The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1954
4,360 different boys’ names were recorded in 1954, covering 2,038,751 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 11 | Steven | 36,628 |
| 12 | Mark | 36,198 |
| 13 | Joseph | 31,221 |
| 14 | Donald | 29,279 |
| 15 | Ronald | 27,625 |
| 16 | Paul | 26,220 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 26,186 |
| 18 | Daniel | 25,275 |
| 19 | Larry | 24,614 |
| 20 | Stephen | 21,878 |
| 21 | Dennis | 20,758 |
| 22 | Edward | 19,493 |
| 23 | Jeffrey | 19,052 |
| 24 | George | 18,704 |
| 25 | Gregory | 17,625 |
| 26 | Timothy | 17,427 |
| 27 | Terry | 15,553 |
| 28 | Kevin | 15,322 |
| 29 | Douglas | 14,703 |
| 30 | Bruce | 14,155 |
| 31 | Jerry | 13,681 |
| 32 | Anthony | 13,124 |
| 33 | Randy | 12,638 |
| 34 | Roger | 11,717 |
| 35 | Raymond | 11,242 |
| 36 | Frank | 10,995 |
| 37 | Peter | 10,085 |
| 38 | Patrick | 9,927 |
| 39 | Lawrence | 9,606 |
| 40 | Scott | 9,457 |
| 41 | Wayne | 9,175 |
| 42 | Danny | 9,103 |
| 43 | Alan | 8,711 |
| 44 | Gerald | 8,552 |
| 45 | Keith | 8,355 |
| 46 | Ricky | 8,164 |
| 47 | Carl | 8,137 |
| 48 | Brian | 8,078 |
| 49 | Walter | 7,486 |
| 50 | Dale | 7,439 |
| 51 | Craig | 7,180 |
| 52 | Arthur | 6,856 |
| 53 | Willie | 6,832 |
| 54 | Johnny | 6,613 |
| 55 | Randall | 6,549 |
| 56 | Roy | 6,513 |
| 57 | Jack | 6,475 |
| 58 | Stanley | 6,448 |
| 59 | Henry | 6,402 |
| 60 | Harold | 6,359 |
| 61 | Ralph | 6,311 |
| 62 | Philip | 6,279 |
| 63 | Glenn | 6,240 |
| 64 | Christopher | 6,084 |
| 65 | Billy | 6,033 |
| 66 | Rodney | 5,959 |
| 67 | Joe | 5,873 |
| 68 | Barry | 5,844 |
| 69 | Russell | 5,761 |
| 70 | Andrew | 5,653 |
| 71 | Samuel | 5,634 |
| 72 | Bobby | 5,507 |
| 73 | Albert | 5,428 |
| 74 | Jimmy | 5,327 |
| 75 | Phillip | 5,149 |
| 76 | Steve | 5,062 |
| 77 | Eugene | 5,033 |
| 78 | Ronnie | 4,978 |
| 79 | Martin | 4,968 |
| 80 | Howard | 4,933 |
| 81 | Louis | 4,848 |
| 82 | Allen | 4,832 |
| 83 | Frederick | 4,743 |
| 84 | Curtis | 4,594 |
| 85 | Leonard | 4,482 |
| 86 | Harry | 4,354 |
| 87 | Ernest | 4,202 |
| 88 | Micheal | 4,178 |
| 89 | Eric | 4,169 |
| 90 | Jeffery | 3,935 |
| 91 | Eddie | 3,766 |
| 92 | Melvin | 3,711 |
| 93 | Fred | 3,695 |
| 94 | Francis | 3,686 |
| 95 | Darrell | 3,643 |
| 96 | Lee | 3,566 |
| 97 | Marvin | 3,498 |
| 98 | Earl | 3,424 |
| 99 | Norman | 3,417 |
| 100 | Tommy | 3,407 |
| 101 | Jay | 3,372 |
| 102 | Rick | 3,370 |
| 103 | Victor | 3,367 |
| 104 | Vincent | 3,358 |
| 105 | Tony | 3,350 |
| 106 | Bradley | 3,240 |
| 107 | Jose | 3,227 |
| 108 | Clarence | 3,182 |
| 109 | Kim | 3,167 |
| 110 | Dean | 3,166 |
| 111 | Jon | 3,161 |
| 112 | Clifford | 3,141 |
| 113 | Rickey | 3,130 |
| 114 | Jerome | 3,113 |
| 115 | Theodore | 3,074 |
| 116 | Alfred | 3,044 |
| 117 | Calvin | 3,006 |
| 118 | Ray | 2,976 |
| 119 | Jesse | 2,760 |
| 120 | Don | 2,748 |
| 121 | Jonathan | 2,743 |
| 122 | Gordon | 2,741 |
| 123 | Bernard | 2,727 |
| 124 | Matthew | 2,688 |
| 125 | Leroy | 2,638 |
| 126 | Warren | 2,621 |
| 127 | Joel | 2,596 |
| 128 | Herbert | 2,591 |
| 129 | Edwin | 2,551 |
| 130 | Mike | 2,502 |
| 131 | Glen | 2,496 |
| 132 | Benjamin | 2,452 |
| 133 | Marc | 2,403 |
| 134 | Nicholas | 2,368 |
| 135 | Alvin | 2,367 |
| 136 | Duane | 2,325 |
| 137 | Leslie | 2,231 |
| 138 | Garry | 2,218 |
| 139 | Dan | 2,154 |
| 140 | Leon | 2,146 |
| 141 | Mitchell | 2,145 |
| 142 | Lloyd | 2,114 |
| 143 | Guy | 2,099 |
| 144 | Vernon | 2,097 |
| 145 | Dwight | 2,034 |
| 146 | Lonnie | 1,976 |
| 147 | Neil | 1,959 |
| 148 | Gilbert | 1,955 |
| 149 | Allan | 1,954 |
| 149 | Jackie | 1,954 |
| 151 | Gene | 1,900 |
| 152 | Floyd | 1,871 |
| 153 | Juan | 1,870 |
| 154 | Brad | 1,846 |
| 155 | Wesley | 1,844 |
| 156 | Lewis | 1,838 |
| 157 | Franklin | 1,822 |
| 158 | Reginald | 1,812 |
| 159 | Chris | 1,801 |
| 160 | Robin | 1,792 |
| 161 | Clyde | 1,777 |
| 162 | Donnie | 1,770 |
| 163 | Randolph | 1,765 |
| 164 | Lester | 1,758 |
| 165 | Dana | 1,741 |
| 166 | Karl | 1,736 |
| 167 | Kent | 1,721 |
| 168 | Kurt | 1,692 |
| 169 | Manuel | 1,686 |
| 170 | Kerry | 1,662 |
| 171 | Jimmie | 1,621 |
| 172 | Leo | 1,613 |
| 173 | Carlos | 1,611 |
| 174 | Jim | 1,593 |
| 175 | Milton | 1,581 |
| 176 | Bill | 1,526 |
| 177 | Gerard | 1,520 |
| 178 | Stuart | 1,495 |
| 179 | Freddie | 1,491 |
| 180 | Daryl | 1,468 |
| 181 | Charlie | 1,460 |
| 181 | Harvey | 1,460 |
| 183 | Johnnie | 1,444 |
| 184 | Terrence | 1,440 |
| 185 | Chester | 1,421 |
| 186 | Herman | 1,416 |
| 187 | Lynn | 1,415 |
| 188 | Tom | 1,388 |
| 189 | Rex | 1,380 |
| 190 | Kirk | 1,375 |
| 191 | Ted | 1,343 |
| 192 | Darryl | 1,331 |
| 193 | Roland | 1,322 |
| 194 | Cecil | 1,298 |
| 195 | Todd | 1,291 |
| 196 | Arnold | 1,282 |
| 197 | Oscar | 1,268 |
| 198 | Ruben | 1,259 |
| 199 | Perry | 1,254 |
| 200 | Alexander | 1,236 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1954 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.