100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1950

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 86,239
2 Robert 0 83,565
3 John 0 79,420
4 Michael +1 65,151
5 David +1 60,730
6 William -2 60,690
7 Richard 0 51,001
8 Thomas 0 45,603
9 Charles 0 39,099
10 Gary +2 33,753
11 Larry -1 31,487
12 Ronald -1 29,916
13 Joseph +1 27,026
14 Donald -1 26,998
15 Kenneth 0 23,823
16 Steven +4 23,255
17 Dennis -1 22,861
18 Paul -1 21,757
19 Stephen 0 20,509
20 George -2 20,175
21 Daniel +1 19,193
22 Edward -1 18,715
23 Mark +1 16,605
24 Jerry -1 15,267
25 Gregory +6 13,312
26 Bruce 0 12,677
27 Roger -2 12,548
28 Douglas +1 12,265
29 Frank -2 11,613
30 Terry -2 11,430
31 Raymond -1 11,179
32 Timothy +2 10,505
33 Lawrence -1 10,176
34 Gerald -1 9,723
35 Wayne 0 9,263
36 Anthony 0 8,622
37 Peter +1 8,367
38 Patrick +1 8,181
39 Danny +1 8,147
40 Walter -3 7,792
41 Alan +4 7,738
42 Willie -1 7,719
43 Jeffrey +5 7,649
44 Carl -1 7,287
45 Harold -3 7,220
46 Arthur -2 7,160
47 Henry -1 6,964
48 Jack -1 6,839
49 Dale +5 6,786
50 Johnny -1 6,582
51 Roy 0 6,456
52 Ralph -2 6,404
53 Philip +2 6,071
54 Joe -2 6,036
55 Jimmy -2 5,761
56 Albert 0 5,756
57 Billy 0 5,678
58 Eugene 0 5,484
59 Glenn +2 5,469
60 Stanley 0 5,451
61 Harry -2 5,376
62 Samuel 0 5,228
63 Howard 0 5,168
64 Phillip +2 5,056
65 Bobby +2 5,015
66 Louis -1 4,951
67 Russell +2 4,943
68 Andrew +7 4,930
69 Craig +8 4,887
70 Randall +9 4,843
71 Allen 0 4,842
72 Christopher +9 4,836
73 Kevin +22 4,755
74 Barry -1 4,693
75 Frederick -5 4,660
76 Ronnie -12 4,617
77 Leonard -3 4,582
78 Keith +7 4,568
79 Brian +7 4,448
80 Randy +12 4,357
81 Ernest -5 4,305
82 Scott +17 4,271
83 Steve -15 4,205
84 Fred -12 4,198
85 Martin -2 4,180
86 Francis -8 4,083
87 Melvin -5 3,888
88 Rodney -1 3,856
89 Eddie -9 3,760
90 Norman 0 3,638
91 Lee +2 3,610
92 Earl -1 3,589
93 Marvin -4 3,496
94 Tommy -10 3,433
95 Clarence -1 3,341
96 Alfred 0 3,234
97 Curtis 0 3,209
98 Eric +7 3,097
99 Theodore +1 2,959
100 Clifford +3 2,942
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Linda 0 80,432
2 Mary 0 65,482
3 Patricia 0 47,945
4 Barbara 0 41,557
5 Susan 0 38,018
6 Nancy +1 29,618
7 Deborah +8 29,064
8 Sandra -2 28,895
9 Carol -1 26,165
10 Kathleen -1 25,704
11 Sharon -1 24,615
12 Karen -1 24,139
13 Donna -1 21,630
14 Brenda -1 20,795
15 Margaret -1 18,111
16 Diane +3 17,635
17 Pamela +4 16,204
18 Janet +5 16,194
19 Shirley -1 15,890
20 Carolyn -3 15,589
21 Judith -5 15,355
22 Janice +2 15,012
23 Cynthia +4 14,446
24 Elizabeth +1 14,337
25 Judy -5 14,205
26 Betty -4 13,612
27 Joyce -1 13,416
28 Christine +2 12,675
29 Cheryl -1 11,825
30 Gloria -1 11,037
31 Beverly 0 10,504
32 Martha +2 9,836
33 Bonnie +2 9,748
34 Catherine +3 9,655
35 Dorothy -3 9,552
36 Rebecca +4 9,427
37 Marilyn -4 9,286
38 Kathy +4 9,089
39 Jane +2 8,963
40 Joan -4 8,863
41 Peggy -3 8,533
42 Gail +9 8,348
43 Virginia -4 8,314
44 Connie -1 8,147
45 Ann -1 7,922
46 Kathryn +6 7,864
47 Diana +1 7,444
48 Jean -3 7,433
49 Ruth -2 7,128
50 Helen -4 7,059
51 Frances -2 6,974
52 Wanda +4 6,928
53 Phyllis -3 6,695
54 Paula +1 6,629
55 Jacqueline +3 6,451
56 Rita -2 6,424
57 Alice -4 6,363
58 Katherine +1 6,204
59 Debra +75 6,180
60 Elaine -3 6,037
61 Vicki +9 5,827
62 Sherry +6 5,809
63 Laura +2 5,724
64 Jo -4 5,677
65 Theresa -2 5,627
66 Ellen -2 5,566
67 Joanne -6 5,492
68 Marsha +11 5,401
69 Rose -3 5,373
70 Sheila +6 5,323
71 Suzanne -9 5,269
72 Marie -5 5,220
73 Maria -1 5,079
74 Doris -5 5,053
75 Cathy +6 5,031
76 Lynn -2 5,020
77 Marcia +1 4,954
78 Sally -1 4,869
79 Darlene -4 4,832
80 Charlotte -9 4,733
81 Teresa +1 4,726
82 Denise +58 4,515
83 Lois -10 4,503
84 Anne +2 4,458
85 Constance -2 4,443
86 Evelyn -6 4,272
87 Glenda 0 4,215
88 Sarah -4 4,146
89 Maureen 0 4,071
90 Dianne -5 3,921
91 Eileen +4 3,883
92 Irene +19 3,826
93 Anna -2 3,817
94 Victoria +2 3,782
95 Jeanne -3 3,735
96 Roberta +1 3,631
97 Sylvia -3 3,612
98 Joann +3 3,601
99 Anita 0 3,569
100 Sue -12 3,502