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 20,515,686 male births and 19,733,148 female births.

**Popular names of the 1950s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	James	843,489	Mary	625,558
2	Michael	837,142	Linda	564,312
3	Robert	830,134	Patricia	459,623
4	John	797,660	Susan	437,723
5	David	769,652	Deborah	430,515
6	William	591,025	Barbara	345,706
7	Richard	535,238	Debra	341,306
8	Thomas	454,195	Karen	332,485
9	Mark	382,430	Nancy	286,779
10	Charles	361,035	Donna	270,325
11	Steven	333,520	Cynthia	263,397
12	Gary	329,814	Sandra	251,563
13	Joseph	299,908	Pamela	237,375
14	Donald	273,453	Sharon	232,789
15	Ronald	271,053	Kathleen	224,316
16	Kenneth	262,718	Carol	222,631
17	Paul	253,094	Diane	210,610
18	Larry	245,612	Brenda	209,232
19	Daniel	243,613	Cheryl	171,366
20	Stephen	207,193	Janet	167,505
21	Dennis	204,183	Elizabeth	165,646
22	Timothy	198,238	Kathy	157,920
23	Edward	188,286	Margaret	149,571
24	Jeffrey	184,569	Janice	133,597
25	George	180,973	Carolyn	124,063
26	Gregory	178,382	Denise	123,766
27	Kevin	158,955	Judy	118,042
28	Douglas	148,149	Rebecca	115,688
29	Terry	140,668	Joyce	114,958
30	Anthony	136,619	Teresa	114,273
31	Jerry	136,542	Christine	113,333
32	Bruce	136,402	Catherine	108,822
33	Randy	120,503	Shirley	108,793
34	Brian	112,298	Judith	108,751
35	Frank	112,291	Betty	103,194
36	Scott	111,779	Beverly	97,778
37	Roger	110,102	Lisa	95,816
38	Raymond	108,909	Laura	95,512
39	Peter	102,715	Theresa	89,594
40	Patrick	96,823	Connie	88,804
41	Keith	91,195	Ann	87,032
42	Lawrence	91,081	Gloria	86,698
43	Wayne	88,078	Julie	86,691
44	Danny	86,610	Gail	85,613
45	Alan	83,944	Joan	85,166
46	Gerald	82,586	Paula	84,862
47	Ricky	79,127	Peggy	84,283
48	Carl	78,715	Cindy	83,972
49	Christopher	78,228	Martha	83,177
50	Dale	75,532	Bonnie	83,005
51	Walter	72,175	Jane	82,911
52	Craig	69,470	Cathy	82,710
53	Willie	66,436	Robin	82,416
54	Johnny	65,747	Debbie	82,091
55	Arthur	65,710	Diana	80,223
56	Steve	64,226	Marilyn	80,153
57	Joe	62,614	Kathryn	77,797
58	Randall	62,407	Dorothy	74,476
59	Russell	62,385	Wanda	72,443
60	Jack	62,380	Jean	72,262
61	Henry	62,217	Vicki	71,976
62	Harold	62,151	Sheila	70,165
63	Roy	61,815	Virginia	69,781
64	Andrew	60,951	Sherry	68,326
65	Philip	60,828	Katherine	66,847
66	Ralph	60,408	Rose	66,712
67	Billy	59,252	Lynn	66,046
68	Glenn	58,694	Jo	63,959
69	Stanley	57,138	Ruth	62,523
70	Jimmy	54,874	Maria	62,421
71	Rodney	54,796	Darlene	61,872
72	Barry	54,784	Jacqueline	60,461
73	Samuel	53,756	Rita	60,255
74	Eric	53,287	Rhonda	59,805
75	Bobby	53,261	Phyllis	57,770
76	Albert	52,825	Helen	57,566
77	Phillip	52,438	Vickie	56,855
78	Ronnie	51,279	Kim	56,075
79	Martin	50,967	Lori	56,063
80	Mike	48,350	Ellen	55,379
81	Eugene	48,267	Elaine	54,230
82	Louis	47,910	Joanne	53,547
83	Howard	47,841	Anne	52,386
84	Allen	47,305	Valerie	52,230
85	Curtis	46,306	Alice	52,063
86	Jeffery	45,853	Frances	51,194
87	Frederick	44,263	Suzanne	50,322
88	Leonard	43,549	Marie	49,259
89	Harry	43,323	Victoria	49,119
90	Micheal	40,928	Kimberly	48,951
91	Tony	40,781	Anita	47,587
92	Ernest	39,662	Laurie	46,953
93	Eddie	38,576	Michelle	46,782
94	Fred	37,438	Sally	46,701
95	Darrell	37,245	Terri	46,432
96	Jay	36,953	Marcia	43,729
97	Melvin	36,160	Terry	43,189
98	Lee	35,814	Jennifer	43,073
99	Matthew	35,800	Leslie	43,042
100	Vincent	35,344	Doris	42,897
101	Tommy	34,951	Maureen	42,811
102	Francis	34,755	Wendy	42,669
103	Marvin	34,690	Michele	41,958
104	Dean	34,563	Anna	41,692
105	Rick	34,382	Marsha	41,554
106	Victor	33,876	Angela	40,347
107	Norman	33,735	Sarah	39,963
108	Earl	32,636	Sylvia	39,532
109	Jose	31,412	Jill	39,054
110	Calvin	30,543	Dawn	38,899
111	Ray	29,911	Sue	38,851
112	Clifford	29,853	Evelyn	38,401
113	Alfred	29,737	Roberta	37,913
114	Jerome	29,697	Jeanne	37,663
115	Bradley	29,479	Charlotte	36,994
116	Clarence	29,471	Eileen	36,560
117	Don	29,446	Lois	36,196
118	Theodore	29,035	Colleen	35,912
119	Jon	28,928	Stephanie	35,557
120	Rickey	27,944	Annette	35,342
121	Joel	27,849	Glenda	35,222
122	Jesse	26,638	Yvonne	35,035
123	Jim	26,210	Dianne	34,485
124	Edwin	26,194	Tina	33,989
125	Dan	26,011	Beth	33,985
126	Bernard	25,879	Lorraine	33,583
127	Chris	25,875	Constance	33,527
128	Jonathan	25,800	Renee	32,948
129	Gordon	25,722	Charlene	32,716
130	Glen	25,385	Joann	32,660
131	Jeff	24,922	Julia	32,454
132	Warren	24,599	Gwendolyn	31,945
133	Leroy	24,581	Norma	30,799
134	Herbert	24,289	Regina	30,789
135	Duane	24,131	Amy	30,587
136	Bill	23,879	Loretta	30,386
137	Benjamin	23,839	Sheryl	30,382
138	Tom	23,750	Carla	29,428
139	Alvin	23,077	Andrea	29,372
140	Nicholas	22,612	Tammy	29,178
141	Tim	22,216	Irene	26,970
142	Mitchell	21,956	Jan	26,162
143	Marc	21,930	Louise	25,847
144	Leslie	21,380	Juanita	25,650
145	Leon	21,342	Marlene	25,248
146	Kim	21,202	Penny	25,121
147	Dwight	20,841	Rosemary	24,999
148	Bryan	20,626	Becky	24,836
149	Lloyd	20,616	Kay	24,644
150	Vernon	20,130	Joy	24,516
151	Gene	19,690	Geraldine	24,220
152	Reginald	19,334	Jeanette	23,985
153	Lonnie	19,195	Gayle	23,726
154	Guy	19,143	Annie	23,676
155	Gilbert	18,839	Vivian	23,548
156	Garry	18,785	Claudia	23,148
157	Juan	18,760	Lynda	22,690
158	Karl	18,729	Melissa	22,289
159	Kent	18,687	Audrey	22,218
160	Kurt	18,640	Lynne	22,193
161	Todd	18,565	Patsy	21,732
162	Jackie	18,437	Melinda	21,505
163	Greg	18,241	Vicky	21,330
164	Lewis	18,130	Toni	21,306
165	Wesley	18,074	June	21,101
166	Clyde	17,893	Belinda	20,939
167	Floyd	17,859	Marjorie	20,934
168	Neil	17,705	Arlene	20,653
169	Allan	17,689	Patti	20,603
170	Donnie	17,159	Ruby	20,550
171	Perry	17,073	Sara	20,491
172	Franklin	17,006	Yolanda	19,945
173	Lester	16,563	Rosa	19,875
174	Brad	16,475	Melanie	19,848
175	Manuel	16,367	Christina	19,841
176	Kirk	16,217	Delores	19,360
177	Carlos	15,812	Jackie	19,302
178	Jimmie	15,527	Vanessa	19,163
179	Leo	15,527	Carmen	18,947
180	Randolph	15,494	Monica	18,712
181	Charlie	15,279	Janis	18,672
182	Robin	15,216	Holly	18,635
183	Dana	15,153	Marianne	18,476
184	Darryl	15,086	Dolores	18,307
185	Dave	14,848	Shelley	18,224
186	Ted	14,717	Veronica	17,620
187	Milton	14,570	Mildred	17,569
188	Daryl	14,497	Eva	17,107
189	Kerry	14,408	Dana	17,105
190	Freddie	14,401	Rachel	16,774
191	Brent	14,325	Shelia	16,755
192	Harvey	14,248	Roxanne	16,605
193	Gerard	14,209	Carole	16,532
194	Stuart	14,069	Lillian	16,505
195	Johnnie	14,041	Josephine	16,406
196	Herman	13,827	Carrie	16,181
197	Lynn	13,765	Patty	16,108
198	Rex	13,494	Sherri	16,104
199	Arnold	13,191	Doreen	16,086
200	Kelly	13,124	Grace	15,916
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2018. See the limitations of this data source.