100 Most popular boy names of 1954, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1954 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1954.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
88570
4.45
+2
2
Robert
86335
4.34
-1
3
James
86314
4.34
-1
4
John
81180
4.08
-
5
David
79565
4
-
6
William
61432
3.09
-
7
Richard
57045
2.87
-
8
Thomas
47164
2.37
-
9
Gary
37920
1.9
+1
10
Charles
37463
1.88
-1
11
Steven
36631
1.84
-
12
Mark
36201
1.82
-
13
Joseph
31224
1.57
-
14
Donald
29279
1.47
-
15
Ronald
27625
1.39
-
16
Paul
26221
1.32
-
17
Kenneth
26185
1.32
-
18
Daniel
25279
1.27
+2
19
Larry
24614
1.24
-1
20
Stephen
21880
1.1
+1
21
Dennis
20757
1.04
-2
22
Edward
19503
0.98
+1
23
Jeffrey
19051
0.96
+2
24
George
18699
0.94
-2
25
Gregory
17622
0.89
-1
26
Timothy
17430
0.88
-
27
Terry
15555
0.78
+3
28
Kevin
15325
0.77
+8
29
Douglas
14705
0.74
-2
30
Bruce
14149
0.71
-2
31
Jerry
13679
0.69
-2
32
Anthony
13121
0.66
-
33
Randy
12635
0.63
+2
34
Roger
11720
0.59
-3
35
Raymond
11246
0.56
-1
36
Frank
10998
0.55
-3
37
Peter
10083
0.51
+1
38
Patrick
9929
0.5
+1
39
Lawrence
9606
0.48
-2
40
Scott
9459
0.48
+6
41
Wayne
9177
0.46
-1
42
Danny
9103
0.46
-1
43
Alan
8712
0.44
-
44
Gerald
8548
0.43
-2
45
Keith
8356
0.42
+2
46
Ricky
8161
0.41
+5
47
Carl
8140
0.41
-3
48
Brian
8079
0.41
+5
49
Walter
7486
0.38
-4
50
Dale
7442
0.37
-2
51
Craig
7179
0.36
+9
52
Arthur
6858
0.34
-2
53
Willie
6837
0.34
-4
54
Johnny
6612
0.33
-2
55
Randall
6549
0.33
+9
56
Roy
6514
0.33
-1
57
Jack
6476
0.33
-
58
Stanley
6447
0.32
+4
59
Henry
6404
0.32
-5
60
Harold
6358
0.32
-4
61
Ralph
6310
0.32
-2
62
Philip
6278
0.32
-1
63
Glenn
6243
0.31
+4
64
Christopher
6084
0.31
-1
65
Billy
6032
0.3
-
66
Rodney
5958
0.3
-8
67
Joe
5872
0.29
-1
68
Barry
5846
0.29
+6
69
Russell
5763
0.29
+2
70
Andrew
5651
0.28
-2
71
Samuel
5638
0.28
-1
72
Bobby
5505
0.28
+1
73
Albert
5425
0.27
-4
74
Jimmy
5327
0.27
-2
75
Phillip
5150
0.26
+1
76
Steve
5065
0.25
+8
77
Eugene
5031
0.25
-2
78
Ronnie
4978
0.25
+1
79
Martin
4964
0.25
+3
80
Howard
4933
0.25
-3
81
Louis
4845
0.24
-3
82
Allen
4831
0.24
-1
83
Frederick
4744
0.24
-3
84
Curtis
4596
0.23
+2
85
Leonard
4485
0.23
-
86
Harry
4353
0.22
-3
87
Ernest
4203
0.21
-
88
Micheal
4178
0.21
-
89
Eric
4173
0.21
-
90
Jeffery
3936
0.2
+19
91
Eddie
3768
0.19
+6
92
Melvin
3711
0.19
-1
93
Fred
3697
0.19
-1
94
Francis
3688
0.19
-4
95
Darrell
3644
0.18
+8
96
Lee
3569
0.18
-3
97
Marvin
3498
0.18
-3
98
Earl
3426
0.17
-2
99
Norman
3417
0.17
-1
100
Tommy
3405
0.17
-5
101
Jay
3372
0.17
-2
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1954)

Sources

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