California ★ 1953

Top names in California, 1953

Linda led for girls with 4,452 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,851. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,452
2	Deborah	3,857
3	Susan	3,752
4	Mary	3,400
5	Patricia	3,324
6	Debra	3,295
7	Karen	2,461
8	Cynthia	2,288
9	Kathleen	2,232
10	Pamela	2,222
11	Nancy	2,210
12	Barbara	2,147
13	Sandra	1,948
14	Sharon	1,655
15	Carol	1,597
16	Donna	1,554
17	Diane	1,534
18	Janet	1,447
19	Elizabeth	1,185
20	Denise	1,068
21	Cheryl	1,058
22	Margaret	1,023
23	Janice	1,007
24	Christine	943
25	Rebecca	934
26	Catherine	894
27	Laura	860
28	Teresa	855
29	Robin	841
30	Judith	788
31	Gloria	783
32	Brenda	774
33	Marilyn	772
34	Judy	767
35	Diana	764
36	Kathy	749
37	Paula	745
38	Kathryn	743
39	Maria	742
40	Gail	735
41	Victoria	731
42	Carolyn	715
43	Julie	691
44	Katherine	683
45	Shirley	676
46	Theresa	656
47	Martha	637
48	Joyce	632
49	Joan	612
50	Virginia	596
51	Beverly	594
52	Laurie	588
53	Leslie	574
54	Peggy	543
55	Suzanne	532
56	Rose	525
56	Valerie	525
58	Vicki	520
59	Lynn	515
60	Ann	505
61	Lisa	501
62	Bonnie	498
63	Michelle	489
64	Cathy	488
65	Sally	475
66	Betty	473
66	Roberta	473
68	Connie	467
69	Jane	450
70	Sherry	444
71	Terry	432
72	Joanne	422
72	Sheila	422
74	Anita	421
74	Michele	421
76	Jo	418
77	Jean	417
78	Ruth	408
79	Jacqueline	403
80	Dorothy	401
81	Darlene	394
82	Irene	391
83	Wendy	387
84	Jennifer	384
85	Helen	379
85	Stephanie	379
85	Terri	379
88	Frances	378
89	Marsha	376
90	Anne	373
90	Rita	373
90	Yolanda	373
93	Elaine	371
94	Alice	361
95	Sylvia	359
96	Rhonda	358
96	Yvonne	358
98	Cindy	355
99	Anna	341
99	Jeanne	341

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,851
2	Robert	6,751
3	David	6,384
4	John	5,954
5	James	5,253
6	Richard	5,228
7	Steven	3,954
8	William	3,858
9	Gary	2,940
10	Mark	2,878
11	Thomas	2,876
12	Daniel	2,265
13	Ronald	2,189
14	Charles	2,120
15	Donald	2,103
16	Kenneth	1,938
17	Paul	1,904
18	Dennis	1,809
19	Stephen	1,806
20	Gregory	1,611
21	Joseph	1,496
22	Larry	1,465
23	Jeffrey	1,428
24	Timothy	1,303
25	George	1,279
26	Edward	1,273
27	Bruce	1,232
28	Douglas	1,154
29	Frank	1,022
30	Anthony	936
31	Raymond	920
32	Patrick	904
33	Scott	894
34	Randy	893
35	Craig	851
36	Lawrence	843
37	Christopher	798
38	Peter	771
39	Terry	744
40	Jerry	742
41	Brian	739
42	Roger	723
43	Kevin	682
44	Arthur	636
45	Alan	629
46	Jack	611
47	Gerald	591
48	Dale	587
49	Danny	569
50	Wayne	554
51	Joe	543
52	Philip	533
53	Martin	517
54	Rodney	510
55	Ralph	505
56	Keith	501
57	Carl	495
58	Randall	490
59	Steve	477
60	Stanley	447
61	Jose	442
62	Phillip	437
63	Glenn	436
64	Eric	434
65	Henry	433
66	Russell	431
67	Andrew	429
68	Albert	413
69	Roy	403
70	Rick	402
71	Manuel	394
72	Walter	376
73	Victor	375
74	Louis	347
75	Ricky	340
76	Ernest	338
77	Allen	334
78	Harold	333
79	Fred	332
79	Johnny	332
81	Micheal	330
82	Gilbert	324
83	Leonard	314
84	Jon	313
85	Mike	306
86	Curtis	300
87	Barry	299
88	Clifford	295
89	Jay	294
90	Vincent	293
91	Jeffery	290
92	Ruben	288
93	Brad	284
93	Bradley	284
95	Dean	283
95	Frederick	283
95	Samuel	283
98	Don	277
98	Howard	277
100	Eugene	270