Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	512
2	Patricia	489
3	Deborah	466
4	Linda	461
5	Susan	346
6	Barbara	321
7	Karen	256
8	Sharon	230
9	Diane	194
10	Donna	193
11	Cynthia	186
12	Pamela	181
13	Debra	180
14	Brenda	173
15	Kathleen	172
16	Nancy	168
17	Sandra	160
18	Denise	159
19	Carol	155
20	Elizabeth	151
21	Margaret	144
22	Carolyn	136
23	Janet	127
24	Joyce	123
25	Jacqueline	117
26	Cheryl	100
27	Gail	97
27	Sheila	97
29	Catherine	95
29	Janice	95
31	Joan	88
32	Christine	86
33	Robin	85
34	Ann	84
35	Judith	81
35	Wanda	81
37	Paula	79
37	Theresa	79
39	Beverly	76
39	Katherine	76
41	Shirley	75
42	Anne	73
43	Gloria	71
44	Martha	69
45	Laura	68
45	Valerie	68
47	Gwendolyn	67
47	Kathryn	67
49	Ellen	66
50	Teresa	62

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	796
2	John	735
3	James	732
4	Robert	716
5	William	591
6	David	514
7	Thomas	394
8	Richard	382
9	Charles	356
10	Gary	273
11	Steven	261
12	Joseph	258
13	Stephen	243
14	Ronald	226
15	Donald	215
15	Mark	215
17	Gregory	206
18	George	194
19	Paul	189
20	Edward	168
21	Anthony	155
22	Kenneth	154
23	Larry	142
24	Daniel	123
25	Jeffrey	119
25	Lawrence	119
27	Kevin	113
28	Timothy	107
29	Dennis	105
30	Patrick	92
30	Peter	92
30	Raymond	92
33	Douglas	89
33	Wayne	89
35	Bruce	88
36	Christopher	87
37	Andrew	78
38	Stanley	77
39	Eric	76
40	Tyrone	75
41	Alan	72
42	Brian	68
43	Frank	66
43	Reginald	66
45	Carl	63
45	Walter	63
47	Arthur	62
48	Ralph	61
48	Scott	61
50	Bernard	57