1949
Top Baby Names of 1949
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1949
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Linda 91,016 2
Mary 66,869 3
Patricia 46,325 4
Barbara 42,599 5
Susan 37,709 6
Sandra 30,643 7
Nancy 29,248 8
Carol 26,781 9
Kathleen 26,357 10
Sharon 25,713 11
Karen 22,468 12
Donna 22,056 13
Brenda 20,544 14
Margaret 19,452 15
Deborah 19,210 16
Judith 17,610 17
Carolyn 17,404 18
Shirley 17,282 19
Diane 17,251 20
Judy 15,979 21
Pamela 15,132 22
Betty 14,937 23
Janet 14,859 24
Janice 14,453 25
Elizabeth 13,714 26
Joyce 13,572 27
Cynthia 12,900 28
Cheryl 12,007 29
Gloria 11,878 30
Christine 11,798 31
Beverly 10,552 32
Dorothy 10,409 33
Marilyn 9,865 34
Martha 9,809 35
Bonnie 9,731 36
Joan 9,206 37
Catherine 9,137 38
Peggy 9,118 39
Virginia 8,895 40
Rebecca 8,778 41
Jane 8,719 42
Kathy 8,451 43
Connie 8,219 44
Ann 7,870 45
Jean 7,760 46
Helen 7,707 47
Ruth 7,651 48
Diana 7,535 49
Frances 7,440 50
Phyllis 7,315 51
Gail 7,225 52
Kathryn 7,184 53
Alice 6,660 54
Rita 6,654 55
Paula 6,577 56
Wanda 6,307 57
Elaine 6,214 58
Katherine 6,039 58
Jacqueline 6,039 60
Jo 5,802 61
Joanne 5,746 62
Suzanne 5,609 63
Theresa 5,603 64
Ellen 5,505 65
Laura 5,384 66
Rose 5,371 67
Marie 5,306 68
Sherry 5,295 69
Doris 5,284 70
Vicki 5,193 71
Charlotte 5,142 72
Maria 5,123 73
Lois 4,915 74
Lynn 4,880 75
Darlene 4,799 76
Sheila 4,774 77
Sally 4,773 78
Marcia 4,650 79
Marsha 4,611 80
Evelyn 4,529 81
Cathy 4,407 82
Teresa 4,328 83
Constance 4,327 84
Sarah 4,295 85
Dianne 4,141 86
Anne 4,052 87
Glenda 3,975 88
Sue 3,926 89
Maureen 3,923 90
Geraldine 3,919 91
Anna 3,897 92
Jeanne 3,865 93
Lynda 3,830 94
Sylvia 3,816 95
Eileen 3,722 96
Victoria 3,669 97
Roberta 3,660 98
Rosemary 3,633 99
Anita 3,589 100
Charlene 3,541 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1949
1
James 86,859 2
Robert 83,876 3
John 81,180 4
William 61,504 5
Michael 60,046 6
David 59,610 7
Richard 50,947 8
Thomas 45,195 9
Charles 40,047 10
Larry 31,817 11
Ronald 31,497 12
Gary 28,933 13
Donald 27,121 14
Joseph 26,407 15
Kenneth 23,588 16
Dennis 21,747 17
Paul 21,589 18
George 21,309 19
Stephen 20,488 20
Steven 19,923 21
Edward 19,172 22
Daniel 18,240 23
Jerry 15,870 24
Mark 13,726 25
Roger 12,821 26
Bruce 12,265 27
Frank 11,960 28
Terry 11,457 29
Douglas 11,321 30
Raymond 11,305 31
Gregory 10,979 32
Lawrence 10,253 33
Gerald 9,809 34
Timothy 9,346 35
Wayne 8,927 36
Anthony 8,451 37
Walter 8,296 38
Peter 8,265 39
Patrick 8,074 40
Danny 8,023 41
Willie 7,917 42
Harold 7,817 43
Carl 7,689 44
Arthur 7,481 45
Alan 7,255 46
Henry 7,183 47
Jack 7,128 48
Jeffrey 6,987 49
Johnny 6,968 50
Ralph 6,748 51
Roy 6,622 52
Joe 6,535 53
Jimmy 6,417 54
Dale 6,229 55
Philip 6,224 56
Albert 6,063 57
Billy 5,821 58
Eugene 5,595 59
Harry 5,543 60
Stanley 5,527 61
Glenn 5,414 62
Samuel 5,357 63
Howard 5,284 64
Ronnie 5,237 65
Louis 5,235 66
Phillip 5,201 67
Bobby 5,120 68
Steve 5,027 69
Russell 5,007 70
Frederick 4,747 71
Allen 4,735 72
Fred 4,731 73
Barry 4,607 74
Leonard 4,551 75
Andrew 4,512 76
Ernest 4,346 77
Craig 4,327 78
Francis 4,282 79
Randall 4,161 80
Eddie 4,105 81
Christopher 3,999 82
Melvin 3,972 83
Martin 3,902 84
Tommy 3,886 85
Keith 3,878 86
Brian 3,854 87
Rodney 3,826 88
Mike 3,742 89
Marvin 3,725 90
Norman 3,668 91
Earl 3,653 92
Randy 3,623 93
Lee 3,562 94
Clarence 3,395 95
Kevin 3,292 96
Alfred 3,189 97
Curtis 3,088 98
Don 3,060 99
Scott 3,055 100
Theodore 3,041 About 1949 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1949, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.