Top Baby Names of 1953
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 64,390 2
Linda 61,281 3
Deborah 52,199 4
Patricia 51,021 5
Susan 44,297 6
Barbara 38,474 7
Debra 36,855 8
Nancy 30,620 9
Karen 29,858 10
Pamela 25,759 11
Sandra 25,500 12
Cynthia 25,138 13
Donna 24,226 14
Kathleen 23,731 15
Sharon 23,041 16
Carol 22,291 17
Diane 21,350 18
Brenda 20,123 19
Janet 17,771 20
Margaret 16,196 21
Elizabeth 16,098 22
Janice 14,627 23
Kathy 13,400 24
Rebecca 12,961 25
Carolyn 12,918 26
Joyce 12,797 27
Judy 12,736 28
Cheryl 12,265 29
Shirley 12,149 30
Judith 11,968 31
Denise 11,950 32
Christine 11,793 33
Betty 11,369 34
Beverly 11,240 35
Catherine 10,848 36
Marilyn 10,742 37
Joan 9,774 38
Gloria 9,680 39
Gail 9,586 40
Paula 9,557 41
Martha 9,263 42
Teresa 8,932 43
Jane 8,913 44
Peggy 8,762 45
Bonnie 8,615 46
Ann 8,579 47
Connie 8,575 48
Kathryn 8,324 49
Dorothy 8,163 50
Theresa 7,715 👦
Boy Names
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Robert 86,245 2
James 86,071 3
Michael 84,202 4
John 80,167 5
David 76,119 6
William 61,830 7
Richard 58,389 8
Thomas 47,009 9
Charles 38,420 10
Gary 36,966 11
Steven 33,724 12
Mark 29,343 13
Joseph 29,267 14
Donald 28,360 15
Ronald 27,714 16
Paul 25,509 17
Kenneth 25,507 18
Larry 25,207 19
Dennis 23,658 20
Daniel 23,499 21
Stephen 21,808 22
George 19,177 23
Edward 18,984 24
Gregory 16,160 25
Jeffrey 15,950 26
Timothy 15,188 27
Douglas 14,139 28
Bruce 14,048 29
Jerry 13,902 30
Terry 13,259 31
Roger 13,171 32
Anthony 11,694 33
Frank 11,180 34
Raymond 11,110 35
Randy 10,665 36
Kevin 10,011 37
Lawrence 9,856 38
Peter 9,730 39
Patrick 9,469 40
Wayne 8,905 41
Danny 8,627 42
Gerald 8,619 43
Alan 8,454 44
Carl 7,829 45
Walter 7,509 46
Scott 7,489 47
Keith 7,376 48
Dale 7,349 49
Willie 7,057 50
Arthur 7,000 About 1953 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1953, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.