100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1954

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael +2 88,514
2 James 0 86,288
3 Robert -2 86,288
4 John 0 81,166
5 David 0 79,532
6 William 0 61,420
7 Richard 0 57,026
8 Thomas 0 47,156
9 Gary +1 37,910
10 Charles -1 37,443
11 Steven 0 36,609
12 Mark 0 36,199
13 Joseph 0 31,201
14 Donald 0 29,268
15 Ronald 0 27,596
16 Paul +1 26,220
17 Kenneth -1 26,160
18 Daniel +2 25,263
19 Larry -1 24,605
20 Stephen +1 21,872
21 Dennis -2 20,752
22 Edward +1 19,514
23 Jeffrey +2 19,050
24 George -2 18,687
25 Gregory -1 17,611
26 Timothy 0 17,436
27 Terry +3 15,550
28 Kevin +8 15,322
29 Douglas -2 14,702
30 Bruce -2 14,140
31 Jerry -2 13,664
32 Anthony 0 13,128
33 Randy +2 12,624
34 Roger -3 11,709
35 Raymond -1 11,238
36 Frank -3 10,997
37 Peter +1 10,078
38 Patrick +1 9,920
39 Lawrence -2 9,601
40 Scott +6 9,451
41 Wayne -1 9,163
42 Danny -1 9,095
43 Alan 0 8,710
44 Gerald -2 8,541
45 Keith +2 8,359
46 Ricky +5 8,159
47 Carl -3 8,133
48 Brian +5 8,078
49 Walter -4 7,479
50 Dale -2 7,445
51 Craig +9 7,183
52 Arthur -2 6,860
53 Willie -4 6,839
54 Johnny -2 6,603
55 Randall +9 6,540
56 Roy -1 6,502
57 Jack 0 6,469
58 Stanley +3 6,438
59 Henry -5 6,401
60 Harold -4 6,341
61 Ralph -2 6,299
62 Philip 0 6,276
63 Glenn +4 6,238
64 Christopher -1 6,074
65 Billy 0 6,035
66 Rodney -8 5,958
67 Joe -1 5,865
68 Barry +6 5,833
69 Russell +2 5,761
70 Andrew -2 5,649
71 Samuel -1 5,638
72 Bobby +1 5,502
73 Albert -4 5,437
74 Jimmy -2 5,338
75 Phillip +1 5,149
76 Steve +8 5,063
77 Eugene -2 5,027
78 Ronnie +1 4,981
79 Martin +3 4,966
80 Howard -3 4,928
81 Louis -3 4,845
82 Allen -1 4,828
83 Frederick -3 4,745
84 Curtis +2 4,596
85 Leonard 0 4,485
86 Harry -3 4,355
87 Ernest 0 4,199
88 Micheal 0 4,184
89 Eric 0 4,172
90 Jeffery +19 3,936
91 Eddie +6 3,765
92 Melvin -1 3,709
93 Fred -1 3,694
94 Francis -4 3,686
95 Darrell +8 3,641
96 Lee -3 3,563
97 Marvin -3 3,498
98 Earl -2 3,417
99 Norman -1 3,411
100 Tommy -5 3,406
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 68,005
2 Linda 0 55,381
3 Deborah 0 54,683
4 Patricia 0 49,144
5 Susan 0 47,158
6 Debra +1 45,886
7 Barbara -1 36,374
8 Karen +1 32,455
9 Nancy -1 30,264
10 Cynthia +2 27,617
11 Donna +2 27,429
12 Pamela -2 27,366
13 Sandra -2 26,061
14 Kathleen 0 22,460
15 Carol +1 22,249
16 Sharon -1 22,211
17 Diane 0 22,046
18 Brenda 0 19,600
19 Janet 0 18,466
20 Elizabeth +1 16,581
21 Margaret -1 15,225
22 Cheryl +6 15,011
23 Kathy 0 14,166
24 Denise +7 13,715
25 Janice -3 13,514
26 Rebecca -2 13,209
27 Carolyn -2 12,156
28 Joyce -2 12,090
29 Judy -2 11,635
30 Judith 0 11,196
31 Beverly +3 11,160
32 Catherine +3 11,081
33 Shirley -4 10,911
34 Teresa +8 10,839
35 Marilyn +1 10,812
36 Betty -3 10,614
37 Gail +2 9,723
38 Paula +2 9,690
39 Connie +8 9,635
40 Joan -3 9,518
41 Robin +25 9,046
42 Gloria -4 8,914
43 Christine -11 8,787
44 Ann +2 8,754
45 Laura +6 8,715
46 Martha -5 8,594
47 Theresa +3 8,508
48 Peggy -4 8,454
49 Jane -6 8,349
50 Vicki +11 8,219
51 Kathryn -3 8,139
52 Bonnie -7 8,099
53 Jo +1 8,055
54 Rose +5 8,003
55 Dorothy -6 7,794
56 Jean -4 7,663
57 Diana -2 7,625
58 Wanda -1 7,448
59 Cathy -3 7,212
60 Sheila 0 7,199
61 Virginia -8 7,178
62 Sherry +8 7,122
63 Lynn +4 6,781
64 Katherine -1 6,737
65 Maria +3 6,590
66 Ruth -4 6,567
67 Rita -3 6,541
68 Jacqueline -10 6,514
69 Vickie +10 6,368
70 Julie +4 6,279
71 Rhonda +14 6,100
72 Helen -7 5,944
73 Lisa +38 5,908
74 Elaine +3 5,824
75 Phyllis -6 5,762
76 Darlene -1 5,509
77 Ellen -1 5,454
78 Joanne -7 5,431
79 Marie +7 5,312
80 Anne 0 5,299
81 Alice -8 5,267
82 Suzanne -4 5,234
83 Frances -11 5,158
84 Sally -3 5,077
85 Victoria -3 4,978
86 Marsha -3 4,964
87 Valerie +1 4,920
88 Terry +29 4,790
89 Michele +13 4,766
90 Marcia -6 4,745
91 Cindy +8 4,713
92 Debbie +27 4,672
93 Doris -6 4,455
94 Michelle +13 4,429
95 Wendy +15 4,417
96 Anita -7 4,408
97 Maureen -5 4,368
98 Laurie +5 4,287
99 Leslie -3 4,147
100 Terri +30 4,131