Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,914
2	Patricia	4,764
3	Linda	4,709
4	Susan	4,665
5	Barbara	4,084
6	Deborah	4,074
7	Kathleen	2,979
8	Nancy	2,833
9	Diane	2,677
10	Karen	2,621
11	Carol	2,247
12	Donna	2,125
13	Debra	1,997
14	Margaret	1,868
15	Elizabeth	1,780
16	Sharon	1,649
17	Denise	1,545
18	Cynthia	1,531
19	Janet	1,454
20	Joan	1,442
21	Sandra	1,436
22	Pamela	1,368
23	Judith	1,221
24	Gail	1,216
25	Christine	1,185
25	Joanne	1,185
27	Catherine	1,149
28	Ellen	1,086
29	Ann	1,056
30	Theresa	932
31	Maria	890
32	Maureen	877
33	Laura	871
34	Jane	869
35	Anne	861
36	Eileen	854
37	Cheryl	844
38	Robin	839
39	Janice	831
40	Marilyn	830
41	Marie	825
42	Jean	799
43	Rose	778
44	Jo	772
45	Joyce	768
45	Lorraine	768
47	Lynn	736
48	Jacqueline	711
49	Michele	689
50	Virginia	673

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	9,060
2	John	8,200
3	Michael	7,819
4	James	6,334
5	Richard	5,936
6	William	5,509
7	David	5,498
8	Thomas	5,035
9	Joseph	4,626
10	Steven	2,981
11	Gary	2,866
12	Paul	2,840
13	Charles	2,665
14	Mark	2,514
15	Peter	2,356
16	Edward	2,351
17	Daniel	2,198
18	Stephen	2,119
19	Kenneth	2,096
20	Ronald	1,972
21	Donald	1,949
22	Anthony	1,929
23	George	1,906
24	Kevin	1,792
25	Jeffrey	1,787
26	Dennis	1,644
27	Frank	1,601
28	Bruce	1,436
29	Lawrence	1,284
30	Raymond	1,202
31	Douglas	1,201
32	Timothy	1,140
33	Alan	1,097
34	Gregory	1,064
35	Brian	944
36	Andrew	933
37	Louis	897
38	Philip	894
39	Patrick	879
40	Arthur	844
41	Christopher	827
42	Wayne	823
43	Vincent	818
44	Howard	715
45	Martin	713
46	Frederick	690
47	Francis	681
48	Larry	667
49	Gerald	663
50	Walter	646