Birth year roster

Top names in 1954

The 100 most common names on 1954 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Michael led the 1954 baby-name charts, the top names among baby boom births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); Michael was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (between 1954 and 1998). Of the 200 names below, 163 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1950s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered68,019
#2Linda Endangered55,371
#3Deborah Endangered54,674
#4Patricia Endangered49,149
#5Susan Endangered47,162
#6Debra Endangered45,896
#7Barbara Endangered36,368
#8Karen Endangered32,456
#9Nancy Endangered30,270
#10Cynthia Endangered27,615
#11Donna Endangered27,429
#12Pamela Endangered27,361
#13Sandra Endangered26,061
#14Kathleen Endangered22,455
#15Carol Endangered22,247
#16Sharon Endangered22,220
#17Diane Endangered22,053
#18Brenda Endangered19,609
#19Janet Endangered18,477
#20Elizabeth Stable16,584
#21Margaret Endangered15,226
#22Cheryl Endangered15,015
#23Kathy Endangered14,175
#24Denise Endangered13,716
#25Janice Endangered13,505
#26Rebecca Endangered13,208
#27Carolyn Endangered12,153
#28Joyce Endangered12,088
#29Judy Endangered11,632
#30Judith Endangered11,195
#31Beverly Endangered11,155
#32Catherine Endangered11,079
#33Shirley Endangered10,909
#34Teresa Endangered10,841
#35Marilyn Endangered10,814
#36Betty Endangered10,620
#37Gail Endangered9,726
#38Paula Endangered9,686
#39Connie Endangered9,636
#40Joan Endangered9,521
#41Robin Endangered9,044
#42Gloria Endangered8,923
#43Christine Endangered8,788
#44Ann Endangered8,751
#45Laura Endangered8,719
#46Martha Endangered8,596
#47Theresa Endangered8,509
#48Peggy Endangered8,454
#49Jane Stable8,343
#50Vicki Declining8,221
#51Kathryn Endangered8,137
#52Bonnie Endangered8,099
#53Jo Endangered8,052
#54Rose Stable7,996
#55Dorothy Endangered7,789
#56Jean Endangered7,665
#57Diana Stable7,624
#58Wanda Endangered7,447
#59Cathy Endangered7,207
#60Sheila Endangered7,202
#61Virginia Endangered7,176
#62Sherry Endangered7,120
#63Lynn Endangered6,780
#64Katherine Declining6,740
#65Maria Stable6,590
#66Ruth Endangered6,566
#67Rita Endangered6,536
#68Jacqueline Endangered6,522
#69Vickie Declining6,367
#70Julie Endangered6,275
#71Rhonda Endangered6,100
#72Helen Endangered5,947
#73Lisa Endangered5,913
#74Elaine Rising5,825
#75Phyllis Endangered5,763
#76Darlene Endangered5,510
#77Ellen Endangered5,457
#78Joanne Endangered5,435
#79Marie Endangered5,310
#80Anne Endangered5,298
#81Alice Stable5,271
#82Suzanne Endangered5,236
#83Frances Endangered5,153
#84Sally Endangered5,078
#85Victoria Declining4,978
#86Marsha Endangered4,966
#87Valerie Stable4,917
#88Terry Endangered4,787
#89Michele Endangered4,763
#90Marcia Endangered4,744
#91Cindy Endangered4,714
#92Debbie Endangered4,664
#93Doris Endangered4,457
#94Michelle Endangered4,432
#95Wendy Endangered4,415
#96Anita Endangered4,408
#97Maureen Endangered4,370
#98Laurie Endangered4,290
#99Leslie Endangered4,147
#100Terri Endangered4,130

Boys

#1Michael Past peak88,568
#2Robert Endangered86,331
#3James Stable86,311
#4John Past peak81,168
#5David Past peak79,556
#6William Declining61,426
#7Richard Endangered57,042
#8Thomas Stable47,159
#9Gary Endangered37,920
#10Charles Stable37,463
#11Steven Endangered36,628
#12Mark Endangered36,198
#13Joseph Declining31,221
#14Donald Endangered29,279
#15Ronald Endangered27,625
#16Paul Endangered26,220
#17Kenneth Endangered26,186
#18Daniel Declining25,275
#19Larry Endangered24,614
#20Stephen Endangered21,878
#21Dennis Endangered20,758
#22Edward Endangered19,493
#23Jeffrey Endangered19,052
#24George Stable18,704
#25Gregory Endangered17,625
#26Timothy Endangered17,427
#27Terry Endangered15,553
#28Kevin Endangered15,322
#29Douglas Endangered14,703
#30Bruce Endangered14,155
#31Jerry Endangered13,681
#32Anthony Declining13,124
#33Randy Endangered12,638
#34Roger Endangered11,717
#35Raymond Endangered11,242
#36Frank Endangered10,995
#37Peter Stable10,085
#38Patrick Declining9,927
#39Lawrence Endangered9,606
#40Scott Endangered9,457
#41Wayne Endangered9,175
#42Danny Endangered9,103
#43Alan Stable8,711
#44Gerald Endangered8,552
#45Keith Endangered8,355
#46Ricky Endangered8,164
#47Carl Endangered8,137
#48Brian Endangered8,078
#49Walter Stable7,486
#50Dale Endangered7,439
#51Craig Endangered7,180
#52Arthur Rising6,856
#53Willie Endangered6,832
#54Johnny Endangered6,613
#55Randall Endangered6,549
#56Roy Endangered6,513
#57Jack Stable6,475
#58Stanley Endangered6,448
#59Henry Stable6,402
#60Harold Endangered6,359
#61Ralph Endangered6,311
#62Philip Endangered6,279
#63Glenn Endangered6,240
#64Christopher Endangered6,084
#65Billy Endangered6,033
#66Rodney Endangered5,959
#67Joe Endangered5,873
#68Barry Endangered5,844
#69Russell Stable5,761
#70Andrew Declining5,653
#71Samuel Stable5,634
#72Bobby Endangered5,507
#73Albert Endangered5,428
#74Jimmy Endangered5,327
#75Phillip Endangered5,149
#76Steve Endangered5,062
#77Eugene Endangered5,033
#78Ronnie Endangered4,978
#79Martin Stable4,968
#80Howard Endangered4,933
#81Louis Stable4,848
#82Allen Endangered4,832
#83Frederick Stable4,743
#84Curtis Endangered4,594
#85Leonard Endangered4,482
#86Harry Endangered4,354
#87Ernest Endangered4,202
#88Micheal Endangered4,178
#89Eric Endangered4,169
#90Jeffery Endangered3,935
#91Eddie Endangered3,766
#92Melvin Endangered3,711
#93Fred Endangered3,695
#94Francis Stable3,686
#95Darrell Endangered3,643
#96Lee Endangered3,566
#97Marvin Endangered3,498
#98Earl Endangered3,424
#99Norman Endangered3,417
#100Tommy Endangered3,407