Most Popular Baby Names of 1949
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Linda | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Mary | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | +1 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Barbara | -1 |
| 5 | Michael | +1 | 5 | Susan | 0 |
| 6 | David | -1 | 6 | Sandra | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 0 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Carol | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 0 | 9 | Kathleen | +1 |
| 10 | Larry | +1 | 10 | Sharon | -1 |
| 11 | Ronald | -1 | 11 | Karen | +1 |
| 12 | Gary | 0 | 12 | Donna | -1 |
| 13 | Donald | +1 | 13 | Brenda | +4 |
| 14 | Joseph | -1 | 14 | Margaret | -1 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 0 | 15 | Deborah | +15 |
| 16 | Dennis | +1 | 16 | Judith | -1 |
| 17 | Paul | +1 | 17 | Carolyn | -3 |
| 18 | George | -2 | 18 | Shirley | +2 |
| 19 | Stephen | +1 | 19 | Diane | 0 |
| 20 | Steven | +3 | 20 | Judy | -4 |
| 21 | Edward | -2 | 21 | Pamela | +1 |
| 22 | Daniel | 0 | 22 | Betty | -4 |
| 23 | Jerry | -2 | 23 | Janet | +1 |
| 24 | Mark | +5 | 24 | Janice | -1 |
| 25 | Roger | -1 | 25 | Elizabeth | 0 |
| 26 | Bruce | +2 | 26 | Joyce | -5 |
| 27 | Frank | -2 | 27 | Cynthia | 0 |
| 28 | Terry | -2 | 28 | Cheryl | -2 |
| 29 | Douglas | +4 | 29 | Gloria | -1 |
| 30 | Raymond | -3 | 30 | Christine | +5 |
| 31 | Gregory | +1 | 31 | Beverly | 0 |
| 32 | Lawrence | -1 | 32 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 33 | Gerald | -3 | 33 | Marilyn | 0 |
| 34 | Timothy | +4 | 34 | Martha | -2 |
| 35 | Wayne | -1 | 35 | Bonnie | -1 |
| 36 | Anthony | +5 | 36 | Joan | +1 |
| 37 | Walter | -2 | 37 | Catherine | +4 |
| 38 | Peter | -1 | 38 | Peggy | 0 |
| 39 | Patrick | +9 | 39 | Virginia | -3 |
| 40 | Danny | -1 | 40 | Rebecca | +10 |
| 41 | Willie | -1 | 41 | Jane | -2 |
| 42 | Harold | -6 | 42 | Kathy | +13 |
| 43 | Carl | -1 | 43 | Connie | 0 |
| 44 | Arthur | 0 | 44 | Ann | 0 |
| 45 | Alan | 0 | 45 | Jean | +2 |
| 46 | Henry | 0 | 46 | Helen | -6 |
| 47 | Jack | -4 | 47 | Ruth | -2 |
| 48 | Jeffrey | +10 | 48 | Diana | 0 |
| 49 | Johnny | +3 | 49 | Frances | -7 |
| 50 | Ralph | +1 | 50 | Phyllis | -4 |
| 51 | Roy | -2 | 51 | Gail | 0 |
| 52 | Joe | -5 | 52 | Kathryn | +2 |
| 53 | Jimmy | -3 | 53 | Alice | -4 |
| 54 | Dale | +2 | 54 | Rita | +5 |
| 55 | Philip | -1 | 55 | Paula | -3 |
| 56 | Albert | -1 | 56 | Wanda | +1 |
| 57 | Billy | -4 | 57 | Elaine | -4 |
| 58 | Eugene | +3 | 58 | Katherine | +11 |
| 59 | Harry | -2 | 59 | Jacqueline | -1 |
| 60 | Stanley | +4 | 60 | Jo | -4 |
| 61 | Glenn | +12 | 61 | Joanne | +4 |
| 62 | Samuel | +8 | 62 | Suzanne | +4 |
| 63 | Howard | 0 | 63 | Theresa | 0 |
| 64 | Louis | +1 | 64 | Ellen | +3 |
| 65 | Ronnie | -6 | 65 | Laura | +8 |
| 66 | Phillip | +3 | 66 | Rose | -4 |
| 67 | Bobby | -5 | 67 | Marie | -7 |
| 68 | Steve | -8 | 68 | Sherry | -7 |
| 69 | Russell | -2 | 69 | Doris | -5 |
| 70 | Frederick | +5 | 70 | Vicki | +11 |
| 71 | Allen | 0 | 71 | Charlotte | -3 |
| 72 | Fred | -6 | 72 | Maria | +3 |
| 73 | Barry | +1 | 73 | Lois | -3 |
| 74 | Leonard | -2 | 74 | Lynn | +6 |
| 75 | Andrew | +2 | 75 | Darlene | +2 |
| 76 | Ernest | 0 | 76 | Sheila | -5 |
| 77 | Craig | +5 | 77 | Sally | -5 |
| 78 | Francis | +1 | 78 | Marcia | +1 |
| 79 | Randall | +19 | 79 | Marsha | -3 |
| 80 | Christopher | +22 | 80 | Evelyn | -6 |
| 81 | Eddie | -3 | 81 | Cathy | +23 |
| 82 | Melvin | -1 | 82 | Constance | +11 |
| 83 | Martin | +5 | 83 | Teresa | -1 |
| 84 | Keith | +5 | 84 | Sarah | +1 |
| 85 | Tommy | -5 | 85 | Dianne | +1 |
| 86 | Brian | +9 | 86 | Anne | +1 |
| 87 | Rodney | +5 | 87 | Glenda | +5 |
| 88 | Mike | -20 | 88 | Sue | -10 |
| 89 | Marvin | +1 | 89 | Geraldine | -6 |
| 90 | Norman | -5 | 90 | Maureen | -2 |
| 91 | Earl | -8 | 91 | Anna | -2 |
| 92 | Randy | +7 | 92 | Jeanne | +3 |
| 93 | Lee | 0 | 93 | Lynda | -9 |
| 94 | Clarence | -7 | 94 | Sylvia | +6 |
| 95 | Kevin | +32 | 95 | Eileen | -4 |
| 96 | Alfred | +1 | 96 | Victoria | +12 |
| 97 | Curtis | +4 | 97 | Roberta | +4 |
| 98 | Don | -7 | 98 | Rosemary | -8 |
| 99 | Scott | +23 | 99 | Anita | +3 |
| 100 | Theodore | +4 | 100 | Charlene | +5 |