Top Baby Names of 1954
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
1
Mary 68,019 2
Linda 55,371 3
Deborah 54,675 4
Patricia 49,149 5
Susan 47,162 6
Debra 45,897 7
Barbara 36,369 8
Karen 32,456 9
Nancy 30,269 10
Cynthia 27,615 11
Donna 27,428 12
Pamela 27,362 13
Sandra 26,062 14
Kathleen 22,455 15
Carol 22,247 16
Sharon 22,219 17
Diane 22,052 18
Brenda 19,610 19
Janet 18,477 20
Elizabeth 16,586 21
Margaret 15,226 22
Cheryl 15,015 23
Kathy 14,175 24
Denise 13,717 25
Janice 13,505 26
Rebecca 13,208 27
Carolyn 12,153 28
Joyce 12,088 29
Judy 11,632 30
Judith 11,195 31
Beverly 11,155 32
Catherine 11,080 33
Shirley 10,908 34
Teresa 10,842 35
Marilyn 10,814 36
Betty 10,620 37
Gail 9,725 38
Paula 9,686 39
Connie 9,636 40
Joan 9,521 41
Robin 9,044 42
Gloria 8,923 43
Christine 8,788 44
Ann 8,750 45
Laura 8,719 46
Martha 8,596 47
Theresa 8,509 48
Peggy 8,455 49
Jane 8,344 50
Vicki 8,221 👦
Boy Names
1
Michael 88,564 2
Robert 86,333 3
James 86,312 4
John 81,176 5
David 79,560 6
William 61,431 7
Richard 57,043 8
Thomas 47,157 9
Gary 37,921 10
Charles 37,467 11
Steven 36,630 12
Mark 36,198 13
Joseph 31,224 14
Donald 29,279 15
Ronald 27,624 16
Paul 26,221 17
Kenneth 26,185 18
Daniel 25,275 19
Larry 24,612 20
Stephen 21,879 21
Dennis 20,757 22
Edward 19,493 23
Jeffrey 19,051 24
George 18,703 25
Gregory 17,624 26
Timothy 17,427 27
Terry 15,554 28
Kevin 15,322 29
Douglas 14,704 30
Bruce 14,155 31
Jerry 13,682 32
Anthony 13,123 33
Randy 12,638 34
Roger 11,716 35
Raymond 11,243 36
Frank 10,995 37
Peter 10,086 38
Patrick 9,928 39
Lawrence 9,605 40
Scott 9,457 41
Wayne 9,175 42
Danny 9,105 43
Alan 8,712 44
Gerald 8,550 45
Keith 8,358 46
Ricky 8,163 47
Carl 8,136 48
Brian 8,079 49
Walter 7,486 50
Dale 7,439 About 1954 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1954, 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.