100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1953

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Vincent 0 3,167
102 Clifford -3 3,153
103 Darrell +6 3,148
104 Alfred 0 3,121
105 Dean -3 3,118
106 Victor +1 3,100
107 Jerome -2 3,081
108 Clarence -5 3,079
109 Jeffery +25 3,044
110 Jose +4 3,013
111 Calvin -3 2,943
112 Theodore -12 2,939
113 Rickey +27 2,843
114 Jesse -2 2,819
115 Ray -2 2,811
116 Gordon -6 2,782
117 Tony +16 2,774
118 Bradley +23 2,767
119 Bernard -8 2,745
120 Jon +15 2,712
121 Don -1 2,711
122 Dwight +1 2,697
123 Edwin -5 2,642
124 Warren -7 2,639
125 Herbert -10 2,614
126 Leroy -10 2,579
127 Kim -1 2,563
128 Benjamin -6 2,418
129 Glen -8 2,391
130 Matthew +12 2,373
131 Nicholas -4 2,358
132 Duane -1 2,338
133 Jonathan +6 2,337
134 Joel -2 2,301
135 Mike +1 2,283
136 Leslie -11 2,281
137 Leon -13 2,272
138 Lloyd -8 2,165
139 Dan -10 2,161
140 Alvin -12 2,107
141 Vernon -4 2,061
142 Garry +13 2,047
143 Gene -5 2,005
144 Marc +9 1,976
145 Jackie -1 1,966
146 Neil +1 1,932
147 Lonnie +1 1,923
148 Gilbert +3 1,905
149 Juan +1 1,893
150 Mitchell +7 1,887
151 Guy +1 1,883
152 Floyd -3 1,876
153 Lewis -8 1,856
154 Allan -8 1,855
155 Clyde -12 1,851
156 Donnie 0 1,795
157 Lester +1 1,779
158 Franklin +1 1,762
159 Wesley +6 1,732
160 Robin +44 1,726
161 Randolph -7 1,711
162 Leo +9 1,656
163 Karl +7 1,653
164 Brad +48 1,649
165 Reginald +9 1,637
166 Kent -2 1,632
167 Jimmie -4 1,627
168 Manuel -7 1,572
169 Chris -9 1,569
170 Lynn -3 1,551
171 Freddie +6 1,546
172 Charlie -10 1,536
173 Harvey -7 1,534
174 Jim -2 1,534
175 Milton -6 1,532
176 Bill -8 1,523
177 Kurt +1 1,515
178 Dana +5 1,502
179 Herman -4 1,407
180 Johnnie -7 1,402
181 Carlos +7 1,395
182 Arnold -3 1,387
183 Chester -3 1,380
184 Tom -3 1,376
185 Stuart +5 1,366
186 Gerard -2 1,365
187 Daryl +6 1,352
188 Fredrick +4 1,342
189 Rex -13 1,342
190 Ted -8 1,303
191 Roland -4 1,279
192 Nathaniel -3 1,269
193 Darryl +7 1,267
194 Alexander -8 1,262
195 Kerry -1 1,261
196 Cecil -11 1,250
197 Kirk +2 1,229
198 Perry -2 1,225
199 Maurice -8 1,220
200 Terrence -5 1,216
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Charlotte -12 3,810
102 Michele +8 3,722
103 Laurie +12 3,687
104 Yvonne -1 3,683
105 Glenda -8 3,656
106 Sue +7 3,648
107 Michelle +17 3,632
108 Eileen -8 3,627
109 Dianne -13 3,621
110 Wendy -5 3,616
111 Lisa +15 3,605
112 Gwendolyn +2 3,518
113 Charlene -7 3,503
114 Jill +4 3,388
115 Colleen -7 3,377
116 Jennifer -9 3,374
117 Terry +3 3,371
118 Lorraine -9 3,312
119 Debbie +25 3,206
120 Angela +14 3,182
121 Joann -5 3,170
122 Norma -10 3,170
123 Stephanie 0 3,083
124 Julia +7 2,973
125 Louise -3 2,966
126 Claudia -15 2,857
127 Irene -6 2,800
128 Marlene -11 2,762
129 Carla +9 2,759
130 Terri +28 2,722
131 Andrea +1 2,720
132 Regina +7 2,709
133 Juanita -8 2,704
134 Renee +20 2,696
135 Geraldine -16 2,670
136 Gayle -1 2,667
137 Loretta -1 2,666
138 Dawn +27 2,641
139 Jeanette -2 2,609
140 Jan +3 2,606
141 Patsy -13 2,589
142 Beth +4 2,565
143 Annie -16 2,560
144 Marjorie -3 2,540
145 Annette +11 2,488
146 Kay -13 2,464
147 Rosemary -17 2,428
148 Sheryl +3 2,400
149 Vivian -7 2,354
150 Ruby -5 2,340
151 Lynda -22 2,307
152 Amy +23 2,306
153 Joy -4 2,305
154 Arlene -7 2,304
155 June -7 2,264
156 Delores -4 2,167
157 Penny 0 2,153
158 Sara +2 2,077
159 Lynne -9 2,041
160 Patti +39 2,034
161 Rosa +1 2,028
162 Toni +5 2,023
163 Vanessa +139 2,006
164 Melissa +37 2,005
165 Dolores -4 1,981
166 Mildred -7 1,942
167 Audrey +1 1,940
168 Shelley -5 1,939
169 Janis -16 1,865
170 Vicky +4 1,862
171 Yolanda +2 1,808
172 Josephine -3 1,798
173 Belinda -1 1,791
174 Lori +78 1,791
175 Rachel +10 1,777
176 Melinda +19 1,774
177 Christina -22 1,771
178 Roxanne +9 1,765
179 Paulette -15 1,764
180 Candace -9 1,752
181 Georgia -5 1,742
182 Kim +34 1,741
183 Jacquelyn -1 1,738
184 Jackie +6 1,727
185 Carmen -1 1,726
186 Lillian -8 1,659
187 Marianne +4 1,650
188 Carole -18 1,634
189 Becky +4 1,627
190 Veronica -2 1,615
191 Edna -14 1,614
192 Esther -13 1,612
193 Monica +4 1,598
194 Eva -13 1,592
195 Emma -15 1,590
196 Sherri +111 1,585
197 Janie -8 1,578
198 Pauline -12 1,573
199 Holly +15 1,564
200 Lucy +3 1,562