Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1953

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1953 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	64,379	3.336	-125	-62,052	1	Robert	86,256	4.307	-70	-81,116
2	Linda	61,280	3.176	-724	-60,891	2	James	86,099	4.299	-2	-72,574
3	Deborah	52,201	2.705	-776	-51,854	3	Michael	84,226	4.206	-11	-72,606
4	Patricia	51,018	2.644	-909	-50,725	4	John	80,190	4.004	-23	-71,071
5	Susan	44,297	2.296	-1,074	-44,063	5	David	76,152	3.802	-17	-66,455
6	Barbara	38,472	1.994	-924	-38,187	6	William	61,840	3.088	3	-47,324
7	Debra	36,860	1.910	-3,190	-36,810	7	Richard	58,403	2.916	-181	-56,284
8	Nancy	30,618	1.587	-831	-30,296	8	Thomas	47,005	2.347	-41	-40,226
9	Karen	29,853	1.547	-626	-29,385	9	Charles	38,434	1.919	-43	-31,830
10	Pamela	25,759	1.335	-1,574	-25,624	10	Gary	36,972	1.846	-664	-36,605
11	Sandra	25,498	1.321	-964	-25,229	11	Steven	33,722	1.684	-187	-31,700
12	Cynthia	25,132	1.302	-681	-24,716	12	Mark	29,351	1.466	-198	-27,492
13	Donna	24,229	1.256	-1,554	-24,092	13	Joseph	29,272	1.462	-10	-19,717
14	Kathleen	23,734	1.230	-880	-23,433	14	Donald	28,360	1.416	-512	-27,827
15	Sharon	23,046	1.194	-1,112	-22,830	15	Ronald	27,724	1.384	-478	-27,146
16	Carol	22,295	1.155	-1,772	-22,182	16	Kenneth	25,522	1.274	-210	-23,867
17	Diane	21,348	1.106	-2,456	-21,277	17	Paul	25,510	1.274	-217	-23,885
18	Brenda	20,133	1.043	-994	-19,878	18	Larry	25,216	1.259	-688	-24,877
19	Janet	17,773	0.921	-1,393	-17,616	19	Dennis	23,659	1.181	-537	-23,166
20	Margaret	16,200	0.840	-107	-13,888	20	Daniel	23,505	1.174	5	-12,332
21	Elizabeth	16,099	0.834	8	-7,586	21	Stephen	21,819	1.089	-263	-20,583
22	Janice	14,624	0.758	-1,411	-14,471	22	George	19,188	0.958	-105	-16,129
23	Kathy	13,398	0.694	-2,087	-13,308	23	Edward	18,985	0.948	-146	-16,717
24	Rebecca	12,961	0.672	-190	-11,519	24	Gregory	16,163	0.807	-384	-15,385
25	Carolyn	12,918	0.669	-835	-12,606	25	Jeffrey	15,943	0.796	-306	-14,940
26	Joyce	12,798	0.663	-921	-12,520	26	Timothy	15,191	0.759	-139	-12,861
27	Judy	12,733	0.660	-1,506	-12,592	27	Douglas	14,143	0.706	-645	-13,772
28	Cheryl	12,268	0.636	-2,870	-12,211	28	Bruce	14,046	0.701	-450	-13,439
29	Shirley	12,146	0.629	-1,435	-11,996	29	Jerry	13,911	0.695	-572	-13,460
30	Judith	11,967	0.620	-820	-11,649	30	Terry	13,255	0.662	-727	-12,946
31	Denise	11,947	0.619	-1,038	-11,711	31	Roger	13,175	0.658	-605	-12,764
32	Christine	11,796	0.611	-894	-11,509	32	Anthony	11,698	0.584	-6	-3,695
33	Betty	11,370	0.589	-1,095	-11,155	33	Frank	11,181	0.558	-359	-10,378
34	Beverly	11,237	0.582	-1,259	-11,062	34	Raymond	11,124	0.555	-265	-9,975
35	Catherine	10,846	0.562	-169	-9,348	35	Randy	10,674	0.533	-638	-10,304
36	Marilyn	10,741	0.557	-574	-10,247	36	Kevin	10,014	0.500	-89	-6,890
37	Joan	9,774	0.507	-1,690	-9,656	37	Lawrence	9,856	0.492	-461	-9,283
38	Gloria	9,678	0.502	-546	-9,157	38	Peter	9,733	0.486	-173	-7,921
39	Gail	9,586	0.497	-6,538	-9,568	39	Patrick	9,472	0.473	-150	-7,361
40	Paula	9,555	0.495	-753	-9,213	40	Wayne	8,909	0.445	-733	-8,610
41	Martha	9,261	0.480	-756	-8,920	41	Danny	8,627	0.431	-499	-8,111
42	Teresa	8,934	0.463	-756	-8,593	42	Gerald	8,622	0.431	-852	-8,381
43	Jane	8,910	0.462	-248	-7,787	43	Alan	8,454	0.422	-129	-6,210
44	Peggy	8,760	0.454	-5,510	-8,737	44	Carl	7,829	0.391	-656	-7,487
45	Bonnie	8,614	0.446	-646	-8,197	45	Walter	7,514	0.375	-226	-6,211
46	Ann	8,577	0.445	-937	-8,310	46	Scott	7,492	0.374	-474	-6,951
47	Connie	8,577	0.445	-2,383	-8,504	47	Keith	7,378	0.368	-457	-6,813
48	Kathryn	8,323	0.431	-405	-7,631	48	Dale	7,344	0.367	-1,340	-7,218
49	Dorothy	8,155	0.423	-537	-7,638	49	Willie	7,051	0.352	-885	-6,827
50	Theresa	7,717	0.400	-1,056	-7,496	50	Arthur	7,002	0.350	-180	-5,360

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.