Most Popular Baby Names of 1950
| 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 | 0 |
| 4 | Michael | +1 | 4 | Barbara | 0 |
| 5 | David | +1 | 5 | Susan | 0 |
| 6 | William | -2 | 6 | Nancy | +1 |
| 7 | Richard | 0 | 7 | Deborah | +8 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Sandra | -2 |
| 9 | Charles | 0 | 9 | Carol | -1 |
| 10 | Gary | +2 | 10 | Kathleen | -1 |
| 11 | Larry | -1 | 11 | Sharon | -1 |
| 12 | Ronald | -1 | 12 | Karen | -1 |
| 13 | Joseph | +1 | 13 | Donna | -1 |
| 14 | Donald | -1 | 14 | Brenda | -1 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 0 | 15 | Margaret | -1 |
| 16 | Steven | +4 | 16 | Diane | +3 |
| 17 | Dennis | -1 | 17 | Pamela | +4 |
| 18 | Paul | -1 | 18 | Janet | +5 |
| 19 | Stephen | 0 | 19 | Shirley | -1 |
| 20 | George | -2 | 20 | Carolyn | -3 |
| 21 | Daniel | +1 | 21 | Judith | -5 |
| 22 | Edward | -1 | 22 | Janice | +2 |
| 23 | Mark | +1 | 23 | Cynthia | +4 |
| 24 | Jerry | -1 | 24 | Elizabeth | +1 |
| 25 | Gregory | +6 | 25 | Judy | -5 |
| 26 | Bruce | 0 | 26 | Betty | -4 |
| 27 | Roger | -2 | 27 | Joyce | -1 |
| 28 | Douglas | +1 | 28 | Christine | +2 |
| 29 | Frank | -2 | 29 | Cheryl | -1 |
| 30 | Terry | -2 | 30 | Gloria | -1 |
| 31 | Raymond | -1 | 31 | Beverly | 0 |
| 32 | Timothy | +2 | 32 | Martha | +2 |
| 33 | Lawrence | -1 | 33 | Bonnie | +2 |
| 34 | Gerald | -1 | 34 | Catherine | +3 |
| 35 | Wayne | 0 | 35 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 36 | Anthony | 0 | 36 | Rebecca | +4 |
| 37 | Peter | +1 | 37 | Marilyn | -4 |
| 38 | Patrick | +1 | 38 | Kathy | +4 |
| 39 | Danny | +1 | 39 | Jane | +2 |
| 40 | Walter | -3 | 40 | Joan | -4 |
| 41 | Alan | +4 | 41 | Peggy | -3 |
| 42 | Willie | -1 | 42 | Gail | +9 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | +5 | 43 | Virginia | -4 |
| 44 | Carl | -1 | 44 | Connie | -1 |
| 45 | Harold | -3 | 45 | Ann | -1 |
| 46 | Arthur | -2 | 46 | Kathryn | +6 |
| 47 | Henry | -1 | 47 | Diana | +1 |
| 48 | Jack | -1 | 48 | Jean | -3 |
| 49 | Dale | +5 | 49 | Ruth | -2 |
| 50 | Johnny | -1 | 50 | Helen | -4 |
| 51 | Roy | 0 | 51 | Frances | -2 |
| 52 | Ralph | -2 | 52 | Wanda | +4 |
| 53 | Philip | +2 | 53 | Phyllis | -3 |
| 54 | Joe | -2 | 54 | Paula | +1 |
| 55 | Jimmy | -2 | 55 | Jacqueline | +4 |
| 56 | Albert | 0 | 56 | Rita | -2 |
| 57 | Billy | 0 | 57 | Alice | -4 |
| 58 | Eugene | 0 | 58 | Katherine | 0 |
| 59 | Glenn | +2 | 59 | Debra | +74 |
| 60 | Stanley | 0 | 60 | Elaine | -3 |
| 61 | Harry | -2 | 61 | Vicki | +9 |
| 62 | Samuel | 0 | 62 | Sherry | +6 |
| 63 | Howard | 0 | 63 | Laura | +2 |
| 64 | Phillip | +2 | 64 | Jo | -4 |
| 65 | Bobby | +2 | 65 | Theresa | -2 |
| 66 | Christopher | +14 | 66 | Ellen | -2 |
| 67 | Andrew | +8 | 67 | Joanne | -6 |
| 68 | Louis | -4 | 68 | Marsha | +11 |
| 69 | Russell | 0 | 69 | Rose | -3 |
| 70 | Craig | +7 | 70 | Sheila | +6 |
| 71 | Randall | +8 | 71 | Suzanne | -9 |
| 72 | Allen | -1 | 72 | Marie | -5 |
| 73 | Kevin | +22 | 73 | Maria | -1 |
| 74 | Barry | -1 | 74 | Doris | -5 |
| 75 | Frederick | -5 | 75 | Cathy | +6 |
| 76 | Ronnie | -11 | 76 | Lynn | -2 |
| 77 | Leonard | -3 | 77 | Marcia | +1 |
| 78 | Keith | +6 | 78 | Sally | -1 |
| 79 | Brian | +7 | 79 | Darlene | -4 |
| 80 | Randy | +12 | 80 | Charlotte | -9 |
| 81 | Ernest | -5 | 81 | Teresa | +2 |
| 82 | Scott | +17 | 82 | Denise | +58 |
| 83 | Fred | -11 | 83 | Lois | -10 |
| 84 | Steve | -16 | 84 | Anne | +2 |
| 85 | Martin | -2 | 85 | Constance | -3 |
| 86 | Francis | -8 | 86 | Evelyn | -6 |
| 87 | Melvin | -5 | 87 | Glenda | 0 |
| 88 | Rodney | -1 | 88 | Sarah | -4 |
| 89 | Eddie | -8 | 89 | Maureen | +1 |
| 90 | Norman | 0 | 90 | Dianne | -5 |
| 91 | Lee | +2 | 91 | Eileen | +4 |
| 92 | Earl | -1 | 92 | Irene | +19 |
| 93 | Marvin | -4 | 93 | Anna | -2 |
| 94 | Tommy | -9 | 94 | Victoria | +2 |
| 95 | Clarence | -1 | 95 | Jeanne | -3 |
| 96 | Alfred | 0 | 96 | Roberta | +1 |
| 97 | Curtis | 0 | 97 | Sylvia | -3 |
| 98 | Eric | +7 | 98 | Joann | +3 |
| 99 | Theodore | +1 | 99 | Anita | 0 |
| 100 | Clifford | +3 | 100 | Sue | -12 |