Popular baby names of 1954

In 1954, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (68,019 babies) and Michael for boys (88,568). Social Security records show 3,980,666 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 6,625 girls' names and 4,360 boys' names.

1954 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Lisa, Terry, Michele, Debbie, Michelle, Wendy, Laurie, Terri.
New in the boys' top 100: Jeffery, Darrell.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953
1	Mary	68,019	–
2	Linda	55,371	–
3	Deborah	54,674	–
4	Patricia	49,149	–
5	Susan	47,162	–
6	Debra	45,896	↑1
7	Barbara	36,368	↓1
8	Karen	32,456	↑1
9	Nancy	30,270	↓1
10	Cynthia	27,615	↑2
11	Donna	27,429	↑2
12	Pamela	27,361	↓2
13	Sandra	26,061	↓2
14	Kathleen	22,455	–
15	Carol	22,247	↑1
16	Sharon	22,220	↓1
17	Diane	22,053	–
18	Brenda	19,609	–
19	Janet	18,477	–
20	Elizabeth	16,584	↑1
21	Margaret	15,226	↓1
22	Cheryl	15,015	↑6
23	Kathy	14,175	–
24	Denise	13,716	↑7
25	Janice	13,505	↓3
26	Rebecca	13,208	↓2
27	Carolyn	12,153	↓2
28	Joyce	12,088	↓2
29	Judy	11,632	↓2
30	Judith	11,195	–
31	Beverly	11,155	↑3
32	Catherine	11,079	↑3
33	Shirley	10,909	↓4
34	Teresa	10,841	↑8
35	Marilyn	10,814	↑1
36	Betty	10,620	↓3
37	Gail	9,726	↑2
38	Paula	9,686	↑2
39	Connie	9,636	↑8
40	Joan	9,521	↓3
41	Robin	9,044	↑25
42	Gloria	8,923	↓4
43	Christine	8,788	↓11
44	Ann	8,751	↑2
45	Laura	8,719	↑6
46	Martha	8,596	↓5
47	Theresa	8,509	↑3
48	Peggy	8,454	↓4
49	Jane	8,343	↓6
50	Vicki	8,221	↑11
51	Kathryn	8,137	↓3
52	Bonnie	8,099	↓7
53	Jo	8,052	↑1
54	Rose	7,996	↑5
55	Dorothy	7,789	↓6
56	Jean	7,665	↓4
57	Diana	7,624	↓2
58	Wanda	7,447	↓1
59	Cathy	7,207	↓3
60	Sheila	7,202	–
61	Virginia	7,176	↓8
62	Sherry	7,120	↑8
63	Lynn	6,780	↑4
64	Katherine	6,740	↓1
65	Maria	6,590	↑3
66	Ruth	6,566	↓4
67	Rita	6,536	↓3
68	Jacqueline	6,522	↓10
69	Vickie	6,367	↑10
70	Julie	6,275	↑4
71	Rhonda	6,100	↑14
72	Helen	5,947	↓7
73	Lisa	5,913	new
74	Elaine	5,825	↑3
75	Phyllis	5,763	↓6
76	Darlene	5,510	↓1
77	Ellen	5,457	↓1
78	Joanne	5,435	↓7
79	Marie	5,310	↑7
80	Anne	5,298	–
81	Alice	5,271	↓8
82	Suzanne	5,236	↓4
83	Frances	5,153	↓11
84	Sally	5,078	↓3
85	Victoria	4,978	↓3
86	Marsha	4,966	↓3
87	Valerie	4,917	↑1
88	Terry	4,787	new
89	Michele	4,763	new
90	Marcia	4,744	↓6
91	Cindy	4,714	↑8
92	Debbie	4,664	new
93	Doris	4,457	↓6
94	Michelle	4,432	new
95	Wendy	4,415	new
96	Anita	4,408	↓7
97	Maureen	4,370	↓5
98	Laurie	4,290	new
99	Leslie	4,147	↓3
100	Terri	4,130	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953
1	Michael	88,568	↑2
2	Robert	86,331	↓1
3	James	86,311	↓1
4	John	81,168	–
5	David	79,556	–
6	William	61,426	–
7	Richard	57,042	–
8	Thomas	47,159	–
9	Gary	37,920	↑1
10	Charles	37,463	↓1
11	Steven	36,628	–
12	Mark	36,198	–
13	Joseph	31,221	–
14	Donald	29,279	–
15	Ronald	27,625	–
16	Paul	26,220	–
17	Kenneth	26,186	–
18	Daniel	25,275	↑2
19	Larry	24,614	↓1
20	Stephen	21,878	↑1
21	Dennis	20,758	↓2
22	Edward	19,493	↑1
23	Jeffrey	19,052	↑2
24	George	18,704	↓2
25	Gregory	17,625	↓1
26	Timothy	17,427	–
27	Terry	15,553	↑3
28	Kevin	15,322	↑8
29	Douglas	14,703	↓2
30	Bruce	14,155	↓2
31	Jerry	13,681	↓2
32	Anthony	13,124	–
33	Randy	12,638	↑2
34	Roger	11,717	↓3
35	Raymond	11,242	↓1
36	Frank	10,995	↓3
37	Peter	10,085	↑1
38	Patrick	9,927	↑1
39	Lawrence	9,606	↓2
40	Scott	9,457	↑6
41	Wayne	9,175	↓1
42	Danny	9,103	↓1
43	Alan	8,711	–
44	Gerald	8,552	↓2
45	Keith	8,355	↑2
46	Ricky	8,164	↑5
47	Carl	8,137	↓3
48	Brian	8,078	↑5
49	Walter	7,486	↓4
50	Dale	7,439	↓2
51	Craig	7,180	↑9
52	Arthur	6,856	↓2
53	Willie	6,832	↓4
54	Johnny	6,613	↓2
55	Randall	6,549	↑9
56	Roy	6,513	↓1
57	Jack	6,475	–
58	Stanley	6,448	↑4
59	Henry	6,402	↓5
60	Harold	6,359	↓4
61	Ralph	6,311	↓2
62	Philip	6,279	↓1
63	Glenn	6,240	↑4
64	Christopher	6,084	↓1
65	Billy	6,033	–
66	Rodney	5,959	↓8
67	Joe	5,873	↓1
68	Barry	5,844	↑5
69	Russell	5,761	↑2
70	Andrew	5,653	↓2
71	Samuel	5,634	↓1
72	Bobby	5,507	↑2
73	Albert	5,428	↓4
74	Jimmy	5,327	↓2
75	Phillip	5,149	↑1
76	Steve	5,062	↑8
77	Eugene	5,033	↓2
78	Ronnie	4,978	↑1
79	Martin	4,968	↑3
80	Howard	4,933	↓3
81	Louis	4,848	↓3
82	Allen	4,832	↓1
83	Frederick	4,743	↓3
84	Curtis	4,594	↑2
85	Leonard	4,482	–
86	Harry	4,354	↓3
87	Ernest	4,202	–
88	Micheal	4,178	–
89	Eric	4,169	–
90	Jeffery	3,935	new
91	Eddie	3,766	↑6
92	Melvin	3,711	↓1
93	Fred	3,695	↓1
94	Francis	3,686	↓4
95	Darrell	3,643	new
96	Lee	3,566	↓3
97	Marvin	3,498	↓3
98	Earl	3,424	↓2
99	Norman	3,417	↓1
100	Tommy	3,407	↓5

Every name given in 1954

All 10,985 names Social Security recorded for 1954, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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