1950
Top Baby Names of 1950
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1950
1
Linda 80,431 2
Mary 65,482 3
Patricia 47,944 4
Barbara 41,555 5
Susan 38,017 6
Nancy 29,617 7
Deborah 29,062 8
Sandra 28,896 9
Carol 26,163 10
Kathleen 25,705 11
Sharon 24,612 12
Karen 24,132 13
Donna 21,629 14
Brenda 20,798 15
Margaret 18,110 16
Diane 17,636 17
Pamela 16,202 18
Janet 16,193 19
Shirley 15,891 20
Carolyn 15,587 21
Judith 15,352 22
Janice 15,010 23
Cynthia 14,447 24
Elizabeth 14,334 25
Judy 14,207 26
Betty 13,614 27
Joyce 13,416 28
Christine 12,673 29
Cheryl 11,823 30
Gloria 11,037 31
Beverly 10,504 32
Martha 9,838 33
Bonnie 9,746 34
Catherine 9,655 35
Dorothy 9,550 36
Rebecca 9,426 37
Marilyn 9,285 38
Kathy 9,090 39
Jane 8,964 40
Joan 8,860 41
Peggy 8,532 42
Gail 8,350 43
Virginia 8,312 44
Connie 8,145 45
Ann 7,921 46
Kathryn 7,863 47
Diana 7,447 48
Jean 7,432 49
Ruth 7,128 50
Helen 7,060 51
Frances 6,974 52
Wanda 6,929 53
Phyllis 6,695 54
Paula 6,631 55
Jacqueline 6,455 56
Rita 6,423 57
Alice 6,363 58
Katherine 6,205 59
Debra 6,176 60
Elaine 6,037 61
Vicki 5,823 62
Sherry 5,808 63
Laura 5,725 64
Jo 5,676 65
Theresa 5,628 66
Ellen 5,567 67
Joanne 5,491 68
Marsha 5,400 69
Rose 5,376 70
Sheila 5,322 71
Suzanne 5,267 72
Marie 5,222 73
Maria 5,076 74
Doris 5,053 75
Cathy 5,031 76
Lynn 5,019 77
Marcia 4,956 78
Sally 4,870 79
Darlene 4,830 80
Charlotte 4,736 81
Teresa 4,724 82
Denise 4,514 83
Lois 4,504 84
Anne 4,459 85
Constance 4,441 86
Evelyn 4,275 87
Glenda 4,215 88
Sarah 4,144 89
Maureen 4,070 90
Dianne 3,921 91
Eileen 3,883 92
Irene 3,825 93
Anna 3,815 94
Victoria 3,781 95
Jeanne 3,736 96
Roberta 3,630 97
Sylvia 3,612 98
Joann 3,600 99
Anita 3,573 100
Sue 3,503 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1950
1
James 86,223 2
Robert 83,551 3
John 79,412 4
Michael 65,138 5
David 60,729 6
William 60,679 7
Richard 51,004 8
Thomas 45,596 9
Charles 39,097 10
Gary 33,740 11
Larry 31,478 12
Ronald 29,908 13
Joseph 27,022 14
Donald 26,999 15
Kenneth 23,813 16
Steven 23,250 17
Dennis 22,862 18
Paul 21,743 19
Stephen 20,511 20
George 20,182 21
Daniel 19,189 22
Edward 18,715 23
Mark 16,605 24
Jerry 15,262 25
Gregory 13,311 26
Bruce 12,674 27
Roger 12,552 28
Douglas 12,265 29
Frank 11,607 30
Terry 11,433 31
Raymond 11,181 32
Timothy 10,498 33
Lawrence 10,174 34
Gerald 9,725 35
Wayne 9,259 36
Anthony 8,614 37
Peter 8,366 38
Patrick 8,180 39
Danny 8,143 40
Walter 7,798 41
Alan 7,738 42
Willie 7,720 43
Jeffrey 7,643 44
Carl 7,288 45
Harold 7,215 46
Arthur 7,161 47
Henry 6,965 48
Jack 6,839 49
Dale 6,787 50
Johnny 6,581 51
Roy 6,454 52
Ralph 6,406 53
Philip 6,070 54
Joe 6,033 55
Jimmy 5,761 56
Albert 5,754 57
Billy 5,676 58
Eugene 5,482 59
Glenn 5,465 60
Stanley 5,453 61
Harry 5,375 62
Samuel 5,226 63
Howard 5,165 64
Phillip 5,055 65
Bobby 5,018 66
Louis 4,947 67
Russell 4,945 68
Andrew 4,932 69
Craig 4,888 70
Randall 4,843 71
Allen 4,841 72
Christopher 4,835 73
Kevin 4,751 74
Barry 4,693 75
Frederick 4,659 76
Ronnie 4,616 77
Leonard 4,581 78
Keith 4,567 79
Brian 4,442 80
Randy 4,355 81
Ernest 4,309 82
Scott 4,268 83
Steve 4,207 84
Fred 4,195 85
Martin 4,180 86
Francis 4,082 87
Melvin 3,886 88
Rodney 3,856 89
Eddie 3,761 90
Norman 3,641 91
Lee 3,611 92
Earl 3,589 93
Marvin 3,493 94
Tommy 3,434 95
Clarence 3,340 96
Alfred 3,235 97
Curtis 3,209 98
Eric 3,095 99
Theodore 2,960 100
Clifford 2,941 About 1950 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1950, 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.