Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1954

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1954 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	68,007	3.416	-125	-65,680	1	Michael	88,528	4.280	-13	-76,908
2	Linda	55,381	2.782	-724	-54,992	2	Robert	86,298	4.172	-69	-81,158
3	Deborah	54,677	2.747	-776	-54,330	3	James	86,272	4.171	-1	-72,747
4	Patricia	49,146	2.469	-909	-48,853	4	John	81,165	3.924	-23	-72,046
5	Susan	47,151	2.368	-1,074	-46,917	5	David	79,529	3.845	-17	-69,832
6	Debra	45,890	2.305	-3,191	-45,840	6	William	61,417	2.969	3	-46,901
7	Barbara	36,370	1.827	-923	-36,085	7	Richard	57,014	2.756	-181	-54,895
8	Karen	32,454	1.630	-627	-31,986	8	Thomas	47,158	2.280	-41	-40,379
9	Nancy	30,264	1.520	-830	-29,942	9	Gary	37,919	1.833	-665	-37,552
10	Cynthia	27,616	1.387	-683	-27,200	10	Charles	37,451	1.811	-42	-30,847
11	Donna	27,428	1.378	-1,556	-27,291	11	Steven	36,614	1.770	-187	-34,592
12	Pamela	27,365	1.375	-1,572	-27,230	12	Mark	36,193	1.750	-198	-34,334
13	Sandra	26,061	1.309	-962	-25,792	13	Joseph	31,211	1.509	-10	-21,656
14	Kathleen	22,459	1.128	-880	-22,158	14	Donald	29,263	1.415	-512	-28,730
15	Carol	22,245	1.117	-1,773	-22,132	15	Ronald	27,604	1.335	-478	-27,026
16	Sharon	22,210	1.116	-1,111	-21,994	16	Paul	26,218	1.268	-218	-24,593
17	Diane	22,050	1.108	-2,456	-21,979	17	Kenneth	26,167	1.265	-209	-24,512
18	Brenda	19,602	0.985	-994	-19,347	18	Daniel	25,262	1.221	3	-14,089
19	Janet	18,470	0.928	-1,393	-18,313	19	Larry	24,599	1.189	-687	-24,260
20	Elizabeth	16,580	0.833	7	-8,067	20	Stephen	21,874	1.057	-264	-20,638
21	Margaret	15,228	0.765	-106	-12,916	21	Dennis	20,751	1.003	-535	-20,258
22	Cheryl	15,013	0.754	-2,876	-14,956	22	Edward	19,515	0.943	-147	-17,247
23	Kathy	14,169	0.712	-2,087	-14,079	23	Jeffrey	19,057	0.921	-308	-18,054
24	Denise	13,716	0.689	-1,045	-13,480	24	George	18,687	0.903	-103	-15,628
25	Janice	13,513	0.679	-1,408	-13,360	25	Gregory	17,615	0.852	-383	-16,837
26	Rebecca	13,210	0.664	-188	-11,768	26	Timothy	17,428	0.843	-139	-15,098
27	Carolyn	12,153	0.610	-833	-11,841	27	Terry	15,552	0.752	-730	-15,243
28	Joyce	12,088	0.607	-919	-11,810	28	Kevin	15,320	0.741	-97	-12,196
29	Judy	11,633	0.584	-1,504	-11,492	29	Douglas	14,702	0.711	-643	-14,331
30	Judith	11,197	0.562	-820	-10,879	30	Bruce	14,142	0.684	-448	-13,535
31	Beverly	11,160	0.561	-1,262	-10,985	31	Jerry	13,666	0.661	-570	-13,215
32	Catherine	11,077	0.556	-172	-9,579	32	Anthony	13,127	0.635	-6	-5,124
33	Shirley	10,910	0.548	-1,431	-10,760	33	Randy	12,628	0.611	-640	-12,258
34	Teresa	10,840	0.545	-764	-10,499	34	Roger	11,715	0.566	-602	-11,304
35	Marilyn	10,811	0.543	-575	-10,317	35	Raymond	11,237	0.543	-264	-10,088
36	Betty	10,616	0.533	-1,092	-10,401	36	Frank	10,992	0.531	-356	-10,189
37	Gail	9,724	0.488	-6,540	-9,706	37	Peter	10,082	0.487	-174	-8,270
38	Paula	9,688	0.487	-755	-9,346	38	Patrick	9,922	0.480	-151	-7,811
39	Connie	9,633	0.484	-2,391	-9,560	39	Lawrence	9,599	0.464	-459	-9,026
40	Joan	9,518	0.478	-1,687	-9,400	40	Scott	9,454	0.457	-480	-8,913
41	Robin	9,043	0.454	-933	-8,774	41	Wayne	9,169	0.443	-732	-8,870
42	Gloria	8,920	0.448	-542	-8,399	42	Danny	9,099	0.440	-498	-8,583
43	Christine	8,787	0.441	-883	-8,500	43	Alan	8,709	0.421	-129	-6,465
44	Ann	8,753	0.440	-939	-8,486	44	Gerald	8,543	0.413	-850	-8,302
45	Laura	8,717	0.438	-295	-7,782	45	Keith	8,360	0.404	-459	-7,795
46	Martha	8,596	0.432	-751	-8,255	46	Ricky	8,157	0.394	-635	-7,793
47	Theresa	8,509	0.427	-1,059	-8,288	47	Carl	8,135	0.393	-653	-7,793
48	Peggy	8,456	0.425	-5,506	-8,433	48	Brian	8,074	0.390	-187	-6,456
49	Jane	8,347	0.419	-242	-7,224	49	Walter	7,477	0.361	-222	-6,174
50	Vicki	8,221	0.413	-7,633	-8,206	50	Dale	7,443	0.360	-1,338	-7,317

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.