NameTides

The names of 1954

The ten most popular names given in 1954, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 68,019
  2. Linda 55,371
  3. Deborah 54,674
  4. Patricia 49,149
  5. Susan 47,162
  6. Debra 45,896
  7. Barbara 36,368
  8. Karen 32,456
  9. Nancy 30,270
  10. Cynthia 27,615

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US: boys

  1. Michael 88,568
  2. Robert 86,331
  3. James 86,311
  4. John 81,168
  5. David 79,556
  6. William 61,426
  7. Richard 57,042
  8. Thomas 47,159
  9. Gary 37,920
  10. Charles 37,463

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NSW: girls

  1. Susan 1,175
  2. Christine 1,126
  3. Margaret 899
  4. Jennifer 833
  5. Julie 831
  6. Robyn 707
  7. Lynette 667
  8. Judith 657
  9. Helen 612
  10. Patricia 561

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NSW: boys

  1. Peter 2,097
  2. John 1,993
  3. Robert 1,578
  4. Stephen 1,516
  5. David 1,400
  6. Michael 1,315
  7. Gregory 1,146
  8. Paul 1,069
  9. Ian 804
  10. Mark 729

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Canadian provinces in 1954

US states in 1954