United States · 3,853,600 recorded births
Top baby names of 1953
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Cindy (up 41), Patti (up 38), Ricky (up 30), Rickey (up 27).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1952 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 64,389 | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | Linda | 61,281 | ▼ 1 |
| 3 | Deborah | 52,199 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | Patricia | 51,019 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | Susan | 44,297 | · |
| 6 | Barbara | 38,473 | · |
| 7 | Debra | 36,856 | ▲ 2 |
| 8 | Nancy | 30,620 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Karen | 29,858 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Pamela | 25,760 | ▲ 7 |
| 11 | Sandra | 25,500 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Cynthia | 25,140 | ▲ 6 |
| 13 | Donna | 24,227 | · |
| 14 | Kathleen | 23,731 | ▼ 3 |
| 15 | Sharon | 23,040 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Carol | 22,290 | ▼ 4 |
| 17 | Diane | 21,351 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Brenda | 20,122 | ▼ 3 |
| 19 | Janet | 17,771 | · |
| 20 | Margaret | 16,195 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 16,099 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Janice | 14,627 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Kathy | 13,400 | ▲ 6 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 12,959 | ▲ 6 |
| 25 | Carolyn | 12,919 | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Joyce | 12,796 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Judy | 12,735 | ▼ 1 |
| 28 | Cheryl | 12,264 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Shirley | 12,148 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Judith | 11,969 | ▼ 5 |
| 31 | Denise | 11,950 | ▲ 2 |
| 32 | Christine | 11,793 | ▼ 12 |
| 33 | Betty | 11,369 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Beverly | 11,240 | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Catherine | 10,849 | ▼ 1 |
| 36 | Marilyn | 10,742 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Joan | 9,774 | · |
| 38 | Gloria | 9,680 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Gail | 9,585 | · |
| 40 | Paula | 9,557 | ▲ 7 |
| 41 | Martha | 9,263 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Teresa | 8,932 | ▲ 10 |
| 43 | Jane | 8,913 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Peggy | 8,762 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Bonnie | 8,615 | ▼ 4 |
| 46 | Ann | 8,579 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Connie | 8,575 | ▼ 3 |
| 48 | Kathryn | 8,324 | · |
| 49 | Dorothy | 8,162 | ▼ 3 |
| 50 | Theresa | 7,715 | ▲ 10 |
| 51 | Laura | 7,628 | ▲ 2 |
| 52 | Jean | 7,571 | ▼ 2 |
| 53 | Virginia | 7,546 | ▼ 4 |
| 54 | Jo | 7,513 | ▲ 1 |
| 55 | Diana | 7,438 | ▼ 4 |
| 56 | Cathy | 7,301 | · |
| 57 | Wanda | 7,203 | ▼ 3 |
| 58 | Jacqueline | 7,128 | · |
| 59 | Rose | 7,004 | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Sheila | 6,965 | ▲ 4 |
| 61 | Vicki | 6,821 | · |
| 62 | Ruth | 6,582 | ▼ 5 |
| 63 | Katherine | 6,559 | ▼ 4 |
| 64 | Rita | 6,284 | ▲ 2 |
| 65 | Helen | 6,123 | ▼ 2 |
| 66 | Robin | 6,037 | ▲ 36 |
| 67 | Lynn | 5,997 | ▲ 4 |
| 68 | Maria | 5,992 | ▲ 4 |
| 69 | Phyllis | 5,961 | ▼ 4 |
| 70 | Sherry | 5,935 | ▼ 2 |
| 71 | Joanne | 5,890 | ▲ 7 |
| 72 | Frances | 5,786 | ▼ 5 |
| 73 | Alice | 5,740 | ▼ 4 |
| 74 | Julie | 5,668 | ▲ 11 |
| 75 | Darlene | 5,591 | ▲ 2 |
| 76 | Ellen | 5,537 | ▼ 6 |
| 77 | Elaine | 5,496 | ▼ 4 |
| 78 | Suzanne | 5,472 | ▲ 6 |
| 79 | Vickie | 5,297 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | Anne | 5,256 | ▼ 1 |
| 81 | Sally | 5,183 | · |
| 82 | Victoria | 5,164 | ▼ 8 |
| 83 | Marsha | 5,131 | ▼ 8 |
| 84 | Marcia | 5,062 | ▼ 4 |
| 85 | Rhonda | 5,029 | ▲ 10 |
| 86 | Marie | 4,955 | ▼ 4 |
| 87 | Doris | 4,900 | ▼ 4 |
| 88 | Valerie | 4,591 | ▼ 1 |
| 89 | Anita | 4,407 | ▲ 2 |
| 90 | Roberta | 4,299 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Lois | 4,219 | ▼ 5 |
| 92 | Maureen | 4,112 | ▲ 2 |
| 93 | Sarah | 4,086 | · |
| 94 | Evelyn | 4,064 | ▼ 4 |
| 95 | Constance | 4,030 | ▼ 3 |
| 96 | Leslie | 3,904 | ▲ 8 |
| 97 | Jeanne | 3,853 | ▲ 1 |
| 98 | Anna | 3,837 | ▲ 3 |
| 99 | Cindy | 3,825 | ▲ 41 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 3,813 | ▼ 11 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1952 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 86,243 | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | James | 86,066 | ▼ 1 |
| 3 | Michael | 84,198 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | John | 80,165 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | David | 76,119 | · |
| 6 | William | 61,829 | · |
| 7 | Richard | 58,389 | · |
| 8 | Thomas | 47,008 | · |
| 9 | Charles | 38,421 | · |
| 10 | Gary | 36,967 | · |
| 11 | Steven | 33,721 | · |
| 12 | Mark | 29,341 | ▲ 5 |
| 13 | Joseph | 29,269 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Donald | 28,361 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Ronald | 27,713 | · |
| 16 | Paul | 25,509 | ▲ 3 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 25,507 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Larry | 25,208 | ▼ 4 |
| 19 | Dennis | 23,658 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Daniel | 23,498 | · |
| 21 | Stephen | 21,807 | · |
| 22 | George | 19,176 | · |
| 23 | Edward | 18,984 | · |
| 24 | Gregory | 16,160 | · |
| 25 | Jeffrey | 15,949 | ▲ 6 |
| 26 | Timothy | 15,187 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Douglas | 14,138 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Bruce | 14,048 | ▼ 3 |
| 29 | Jerry | 13,901 | ▼ 3 |
| 30 | Terry | 13,259 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Roger | 13,172 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Anthony | 11,693 | ▲ 2 |
| 33 | Frank | 11,180 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Raymond | 11,110 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Randy | 10,666 | ▲ 6 |
| 36 | Kevin | 10,011 | ▲ 7 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 9,856 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Peter | 9,729 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Patrick | 9,468 | ▼ 2 |
| 40 | Wayne | 8,905 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Danny | 8,627 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Gerald | 8,619 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Alan | 8,454 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Carl | 7,829 | ▲ 1 |
| 45 | Walter | 7,509 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Scott | 7,489 | ▲ 8 |
| 47 | Keith | 7,375 | ▲ 2 |
| 48 | Dale | 7,350 | ▼ 2 |
| 49 | Willie | 7,056 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Arthur | 7,001 | ▼ 3 |
| 51 | Ricky | 6,887 | ▲ 30 |
| 52 | Johnny | 6,717 | ▲ 1 |
| 53 | Brian | 6,665 | ▲ 11 |
| 54 | Henry | 6,662 | ▼ 4 |
| 55 | Roy | 6,655 | · |
| 56 | Harold | 6,580 | ▼ 5 |
| 57 | Jack | 6,540 | ▼ 5 |
| 58 | Rodney | 6,536 | ▲ 26 |
| 59 | Ralph | 6,513 | ▼ 3 |
| 60 | Craig | 6,459 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Philip | 6,279 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Stanley | 6,275 | ▼ 4 |
| 63 | Christopher | 6,081 | ▼ 6 |
| 64 | Randall | 5,973 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Billy | 5,856 | · |
| 66 | Joe | 5,797 | ▼ 4 |
| 67 | Glenn | 5,726 | ▼ 6 |
| 68 | Andrew | 5,626 | · |
| 69 | Albert | 5,439 | ▼ 3 |
| 70 | Samuel | 5,423 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Russell | 5,374 | ▼ 1 |
| 72 | Jimmy | 5,310 | · |
| 73 | Barry | 5,182 | ▼ 4 |
| 74 | Bobby | 5,179 | ▲ 3 |
| 75 | Eugene | 5,147 | ▼ 4 |
| 76 | Phillip | 5,103 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Howard | 4,985 | ▼ 4 |
| 78 | Louis | 4,985 | ▲ 1 |
| 79 | Ronnie | 4,970 | ▲ 3 |
| 80 | Frederick | 4,865 | ▼ 4 |
| 81 | Allen | 4,854 | ▼ 3 |
| 82 | Martin | 4,778 | ▼ 2 |
| 83 | Harry | 4,580 | ▼ 8 |
| 84 | Steve | 4,539 | ▲ 1 |
| 85 | Leonard | 4,412 | ▼ 2 |
| 86 | Curtis | 4,353 | · |
| 87 | Ernest | 4,095 | · |
| 88 | Micheal | 3,987 | ▲ 6 |
| 89 | Eric | 3,929 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Francis | 3,875 | ▼ 1 |
| 91 | Melvin | 3,811 | · |
| 92 | Fred | 3,789 | ▼ 2 |
| 93 | Lee | 3,583 | ▼ 1 |
| 94 | Marvin | 3,564 | ▲ 1 |
| 95 | Tommy | 3,469 | ▲ 2 |
| 96 | Earl | 3,437 | ▲ 2 |
| 97 | Eddie | 3,417 | ▼ 4 |
| 98 | Norman | 3,372 | ▼ 2 |
| 99 | Jay | 3,235 | ▲ 7 |
| 100 | Vincent | 3,174 | ▲ 1 |