100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1950s

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 843,489
2 Michael +7 837,142
3 Robert -1 830,134
4 John -1 797,660
5 David +1 769,652
6 William -2 591,025
7 Richard -2 535,238
8 Thomas 0 454,195
9 Mark +45 382,430
10 Charles -3 361,035
11 Steven +18 333,520
12 Gary +2 329,814
13 Joseph 0 299,908
14 Donald -2 273,453
15 Ronald -5 271,053
16 Kenneth 0 262,718
17 Paul 0 253,094
18 Larry -7 245,612
19 Daniel +3 243,613
20 Stephen +5 207,193
21 Dennis -1 204,183
22 Timothy +41 198,238
23 Edward -5 188,286
24 Jeffrey +64 184,569
25 George -10 180,973
26 Gregory +38 178,382
27 Kevin +140 158,955
28 Douglas +2 148,149
29 Terry +3 140,668
30 Anthony +15 136,619
31 Jerry -12 136,542
32 Bruce +7 136,402
33 Randy +123 120,503
34 Brian +78 112,298
35 Frank -14 112,291
36 Scott +128 111,779
37 Roger -13 110,102
38 Raymond -15 108,909
39 Peter +2 102,715
40 Patrick +18 96,823
41 Keith +59 91,195
42 Lawrence -11 91,081
43 Wayne -10 88,078
44 Danny +16 86,610
45 Alan +10 83,944
46 Gerald -20 82,586
47 Ricky +178 79,127
48 Carl -12 78,715
49 Christopher +98 78,228
50 Dale +9 75,532
51 Walter -24 72,175
52 Craig +68 69,470
53 Willie -15 66,436
54 Johnny -4 65,747
55 Arthur -21 65,710
56 Steve +23 64,226
57 Joe -17 62,614
58 Randall +74 62,407
59 Russell +10 62,385
60 Jack -25 62,380
61 Henry -24 62,217
62 Harold -34 62,151
63 Roy -20 61,815
64 Andrew +23 60,951
65 Philip -8 60,828
66 Ralph -22 60,408
67 Billy -25 59,252
68 Glenn +15 58,694
69 Stanley -8 57,138
70 Jimmy -24 54,874
71 Rodney +31 54,796
72 Barry +10 54,784
73 Samuel -8 53,756
74 Eric +77 53,287
75 Bobby -27 53,261
76 Albert -29 52,825
77 Phillip 0 52,438
78 Ronnie -12 51,279
79 Martin +12 50,967
80 Mike +6 48,350
81 Eugene -32 48,267
82 Louis -26 47,910
83 Howard -30 47,841
84 Allen -10 47,305
85 Curtis +14 46,306
86 Jeffery +202 45,853
87 Frederick -14 44,263
88 Leonard -26 43,549
89 Harry -37 43,323
90 Micheal +81 40,928
91 Tony +47 40,781
92 Ernest -24 39,662
93 Eddie -8 38,576
94 Fred -43 37,438
95 Darrell +33 37,245
96 Jay +30 36,953
97 Melvin -26 36,160
98 Lee -6 35,814
99 Matthew +93 35,800
100 Vincent +6 35,344
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 625,558
2 Linda 0 564,312
3 Patricia +1 459,623
4 Susan +6 437,723
5 Deborah +63 430,515
6 Barbara -3 345,706
7 Debra +295 341,306
8 Karen +8 332,485
9 Nancy -2 286,779
10 Donna +7 270,325
11 Cynthia +36 263,397
12 Sandra -6 251,563
13 Pamela +26 237,375
14 Sharon -6 232,789
15 Kathleen +3 224,316
16 Carol -11 222,631
17 Diane +5 210,610
18 Brenda +8 209,232
19 Cheryl +24 171,366
20 Janet +1 167,505
21 Elizabeth +4 165,646
22 Kathy +66 157,920
23 Margaret -10 149,571
24 Janice -1 133,597
25 Carolyn -13 124,063
26 Denise +188 123,766
27 Judy -12 118,042
28 Rebecca +38 115,688
29 Joyce -10 114,958
30 Teresa +110 114,273
31 Christine +20 113,333
32 Catherine +13 108,822
33 Shirley -19 108,793
34 Judith -25 108,751
35 Betty -24 103,194
36 Beverly -5 97,778
37 Lisa +426 95,816
38 Laura +49 95,512
39 Theresa +45 89,594
40 Connie +10 88,804
41 Ann -4 87,032
42 Gloria -15 86,698
43 Julie +101 86,691
44 Gail +9 85,613
45 Joan -21 85,166
46 Paula +32 84,862
47 Peggy -5 84,283
48 Cindy +252 83,972
49 Martha -19 83,177
50 Bonnie -17 83,005
51 Jane -11 82,911
52 Cathy +115 82,710
53 Robin +238 82,416
54 Debbie +363 82,091
55 Diana -3 80,223
56 Marilyn -27 80,153
57 Kathryn +10 77,797
58 Dorothy -38 74,476
59 Wanda -3 72,443
60 Jean -24 72,262
61 Vicki +61 71,976
62 Sheila +23 70,165
63 Virginia -35 69,781
64 Sherry +33 68,326
65 Katherine +12 66,847
66 Rose -11 66,712
67 Lynn +41 66,046
68 Jo -8 63,959
69 Ruth -35 62,523
70 Maria +16 62,421
71 Darlene +2 61,872
72 Jacqueline -9 60,461
73 Rita -15 60,255
74 Rhonda +256 59,805
75 Phyllis -37 57,770
76 Helen -44 57,566
77 Vickie +139 56,855
78 Kim +677 56,075
79 Lori +882 56,063
80 Ellen -16 55,379
81 Elaine -35 54,230
82 Joanne -28 53,547
83 Anne 0 52,386
84 Valerie +92 52,230
85 Alice -44 52,063
86 Frances -51 51,194
87 Suzanne -17 50,322
88 Marie -40 49,259
89 Victoria +41 49,119
90 Kimberly +679 48,951
91 Anita +8 47,587
92 Laurie +218 46,953
93 Michelle +203 46,782
94 Sally -29 46,701
95 Terri +269 46,432
96 Marcia -6 43,729
97 Terry +78 43,189
98 Jennifer +109 43,073
99 Leslie +71 43,042
100 Doris -56 42,897