Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	68,019
2	Linda	55,371
3	Deborah	54,674
4	Patricia	49,149
5	Susan	47,162
6	Debra	45,896
7	Barbara	36,368
8	Karen	32,456
9	Nancy	30,270
10	Cynthia	27,615
11	Donna	27,429
12	Pamela	27,361
13	Sandra	26,061
14	Kathleen	22,455
15	Carol	22,247
16	Sharon	22,220
17	Diane	22,053
18	Brenda	19,609
19	Janet	18,477
20	Elizabeth	16,584
21	Margaret	15,226
22	Cheryl	15,015
23	Kathy	14,175
24	Denise	13,716
25	Janice	13,505
26	Rebecca	13,208
27	Carolyn	12,153
28	Joyce	12,088
29	Judy	11,632
30	Judith	11,195
31	Beverly	11,155
32	Catherine	11,079
33	Shirley	10,909
34	Teresa	10,841
35	Marilyn	10,814
36	Betty	10,620
37	Gail	9,726
38	Paula	9,686
39	Connie	9,636
40	Joan	9,521
41	Robin	9,044
42	Gloria	8,923
43	Christine	8,788
44	Ann	8,751
45	Laura	8,719
46	Martha	8,596
47	Theresa	8,509
48	Peggy	8,454
49	Jane	8,343
50	Vicki	8,221
51	Kathryn	8,137
52	Bonnie	8,099
53	Jo	8,052
54	Rose	7,996
55	Dorothy	7,789
56	Jean	7,665
57	Diana	7,624
58	Wanda	7,447
59	Cathy	7,207
60	Sheila	7,202
61	Virginia	7,176
62	Sherry	7,120
63	Lynn	6,780
64	Katherine	6,740
65	Maria	6,590
66	Ruth	6,566
67	Rita	6,536
68	Jacqueline	6,522
69	Vickie	6,367
70	Julie	6,275
71	Rhonda	6,100
72	Helen	5,947
73	Lisa	5,913
74	Elaine	5,825
75	Phyllis	5,763
76	Darlene	5,510
77	Ellen	5,457
78	Joanne	5,435
79	Marie	5,310
80	Anne	5,298
81	Alice	5,271
82	Suzanne	5,236
83	Frances	5,153
84	Sally	5,078
85	Victoria	4,978
86	Marsha	4,966
87	Valerie	4,917
88	Terry	4,787
89	Michele	4,763
90	Marcia	4,744
91	Cindy	4,714
92	Debbie	4,664
93	Doris	4,457
94	Michelle	4,432
95	Wendy	4,415
96	Anita	4,408
97	Maureen	4,370
98	Laurie	4,290
99	Leslie	4,147
100	Terri	4,130

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	88,568
2	Robert	86,331
3	James	86,311
4	John	81,168
5	David	79,556
6	William	61,426
7	Richard	57,042
8	Thomas	47,159
9	Gary	37,920
10	Charles	37,463
11	Steven	36,628
12	Mark	36,198
13	Joseph	31,221
14	Donald	29,279
15	Ronald	27,625
16	Paul	26,220
17	Kenneth	26,186
18	Daniel	25,275
19	Larry	24,614
20	Stephen	21,878
21	Dennis	20,758
22	Edward	19,493
23	Jeffrey	19,052
24	George	18,704
25	Gregory	17,625
26	Timothy	17,427
27	Terry	15,553
28	Kevin	15,322
29	Douglas	14,703
30	Bruce	14,155
31	Jerry	13,681
32	Anthony	13,124
33	Randy	12,638
34	Roger	11,717
35	Raymond	11,242
36	Frank	10,995
37	Peter	10,085
38	Patrick	9,927
39	Lawrence	9,606
40	Scott	9,457
41	Wayne	9,175
42	Danny	9,103
43	Alan	8,711
44	Gerald	8,552
45	Keith	8,355
46	Ricky	8,164
47	Carl	8,137
48	Brian	8,078
49	Walter	7,486
50	Dale	7,439
51	Craig	7,180
52	Arthur	6,856
53	Willie	6,832
54	Johnny	6,613
55	Randall	6,549
56	Roy	6,513
57	Jack	6,475
58	Stanley	6,448
59	Henry	6,402
60	Harold	6,359
61	Ralph	6,311
62	Philip	6,279
63	Glenn	6,240
64	Christopher	6,084
65	Billy	6,033
66	Rodney	5,959
67	Joe	5,873
68	Barry	5,844
69	Russell	5,761
70	Andrew	5,653
71	Samuel	5,634
72	Bobby	5,507
73	Albert	5,428
74	Jimmy	5,327
75	Phillip	5,149
76	Steve	5,062
77	Eugene	5,033
78	Ronnie	4,978
79	Martin	4,968
80	Howard	4,933
81	Louis	4,848
82	Allen	4,832
83	Frederick	4,743
84	Curtis	4,594
85	Leonard	4,482
86	Harry	4,354
87	Ernest	4,202
88	Micheal	4,178
89	Eric	4,169
90	Jeffery	3,935
91	Eddie	3,766
92	Melvin	3,711
93	Fred	3,695
94	Francis	3,686
95	Darrell	3,643
96	Lee	3,566
97	Marvin	3,498
98	Earl	3,424
99	Norman	3,417
100	Tommy	3,407