Most Popular Baby Names of 1953
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | Robert | +1 | 1 | Mary | +1 |
| 2 | James | -1 | 2 | Linda | -1 |
| 3 | Michael | +1 | 3 | Deborah | +1 |
| 4 | John | -1 | 4 | Patricia | -1 |
| 5 | David | 0 | 5 | Susan | 0 |
| 6 | William | 0 | 6 | Barbara | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 0 | 7 | Debra | +2 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Nancy | -1 |
| 9 | Charles | 0 | 9 | Karen | -1 |
| 10 | Gary | 0 | 10 | Pamela | +7 |
| 11 | Steven | 0 | 11 | Sandra | -1 |
| 12 | Mark | +5 | 12 | Cynthia | +6 |
| 13 | Joseph | -1 | 13 | Donna | 0 |
| 14 | Donald | -1 | 14 | Kathleen | -3 |
| 15 | Ronald | 0 | 15 | Sharon | -1 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 0 | 16 | Carol | -4 |
| 17 | Paul | +2 | 17 | Diane | -1 |
| 18 | Larry | -4 | 18 | Brenda | -3 |
| 19 | Dennis | -1 | 19 | Janet | 0 |
| 20 | Daniel | 0 | 20 | Margaret | +1 |
| 21 | Stephen | 0 | 21 | Elizabeth | +1 |
| 22 | George | 0 | 22 | Janice | +1 |
| 23 | Edward | 0 | 23 | Kathy | +6 |
| 24 | Gregory | 0 | 24 | Rebecca | +6 |
| 25 | Jeffrey | +6 | 25 | Carolyn | -1 |
| 26 | Timothy | +1 | 26 | Joyce | +1 |
| 27 | Douglas | +1 | 27 | Judy | -1 |
| 28 | Bruce | -3 | 28 | Cheryl | +3 |
| 29 | Jerry | -3 | 29 | Shirley | -1 |
| 30 | Terry | -1 | 30 | Judith | -5 |
| 31 | Roger | -1 | 31 | Denise | +2 |
| 32 | Anthony | +2 | 32 | Christine | -12 |
| 33 | Frank | -1 | 33 | Betty | -1 |
| 34 | Raymond | -1 | 34 | Beverly | +1 |
| 35 | Randy | +6 | 35 | Catherine | -1 |
| 36 | Kevin | +7 | 36 | Marilyn | +2 |
| 37 | Lawrence | -2 | 37 | Joan | 0 |
| 38 | Peter | -2 | 38 | Gloria | -2 |
| 39 | Patrick | -2 | 39 | Gail | 0 |
| 40 | Wayne | -2 | 40 | Paula | +7 |
| 41 | Gerald | -2 | 41 | Martha | -1 |
| 42 | Danny | -2 | 42 | Teresa | +10 |
| 43 | Alan | -1 | 43 | Jane | -1 |
| 44 | Carl | +1 | 44 | Peggy | -1 |
| 45 | Scott | +10 | 45 | Bonnie | -4 |
| 46 | Walter | -2 | 46 | Ann | -1 |
| 47 | Keith | +2 | 47 | Connie | -3 |
| 48 | Dale | -2 | 48 | Kathryn | 0 |
| 49 | Willie | -1 | 49 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 50 | Arthur | -3 | 50 | Theresa | +10 |
| 51 | Ricky | +30 | 51 | Laura | +2 |
| 52 | Johnny | +1 | 52 | Jean | -2 |
| 53 | Brian | +11 | 53 | Virginia | -4 |
| 54 | Roy | +2 | 54 | Jo | +1 |
| 55 | Henry | -5 | 55 | Diana | -4 |
| 56 | Harold | -5 | 56 | Cathy | 0 |
| 57 | Jack | -5 | 57 | Wanda | -3 |
| 58 | Rodney | +26 | 58 | Jacqueline | -1 |
| 59 | Ralph | -2 | 59 | Rose | +3 |
| 60 | Craig | -1 | 60 | Sheila | +4 |
| 61 | Christopher | -7 | 61 | Vicki | 0 |
| 62 | Stanley | -4 | 62 | Ruth | -4 |
| 63 | Philip | -3 | 63 | Katherine | -4 |
| 64 | Randall | -1 | 64 | Rita | +2 |
| 65 | Billy | 0 | 65 | Helen | -2 |
| 66 | Joe | -4 | 66 | Robin | +36 |
| 67 | Glenn | -6 | 67 | Lynn | +4 |
| 68 | Andrew | 0 | 68 | Maria | +4 |
| 69 | Albert | -2 | 69 | Phyllis | -4 |
| 70 | Samuel | -4 | 70 | Sherry | -2 |
| 71 | Russell | -1 | 71 | Joanne | +7 |
| 72 | Jimmy | 0 | 72 | Frances | -5 |
| 73 | Bobby | +5 | 73 | Alice | -4 |
| 74 | Barry | -5 | 74 | Julie | +11 |
| 75 | Eugene | -4 | 75 | Darlene | +2 |
| 76 | Phillip | -2 | 76 | Ellen | -6 |
| 77 | Howard | -4 | 77 | Elaine | -4 |
| 78 | Louis | +1 | 78 | Suzanne | +6 |
| 79 | Ronnie | +3 | 79 | Vickie | -3 |
| 80 | Frederick | -4 | 80 | Anne | -1 |
| 81 | Allen | -4 | 81 | Sally | 0 |
| 82 | Martin | -2 | 82 | Victoria | -8 |
| 83 | Harry | -8 | 83 | Marsha | -8 |
| 84 | Steve | +1 | 84 | Marcia | -4 |
| 85 | Leonard | -2 | 85 | Rhonda | +10 |
| 86 | Curtis | 0 | 86 | Marie | -4 |
| 87 | Ernest | 0 | 87 | Doris | -4 |
| 88 | Micheal | +6 | 88 | Valerie | -1 |
| 89 | Eric | -1 | 89 | Anita | +2 |
| 90 | Francis | -1 | 90 | Roberta | -2 |
| 91 | Melvin | 0 | 91 | Lois | -5 |
| 92 | Fred | -2 | 92 | Maureen | +2 |
| 93 | Lee | 0 | 93 | Sarah | 0 |
| 94 | Marvin | +2 | 94 | Evelyn | -4 |
| 95 | Tommy | +2 | 95 | Constance | -3 |
| 96 | Earl | +2 | 96 | Leslie | +8 |
| 97 | Eddie | -5 | 97 | Jeanne | +1 |
| 98 | Norman | -3 | 98 | Anna | +3 |
| 99 | Jay | +7 | 99 | Cindy | +41 |
| 100 | Rick | +19 | 100 | Sylvia | -1 |