NameTides

The names of 1953

The ten most popular names given in 1953, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 64,389
  2. Linda 61,281
  3. Deborah 52,199
  4. Patricia 51,019
  5. Susan 44,297
  6. Barbara 38,473
  7. Debra 36,856
  8. Nancy 30,620
  9. Karen 29,858
  10. Pamela 25,760

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US: boys

  1. Robert 86,243
  2. James 86,066
  3. Michael 84,198
  4. John 80,165
  5. David 76,119
  6. William 61,829
  7. Richard 58,389
  8. Thomas 47,008
  9. Charles 38,421
  10. Gary 36,967

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NSW: girls

  1. Christine 1,279
  2. Susan 1,188
  3. Jennifer 964
  4. Margaret 961
  5. Judith 761
  6. Robyn 753
  7. Julie 739
  8. Lynette 658
  9. Helen 648
  10. Patricia 646

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NSW: boys

  1. John 2,148
  2. Peter 1,983
  3. Robert 1,695
  4. Stephen 1,486
  5. David 1,320
  6. Michael 1,298
  7. Paul 1,004
  8. Gregory 955
  9. Gary 801
  10. Ian 800

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Canadian provinces in 1953

US states in 1953