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Top Baby Names 1953

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,881,318 · Total Boys: 1,972,326

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	64,390	3.423%
2	Linda	61,281	3.257%
3	Deborah	52,199	2.775%
4	Patricia	51,021	2.712%
5	Susan	44,297	2.355%
6	Barbara	38,474	2.045%
7	Debra	36,855	1.959%
8	Nancy	30,620	1.628%
9	Karen	29,858	1.587%
10	Pamela	25,759	1.369%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Sandra	25,500	1.355%
12	Cynthia	25,138	1.336%
13	Donna	24,226	1.288%
14	Kathleen	23,731	1.261%
15	Sharon	23,041	1.225%
16	Carol	22,291	1.185%
17	Diane	21,350	1.135%
18	Brenda	20,123	1.070%
19	Janet	17,771	0.945%
20	Margaret	16,196	0.861%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Elizabeth	16,098	0.856%
22	Janice	14,627	0.777%
23	Kathy	13,400	0.712%
24	Rebecca	12,961	0.689%
25	Carolyn	12,918	0.687%
26	Joyce	12,797	0.680%
27	Judy	12,736	0.677%
28	Cheryl	12,265	0.652%
29	Shirley	12,149	0.646%
30	Judith	11,968	0.636%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Denise	11,950	0.635%
32	Christine	11,793	0.627%
33	Betty	11,369	0.604%
34	Beverly	11,240	0.597%
35	Catherine	10,848	0.577%
36	Marilyn	10,742	0.571%
37	Joan	9,774	0.520%
38	Gloria	9,680	0.515%
39	Gail	9,586	0.510%
40	Paula	9,557	0.508%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Martha	9,263	0.492%
42	Teresa	8,932	0.475%
43	Jane	8,913	0.474%
44	Peggy	8,762	0.466%
45	Bonnie	8,615	0.458%
46	Ann	8,579	0.456%
47	Connie	8,575	0.456%
48	Kathryn	8,324	0.442%
49	Dorothy	8,163	0.434%
50	Theresa	7,715	0.410%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Laura	7,628	0.405%
52	Jean	7,571	0.402%
53	Virginia	7,546	0.401%
54	Jo	7,513	0.399%
55	Diana	7,439	0.395%
56	Cathy	7,300	0.388%
57	Wanda	7,205	0.383%
58	Jacqueline	7,131	0.379%
59	Rose	7,004	0.372%
60	Sheila	6,964	0.370%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Vicki	6,821	0.363%
62	Ruth	6,582	0.350%
63	Katherine	6,559	0.349%
64	Rita	6,284	0.334%
65	Helen	6,123	0.325%
66	Robin	6,038	0.321%
67	Lynn	5,997	0.319%
68	Maria	5,992	0.319%
69	Phyllis	5,962	0.317%
70	Sherry	5,935	0.315%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Joanne	5,890	0.313%
72	Frances	5,786	0.308%
73	Alice	5,740	0.305%
74	Julie	5,668	0.301%
75	Darlene	5,591	0.297%
76	Ellen	5,537	0.294%
77	Elaine	5,495	0.292%
78	Suzanne	5,472	0.291%
79	Vickie	5,296	0.282%
80	Anne	5,256	0.279%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Sally	5,183	0.276%
82	Victoria	5,164	0.274%
83	Marsha	5,132	0.273%
84	Marcia	5,062	0.269%
85	Rhonda	5,029	0.267%
86	Marie	4,955	0.263%
87	Doris	4,900	0.260%
88	Valerie	4,591	0.244%
89	Anita	4,408	0.234%
90	Roberta	4,299	0.229%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lois	4,220	0.224%
92	Maureen	4,112	0.219%
93	Sarah	4,085	0.217%
94	Evelyn	4,064	0.216%
95	Constance	4,030	0.214%
96	Leslie	3,904	0.208%
97	Jeanne	3,853	0.205%
98	Anna	3,837	0.204%
99	Cindy	3,825	0.203%
100	Charlotte	3,814	0.203%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	86,245	4.373%
2	James	86,071	4.364%
3	Michael	84,202	4.269%
4	John	80,167	4.065%
5	David	76,119	3.859%
6	William	61,830	3.135%
7	Richard	58,389	2.960%
8	Thomas	47,009	2.383%
9	Charles	38,420	1.948%
10	Gary	36,966	1.874%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Steven	33,724	1.710%
12	Mark	29,343	1.488%
13	Joseph	29,267	1.484%
14	Donald	28,360	1.438%
15	Ronald	27,714	1.405%
16	Paul	25,509	1.293%
17	Kenneth	25,507	1.293%
18	Larry	25,207	1.278%
19	Dennis	23,658	1.200%
20	Daniel	23,499	1.191%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Stephen	21,808	1.106%
22	George	19,177	0.972%
23	Edward	18,984	0.963%
24	Gregory	16,160	0.819%
25	Jeffrey	15,950	0.809%
26	Timothy	15,188	0.770%
27	Douglas	14,139	0.717%
28	Bruce	14,048	0.712%
29	Jerry	13,902	0.705%
30	Terry	13,259	0.672%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Roger	13,171	0.668%
32	Anthony	11,694	0.593%
33	Frank	11,180	0.567%
34	Raymond	11,110	0.563%
35	Randy	10,665	0.541%
36	Kevin	10,011	0.508%
37	Lawrence	9,856	0.500%
38	Peter	9,730	0.493%
39	Patrick	9,469	0.480%
40	Wayne	8,905	0.452%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Danny	8,627	0.437%
42	Gerald	8,619	0.437%
43	Alan	8,454	0.429%
44	Carl	7,829	0.397%
45	Walter	7,509	0.381%
46	Scott	7,489	0.380%
47	Keith	7,376	0.374%
48	Dale	7,349	0.373%
49	Willie	7,057	0.358%
50	Arthur	7,000	0.355%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Ricky	6,888	0.349%
52	Johnny	6,717	0.341%
53	Brian	6,666	0.338%
54	Henry	6,663	0.338%
55	Roy	6,656	0.337%
56	Harold	6,581	0.334%
57	Jack	6,539	0.332%
58	Rodney	6,536	0.331%
59	Ralph	6,513	0.330%
60	Craig	6,460	0.328%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Philip	6,279	0.318%
62	Stanley	6,275	0.318%
63	Christopher	6,081	0.308%
64	Randall	5,973	0.303%
65	Billy	5,856	0.297%
66	Joe	5,797	0.294%
67	Glenn	5,727	0.290%
68	Andrew	5,625	0.285%
69	Albert	5,439	0.276%
70	Samuel	5,423	0.275%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Russell	5,374	0.272%
72	Jimmy	5,310	0.269%
73	Barry	5,181	0.263%
74	Bobby	5,179	0.263%
75	Eugene	5,147	0.261%
76	Phillip	5,102	0.259%
77	Louis	4,986	0.253%
78	Howard	4,985	0.253%
79	Ronnie	4,969	0.252%
80	Frederick	4,865	0.247%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Allen	4,856	0.246%
82	Martin	4,778	0.242%
83	Harry	4,580	0.232%
84	Steve	4,539	0.230%
85	Leonard	4,412	0.224%
86	Curtis	4,353	0.221%
87	Ernest	4,096	0.208%
88	Micheal	3,987	0.202%
89	Eric	3,929	0.199%
90	Francis	3,875	0.196%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Melvin	3,813	0.193%
92	Fred	3,790	0.192%
93	Lee	3,584	0.182%
94	Marvin	3,564	0.181%
95	Tommy	3,469	0.176%
96	Earl	3,437	0.174%
97	Eddie	3,416	0.173%
98	Norman	3,372	0.171%
99	Jay	3,235	0.164%
100	Vincent	3,173	0.161%

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