Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,137
2	Mary	1,128
3	Linda	976
4	Patricia	940
5	Susan	692
6	Barbara	669
7	Sharon	528
8	Karen	511
9	Nancy	461
10	Donna	430
11	Debra	425
12	Pamela	384
13	Sandra	375
14	Cynthia	370
15	Carol	331
16	Brenda	329
17	Kathleen	327
18	Diane	325
19	Margaret	323
20	Denise	269
21	Joyce	258
22	Elizabeth	257
23	Janet	256
24	Shirley	214
25	Bonnie	206
26	Catherine	205
27	Carolyn	200
28	Gail	196
29	Joan	191
30	Darlene	187
31	Beverly	182
32	Cheryl	177
33	Janice	176
34	Betty	174
35	Jacqueline	173
36	Christine	165
37	Judith	164
38	Theresa	158
39	Robin	154
40	Wanda	153
41	Dorothy	152
42	Sheila	151
43	Gloria	150
44	Teresa	148
45	Jo	135
46	Helen	132
47	Kathy	128
48	Ann	123
48	Judy	123
50	Ruth	122

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,402
2	Robert	1,395
3	James	1,380
4	Michael	1,379
5	William	1,290
6	David	1,126
7	Charles	869
8	Richard	846
9	Thomas	737
10	Joseph	606
11	Gary	532
12	Donald	474
13	Steven	461
14	Ronald	453
15	Edward	413
16	George	408
17	Mark	407
18	Paul	386
19	Stephen	380
20	Kenneth	371
21	Dennis	328
22	Larry	314
23	Gregory	280
24	Daniel	261
25	Timothy	241
26	Jeffrey	238
27	Wayne	221
28	Bruce	215
29	Douglas	208
30	Raymond	192
31	Anthony	186
32	Lawrence	176
33	Kevin	152
34	Frank	151
34	Roger	151
34	Walter	151
37	Keith	133
38	Patrick	129
39	Alan	122
39	Carl	122
39	Glenn	122
42	Harry	121
43	Philip	118
44	Arthur	117
44	Eugene	117
46	Ralph	115
47	Francis	112
47	Jerry	112
49	Terry	111
50	Rodney	110