100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1949

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 86,855
2 Robert 0 83,869
3 John 0 81,155
4 William 0 61,501
5 Michael +1 60,039
6 David -1 59,602
7 Richard 0 50,936
8 Thomas 0 45,204
9 Charles 0 40,043
10 Larry +1 31,809
11 Ronald -1 31,495
12 Gary 0 28,925
13 Donald +1 27,106
14 Joseph -1 26,410
15 Kenneth 0 23,585
16 Dennis +1 21,746
17 Paul +1 21,588
18 George -2 21,313
19 Stephen +1 20,479
20 Steven +3 19,923
21 Edward -2 19,170
22 Daniel 0 18,233
23 Jerry -2 15,864
24 Mark +5 13,728
25 Roger -1 12,821
26 Bruce +2 12,266
27 Frank -2 11,958
28 Terry -2 11,456
29 Douglas +4 11,323
30 Raymond -3 11,305
31 Gregory +1 10,980
32 Lawrence -1 10,251
33 Gerald -3 9,805
34 Timothy +4 9,342
35 Wayne -1 8,923
36 Anthony +5 8,449
37 Walter -2 8,295
38 Peter -1 8,263
39 Patrick +9 8,074
40 Danny -1 8,022
41 Willie -1 7,914
42 Harold -6 7,813
43 Carl -1 7,691
44 Arthur 0 7,476
45 Alan +1 7,256
46 Henry -1 7,178
47 Jack -4 7,132
48 Jeffrey +10 6,987
49 Johnny +3 6,970
50 Ralph +1 6,746
51 Roy -2 6,619
52 Joe -5 6,529
53 Jimmy -3 6,418
54 Dale +2 6,225
55 Philip -1 6,224
56 Albert -1 6,063
57 Billy -4 5,820
58 Eugene +3 5,598
59 Harry -2 5,542
60 Stanley +5 5,529
61 Glenn +12 5,411
62 Samuel +8 5,361
63 Howard 0 5,285
64 Ronnie -5 5,239
65 Louis -1 5,233
66 Phillip +3 5,201
67 Bobby -5 5,117
68 Steve -8 5,028
69 Russell -2 5,007
70 Frederick +5 4,746
71 Allen +1 4,732
72 Fred -6 4,729
73 Barry +1 4,606
74 Leonard -3 4,550
75 Andrew +2 4,517
76 Ernest 0 4,345
77 Craig +5 4,327
78 Francis +2 4,283
79 Randall +19 4,161
80 Eddie -2 4,101
81 Christopher +21 4,000
82 Melvin -1 3,972
83 Martin +5 3,903
84 Tommy -5 3,885
85 Keith +4 3,880
86 Brian +9 3,852
87 Rodney +5 3,827
88 Mike -20 3,741
89 Marvin +1 3,724
90 Norman -5 3,670
91 Earl -8 3,654
92 Randy +7 3,623
93 Lee 0 3,562
94 Clarence -7 3,393
95 Kevin +32 3,293
96 Alfred 0 3,187
97 Curtis +4 3,088
98 Don -7 3,060
99 Scott +23 3,051
100 Theodore +4 3,042
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Linda 0 91,016
2 Mary 0 66,862
3 Patricia +1 46,330
4 Barbara -1 42,598
5 Susan 0 37,707
6 Sandra 0 30,643
7 Nancy 0 29,244
8 Carol 0 26,782
9 Kathleen +1 26,353
10 Sharon -1 25,710
11 Karen +1 22,467
12 Donna -1 22,057
13 Brenda +4 20,544
14 Margaret -1 19,451
15 Deborah +15 19,208
16 Judith -1 17,610
17 Carolyn -3 17,403
18 Shirley +2 17,278
19 Diane 0 17,250
20 Judy -4 15,980
21 Pamela +1 15,130
22 Betty -4 14,944
23 Janet +1 14,856
24 Janice -1 14,452
25 Elizabeth +1 13,712
26 Joyce -5 13,571
27 Cynthia 0 12,897
28 Cheryl -3 12,006
29 Gloria -1 11,878
30 Christine +5 11,798
31 Beverly 0 10,555
32 Dorothy -3 10,407
33 Marilyn 0 9,867
34 Martha -2 9,810
35 Bonnie -1 9,730
36 Joan +1 9,205
37 Catherine +4 9,134
38 Peggy 0 9,118
39 Virginia -3 8,894
40 Rebecca +10 8,775
41 Jane -2 8,718
42 Kathy +13 8,451
43 Connie 0 8,219
44 Ann 0 7,869
45 Jean +2 7,762
46 Helen -6 7,706
47 Ruth -2 7,651
48 Diana 0 7,534
49 Frances -7 7,440
50 Phyllis -4 7,314
51 Gail 0 7,227
52 Kathryn +2 7,184
53 Alice -4 6,659
54 Rita +5 6,652
55 Paula -3 6,577
56 Wanda +1 6,307
57 Elaine -4 6,217
58 Jacqueline 0 6,040
59 Katherine +9 6,040
60 Jo -4 5,803
61 Joanne +4 5,746
62 Suzanne +4 5,609
63 Theresa -1 5,606
64 Ellen +3 5,506
65 Laura +8 5,385
66 Rose -3 5,370
67 Marie -7 5,307
68 Sherry -7 5,292
69 Doris -5 5,283
70 Vicki +11 5,193
71 Charlotte -2 5,143
72 Maria +3 5,120
73 Lois -3 4,913
74 Lynn +6 4,880
75 Darlene +2 4,797
76 Sheila -5 4,775
77 Sally -5 4,773
78 Marcia +1 4,651
79 Marsha -3 4,611
80 Evelyn -6 4,527
81 Cathy +23 4,407
82 Teresa 0 4,329
83 Constance +10 4,327
84 Sarah +1 4,296
85 Dianne +1 4,141
86 Anne +1 4,050
87 Glenda +5 3,976
88 Sue -10 3,925
89 Maureen -1 3,922
90 Geraldine -7 3,919
91 Anna -2 3,897
92 Jeanne +3 3,865
93 Lynda -9 3,830
94 Sylvia +6 3,816
95 Eileen -4 3,723
96 Victoria +12 3,669
97 Roberta +4 3,659
98 Rosemary -8 3,633
99 Anita +3 3,590
100 Charlene +5 3,540