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 20,521,860 male births and 19,735,075 female births
Popular names of the period 1950s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 James 843,731 Mary 625,603
2 Michael 837,430 Linda 564,353
3 Robert 830,364 Patricia 459,671
4 John 797,882 Susan 437,765
5 David 769,911 Deborah 430,534
6 William 591,197 Barbara 345,724
7 Richard 535,428 Debra 341,343
8 Thomas 454,368 Karen 332,525
9 Mark 382,566 Nancy 286,807
10 Charles 361,172 Donna 270,332
11 Steven 333,641 Cynthia 263,425
12 Gary 329,927 Sandra 251,591
13 Joseph 299,989 Pamela 237,396
14 Donald 273,566 Sharon 232,805
15 Ronald 271,131 Kathleen 224,339
16 Kenneth 262,807 Carol 222,649
17 Paul 253,176 Diane 210,628
18 Larry 245,680 Brenda 209,236
19 Daniel 243,706 Cheryl 171,389
20 Stephen 207,266 Janet 167,515
21 Dennis 204,258 Elizabeth 165,658
22 Timothy 198,303 Kathy 157,928
23 Edward 188,319 Margaret 149,582
24 Jeffrey 184,655 Janice 133,616
25 George 181,022 Carolyn 124,069
26 Gregory 178,442 Denise 123,781
27 Kevin 159,000 Judy 118,059
28 Douglas 148,193 Rebecca 115,689
29 Terry 140,722 Joyce 114,980
30 Anthony 136,641 Teresa 114,280
31 Jerry 136,569 Christine 113,341
32 Bruce 136,452 Catherine 108,838
33 Randy 120,528 Shirley 108,807
34 Brian 112,330 Judith 108,755
35 Frank 112,322 Betty 103,201
36 Scott 111,814 Beverly 97,786
37 Roger 110,151 Lisa 95,821
38 Raymond 108,931 Laura 95,525
39 Peter 102,748 Theresa 89,601
40 Patrick 96,850 Connie 88,801
41 Keith 91,228 Ann 87,044
42 Lawrence 91,108 Gloria 86,707
43 Wayne 88,096 Julie 86,690
44 Danny 86,638 Gail 85,618
45 Alan 83,974 Joan 85,178
46 Gerald 82,623 Paula 84,868
47 Ricky 79,162 Peggy 84,292
48 Carl 78,751 Cindy 83,977
49 Christopher 78,315 Martha 83,188
50 Dale 75,563 Bonnie 83,011
51 Walter 72,196 Jane 82,920
52 Craig 69,478 Cathy 82,718
53 Willie 66,458 Robin 82,425
54 Johnny 65,781 Debbie 82,098
55 Arthur 65,714 Diana 80,235
56 Steve 64,222 Marilyn 80,160
57 Joe 62,620 Kathryn 77,801
58 Randall 62,449 Dorothy 74,476
59 Russell 62,399 Wanda 72,448
60 Jack 62,384 Jean 72,264
61 Henry 62,230 Vicki 71,979
62 Harold 62,178 Sheila 70,173
63 Roy 61,845 Virginia 69,783
64 Andrew 60,967 Sherry 68,323
65 Philip 60,849 Katherine 66,852
66 Ralph 60,438 Rose 66,689
67 Billy 59,279 Lynn 66,047
68 Glenn 58,710 Jo 63,942
69 Stanley 57,161 Ruth 62,535
70 Jimmy 54,889 Maria 62,450
71 Rodney 54,815 Darlene 61,885
72 Barry 54,806 Jacqueline 60,460
73 Samuel 53,767 Rita 60,267
74 Eric 53,296 Rhonda 59,816
75 Bobby 53,281 Phyllis 57,769
76 Albert 52,835 Helen 57,576
77 Phillip 52,457 Vickie 56,857
78 Ronnie 51,297 Kim 56,080
79 Martin 50,987 Lori 56,069
80 Mike 48,347 Ellen 55,391
81 Eugene 48,281 Elaine 54,234
82 Louis 47,928 Joanne 53,570
83 Howard 47,855 Anne 52,402
84 Allen 47,319 Valerie 52,234
85 Curtis 46,318 Alice 52,074
86 Jeffery 45,877 Frances 51,200
87 Frederick 44,279 Suzanne 50,329
88 Leonard 43,553 Marie 49,264
89 Harry 43,333 Victoria 49,126
90 Micheal 40,913 Kimberly 48,957
91 Tony 40,782 Anita 47,592
92 Ernest 39,678 Laurie 46,961
93 Eddie 38,595 Michelle 46,780
94 Fred 37,449 Sally 46,705
95 Darrell 37,256 Terri 46,431
96 Jay 36,968 Marcia 43,734
97 Melvin 36,166 Terry 43,192
98 Lee 35,824 Jennifer 43,071
99 Matthew 35,793 Leslie 43,046
100 Vincent 35,352 Doris 42,896
101 Tommy 34,968 Maureen 42,812
102 Francis 34,763 Wendy 42,674
103 Marvin 34,704 Michele 41,973
104 Dean 34,584 Anna 41,702
105 Rick 34,367 Marsha 41,553
106 Victor 33,882 Angela 40,357
107 Norman 33,749 Sarah 39,965
108 Earl 32,652 Sylvia 39,538
109 Jose 31,437 Jill 39,058
110 Calvin 30,554 Dawn 38,899
111 Ray 29,914 Sue 38,853
112 Clifford 29,859 Evelyn 38,408
113 Alfred 29,752 Roberta 37,914
114 Jerome 29,701 Jeanne 37,669
115 Bradley 29,505 Charlotte 36,998
116 Clarence 29,485 Eileen 36,567
117 Don 29,451 Lois 36,201
118 Theodore 29,046 Colleen 35,914
119 Jon 28,947 Stephanie 35,557
120 Rickey 27,954 Annette 35,343
121 Joel 27,859 Glenda 35,227
122 Jesse 26,651 Yvonne 35,040
123 Jim 26,219 Dianne 34,490
124 Edwin 26,214 Tina 33,990
125 Dan 26,011 Beth 33,985
126 Chris 25,902 Lorraine 33,589
127 Bernard 25,887 Constance 33,527
128 Jonathan 25,814 Renee 32,949
129 Gordon 25,738 Charlene 32,718
130 Glen 25,394 Joann 32,673
131 Jeff 24,925 Julia 32,455
132 Warren 24,601 Gwendolyn 31,944
133 Leroy 24,587 Norma 30,801
134 Herbert 24,297 Regina 30,793
135 Duane 24,142 Amy 30,581
136 Bill 23,881 Loretta 30,393
137 Benjamin 23,831 Sheryl 30,382
138 Tom 23,753 Carla 29,433
139 Alvin 23,087 Andrea 29,379
140 Nicholas 22,614 Tammy 29,178
141 Tim 22,208 Irene 26,976
142 Mitchell 21,963 Jan 26,169
143 Marc 21,947 Louise 25,853
144 Leslie 21,382 Juanita 25,653
145 Leon 21,342 Marlene 25,251
146 Kim 21,209 Penny 25,124
147 Dwight 20,847 Rosemary 25,017
148 Bryan 20,628 Becky 24,838
149 Lloyd 20,619 Kay 24,644
150 Vernon 20,134 Joy 24,517
151 Gene 19,695 Geraldine 24,222
152 Reginald 19,338 Jeanette 23,985
153 Lonnie 19,198 Gayle 23,728
154 Guy 19,152 Annie 23,679
155 Gilbert 18,848 Vivian 23,554
156 Garry 18,790 Claudia 23,149
157 Juan 18,770 Lynda 22,689
158 Karl 18,731 Melissa 22,293
159 Kent 18,692 Audrey 22,224
160 Kurt 18,641 Lynne 22,195
161 Todd 18,569 Patsy 21,733
162 Jackie 18,446 Melinda 21,509
163 Greg 18,235 Vicky 21,330
164 Lewis 18,134 Toni 21,306
165 Wesley 18,074 June 21,100
166 Clyde 17,906 Belinda 20,942
167 Floyd 17,858 Marjorie 20,941
168 Neil 17,716 Arlene 20,653
169 Allan 17,693 Patti 20,604
170 Donnie 17,169 Ruby 20,549
171 Perry 17,079 Sara 20,491
172 Franklin 17,010 Yolanda 19,946
173 Lester 16,571 Rosa 19,877
174 Brad 16,462 Melanie 19,853
175 Manuel 16,375 Christina 19,846
176 Kirk 16,224 Delores 19,363
177 Carlos 15,822 Jackie 19,304
178 Leo 15,536 Vanessa 19,170
179 Jimmie 15,534 Carmen 18,952
180 Randolph 15,495 Monica 18,722
181 Charlie 15,284 Janis 18,674
182 Robin 15,225 Holly 18,635
183 Dana 15,159 Marianne 18,478
184 Darryl 15,088 Dolores 18,305
185 Dave 14,843 Shelley 18,227
186 Ted 14,718 Veronica 17,623
187 Milton 14,580 Mildred 17,574
188 Daryl 14,504 Eva 17,113
189 Kerry 14,416 Dana 17,107
190 Freddie 14,405 Rachel 16,776
191 Brent 14,335 Shelia 16,753
192 Harvey 14,250 Roxanne 16,607
193 Gerard 14,216 Carole 16,535
194 Stuart 14,072 Lillian 16,508
195 Johnnie 14,048 Josephine 16,412
196 Herman 13,832 Carrie 16,179
197 Lynn 13,775 Patty 16,106
198 Rex 13,500 Sherri 16,105
199 Arnold 13,195 Doreen 16,090
200 Kelly 13,131 Grace 15,928
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source.