diana	7,438	↓4
56	Cathy	7,301	–
57	Wanda	7,203	↓3
58	Jacqueline	7,128	–
59	Rose	7,004	↑3
60	Sheila	6,965	↑4
61	Vicki	6,821	–
62	Ruth	6,582	↓5
63	Katherine	6,559	↓4
64	Rita	6,284	↑2
65	Helen	6,123	↓2
66	Robin	6,037	new
67	Lynn	5,997	↑4
68	Maria	5,992	↑4
69	Phyllis	5,961	↓4
70	Sherry	5,935	↓2
71	Joanne	5,890	↑7
72	Frances	5,786	↓5
73	Alice	5,740	↓4
74	Julie	5,668	↑11
75	Darlene	5,591	↑2
76	Ellen	5,537	↓6
77	Elaine	5,496	↓4
78	Suzanne	5,472	↑6
79	Vickie	5,297	↓3
80	Anne	5,256	↓1
81	Sally	5,183	–
82	Victoria	5,164	↓8
83	Marsha	5,131	↓8
84	Marcia	5,062	↓4
85	Rhonda	5,029	↑10
86	Marie	4,955	↓4
87	Doris	4,900	↓4
88	Valerie	4,591	↓1
89	Anita	4,407	↑2
90	Roberta	4,299	↓2
91	Lois	4,219	↓5
92	Maureen	4,112	↑2
93	Sarah	4,086	–
94	Evelyn	4,064	↓4
95	Constance	4,030	↓3
96	Leslie	3,904	new
97	Jeanne	3,853	↑1
98	Anna	3,837	new
99	Cindy	3,825	new
100	Charlotte	3,813	↓11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952
1	Robert	86,243	↑1
2	James	86,066	↓1
3	Michael	84,198	↑1
4	John	80,165	↓1
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	↑5
13	Joseph	29,269	↓1
14	Donald	28,361	↓1
15	Ronald	27,713	–
16	Paul	25,509	↑3
17	Kenneth	25,507	↓1
18	Larry	25,208	↓4
19	Dennis	23,658	↓1
20	Daniel	23,498	–
21	Stephen	21,807	–
22	George	19,176	–
23	Edward	18,984	–
24	Gregory	16,160	–
25	Jeffrey	15,949	↑6
26	Timothy	15,187	↑1
27	Douglas	14,138	↑1
28	Bruce	14,048	↓3
29	Jerry	13,901	↓3
30	Terry	13,259	↓1
31	Roger	13,172	↓1
32	Anthony	11,693	↑2
33	Frank	11,180	↓1
34	Raymond	11,110	↓1
35	Randy	10,666	↑6
36	Kevin	10,011	↑7
37	Lawrence	9,856	↓2
38	Peter	9,729	↓2
39	Patrick	9,468	↓2
40	Wayne	8,905	↓2
41	Danny	8,627	↓1
42	Gerald	8,619	↓3
43	Alan	8,454	↓1
44	Carl	7,829	↑1
45	Walter	7,509	↓1
46	Scott	7,489	↑8
47	Keith	7,375	↑2
48	Dale	7,350	↓2
49	Willie	7,056	↓1
50	Arthur	7,001	↓3
51	Ricky	6,887	↑30
52	Johnny	6,717	↑1
53	Brian	6,665	↑11
54	Henry	6,662	↓4
55	Roy	6,655	–
56	Harold	6,580	↓5
57	Jack	6,540	↓5
58	Rodney	6,536	↑26
59	Ralph	6,513	↓3
60	Craig	6,459	↓1
61	Philip	6,279	↓1
62	Stanley	6,275	↓4
63	Christopher	6,081	↓6
64	Randall	5,973	↓1
65	Billy	5,856	–
66	Joe	5,797	↓4
67	Glenn	5,726	↓6
68	Andrew	5,626	–
69	Albert	5,439	↓3
70	Samuel	5,423	↓3
71	Russell	5,374	↓1
72	Jimmy	5,310	–
73	Barry	5,182	↓4
74	Bobby	5,179	↑3
75	Eugene	5,147	↓4
76	Phillip	5,103	↓2
77	Howard	4,985	↓4
78	Louis	4,985	↑1
79	Ronnie	4,970	↑3
80	Frederick	4,865	↓4
81	Allen	4,854	↓3
82	Martin	4,778	↓2
83	Harry	4,580	↓8
84	Steve	4,539	↑1
85	Leonard	4,412	↓2
86	Curtis	4,353	–
87	Ernest	4,095	–
88	Micheal	3,987	↑6
89	Eric	3,929	↓1
90	Francis	3,875	↓1
91	Melvin	3,811	–
92	Fred	3,789	↓2
93	Lee	3,583	↓1
94	Marvin	3,564	↑1
95	Tommy	3,469	↑2
96	Earl	3,437	↑2
97	Eddie	3,417	↓4
98	Norman	3,372	↓2
99	Jay	3,235	new
100	Vincent	3,174	new

Every name given in 1953

All 10,838 names Social Security recorded for 1953, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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