Top baby names of 1953
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John80,092
- 5David76,074
- 6Mary66,704
- 7Linda63,518
- 8William61,780
- 9Richard58,292
- 10Deborah54,108
- 11Patricia52,874
- 12Thomas46,960
- 13Susan45,908
- 14Barbara39,870
- 15Charles38,358
- 16Debra38,222
- 17Gary36,928
- 18Steven33,712
- 19Nancy31,722
- 20Karen30,934
- 21Mark29,314
- 22Joseph29,190
- 23Donald28,320
- 24Ronald27,652
- 25Pamela26,706
- 26Sandra26,448
- 27Cynthia26,044
- 28Kenneth25,490
- 29Paul25,476
- 30Larry25,154
- 31Donna25,118
- 32Kathleen24,598
- 33Sharon23,888
- 34Dennis23,626
- 35Daniel23,466
- 36Carol23,092
- 37Diane22,140
- 38Stephen21,810
- 39Brenda20,876
- 40George19,172
- 41Edward18,970
- 42Janet18,420
- 43Margaret16,808
- 44Elizabeth16,686
- 45Gregory16,158
- 46Jeffrey15,908
- 47Timothy15,176
- 48Janice15,152
- 49Douglas14,144
- 50Bruce14,018
- 51Jerry13,888
- 52Kathy13,884
- 53Rebecca13,434
- 54Carolyn13,378
- 55Terry13,272
- 56Joyce13,268
- 57Judy13,194
- 58Roger13,162
- 59Cheryl12,726
- 60Shirley12,602
- 61Judith12,394
- 62Denise12,380
- 63Christine12,238
- 64Betty11,790
- 65Anthony11,676
- 66Beverly11,636
- 67Catherine11,230
- 68Frank11,146
- 69Marilyn11,134
- 70Raymond11,096
- 71Randy10,636
- 72Joan10,136
- 73Gloria10,032
- 74Kevin10,002
- 75Gail9,934
- 76Paula9,894
- 77Lawrence9,856
- 78Peter9,732
- 79Martha9,596
- 80Patrick9,466
- 81Teresa9,256
- 82Jane9,232
- 83Peggy9,090
- 84Bonnie8,922
- 85Wayne8,894
- 86Ann8,892
- 87Connie8,888
- 88Kathryn8,628
- 89Gerald8,606
- 90Danny8,598
- 91Dorothy8,444
- 92Alan8,440
- 93Theresa8,010
- 94Carl7,824
- 95Walter7,498
- 96Scott7,496
- 97Keith7,376
- 98Dale7,328
- 99Willie7,048
- 100Arthur6,994