Top names of the 1950s
The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female
babies born during the 1950s. For each rank and sex, the table shows
the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names
were taken from a universe that includes 20,521,272 male births and
19,734,878 female births
Males | Females | |||
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Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
1 | James | 843,711 | Mary | 625,601 |
2 | Michael | 837,390 | Linda | 564,348 |
3 | Robert | 830,337 | Patricia | 459,668 |
4 | John | 797,866 | Susan | 437,762 |
5 | David | 769,870 | Deborah | 430,530 |
6 | William | 591,194 | Barbara | 345,718 |
7 | Richard | 535,408 | Debra | 341,338 |
8 | Thomas | 454,350 | Karen | 332,517 |
9 | Mark | 382,531 | Nancy | 286,804 |
10 | Charles | 361,162 | Donna | 270,333 |
11 | Steven | 333,624 | Cynthia | 263,421 |
12 | Gary | 329,915 | Sandra | 251,589 |
13 | Joseph | 299,978 | Pamela | 237,393 |
14 | Donald | 273,553 | Sharon | 232,802 |
15 | Ronald | 271,129 | Kathleen | 224,335 |
16 | Kenneth | 262,798 | Carol | 222,650 |
17 | Paul | 253,176 | Diane | 210,623 |
18 | Larry | 245,669 | Brenda | 209,234 |
19 | Daniel | 243,695 | Cheryl | 171,388 |
20 | Stephen | 207,263 | Janet | 167,514 |
21 | Dennis | 204,247 | Elizabeth | 165,658 |
22 | Timothy | 198,285 | Kathy | 157,927 |
23 | Edward | 188,317 | Margaret | 149,581 |
24 | Jeffrey | 184,644 | Janice | 133,616 |
25 | George | 181,026 | Carolyn | 124,069 |
26 | Gregory | 178,435 | Denise | 123,778 |
27 | Kevin | 158,999 | Judy | 118,057 |
28 | Douglas | 148,187 | Rebecca | 115,688 |
29 | Terry | 140,720 | Joyce | 114,978 |
30 | Anthony | 136,634 | Teresa | 114,278 |
31 | Jerry | 136,565 | Christine | 113,340 |
32 | Bruce | 136,446 | Catherine | 108,837 |
33 | Randy | 120,529 | Shirley | 108,809 |
34 | Brian | 112,326 | Judith | 108,755 |
35 | Frank | 112,324 | Betty | 103,203 |
36 | Scott | 111,806 | Beverly | 97,784 |
37 | Roger | 110,146 | Lisa | 95,817 |
38 | Raymond | 108,928 | Laura | 95,523 |
39 | Peter | 102,744 | Theresa | 89,601 |
40 | Patrick | 96,846 | Connie | 88,804 |
41 | Keith | 91,225 | Ann | 87,044 |
42 | Lawrence | 91,106 | Gloria | 86,707 |
43 | Wayne | 88,094 | Julie | 86,691 |
44 | Danny | 86,641 | Gail | 85,616 |
45 | Alan | 83,973 | Joan | 85,176 |
46 | Gerald | 82,619 | Paula | 84,869 |
47 | Ricky | 79,160 | Peggy | 84,291 |
48 | Carl | 78,748 | Cindy | 83,975 |
49 | Christopher | 78,301 | Martha | 83,185 |
50 | Dale | 75,562 | Bonnie | 83,011 |
51 | Walter | 72,188 | Jane | 82,920 |
52 | Craig | 69,478 | Cathy | 82,717 |
53 | Willie | 66,455 | Robin | 82,425 |
54 | Johnny | 65,781 | Debbie | 82,098 |
55 | Arthur | 65,719 | Diana | 80,233 |
56 | Steve | 64,226 | Marilyn | 80,159 |
57 | Joe | 62,621 | Kathryn | 77,802 |
58 | Randall | 62,450 | Dorothy | 74,473 |
59 | Russell | 62,392 | Wanda | 72,448 |
60 | Jack | 62,381 | Jean | 72,263 |
61 | Henry | 62,229 | Vicki | 71,978 |
62 | Harold | 62,174 | Sheila | 70,172 |
63 | Roy | 61,841 | Virginia | 69,784 |
64 | Andrew | 60,964 | Sherry | 68,323 |
65 | Philip | 60,845 | Katherine | 66,852 |
66 | Ralph | 60,434 | Rose | 66,690 |
67 | Billy | 59,278 | Lynn | 66,047 |
68 | Glenn | 58,706 | Jo | 63,943 |
69 | Stanley | 57,159 | Ruth | 62,534 |
70 | Jimmy | 54,888 | Maria | 62,450 |
71 | Rodney | 54,813 | Darlene | 61,884 |
72 | Barry | 54,803 | Jacqueline | 60,462 |
73 | Samuel | 53,762 | Rita | 60,267 |
74 | Eric | 53,296 | Rhonda | 59,816 |
75 | Bobby | 53,280 | Phyllis | 57,770 |
76 | Albert | 52,834 | Helen | 57,572 |
77 | Phillip | 52,457 | Vickie | 56,857 |
78 | Ronnie | 51,299 | Kim | 56,078 |
79 | Martin | 50,986 | Lori | 56,069 |
80 | Mike | 48,351 | Ellen | 55,387 |
81 | Eugene | 48,280 | Elaine | 54,233 |
82 | Louis | 47,923 | Joanne | 53,569 |
83 | Howard | 47,851 | Anne | 52,400 |
84 | Allen | 47,313 | Valerie | 52,233 |
85 | Curtis | 46,316 | Alice | 52,074 |
86 | Jeffery | 45,872 | Frances | 51,197 |
87 | Frederick | 44,276 | Suzanne | 50,328 |
88 | Leonard | 43,561 | Marie | 49,264 |
89 | Harry | 43,333 | Victoria | 49,125 |
90 | Micheal | 40,915 | Kimberly | 48,953 |
91 | Tony | 40,776 | Anita | 47,590 |
92 | Ernest | 39,677 | Laurie | 46,962 |
93 | Eddie | 38,595 | Michelle | 46,781 |
94 | Fred | 37,451 | Sally | 46,704 |
95 | Darrell | 37,255 | Terri | 46,430 |
96 | Jay | 36,967 | Marcia | 43,734 |
97 | Melvin | 36,165 | Terry | 43,192 |
98 | Lee | 35,822 | Jennifer | 43,071 |
99 | Matthew | 35,796 | Leslie | 43,046 |
100 | Vincent | 35,349 | Doris | 42,897 |
101 | Tommy | 34,967 | Maureen | 42,809 |
102 | Francis | 34,762 | Wendy | 42,672 |
103 | Marvin | 34,704 | Michele | 41,973 |
104 | Dean | 34,581 | Anna | 41,700 |
105 | Rick | 34,374 | Marsha | 41,554 |
106 | Victor | 33,882 | Angela | 40,356 |
107 | Norman | 33,746 | Sarah | 39,965 |
108 | Earl | 32,653 | Sylvia | 39,536 |
109 | Jose | 31,439 | Jill | 39,057 |
110 | Calvin | 30,554 | Dawn | 38,899 |
111 | Ray | 29,916 | Sue | 38,854 |
112 | Clifford | 29,858 | Evelyn | 38,407 |
113 | Alfred | 29,751 | Roberta | 37,914 |
114 | Jerome | 29,700 | Jeanne | 37,666 |
115 | Bradley | 29,499 | Charlotte | 36,998 |
116 | Clarence | 29,484 | Eileen | 36,566 |
117 | Don | 29,451 | Lois | 36,202 |
118 | Theodore | 29,044 | Colleen | 35,913 |
119 | Jon | 28,942 | Stephanie | 35,558 |
120 | Rickey | 27,953 | Annette | 35,344 |
121 | Joel | 27,859 | Glenda | 35,227 |
122 | Jesse | 26,647 | Yvonne | 35,040 |
123 | Jim | 26,215 | Dianne | 34,490 |
124 | Edwin | 26,211 | Tina | 33,990 |
125 | Dan | 26,013 | Beth | 33,984 |
126 | Chris | 25,903 | Lorraine | 33,591 |
127 | Bernard | 25,887 | Constance | 33,526 |
128 | Jonathan | 25,816 | Renee | 32,949 |
129 | Gordon | 25,738 | Charlene | 32,718 |
130 | Glen | 25,395 | Joann | 32,673 |
131 | Jeff | 24,924 | Julia | 32,452 |
132 | Warren | 24,600 | Gwendolyn | 31,943 |
133 | Leroy | 24,586 | Norma | 30,802 |
134 | Herbert | 24,300 | Regina | 30,795 |
135 | Duane | 24,140 | Amy | 30,580 |
136 | Bill | 23,881 | Loretta | 30,393 |
137 | Benjamin | 23,832 | Sheryl | 30,382 |
138 | Tom | 23,753 | Carla | 29,433 |
139 | Alvin | 23,085 | Andrea | 29,376 |
140 | Nicholas | 22,612 | Tammy | 29,178 |
141 | Tim | 22,217 | Irene | 26,971 |
142 | Mitchell | 21,961 | Jan | 26,169 |
143 | Marc | 21,946 | Louise | 25,854 |
144 | Leslie | 21,381 | Juanita | 25,653 |
145 | Leon | 21,345 | Marlene | 25,250 |
146 | Kim | 21,209 | Penny | 25,124 |
147 | Dwight | 20,847 | Rosemary | 25,016 |
148 | Bryan | 20,628 | Becky | 24,838 |
149 | Lloyd | 20,620 | Kay | 24,643 |
150 | Vernon | 20,135 | Joy | 24,517 |
151 | Gene | 19,696 | Geraldine | 24,222 |
152 | Reginald | 19,338 | Jeanette | 23,984 |
153 | Lonnie | 19,197 | Gayle | 23,729 |
154 | Guy | 19,148 | Annie | 23,678 |
155 | Gilbert | 18,849 | Vivian | 23,554 |
156 | Garry | 18,789 | Claudia | 23,149 |
157 | Juan | 18,772 | Lynda | 22,689 |
158 | Karl | 18,731 | Melissa | 22,292 |
159 | Kent | 18,691 | Audrey | 22,224 |
160 | Kurt | 18,640 | Lynne | 22,195 |
161 | Todd | 18,568 | Patsy | 21,733 |
162 | Jackie | 18,445 | Melinda | 21,509 |
163 | Greg | 18,238 | Vicky | 21,331 |
164 | Lewis | 18,134 | Toni | 21,305 |
165 | Wesley | 18,073 | June | 21,102 |
166 | Clyde | 17,906 | Belinda | 20,942 |
167 | Floyd | 17,857 | Marjorie | 20,941 |
168 | Neil | 17,717 | Arlene | 20,654 |
169 | Allan | 17,692 | Patti | 20,604 |
170 | Donnie | 17,168 | Ruby | 20,550 |
171 | Perry | 17,077 | Sara | 20,491 |
172 | Franklin | 17,011 | Yolanda | 19,948 |
173 | Lester | 16,570 | Rosa | 19,879 |
174 | Brad | 16,461 | Melanie | 19,851 |
175 | Manuel | 16,377 | Christina | 19,845 |
176 | Kirk | 16,223 | Delores | 19,361 |
177 | Carlos | 15,822 | Jackie | 19,304 |
178 | Jimmie | 15,534 | Vanessa | 19,170 |
179 | Leo | 15,534 | Carmen | 18,952 |
180 | Randolph | 15,497 | Monica | 18,721 |
181 | Charlie | 15,284 | Janis | 18,674 |
182 | Robin | 15,224 | Holly | 18,635 |
183 | Dana | 15,159 | Marianne | 18,478 |
184 | Darryl | 15,088 | Dolores | 18,306 |
185 | Dave | 14,845 | Shelley | 18,227 |
186 | Ted | 14,718 | Veronica | 17,622 |
187 | Milton | 14,579 | Mildred | 17,573 |
188 | Daryl | 14,503 | Eva | 17,111 |
189 | Kerry | 14,414 | Dana | 17,107 |
190 | Freddie | 14,404 | Rachel | 16,777 |
191 | Brent | 14,335 | Shelia | 16,754 |
192 | Harvey | 14,250 | Roxanne | 16,607 |
193 | Gerard | 14,215 | Carole | 16,534 |
194 | Stuart | 14,072 | Lillian | 16,509 |
195 | Johnnie | 14,047 | Josephine | 16,411 |
196 | Herman | 13,831 | Carrie | 16,179 |
197 | Lynn | 13,774 | Patty | 16,108 |
198 | Rex | 13,500 | Sherri | 16,104 |
199 | Arnold | 13,194 | Doreen | 16,090 |
200 | Kelly | 13,129 | Grace | 15,928 |
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source. |