Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	517
2	Deborah	510
3	Patricia	457
4	Linda	389
5	Susan	319
6	Karen	288
7	Barbara	262
8	Pamela	241
9	Debra	231
10	Sharon	228
11	Donna	207
12	Cynthia	201
12	Nancy	201
14	Diane	196
15	Kathleen	184
16	Brenda	167
17	Elizabeth	165
18	Denise	156
19	Janet	153
20	Margaret	144
21	Carol	141
21	Sandra	141
23	Joyce	140
24	Carolyn	127
25	Jacqueline	114
26	Robin	112
27	Sheila	102
28	Gail	98
29	Catherine	93
30	Anne	92
31	Janice	89
32	Joan	86
33	Ann	84
33	Wanda	84
35	Shirley	83
35	Theresa	83
37	Judith	78
38	Beverly	75
39	Cheryl	73
40	Gloria	71
40	Valerie	71
42	Laura	70
42	Teresa	70
44	Martha	69
45	Jean	63
45	Katherine	63
45	Michelle	63
48	Kathryn	60
48	Marilyn	60
50	Christine	59

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	808
2	James	726
3	John	711
4	Robert	686
5	William	568
6	David	545
7	Richard	370
8	Thomas	336
9	Charles	333
10	Joseph	307
11	Stephen	254
12	Mark	249
13	Gary	244
14	Steven	237
15	Ronald	234
16	Gregory	232
17	Paul	221
18	Donald	196
19	George	189
20	Kenneth	181
21	Edward	159
22	Kevin	158
23	Anthony	145
24	Jeffrey	143
25	Larry	142
26	Daniel	140
27	Douglas	126
28	Lawrence	119
29	Timothy	111
29	Wayne	111
31	Dennis	105
32	Bruce	94
33	Christopher	89
34	Peter	86
35	Eric	85
35	Raymond	85
37	Patrick	79
37	Tyrone	79
39	Keith	78
40	Brian	77
41	Frank	75
42	Alan	69
43	Gerald	66
44	Stanley	63
45	Walter	62
46	Reginald	61
46	Samuel	61
48	Carl	60
49	Philip	59
50	Arthur	56