Name.Baby Names by year 1950s 1954 Most Popular Baby Names of 1954 Social Security has card records for 4,060,012 people born in the U.S. in 1954. Mary was the top girl name (68,019 babies) and Michael the top boy name (88,568).
Top 100 names of 1954 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1954, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 68,019 #125 2 Linda 55,371 #902 3 Deborah 54,674 #862 4 Patricia 49,149 #1,334 5 Susan 47,162 #1,085 6 Debra 45,896 #4,460 7 Barbara 36,368 #968 8 Karen 32,456 #1,279 9 Nancy 30,270 #965 10 Cynthia 27,615 #1,013 11 Donna 27,429 #1,962 12 Pamela 27,361 #2,239 13 Sandra 26,061 #1,207 14 Kathleen 22,455 #1,150 15 Carol 22,247 #2,239 16 Sharon 22,220 #1,250 17 Diane 22,053 #2,607 18 Brenda 19,609 #1,525 19 Janet 18,477 #2,778 20 Elizabeth 16,584 #17 21 Margaret 15,226 #112 22 Cheryl 15,015 #4,352 23 Kathy 14,175 #3,249 24 Denise 13,716 #1,673 25 Janice 13,505 #2,514 26 Rebecca 13,208 #349 27 Carolyn 12,153 #1,222 28 Joyce 12,088 #1,071 29 Judy 11,632 #1,872 30 Judith 11,195 #788 31 Beverly 11,155 #1,016 32 Catherine 11,079 #313 33 Shirley 10,909 #1,581 34 Teresa 10,841 #908 35 Marilyn 10,814 #760 36 Betty 10,620 #1,113 37 Gail 9,726 #8,362 38 Paula 9,686 #853 39 Connie 9,636 #3,067 40 Joan 9,521 #1,085 41 Robin 9,044 #704 42 Gloria 8,923 #654 43 Christine 8,788 #1,272 44 Ann 8,751 #1,076 45 Laura 8,719 #379 46 Martha 8,596 #712 47 Theresa 8,509 #1,548 48 Peggy 8,454 #8,362 49 Jane 8,343 #221 50 Vicki 8,221 –
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1954, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Kathryn 8,137 #729 52 Bonnie 8,099 #396 53 Jo 8,052 #3,975 54 Rose 7,996 #114 55 Dorothy 7,789 #421 56 Jean 7,665 #2,117 57 Diana 7,624 #244 58 Wanda 7,447 #5,917 59 Cathy 7,207 #8,362 60 Sheila 7,202 #2,645 61 Virginia 7,176 #525 62 Sherry 7,120 #5,410 63 Lynn 6,780 #2,542 64 Katherine 6,740 #186 65 Maria 6,590 #87 66 Ruth 6,566 #173 67 Rita 6,536 #1,285 68 Jacqueline 6,522 #558 69 Vickie 6,367 – 70 Julie 6,275 #872 71 Rhonda 6,100 #6,116 72 Helen 5,947 #461 73 Lisa 5,913 #987 74 Elaine 5,825 #304 75 Phyllis 5,763 #11,932 76 Darlene 5,510 #1,844 77 Ellen 5,457 #1,062 78 Joanne 5,435 #2,607 79 Marie 5,310 #617 80 Anne 5,298 #619 81 Alice 5,271 #65 82 Suzanne 5,236 #2,387 83 Frances 5,153 #318 84 Sally 5,078 #1,150 85 Victoria 4,978 #54 86 Marsha 4,966 #7,491 87 Valerie 4,917 #127 88 Terry 4,787 #9,457 89 Michele 4,763 #4,758 90 Marcia 4,744 #3,389 91 Cindy 4,714 #1,927 92 Debbie 4,664 #5,238 93 Doris 4,457 #2,895 94 Michelle 4,432 #465 95 Wendy 4,415 #1,341 96 Anita 4,408 #1,341 97 Maureen 4,370 #4,352 98 Laurie 4,290 #2,822 99 Leslie 4,147 #712 100 Terri 4,130 #6,116
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1954, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 88,568 #21 2 Robert 86,331 #92 3 James 86,311 #6 4 John 81,168 #23 5 David 79,556 #35 6 William 61,426 #9 7 Richard 57,042 #234 8 Thomas 47,159 #34 9 Gary 37,920 #1,073 10 Charles 37,463 #48 11 Steven 36,628 #271 12 Mark 36,198 #244 13 Joseph 31,221 #29 14 Donald 29,279 #690 15 Ronald 27,625 #637 16 Paul 26,220 #262 17 Kenneth 26,186 #294 18 Daniel 25,275 #22 19 Larry 24,614 #1,084 20 Stephen 21,878 #383 21 Dennis 20,758 #707 22 Edward 19,493 #224 23 Jeffrey 19,052 #552 24 George 18,704 #126 25 Gregory 17,625 #593 26 Timothy 17,427 #203 27 Terry 15,553 #1,115 28 Kevin 15,322 #221 29 Douglas 14,703 #807 30 Bruce 14,155 #536 31 Jerry 13,681 #906 32 Anthony 13,124 #46 33 Randy 12,638 #1,084 34 Roger 11,717 #832 35 Raymond 11,242 #394 36 Frank 10,995 #513 37 Peter 10,085 #187 38 Patrick 9,927 #235 39 Lawrence 9,606 #518 40 Scott 9,457 #534 41 Wayne 9,175 #652 42 Danny 9,103 #628 43 Alan 8,711 #191 44 Gerald 8,552 #1,204 45 Keith 8,355 #800 46 Ricky 8,164 #948 47 Carl 8,137 #1,132 48 Brian 8,078 #339 49 Walter 7,486 #251 50 Dale 7,439 #1,409
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1954, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Craig 7,180 #1,644 52 Arthur 6,856 #87 53 Willie 6,832 #1,315 54 Johnny 6,613 #457 55 Randall 6,549 #1,499 56 Roy 6,513 #525 57 Jack 6,475 #15 58 Stanley 6,448 #863 59 Henry 6,402 #5 60 Harold 6,359 #991 61 Ralph 6,311 #1,046 62 Philip 6,279 #527 63 Glenn 6,240 #1,443 64 Christopher 6,084 #68 65 Billy 6,033 #1,068 66 Rodney 5,959 #1,091 67 Joe 5,873 #991 68 Barry 5,844 #1,520 69 Russell 5,761 #345 70 Andrew 5,653 #73 71 Samuel 5,634 #18 72 Bobby 5,507 #1,097 73 Albert 5,428 #614 74 Jimmy 5,327 #846 75 Phillip 5,149 #651 76 Steve 5,062 #1,609 77 Eugene 5,033 #943 78 Ronnie 4,978 #1,064 79 Martin 4,968 #335 80 Howard 4,933 #1,002 81 Louis 4,848 #249 82 Allen 4,832 #578 83 Frederick 4,743 #435 84 Curtis 4,594 #984 85 Leonard 4,482 #637 86 Harry 4,354 #775 87 Ernest 4,202 #1,038 88 Micheal 4,178 #1,401 89 Eric 4,169 #273 90 Jeffery 3,935 #1,554 91 Eddie 3,766 #860 92 Melvin 3,711 #958 93 Fred 3,695 #1,932 94 Francis 3,686 #420 95 Darrell 3,643 #1,688 96 Lee 3,566 #725 97 Marvin 3,498 #699 98 Earl 3,424 #2,230 99 Norman 3,417 #1,196 100 Tommy 3,407 #657
Entered the top 100 in 1954
