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Top Baby Names 1954

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,941,914 · Total Boys: 2,038,794

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	68,019	3.503%
2	Linda	55,371	2.851%
3	Deborah	54,675	2.816%
4	Patricia	49,149	2.531%
5	Susan	47,162	2.429%
6	Debra	45,897	2.363%
7	Barbara	36,369	1.873%
8	Karen	32,456	1.671%
9	Nancy	30,269	1.559%
10	Cynthia	27,615	1.422%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Donna	27,428	1.412%
12	Pamela	27,362	1.409%
13	Sandra	26,062	1.342%
14	Kathleen	22,455	1.156%
15	Carol	22,247	1.146%
16	Sharon	22,219	1.144%
17	Diane	22,052	1.136%
18	Brenda	19,610	1.010%
19	Janet	18,477	0.951%
20	Elizabeth	16,586	0.854%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Margaret	15,226	0.784%
22	Cheryl	15,015	0.773%
23	Kathy	14,175	0.730%
24	Denise	13,717	0.706%
25	Janice	13,505	0.695%
26	Rebecca	13,208	0.680%
27	Carolyn	12,153	0.626%
28	Joyce	12,088	0.622%
29	Judy	11,632	0.599%
30	Judith	11,195	0.576%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Beverly	11,155	0.574%
32	Catherine	11,080	0.571%
33	Shirley	10,908	0.562%
34	Teresa	10,842	0.558%
35	Marilyn	10,814	0.557%
36	Betty	10,620	0.547%
37	Gail	9,725	0.501%
38	Paula	9,686	0.499%
39	Connie	9,636	0.496%
40	Joan	9,521	0.490%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Robin	9,044	0.466%
42	Gloria	8,923	0.460%
43	Christine	8,788	0.453%
44	Ann	8,750	0.451%
45	Laura	8,719	0.449%
46	Martha	8,596	0.443%
47	Theresa	8,509	0.438%
48	Peggy	8,455	0.435%
49	Jane	8,344	0.430%
50	Vicki	8,221	0.423%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Kathryn	8,137	0.419%
52	Bonnie	8,099	0.417%
53	Jo	8,052	0.415%
54	Rose	7,996	0.412%
55	Dorothy	7,790	0.401%
56	Jean	7,665	0.395%
57	Diana	7,624	0.393%
58	Wanda	7,446	0.383%
59	Cathy	7,207	0.371%
60	Sheila	7,202	0.371%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Virginia	7,176	0.370%
62	Sherry	7,120	0.367%
63	Lynn	6,780	0.349%
64	Katherine	6,740	0.347%
65	Maria	6,589	0.339%
66	Ruth	6,566	0.338%
67	Rita	6,536	0.337%
68	Jacqueline	6,519	0.336%
69	Vickie	6,367	0.328%
70	Julie	6,276	0.323%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Rhonda	6,101	0.314%
72	Helen	5,947	0.306%
73	Lisa	5,913	0.304%
74	Elaine	5,825	0.300%
75	Phyllis	5,763	0.297%
76	Darlene	5,510	0.284%
77	Ellen	5,456	0.281%
78	Joanne	5,435	0.280%
79	Marie	5,310	0.273%
80	Anne	5,298	0.273%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Alice	5,271	0.271%
82	Suzanne	5,236	0.270%
83	Frances	5,153	0.265%
84	Sally	5,078	0.261%
85	Victoria	4,978	0.256%
86	Marsha	4,965	0.256%
87	Valerie	4,917	0.253%
88	Terry	4,787	0.247%
89	Michele	4,763	0.245%
90	Marcia	4,744	0.244%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Cindy	4,714	0.243%
92	Debbie	4,664	0.240%
93	Doris	4,457	0.230%
94	Michelle	4,432	0.228%
95	Wendy	4,415	0.227%
96	Anita	4,408	0.227%
97	Maureen	4,369	0.225%
98	Laurie	4,290	0.221%
99	Leslie	4,147	0.214%
100	Terri	4,130	0.213%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	88,564	4.344%
2	Robert	86,333	4.235%
3	James	86,312	4.233%
4	John	81,176	3.982%
5	David	79,560	3.902%
6	William	61,431	3.013%
7	Richard	57,043	2.798%
8	Thomas	47,157	2.313%
9	Gary	37,921	1.860%
10	Charles	37,467	1.838%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Steven	36,630	1.797%
12	Mark	36,198	1.775%
13	Joseph	31,224	1.531%
14	Donald	29,279	1.436%
15	Ronald	27,624	1.355%
16	Paul	26,221	1.286%
17	Kenneth	26,185	1.284%
18	Daniel	25,275	1.240%
19	Larry	24,612	1.207%
20	Stephen	21,879	1.073%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Dennis	20,757	1.018%
22	Edward	19,493	0.956%
23	Jeffrey	19,051	0.934%
24	George	18,703	0.917%
25	Gregory	17,624	0.864%
26	Timothy	17,427	0.855%
27	Terry	15,554	0.763%
28	Kevin	15,322	0.752%
29	Douglas	14,704	0.721%
30	Bruce	14,155	0.694%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Jerry	13,682	0.671%
32	Anthony	13,123	0.644%
33	Randy	12,638	0.620%
34	Roger	11,716	0.575%
35	Raymond	11,243	0.551%
36	Frank	10,995	0.539%
37	Peter	10,086	0.495%
38	Patrick	9,928	0.487%
39	Lawrence	9,605	0.471%
40	Scott	9,457	0.464%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Wayne	9,175	0.450%
42	Danny	9,105	0.447%
43	Alan	8,712	0.427%
44	Gerald	8,550	0.419%
45	Keith	8,358	0.410%
46	Ricky	8,163	0.400%
47	Carl	8,136	0.399%
48	Brian	8,079	0.396%
49	Walter	7,486	0.367%
50	Dale	7,439	0.365%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Craig	7,180	0.352%
52	Arthur	6,858	0.336%
53	Willie	6,831	0.335%
54	Johnny	6,612	0.324%
55	Randall	6,549	0.321%
56	Roy	6,513	0.319%
57	Jack	6,474	0.318%
58	Stanley	6,448	0.316%
59	Henry	6,402	0.314%
60	Harold	6,358	0.312%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ralph	6,311	0.310%
62	Philip	6,279	0.308%
63	Glenn	6,240	0.306%
64	Christopher	6,084	0.298%
65	Billy	6,033	0.296%
66	Rodney	5,959	0.292%
67	Joe	5,874	0.288%
68	Barry	5,844	0.287%
69	Russell	5,761	0.283%
70	Andrew	5,653	0.277%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Samuel	5,634	0.276%
72	Bobby	5,508	0.270%
73	Albert	5,429	0.266%
74	Jimmy	5,326	0.261%
75	Phillip	5,150	0.253%
76	Steve	5,062	0.248%
77	Eugene	5,033	0.247%
78	Ronnie	4,977	0.244%
79	Martin	4,968	0.244%
80	Howard	4,933	0.242%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Louis	4,848	0.238%
82	Allen	4,831	0.237%
83	Frederick	4,743	0.233%
84	Curtis	4,596	0.225%
85	Leonard	4,482	0.220%
86	Harry	4,354	0.214%
87	Ernest	4,202	0.206%
88	Micheal	4,178	0.205%
89	Eric	4,169	0.204%
90	Jeffery	3,936	0.193%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Eddie	3,766	0.185%
92	Melvin	3,709	0.182%
93	Fred	3,695	0.181%
94	Francis	3,686	0.181%
95	Darrell	3,644	0.179%
96	Lee	3,566	0.175%
97	Marvin	3,498	0.172%
98	Earl	3,425	0.168%
99	Norman	3,417	0.168%
100	Tommy	3,407	0.167%

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