100 Most popular boy names of 1953, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1953 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1953.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
86250
4.47
+1
2
James
86079
4.46
-1
3
Michael
84206
4.36
+1
4
John
80169
4.15
-1
5
David
76124
3.95
-
6
William
61837
3.2
-
7
Richard
58393
3.03
-
8
Thomas
47006
2.44
-
9
Charles
38420
1.99
-
10
Gary
36972
1.92
-
11
Steven
33722
1.75
-
12
Mark
29339
1.52
+5
13
Joseph
29268
1.52
-1
14
Donald
28361
1.47
-1
15
Ronald
27713
1.44
-
16
Paul
25509
1.32
+3
17
Kenneth
25506
1.32
-1
18
Larry
25209
1.31
-4
19
Dennis
23656
1.23
-1
20
Daniel
23491
1.22
-
21
Stephen
21808
1.13
-
22
George
19178
0.99
-
23
Edward
18984
0.98
-
24
Gregory
16158
0.84
-
25
Jeffrey
15949
0.83
+6
26
Timothy
15184
0.79
+1
27
Douglas
14140
0.73
+1
28
Bruce
14045
0.73
-3
29
Jerry
13906
0.72
-3
30
Terry
13258
0.69
-1
31
Roger
13172
0.68
-1
32
Anthony
11698
0.61
+2
33
Frank
11182
0.58
-1
34
Raymond
11112
0.58
-1
35
Randy
10666
0.55
+6
36
Kevin
10011
0.52
+7
37
Lawrence
9852
0.51
-2
38
Peter
9732
0.5
-2
39
Patrick
9470
0.49
-2
40
Wayne
8908
0.46
-2
41
Danny
8627
0.45
-1
42
Gerald
8619
0.45
-3
43
Alan
8452
0.44
-1
44
Carl
7827
0.41
+1
45
Walter
7507
0.39
-1
46
Scott
7488
0.39
+8
47
Keith
7378
0.38
+2
48
Dale
7347
0.38
-2
49
Willie
7055
0.37
-1
50
Arthur
6998
0.36
-3
51
Ricky
6888
0.36
+30
52
Johnny
6718
0.35
+1
53
Brian
6665
0.35
+11
54
Henry
6660
0.35
-4
55
Roy
6655
0.34
-
56
Harold
6582
0.34
-5
57
Jack
6539
0.34
-5
58
Rodney
6536
0.34
+26
59
Ralph
6515
0.34
-3
60
Craig
6460
0.33
-1
61
Philip
6279
0.33
-1
62
Stanley
6274
0.33
-4
63
Christopher
6077
0.31
-6
64
Randall
5973
0.31
-2
65
Billy
5858
0.3
-
66
Joe
5798
0.3
-4
67
Glenn
5728
0.3
-6
68
Andrew
5626
0.29
-
69
Albert
5439
0.28
-3
70
Samuel
5426
0.28
-3
71
Russell
5372
0.28
-1
72
Jimmy
5309
0.28
-
73
Bobby
5181
0.27
+4
74
Barry
5180
0.27
-5
75
Eugene
5148
0.27
-4
76
Phillip
5101
0.26
-2
77
Howard
4987
0.26
-4
78
Louis
4986
0.26
+1
79
Ronnie
4970
0.26
+3
80
Frederick
4864
0.25
-4
81
Allen
4852
0.25
-3
82
Martin
4780
0.25
-2
83
Harry
4581
0.24
-8
84
Steve
4537
0.24
+1
85
Leonard
4421
0.23
-2
86
Curtis
4352
0.23
-
87
Ernest
4096
0.21
-
88
Micheal
3987
0.21
+6
89
Eric
3930
0.2
-1
90
Francis
3874
0.2
-1
91
Melvin
3813
0.2
-
92
Fred
3789
0.2
-2
93
Lee
3584
0.19
-1
94
Marvin
3564
0.18
+1
95
Tommy
3470
0.18
+2
96
Earl
3437
0.18
+2
97
Eddie
3414
0.18
-4
98
Norman
3372
0.17
-2
99
Jay
3235
0.17
+7
100
Vincent
3175
0.16
+1
101
Rick
3172
0.16
+18
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1953)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html