Top names of the 1950s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 1950 - 1959. 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 20,506,500 male births and 19,729,708 female births.

**Popular names of the 1950s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	James	843,103	Mary	625,429
2	Michael	836,858	Linda	564,172
3	Robert	829,732	Patricia	459,516
4	John	797,248	Susan	437,646
5	David	769,328	Deborah	430,443
6	William	590,771	Barbara	345,618
7	Richard	534,952	Debra	341,246
8	Thomas	454,018	Karen	332,435
9	Mark	382,343	Nancy	286,718
10	Charles	360,830	Donna	270,293
11	Steven	333,446	Cynthia	263,350
12	Gary	329,618	Sandra	251,505
13	Joseph	299,755	Pamela	237,339
14	Donald	273,291	Sharon	232,759
15	Ronald	270,889	Kathleen	224,262
16	Kenneth	262,599	Carol	222,594
17	Paul	252,999	Diane	210,572
18	Larry	245,411	Brenda	209,205
19	Daniel	243,518	Cheryl	171,344
20	Stephen	207,106	Janet	167,470
21	Dennis	204,043	Elizabeth	165,616
22	Timothy	198,186	Kathy	157,900
23	Edward	188,202	Margaret	149,534
24	Jeffrey	184,511	Janice	133,585
25	George	180,868	Carolyn	124,037
26	Gregory	178,311	Denise	123,756
27	Kevin	158,949	Judy	118,023
28	Douglas	148,082	Rebecca	115,658
29	Terry	140,562	Joyce	114,940
30	Anthony	136,587	Teresa	114,248
31	Jerry	136,459	Christine	113,315
32	Bruce	136,310	Catherine	108,803
33	Randy	120,463	Shirley	108,773
34	Brian	112,285	Judith	108,718
35	Frank	112,204	Betty	103,170
36	Scott	111,775	Beverly	97,754
37	Roger	110,046	Lisa	95,822
38	Raymond	108,855	Laura	95,517
39	Peter	102,690	Theresa	89,582
40	Patrick	96,791	Connie	88,788
41	Keith	91,184	Ann	87,023
42	Lawrence	91,048	Julie	86,691
43	Wayne	88,029	Gloria	86,673
44	Danny	86,541	Gail	85,601
45	Alan	83,928	Joan	85,150
46	Gerald	82,542	Paula	84,846
47	Ricky	79,095	Peggy	84,259
48	Carl	78,691	Cindy	83,971
49	Christopher	78,162	Martha	83,170
50	Dale	75,480	Bonnie	82,996
51	Walter	72,119	Jane	82,894
52	Craig	69,454	Cathy	82,698
53	Willie	66,397	Robin	82,409
54	Johnny	65,708	Debbie	82,089
55	Arthur	65,666	Diana	80,196
56	Steve	64,190	Marilyn	80,145
57	Joe	62,583	Kathryn	77,768
58	Randall	62,384	Dorothy	74,464
59	Jack	62,366	Wanda	72,426
60	Russell	62,356	Jean	72,248
61	Henry	62,200	Vicki	71,969
62	Harold	62,105	Sheila	70,144
63	Roy	61,772	Virginia	69,768
64	Andrew	60,947	Sherry	68,320
65	Philip	60,811	Katherine	66,844
66	Ralph	60,379	Rose	66,709
67	Billy	59,218	Lynn	66,028
68	Glenn	58,670	Jo	63,952
69	Stanley	57,110	Ruth	62,501
70	Jimmy	54,838	Maria	62,356
71	Rodney	54,767	Darlene	61,858
72	Barry	54,751	Jacqueline	60,455
73	Samuel	53,743	Rita	60,243
74	Eric	53,274	Rhonda	59,799
75	Bobby	53,229	Phyllis	57,764
76	Albert	52,804	Helen	57,562
77	Phillip	52,419	Vickie	56,847
78	Ronnie	51,238	Kim	56,071
79	Martin	50,941	Lori	56,061
80	Mike	48,317	Ellen	55,365
81	Eugene	48,234	Elaine	54,215
82	Louis	47,881	Joanne	53,536
83	Howard	47,819	Anne	52,380
84	Allen	47,285	Valerie	52,227
85	Curtis	46,285	Alice	52,059
86	Jeffery	45,828	Frances	51,182
87	Frederick	44,240	Suzanne	50,311
88	Leonard	43,517	Marie	49,255
89	Harry	43,292	Victoria	49,112
90	Micheal	40,924	Kimberly	48,956
91	Tony	40,773	Anita	47,578
92	Ernest	39,632	Laurie	46,947
93	Eddie	38,552	Michelle	46,783
94	Fred	37,430	Sally	46,697
95	Darrell	37,223	Terri	46,430
96	Jay	36,946	Marcia	43,712
97	Melvin	36,127	Terry	43,183
98	Matthew	35,819	Jennifer	43,072
99	Lee	35,798	Leslie	43,042
100	Vincent	35,327	Doris	42,884
101	Tommy	34,922	Maureen	42,808
102	Francis	34,745	Wendy	42,654
103	Marvin	34,677	Michele	41,952
104	Dean	34,543	Anna	41,667
105	Rick	34,373	Marsha	41,550
106	Victor	33,877	Angela	40,342
107	Norman	33,723	Sarah	39,958
108	Earl	32,604	Sylvia	39,514
109	Jose	31,374	Jill	39,057
110	Calvin	30,528	Dawn	38,894
111	Ray	29,884	Sue	38,843
112	Clifford	29,839	Evelyn	38,386
113	Alfred	29,714	Roberta	37,908
114	Jerome	29,689	Jeanne	37,661
115	Bradley	29,482	Charlotte	36,993
116	Clarence	29,450	Eileen	36,554
117	Don	29,433	Lois	36,185
118	Theodore	29,021	Colleen	35,904
119	Jon	28,917	Stephanie	35,563
120	Rickey	27,929	Annette	35,343
121	Joel	27,836	Glenda	35,213
122	Jesse	26,627	Yvonne	35,035
123	Jim	26,199	Dianne	34,483
124	Edwin	26,175	Tina	33,989
125	Dan	26,001	Beth	33,984
126	Bernard	25,861	Lorraine	33,577
127	Chris	25,854	Constance	33,517
128	Jonathan	25,804	Renee	32,943
129	Gordon	25,709	Charlene	32,713
130	Glen	25,374	Joann	32,649
131	Jeff	24,918	Julia	32,445
132	Warren	24,595	Gwendolyn	31,936
133	Leroy	24,568	Norma	30,799
134	Herbert	24,273	Regina	30,783
135	Duane	24,124	Amy	30,589
136	Bill	23,872	Sheryl	30,381
137	Benjamin	23,831	Loretta	30,377
138	Tom	23,736	Carla	29,424
139	Alvin	23,059	Andrea	29,370
140	Nicholas	22,607	Tammy	29,177
141	Tim	22,215	Irene	26,961
142	Mitchell	21,950	Jan	26,160
143	Marc	21,920	Louise	25,841
144	Leslie	21,367	Juanita	25,644
145	Leon	21,323	Marlene	25,238
146	Kim	21,191	Penny	25,113
147	Dwight	20,831	Rosemary	24,987
148	Bryan	20,629	Becky	24,834
149	Lloyd	20,605	Kay	24,643
150	Vernon	20,114	Joy	24,507
151	Gene	19,681	Geraldine	24,216
152	Reginald	19,324	Jeanette	23,981
153	Lonnie	19,171	Gayle	23,725
154	Guy	19,137	Annie	23,679
155	Gilbert	18,821	Vivian	23,538
156	Garry	18,774	Claudia	23,142
157	Juan	18,751	Lynda	22,683
158	Karl	18,718	Melissa	22,294
159	Kent	18,677	Audrey	22,212
160	Kurt	18,635	Lynne	22,189
161	Todd	18,563	Patsy	21,726
162	Jackie	18,420	Melinda	21,505
163	Greg	18,237	Vicky	21,331
164	Lewis	18,116	Toni	21,303
165	Wesley	18,070	June	21,101
166	Clyde	17,877	Belinda	20,938
167	Floyd	17,846	Marjorie	20,928
168	Neil	17,697	Arlene	20,653
169	Allan	17,684	Patti	20,597
170	Donnie	17,144	Ruby	20,547
171	Perry	17,066	Sara	20,489
172	Franklin	17,004	Yolanda	19,936
173	Lester	16,547	Rosa	19,869
174	Brad	16,475	Christina	19,848
175	Manuel	16,355	Melanie	19,846
176	Kirk	16,209	Delores	19,363
177	Carlos	15,808	Jackie	19,304
178	Leo	15,527	Vanessa	19,160
179	Jimmie	15,516	Carmen	18,935
180	Randolph	15,487	Monica	18,706
181	Charlie	15,263	Janis	18,670
182	Robin	15,211	Holly	18,632
183	Dana	15,148	Marianne	18,470
184	Darryl	15,089	Dolores	18,309
185	Dave	14,845	Shelley	18,216
186	Ted	14,714	Veronica	17,615
187	Milton	14,565	Mildred	17,563
188	Daryl	14,493	Dana	17,109
189	Kerry	14,398	Eva	17,105
190	Freddie	14,387	Rachel	16,775
191	Brent	14,322	Shelia	16,753
192	Harvey	14,239	Roxanne	16,602
193	Gerard	14,204	Carole	16,534
194	Stuart	14,072	Lillian	16,499
195	Johnnie	14,030	Josephine	16,402
196	Herman	13,820	Carrie	16,178
197	Lynn	13,755	Patty	16,104
198	Rex	13,484	Sherri	16,102
199	Arnold	13,186	Doreen	16,080
200	Kelly	13,122	Grace	15,908
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2013. See the limitations of this data source.