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Top Baby Names 1950's


Most Popular Names of the 1950s
  Male Female
Rank Name Number Percent Name Number Percent
1 James 842,363 4.1112 Mary 625,220 3.1699
2 Michael 836,307 4.0816 Linda 563,939 2.8592
3 Robert 829,103 4.0465 Patricia 459,338 2.3289
4 John 796,623 3.8879 Susan 437,508 2.2182
5 David 768,826 3.7523 Deborah 430,280 2.1816
6 William 590,304 2.8810 Barbara 345,514 1.7518
7 Richard 534,576 2.6090 Debra 341,152 1.7297
8 Thomas 453,680 2.2142 Karen 332,334 1.6850
9 Mark 382,085 1.8648 Nancy 286,639 1.4533
10 Charles 360,553 1.7597 Donna 270,229 1.3701
11 Steven 333,218 1.6263 Cynthia 263,267 1.3348
12 Gary 329,365 1.6075 Sandra 251,426 1.2748
13 Joseph 299,554 1.4620 Pamela 237,266 1.2030
14 Donald 273,084 1.3328 Sharon 232,705 1.1798
15 Ronald 270,690 1.3211 Kathleen 224,192 1.1367
16 Kenneth 262,434 1.2808 Carol 222,532 1.1283
17 Paul 252,801 1.2338 Diane 210,502 1.0673
18 Larry 245,174 1.1966 Brenda 209,126 1.0603
19 Daniel 243,325 1.1876 Cheryl 171,300 0.8685
20 Stephen 206,969 1.0101 Janet 167,401 0.8487
21 Dennis 203,880 0.9950 Elizabeth 165,547 0.8393
22 Timothy 198,043 0.9666 Kathy 157,861 0.8004
23 Edward 188,082 0.9179 Margaret 149,498 0.7580
24 Jeffrey 184,414 0.9000 Janice 133,527 0.6770
25 George 180,711 0.8820 Carolyn 123,987 0.6286
26 Gregory 178,207 0.8697 Denise 123,712 0.6272
27 Kevin 158,842 0.7752 Judy 117,986 0.5982
28 Douglas 147,949 0.7221 Rebecca 115,620 0.5862
29 Terry 140,460 0.6855 Joyce 114,905 0.5826
30 Anthony 136,481 0.6661 Teresa 114,216 0.5791
31 Jerry 136,326 0.6653 Christine 113,273 0.5743
32 Bruce 136,205 0.6648 Catherine 108,770 0.5515
33 Randy 120,379 0.5875 Shirley 108,736 0.5513
34 Brian 112,199 0.5476 Judith 108,690 0.5511
35 Frank 112,095 0.5471 Betty 103,162 0.5230
36 Scott 111,698 0.5451 Beverly 97,712 0.4954
37 Roger 109,941 0.5366 Lisa 95,815 0.4858
38 Raymond 108,767 0.5308 Laura 95,484 0.4841
39 Peter 102,597 0.5007 Theresa 89,557 0.4541
40 Patrick 96,724 0.4721 Connie 88,767 0.4501
41 Keith 91,129 0.4448 Ann 87,006 0.4411
42 Lawrence 90,999 0.4441 Julie 86,668 0.4394
43 Wayne 87,976 0.4294 Gloria 86,652 0.4393
44 Danny 86,449 0.4219 Gail 85,587 0.4339
45 Alan 83,861 0.4093 Joan 85,132 0.4316
46 Gerald 82,464 0.4025 Paula 84,821 0.4301
47 Christopher 80,690 0.3938 Peggy 84,236 0.4271
48 Ricky 79,043 0.3858 Cindy 83,949 0.4256
49 Carl 78,618 0.3837 Martha 83,137 0.4215
50 Dale 75,421 0.3681 Bonnie 82,963 0.4206
51 Walter 72,045 0.3516 Jane 82,866 0.4201
52 Craig 69,403 0.3387 Cathy 82,685 0.4192
53 Willie 66,328 0.3237 Robin 82,387 0.4177
54 Johnny 65,652 0.3204 Debbie 82,072 0.4161
55 Arthur 65,605 0.3202 Diana 80,169 0.4065
56 Steve 64,115 0.3129 Marilyn 80,132 0.4063
57 Joe 62,523 0.3051 Kathryn 77,748 0.3942
58 Randall 62,351 0.3043 Dorothy 74,466 0.3776
59 Jack 62,315 0.3041 Wanda 72,405 0.3671
60 Russell 62,305 0.3041 Jean 72,233 0.3662
61 Henry 62,140 0.3033 Vicki 71,950 0.3648
62 Harold 62,013 0.3027 Sheila 70,117 0.3555
63 Roy 61,722 0.3012 Virginia 69,753 0.3537
64 Andrew 60,896 0.2972 Sherry 68,302 0.3463
65 Philip 60,777 0.2966 Katherine 66,807 0.3387
66 Ralph 60,331 0.2944 Rose 66,686 0.3381
67 Billy 59,172 0.2888 Lynn 66,006 0.3347
68 Glenn 58,628 0.2861 Jo 63,919 0.3241
69 Stanley 57,058 0.2785 Ruth 62,483 0.3168
70 Jimmy 54,791 0.2674 Maria 62,274 0.3157
71 Rodney 54,727 0.2671 Darlene 61,827 0.3135
72 Barry 54,710 0.2670 Jacqueline 60,461 0.3065
73 Samuel 53,686 0.2620 Rita 60,234 0.3054
74 Eric 53,220 0.2597 Rhonda 59,786 0.3031
75 Bobby 53,153 0.2594 Phyllis 57,735 0.2927
76 Albert 52,758 0.2575 Helen 57,550 0.2918
77 Phillip 52,360 0.2555 Vickie 56,834 0.2882
78 Ronnie 51,182 0.2498 Kim 56,061 0.2842
79 Martin 50,899 0.2484 Lori 56,049 0.2842
80 Mike 48,274 0.2356 Ellen 55,339 0.2806
81 Eugene 48,181 0.2351 Elaine 54,194 0.2748
82 Louis 47,857 0.2336 Joanne 53,519 0.2713
83 Howard 47,778 0.2332 Anne 52,363 0.2655
84 Allen 47,243 0.2306 Valerie 52,208 0.2647
85 Curtis 46,253 0.2257 Alice 52,045 0.2639
86 Jeffery 45,797 0.2235 Frances 51,168 0.2594
87 Frederick 44,215 0.2158 Suzanne 50,299 0.2550
88 Leonard 43,462 0.2121 Marie 49,246 0.2497
89 Harry 43,246 0.2111 Victoria 49,091 0.2489
90 Micheal 40,901 0.1996 Kimberly 48,956 0.2482
91 Tony 40,758 0.1989 Anita 47,574 0.2412
92 Ernest 39,602 0.1933 Laurie 46,937 0.2380
93 Eddie 38,539 0.1881 Michelle 46,762 0.2371
94 Fred 37,399 0.1825 Sally 46,685 0.2367
95 Darrell 37,203 0.1816 Terri 46,422 0.2354
96 Jay 36,931 0.1802 Marcia 43,711 0.2216
97 Melvin 36,098 0.1762 Terry 43,170 0.2189
98 Matthew 35,783 0.1746 Jennifer 43,057 0.2183
99 Lee 35,767 0.1746 Leslie 43,026 0.2181
100 Vincent 35,298 0.1723 Doris 42,875 0.2174