Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,154
2	Susan	3,934
3	Debra	3,784
4	Deborah	3,726
5	Mary	3,717
6	Patricia	3,303
7	Karen	2,665
8	Cynthia	2,462
9	Pamela	2,184
10	Nancy	2,100
11	Kathleen	2,098
12	Barbara	2,007
13	Sandra	1,930
14	Carol	1,684
15	Donna	1,629
16	Diane	1,573
17	Sharon	1,568
18	Janet	1,556
19	Cheryl	1,465
20	Elizabeth	1,259
21	Denise	1,251
22	Rebecca	1,065
23	Margaret	1,061
24	Teresa	1,026
25	Robin	1,025
26	Catherine	991
27	Laura	959
28	Janice	943
29	Maria	886
30	Gloria	802
31	Brenda	795
31	Diana	795
31	Lisa	795
34	Paula	784
35	Kathy	753
36	Judy	733
37	Theresa	724
38	Marilyn	718
39	Gail	715
40	Judith	713
41	Julie	707
42	Kathryn	695
43	Katherine	694
44	Carolyn	667
45	Victoria	651
46	Vicki	618
47	Rose	603
48	Christine	588
48	Leslie	588
50	Joan	583

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	8,082
2	Robert	6,817
3	David	6,474
4	John	5,957
5	James	5,213
6	Richard	5,057
7	Steven	4,238
8	William	3,942
9	Mark	3,515
10	Thomas	2,912
11	Gary	2,849
12	Daniel	2,336
13	Ronald	2,173
14	Charles	2,135
15	Paul	2,123
16	Donald	2,119
17	Kenneth	1,919
18	Stephen	1,810
19	Jeffrey	1,659
20	Gregory	1,646
21	Dennis	1,629
22	Joseph	1,624
23	Timothy	1,564
24	Larry	1,363
25	Edward	1,336
26	George	1,262
27	Bruce	1,204
28	Douglas	1,145
29	Scott	1,121
30	Anthony	1,086
31	Kevin	1,062
32	Frank	1,025
33	Patrick	1,000
34	Raymond	963
35	Craig	902
35	Randy	902
37	Terry	852
38	Brian	785
39	Lawrence	783
40	Peter	765
41	Christopher	746
42	Jerry	738
43	Alan	656
44	Arthur	638
45	Roger	612
45	Wayne	612
47	Danny	611
48	Jack	596
49	Keith	581
50	Gerald	574