California ★ 1954

Top names in California, 1954

Linda led for girls with 4,154 babies ; Michael for boys with 8,082. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,154
2	Susan	3,934
3	Debra	3,784
4	Deborah	3,726
5	Mary	3,717
6	Patricia	3,303
7	Karen	2,665
8	Cynthia	2,462
9	Pamela	2,184
10	Nancy	2,100
11	Kathleen	2,098
12	Barbara	2,007
13	Sandra	1,930
14	Carol	1,684
15	Donna	1,629
16	Diane	1,573
17	Sharon	1,568
18	Janet	1,556
19	Cheryl	1,465
20	Elizabeth	1,259
21	Denise	1,251
22	Rebecca	1,065
23	Margaret	1,061
24	Teresa	1,026
25	Robin	1,025
26	Catherine	991
27	Laura	959
28	Janice	943
29	Maria	886
30	Gloria	802
31	Brenda	795
31	Diana	795
31	Lisa	795
34	Paula	784
35	Kathy	753
36	Judy	733
37	Theresa	724
38	Marilyn	718
39	Gail	715
40	Judith	713
41	Julie	707
42	Kathryn	695
43	Katherine	694
44	Carolyn	667
45	Victoria	651
46	Vicki	618
47	Rose	603
48	Christine	588
48	Leslie	588
50	Joan	583
51	Joyce	575
51	Lynn	575
53	Beverly	570
53	Lori	570
55	Martha	568
56	Virginia	564
57	Suzanne	553
58	Laurie	542
58	Terri	542
60	Stephanie	528
61	Ann	526
62	Michelle	525
63	Valerie	524
64	Peggy	520
65	Sherry	504
66	Michele	500
66	Terry	500
68	Shirley	493
69	Connie	489
70	Yolanda	480
71	Sally	463
72	Cathy	459
73	Sheila	449
74	Elaine	446
75	Bonnie	442
76	Roberta	441
77	Wendy	436
78	Marie	428
79	Debbie	427
80	Jacqueline	422
80	Jo	422
82	Jane	415
83	Jennifer	412
84	Cindy	411
85	Ruth	408
86	Jean	398
87	Sylvia	396
88	Darlene	394
88	Vickie	394
90	Alice	391
91	Betty	390
92	Rhonda	389
93	Anna	384
94	Anita	378
95	Helen	368
96	Anne	367
97	Kim	364
98	Irene	352
99	Frances	350
100	Renee	349

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	8,082
2	Robert	6,817
3	David	6,474
4	John	5,957
5	James	5,213
6	Richard	5,057
7	Steven	4,238
8	William	3,942
9	Mark	3,515
10	Thomas	2,912
11	Gary	2,849
12	Daniel	2,336
13	Ronald	2,173
14	Charles	2,135
15	Paul	2,123
16	Donald	2,119
17	Kenneth	1,919
18	Stephen	1,810
19	Jeffrey	1,659
20	Gregory	1,646
21	Dennis	1,629
22	Joseph	1,624
23	Timothy	1,564
24	Larry	1,363
25	Edward	1,336
26	George	1,262
27	Bruce	1,204
28	Douglas	1,145
29	Scott	1,121
30	Anthony	1,086
31	Kevin	1,062
32	Frank	1,025
33	Patrick	1,000
34	Raymond	963
35	Craig	902
35	Randy	902
37	Terry	852
38	Brian	785
39	Lawrence	783
40	Peter	765
41	Christopher	746
42	Jerry	738
43	Alan	656
44	Arthur	638
45	Roger	612
45	Wayne	612
47	Danny	611
48	Jack	596
49	Keith	581
50	Gerald	574
51	Dale	545
52	Joe	521
53	Stanley	515
54	Carl	505
55	Steve	501
56	Ralph	500
57	Jose	499
58	Russell	486
59	Philip	480
60	Andrew	479
60	Glenn	479
62	Eric	475
63	Rodney	471
64	Randall	462
65	Rick	461
66	Martin	456
67	Henry	447
68	Albert	440
69	Phillip	438
70	Jon	418
70	Ricky	418
70	Walter	418
73	Manuel	408
74	Jeffery	400
75	Roy	392
76	Victor	375
77	Ernest	371
78	Barry	370
79	Mike	364
80	Johnny	352
81	Fred	351
82	Micheal	345
83	Bradley	340
84	Gilbert	338
85	Harold	318
86	Allen	316
86	Curtis	316
88	Leonard	313
89	Ruben	310
90	Louis	303
91	Frederick	299
92	Eugene	296
93	Samuel	295
94	Vincent	289
95	Brad	278
95	Howard	278
97	Jay	275
98	Dan	270
99	Matthew	267
100	Darrell	263