Name.Baby Names by year 1950s 1953 Most Popular Baby Names of 1953 Social Security has card records for 3,931,725 people born in the U.S. in 1953. Mary was the top girl name (64,389 babies) and Robert the top boy name (86,243).
Top 100 names of 1953 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1953, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 64,389 #125 2 Linda 61,281 #902 3 Deborah 52,199 #862 4 Patricia 51,019 #1,334 5 Susan 44,297 #1,085 6 Barbara 38,473 #968 7 Debra 36,856 #4,460 8 Nancy 30,620 #965 9 Karen 29,858 #1,279 10 Pamela 25,760 #2,239 11 Sandra 25,500 #1,207 12 Cynthia 25,140 #1,013 13 Donna 24,227 #1,962 14 Kathleen 23,731 #1,150 15 Sharon 23,040 #1,250 16 Carol 22,290 #2,239 17 Diane 21,351 #2,607 18 Brenda 20,122 #1,525 19 Janet 17,771 #2,778 20 Margaret 16,195 #112 21 Elizabeth 16,099 #17 22 Janice 14,627 #2,514 23 Kathy 13,400 #3,249 24 Rebecca 12,959 #349 25 Carolyn 12,919 #1,222 26 Joyce 12,796 #1,071 27 Judy 12,735 #1,872 28 Cheryl 12,264 #4,352 29 Shirley 12,148 #1,581 30 Judith 11,969 #788 31 Denise 11,950 #1,673 32 Christine 11,793 #1,272 33 Betty 11,369 #1,113 34 Beverly 11,240 #1,016 35 Catherine 10,849 #313 36 Marilyn 10,742 #760 37 Joan 9,774 #1,085 38 Gloria 9,680 #654 39 Gail 9,585 #8,362 40 Paula 9,557 #853 41 Martha 9,263 #712 42 Teresa 8,932 #908 43 Jane 8,913 #221 44 Peggy 8,762 #8,362 45 Bonnie 8,615 #396 46 Ann 8,579 #1,076 47 Connie 8,575 #3,067 48 Kathryn 8,324 #729 49 Dorothy 8,162 #421 50 Theresa 7,715 #1,548
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1953, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Laura 7,628 #379 52 Jean 7,571 #2,117 53 Virginia 7,546 #525 54 Jo 7,513 #3,975 55 Diana 7,438 #244 56 Cathy 7,301 #8,362 57 Wanda 7,203 #5,917 58 Jacqueline 7,128 #558 59 Rose 7,004 #114 60 Sheila 6,965 #2,645 61 Vicki 6,821 – 62 Ruth 6,582 #173 63 Katherine 6,559 #186 64 Rita 6,284 #1,285 65 Helen 6,123 #461 66 Robin 6,037 #704 67 Lynn 5,997 #2,542 68 Maria 5,992 #87 69 Phyllis 5,961 #11,932 70 Sherry 5,935 #5,410 71 Joanne 5,890 #2,607 72 Frances 5,786 #318 73 Alice 5,740 #65 74 Julie 5,668 #872 75 Darlene 5,591 #1,844 76 Ellen 5,537 #1,062 77 Elaine 5,496 #304 78 Suzanne 5,472 #2,387 79 Vickie 5,297 – 80 Anne 5,256 #619 81 Sally 5,183 #1,150 82 Victoria 5,164 #54 83 Marsha 5,131 #7,491 84 Marcia 5,062 #3,389 85 Rhonda 5,029 #6,116 86 Marie 4,955 #617 87 Doris 4,900 #2,895 88 Valerie 4,591 #127 89 Anita 4,407 #1,341 90 Roberta 4,299 #2,778 91 Lois 4,219 #1,666 92 Maureen 4,112 #4,352 93 Sarah 4,086 #90 94 Evelyn 4,064 #8 95 Constance 4,030 #1,500 96 Leslie 3,904 #712 97 Jeanne 3,853 #4,546 98 Anna 3,837 #107 99 Cindy 3,825 #1,927 100 Charlotte 3,813 #2
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1953, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 86,243 #92 2 James 86,066 #6 3 Michael 84,198 #21 4 John 80,165 #23 5 David 76,119 #35 6 William 61,829 #9 7 Richard 58,389 #234 8 Thomas 47,008 #34 9 Charles 38,421 #48 10 Gary 36,967 #1,073 11 Steven 33,721 #271 12 Mark 29,341 #244 13 Joseph 29,269 #29 14 Donald 28,361 #690 15 Ronald 27,713 #637 16 Paul 25,509 #262 17 Kenneth 25,507 #294 18 Larry 25,208 #1,084 19 Dennis 23,658 #707 20 Daniel 23,498 #22 21 Stephen 21,807 #383 22 George 19,176 #126 23 Edward 18,984 #224 24 Gregory 16,160 #593 25 Jeffrey 15,949 #552 26 Timothy 15,187 #203 27 Douglas 14,138 #807 28 Bruce 14,048 #536 29 Jerry 13,901 #906 30 Terry 13,259 #1,115 31 Roger 13,172 #832 32 Anthony 11,693 #46 33 Frank 11,180 #513 34 Raymond 11,110 #394 35 Randy 10,666 #1,084 36 Kevin 10,011 #221 37 Lawrence 9,856 #518 38 Peter 9,729 #187 39 Patrick 9,468 #235 40 Wayne 8,905 #652 41 Danny 8,627 #628 42 Gerald 8,619 #1,204 43 Alan 8,454 #191 44 Carl 7,829 #1,132 45 Walter 7,509 #251 46 Scott 7,489 #534 47 Keith 7,375 #800 48 Dale 7,350 #1,409 49 Willie 7,056 #1,315 50 Arthur 7,001 #87
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1953, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ricky 6,887 #948 52 Johnny 6,717 #457 53 Brian 6,665 #339 54 Henry 6,662 #5 55 Roy 6,655 #525 56 Harold 6,580 #991 57 Jack 6,540 #15 58 Rodney 6,536 #1,091 59 Ralph 6,513 #1,046 60 Craig 6,459 #1,644 61 Philip 6,279 #527 62 Stanley 6,275 #863 63 Christopher 6,081 #68 64 Randall 5,973 #1,499 65 Billy 5,856 #1,068 66 Joe 5,797 #991 67 Glenn 5,726 #1,443 68 Andrew 5,626 #73 69 Albert 5,439 #614 70 Samuel 5,423 #18 71 Russell 5,374 #345 72 Jimmy 5,310 #846 73 Barry 5,182 #1,520 74 Bobby 5,179 #1,097 75 Eugene 5,147 #943 76 Phillip 5,103 #651 77 Howard 4,985 #1,002 77 Louis 4,985 #249 79 Ronnie 4,970 #1,064 80 Frederick 4,865 #435 81 Allen 4,854 #578 82 Martin 4,778 #335 83 Harry 4,580 #775 84 Steve 4,539 #1,609 85 Leonard 4,412 #637 86 Curtis 4,353 #984 87 Ernest 4,095 #1,038 88 Micheal 3,987 #1,401 89 Eric 3,929 #273 90 Francis 3,875 #420 91 Melvin 3,811 #958 92 Fred 3,789 #1,932 93 Lee 3,583 #725 94 Marvin 3,564 #699 95 Tommy 3,469 #657 96 Earl 3,437 #2,230 97 Eddie 3,417 #860 98 Norman 3,372 #1,196 99 Jay 3,235 #392 100 Vincent 3,174 #107
Entered the top 100 in 1953
