Popular baby names in Washington, 1953

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1953 were Linda for girls (895 babies) and Michael for boys (1,613). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,403 babies born in Washington in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1953

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

Girls

Cheri: 84 babies, 7× the national rate
Kristi: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marilee: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shannon: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kristy: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Molly: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leanne: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cherie: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Christie: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Teri: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Loren: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brad: 84 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rick: 139 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dan: 94 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rocky: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jerald: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gordon: 108 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Grant: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	895	–	2
2	Susan	851	–	5
3	Mary	758	–	1
4	Debra	753	↑5	7
5	Deborah	744	–	3
6	Patricia	739	↓2	4
7	Karen	538	↓1	9
8	Barbara	536	↓1	6
9	Nancy	533	↑1	8
10	Pamela	494	↑1	10
11	Kathleen	466	↓3	14
12	Sandra	423	–	11
13	Carol	391	–	16
14	Cynthia	387	↑2	12
15	Diane	354	↑4	17
16	Janet	352	↑1	19
17	Sharon	315	↓2	15
18	Donna	294	↑2	13
19	Cheryl	271	↓1	28
20	Christine	270	↓6	32
21	Janice	250	↑1	22
22	Rebecca	233	↑1	24
23	Elizabeth	232	↑3	21
24	Judy	216	↑1	27
25	Teresa	214	↑3	42
26	Judith	212	↓2	30
27	Margaret	212	↓6	20
28	Julie	209	↑14	74
29	Marilyn	187	–	36
30	Kathryn	186	↓3	48
31	Gail	185	↑2	39
32	Catherine	180	↑3	35
33	Laura	175	↑13	51
34	Kathy	174	↑3	23
35	Vicki	170	↓5	61
36	Connie	166	↓2	47
37	Denise	165	↓5	31
38	Laurie	165	↑3	>100
39	Joan	159	↓1	37
40	Robin	159	new	66
41	Peggy	158	↓1	44
42	Paula	149	↓3	40
43	Theresa	140	new	50
44	Sally	137	new	81
45	Ann	134	–	46
46	Carolyn	130	↓10	25
47	Katherine	130	–	63
48	Leslie	129	new	96
49	Beverly	128	↓1	34
50	Diana	127	↓6	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	1,613	–	3
2	David	1,380	↑1	5
3	Robert	1,341	↓1	1
4	James	1,195	–	2
5	John	1,134	–	4
6	Richard	1,022	–	7
7	Steven	932	–	11
8	William	854	–	6
9	Gary	654	–	10
10	Thomas	654	–	8
11	Mark	626	–	12
12	Ronald	500	↑1	15
13	Daniel	481	↓1	20
14	Donald	474	–	14
15	Douglas	452	↑5	27
16	Kenneth	430	↓1	17
17	Charles	417	↓1	9
18	Gregory	397	↑4	24
19	Dennis	389	↓1	19
20	Larry	381	↑1	18
21	Paul	366	↓2	16
22	Stephen	362	↓5	21
23	Timothy	319	–	26
24	Jeffrey	317	↑2	25
25	Bruce	303	↓1	28
26	Randy	269	↑2	35
27	Patrick	267	↓2	39
28	Joseph	250	↓1	13
29	Terry	245	↑1	30
30	Scott	244	↓1	46
31	Edward	222	↑1	23
32	Dale	220	↑1	48
33	Roger	213	↑3	31
34	George	200	↑3	22
35	Brian	192	–	53
36	Craig	187	↓2	60
37	Kevin	185	↑10	36
38	Gerald	175	–	42
39	Jerry	166	↓8	29
40	Alan	161	↑2	43
41	Lawrence	158	↓1	37
42	Wayne	155	↓3	40
43	Rodney	148	new	58
44	Peter	145	–	38
45	Rick	139	↑4	>100
46	Keith	137	↓1	47
47	Raymond	131	↓4	34
48	Frank	129	↓2	33
49	Jack	129	↓8	57
50	Christopher	117	↓2	63

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