Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1953

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1953 were Mary for girls (512 babies) and Michael for boys (796). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,349 babies born in District of Columbia in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1953

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Saundra: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Laverne: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Cassandra: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Adrienne: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Yvette: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cecelia: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Iris: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vanessa: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delores: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 75 babies, 9× the national rate
Ricardo: 55 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Andre: 30 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Reginald: 66 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maurice: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carlton: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nathaniel: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Randolph: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernard: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eric: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	512	–	1
2	Patricia	489	↑1	4
3	Deborah	466	↑1	3
4	Linda	461	↓2	2
5	Susan	346	↑1	5
6	Barbara	321	↓1	6
7	Karen	256	–	9
8	Sharon	230	–	15
9	Diane	194	↑4	17
10	Donna	193	↑2	13
11	Cynthia	186	↑11	12
12	Pamela	181	↑9	10
13	Debra	180	↑10	7
14	Brenda	173	↓5	18
15	Kathleen	172	↓4	14
16	Nancy	168	↓6	8
17	Sandra	160	↓1	11
18	Denise	159	↓1	31
19	Carol	155	↓1	16
20	Elizabeth	151	↓5	21
21	Margaret	144	↓7	20
22	Carolyn	136	↑2	25
23	Janet	127	↑2	19
24	Joyce	123	↓5	26
25	Jacqueline	117	↑5	58
26	Cheryl	100	↑16	28
27	Gail	97	↑1	39
28	Sheila	97	↓2	60
29	Catherine	95	↓2	35
30	Janice	95	↑3	22
31	Joan	88	↓2	37
32	Christine	86	↓12	32
33	Robin	85	↑10	66
34	Ann	84	↓2	46
35	Judith	81	↓4	30
36	Wanda	81	new	57
37	Paula	79	↑2	40
38	Theresa	79	↑10	50
39	Beverly	76	↓5	34
40	Katherine	76	–	63
41	Shirley	75	↓5	29
42	Anne	73	↓5	80
43	Gloria	71	↓8	38
44	Martha	69	↓6	41
45	Laura	68	↑4	51
46	Valerie	68	new	88
47	Gwendolyn	67	new	>100
48	Kathryn	67	↓4	48
49	Ellen	66	new	76
50	Teresa	62	↓9	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	796	↑2	3
2	John	735	↓1	4
3	James	732	↓1	2
4	Robert	716	–	1
5	William	591	–	6
6	David	514	–	5
7	Thomas	394	↑1	8
8	Richard	382	↓1	7
9	Charles	356	–	9
10	Gary	273	↑3	10
11	Steven	261	↑3	11
12	Joseph	258	↓2	13
13	Stephen	243	↓2	21
14	Ronald	226	↓2	15
15	Donald	215	↑2	14
16	Mark	215	↑4	12
17	Gregory	206	↓1	24
18	George	194	–	22
19	Paul	189	↓4	16
20	Edward	168	↑1	23
21	Anthony	155	↑3	32
22	Kenneth	154	–	17
23	Larry	142	↓4	18
24	Daniel	123	↓1	20
25	Jeffrey	119	↑1	25
26	Lawrence	119	↓1	37
27	Kevin	113	↑3	36
28	Timothy	107	↑4	26
29	Dennis	105	↓2	19
30	Patrick	92	↓1	39
31	Peter	92	↑5	38
32	Raymond	92	↑6	34
33	Douglas	89	–	27
34	Wayne	89	↑1	40
35	Bruce	88	↓7	28
36	Christopher	87	↓5	63
37	Andrew	78	↑11	68
38	Stanley	77	↑11	62
39	Eric	76	↓5	89
40	Tyrone	75	new	>100
41	Alan	72	↓2	43
42	Brian	68	new	53
43	Frank	66	↓6	33
44	Reginald	66	↑1	>100
45	Carl	63	↑2	44
46	Walter	63	–	45
47	Arthur	62	↓7	50
48	Ralph	61	new	59
49	Scott	61	new	46
50	Bernard	57	new	>100

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