The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1953
4,341 different boys’ names were recorded in 1953, covering 1,972,299 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 11 | Steven | 33,721 |
| 12 | Mark | 29,341 |
| 13 | Joseph | 29,269 |
| 14 | Donald | 28,361 |
| 15 | Ronald | 27,713 |
| 16 | Paul | 25,509 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 25,507 |
| 18 | Larry | 25,208 |
| 19 | Dennis | 23,658 |
| 20 | Daniel | 23,498 |
| 21 | Stephen | 21,807 |
| 22 | George | 19,176 |
| 23 | Edward | 18,984 |
| 24 | Gregory | 16,160 |
| 25 | Jeffrey | 15,949 |
| 26 | Timothy | 15,187 |
| 27 | Douglas | 14,138 |
| 28 | Bruce | 14,048 |
| 29 | Jerry | 13,901 |
| 30 | Terry | 13,259 |
| 31 | Roger | 13,172 |
| 32 | Anthony | 11,693 |
| 33 | Frank | 11,180 |
| 34 | Raymond | 11,110 |
| 35 | Randy | 10,666 |
| 36 | Kevin | 10,011 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 9,856 |
| 38 | Peter | 9,729 |
| 39 | Patrick | 9,468 |
| 40 | Wayne | 8,905 |
| 41 | Danny | 8,627 |
| 42 | Gerald | 8,619 |
| 43 | Alan | 8,454 |
| 44 | Carl | 7,829 |
| 45 | Walter | 7,509 |
| 46 | Scott | 7,489 |
| 47 | Keith | 7,375 |
| 48 | Dale | 7,350 |
| 49 | Willie | 7,056 |
| 50 | Arthur | 7,001 |
| 51 | Ricky | 6,887 |
| 52 | Johnny | 6,717 |
| 53 | Brian | 6,665 |
| 54 | Henry | 6,662 |
| 55 | Roy | 6,655 |
| 56 | Harold | 6,580 |
| 57 | Jack | 6,540 |
| 58 | Rodney | 6,536 |
| 59 | Ralph | 6,513 |
| 60 | Craig | 6,459 |
| 61 | Philip | 6,279 |
| 62 | Stanley | 6,275 |
| 63 | Christopher | 6,081 |
| 64 | Randall | 5,973 |
| 65 | Billy | 5,856 |
| 66 | Joe | 5,797 |
| 67 | Glenn | 5,726 |
| 68 | Andrew | 5,626 |
| 69 | Albert | 5,439 |
| 70 | Samuel | 5,423 |
| 71 | Russell | 5,374 |
| 72 | Jimmy | 5,310 |
| 73 | Barry | 5,182 |
| 74 | Bobby | 5,179 |
| 75 | Eugene | 5,147 |
| 76 | Phillip | 5,103 |
| 77 | Louis | 4,985 |
| 77 | Howard | 4,985 |
| 79 | Ronnie | 4,970 |
| 80 | Frederick | 4,865 |
| 81 | Allen | 4,854 |
| 82 | Martin | 4,778 |
| 83 | Harry | 4,580 |
| 84 | Steve | 4,539 |
| 85 | Leonard | 4,412 |
| 86 | Curtis | 4,353 |
| 87 | Ernest | 4,095 |
| 88 | Micheal | 3,987 |
| 89 | Eric | 3,929 |
| 90 | Francis | 3,875 |
| 91 | Melvin | 3,811 |
| 92 | Fred | 3,789 |
| 93 | Lee | 3,583 |
| 94 | Marvin | 3,564 |
| 95 | Tommy | 3,469 |
| 96 | Earl | 3,437 |
| 97 | Eddie | 3,417 |
| 98 | Norman | 3,372 |
| 99 | Jay | 3,235 |
| 100 | Vincent | 3,174 |
| 101 | Rick | 3,173 |
| 102 | Clifford | 3,157 |
| 103 | Darrell | 3,149 |
| 104 | Alfred | 3,132 |
| 105 | Dean | 3,124 |
| 106 | Victor | 3,099 |
| 107 | Jerome | 3,079 |
| 108 | Clarence | 3,075 |
| 109 | Jeffery | 3,042 |
| 110 | Jose | 3,016 |
| 111 | Calvin | 2,951 |
| 112 | Theodore | 2,937 |
| 113 | Rickey | 2,840 |
| 114 | Jesse | 2,818 |
| 115 | Ray | 2,815 |
| 116 | Gordon | 2,781 |
| 117 | Tony | 2,771 |
| 118 | Bradley | 2,764 |
| 119 | Bernard | 2,746 |
| 120 | Jon | 2,714 |
| 121 | Don | 2,712 |
| 122 | Dwight | 2,698 |
| 123 | Edwin | 2,644 |
| 124 | Warren | 2,637 |
| 125 | Herbert | 2,617 |
| 126 | Leroy | 2,579 |
| 127 | Kim | 2,565 |
| 128 | Benjamin | 2,413 |
| 129 | Glen | 2,389 |
| 130 | Matthew | 2,374 |
| 131 | Nicholas | 2,359 |
| 132 | Duane | 2,338 |
| 133 | Jonathan | 2,335 |
| 134 | Joel | 2,302 |
| 135 | Leslie | 2,284 |
| 136 | Mike | 2,277 |
| 137 | Leon | 2,273 |
| 138 | Lloyd | 2,169 |
| 139 | Dan | 2,165 |
| 140 | Alvin | 2,110 |
| 141 | Vernon | 2,059 |
| 142 | Garry | 2,047 |
| 143 | Gene | 2,006 |
| 144 | Marc | 1,979 |
| 145 | Jackie | 1,970 |
| 146 | Neil | 1,937 |
| 147 | Lonnie | 1,919 |
| 148 | Gilbert | 1,913 |
| 149 | Juan | 1,894 |
| 150 | Guy | 1,885 |
| 151 | Mitchell | 1,884 |
| 152 | Floyd | 1,875 |
| 153 | Allan | 1,856 |
| 154 | Clyde | 1,855 |
| 155 | Lewis | 1,852 |
| 156 | Donnie | 1,790 |
| 157 | Lester | 1,776 |
| 158 | Franklin | 1,759 |
| 159 | Wesley | 1,733 |
| 160 | Robin | 1,725 |
| 161 | Randolph | 1,714 |
| 162 | Leo | 1,656 |
| 163 | Karl | 1,653 |
| 164 | Brad | 1,650 |
| 165 | Reginald | 1,640 |
| 166 | Kent | 1,636 |
| 167 | Jimmie | 1,628 |
| 168 | Chris | 1,579 |
| 169 | Manuel | 1,576 |
| 170 | Lynn | 1,555 |
| 171 | Freddie | 1,548 |
| 172 | Jim | 1,535 |
| 172 | Harvey | 1,535 |
| 174 | Charlie | 1,534 |
| 175 | Milton | 1,531 |
| 176 | Bill | 1,522 |
| 177 | Kurt | 1,515 |
| 178 | Dana | 1,505 |
| 179 | Herman | 1,411 |
| 180 | Johnnie | 1,404 |
| 181 | Carlos | 1,393 |
| 182 | Arnold | 1,391 |
| 183 | Chester | 1,380 |
| 184 | Tom | 1,377 |
| 185 | Stuart | 1,367 |
| 186 | Gerard | 1,366 |
| 187 | Daryl | 1,354 |
| 188 | Rex | 1,345 |
| 189 | Fredrick | 1,341 |
| 190 | Ted | 1,305 |
| 191 | Roland | 1,281 |
| 192 | Darryl | 1,268 |
| 193 | Nathaniel | 1,267 |
| 194 | Kerry | 1,264 |
| 195 | Alexander | 1,262 |
| 196 | Cecil | 1,254 |
| 197 | Kirk | 1,233 |
| 198 | Maurice | 1,229 |
| 199 | Perry | 1,227 |
| 200 | Terrence | 1,217 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1953 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.