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 20,516,817 male births and 19,733,439 female births
Popular names of the period 1950s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 James 843,531 Mary 625,568
2 Michael 837,199 Linda 564,317
3 Robert 830,179 Patricia 459,638
4 John 797,717 Susan 437,736
5 David 769,685 Deborah 430,519
6 William 591,080 Barbara 345,700
7 Richard 535,279 Debra 341,313
8 Thomas 454,252 Karen 332,490
9 Mark 382,457 Nancy 286,787
10 Charles 361,069 Donna 270,327
11 Steven 333,538 Cynthia 263,396
12 Gary 329,841 Sandra 251,574
13 Joseph 299,918 Pamela 237,378
14 Donald 273,480 Sharon 232,786
15 Ronald 271,081 Kathleen 224,320
16 Kenneth 262,735 Carol 222,634
17 Paul 253,109 Diane 210,617
18 Larry 245,623 Brenda 209,231
19 Daniel 243,628 Cheryl 171,370
20 Stephen 207,202 Janet 167,508
21 Dennis 204,198 Elizabeth 165,645
22 Timothy 198,241 Kathy 157,924
23 Edward 188,287 Margaret 149,572
24 Jeffrey 184,587 Janice 133,606
25 George 180,979 Carolyn 124,060
26 Gregory 178,394 Denise 123,768
27 Kevin 158,954 Judy 118,049
28 Douglas 148,149 Rebecca 115,685
29 Terry 140,679 Joyce 114,962
30 Anthony 136,621 Teresa 114,271
31 Jerry 136,548 Christine 113,335
32 Bruce 136,413 Catherine 108,823
33 Randy 120,510 Shirley 108,800
34 Frank 112,299 Judith 108,749
35 Brian 112,298 Betty 103,203
36 Scott 111,783 Beverly 97,779
37 Roger 110,119 Lisa 95,810
38 Raymond 108,908 Laura 95,512
39 Peter 102,707 Theresa 89,599
40 Patrick 96,821 Connie 88,804
41 Keith 91,197 Ann 87,035
42 Lawrence 91,086 Gloria 86,698
43 Wayne 88,084 Julie 86,689
44 Danny 86,619 Gail 85,616
45 Alan 83,949 Joan 85,165
46 Gerald 82,594 Paula 84,865
47 Ricky 79,134 Peggy 84,285
48 Carl 78,723 Cindy 83,974
49 Christopher 78,231 Martha 83,180
50 Dale 75,537 Bonnie 83,009
51 Walter 72,181 Jane 82,917
52 Craig 69,470 Cathy 82,712
53 Willie 66,443 Robin 82,417
54 Johnny 65,758 Debbie 82,095
55 Arthur 65,708 Diana 80,222
56 Steve 64,229 Marilyn 80,154
57 Joe 62,621 Kathryn 77,801
58 Randall 62,414 Dorothy 74,472
59 Russell 62,385 Wanda 72,447
60 Jack 62,379 Jean 72,262
61 Henry 62,217 Vicki 71,977
62 Harold 62,157 Sheila 70,168
63 Roy 61,822 Virginia 69,783
64 Andrew 60,946 Sherry 68,326
65 Philip 60,834 Katherine 66,847
66 Ralph 60,415 Rose 66,707
67 Billy 59,257 Lynn 66,048
68 Glenn 58,701 Jo 63,953
69 Stanley 57,136 Ruth 62,524
70 Jimmy 54,875 Maria 62,430
71 Rodney 54,801 Darlene 61,876
72 Barry 54,788 Jacqueline 60,461
73 Samuel 53,754 Rita 60,256
74 Eric 53,286 Rhonda 59,807
75 Bobby 53,266 Phyllis 57,770
76 Albert 52,827 Helen 57,568
77 Phillip 52,441 Vickie 56,855
78 Ronnie 51,290 Kim 56,076
79 Martin 50,972 Lori 56,066
80 Mike 48,346 Ellen 55,379
81 Eugene 48,268 Elaine 54,231
82 Louis 47,914 Joanne 53,551
83 Howard 47,844 Anne 52,385
84 Allen 47,300 Valerie 52,229
85 Curtis 46,303 Alice 52,063
86 Jeffery 45,856 Frances 51,194
87 Frederick 44,263 Suzanne 50,321
88 Leonard 43,551 Marie 49,256
89 Harry 43,326 Victoria 49,119
90 Micheal 40,923 Kimberly 48,951
91 Tony 40,781 Anita 47,587
92 Ernest 39,664 Laurie 46,953
93 Eddie 38,581 Michelle 46,782
94 Fred 37,444 Sally 46,702
95 Darrell 37,249 Terri 46,433
96 Jay 36,956 Marcia 43,731
97 Melvin 36,163 Terry 43,194
98 Lee 35,815 Jennifer 43,068
99 Matthew 35,798 Leslie 43,042
100 Vincent 35,338 Doris 42,896
101 Tommy 34,953 Maureen 42,811
102 Francis 34,761 Wendy 42,670
103 Marvin 34,693 Michele 41,963
104 Dean 34,563 Anna 41,696
105 Rick 34,381 Marsha 41,556
106 Victor 33,874 Angela 40,347
107 Norman 33,739 Sarah 39,963
108 Earl 32,642 Sylvia 39,533
109 Jose 31,419 Jill 39,057
110 Calvin 30,541 Dawn 38,898
111 Ray 29,913 Sue 38,851
112 Clifford 29,854 Evelyn 38,404
113 Alfred 29,745 Roberta 37,914
114 Jerome 29,699 Jeanne 37,664
115 Bradley 29,480 Charlotte 36,994
116 Clarence 29,472 Eileen 36,561
117 Don 29,451 Lois 36,197
118 Theodore 29,039 Colleen 35,911
119 Jon 28,932 Stephanie 35,558
120 Rickey 27,946 Annette 35,340
121 Joel 27,850 Glenda 35,222
122 Jesse 26,643 Yvonne 35,035
123 Jim 26,215 Dianne 34,485
124 Edwin 26,199 Tina 33,988
125 Dan 26,017 Beth 33,985
126 Chris 25,885 Lorraine 33,583
127 Bernard 25,881 Constance 33,527
128 Jonathan 25,799 Renee 32,947
129 Gordon 25,725 Charlene 32,719
130 Glen 25,388 Joann 32,664
131 Jeff 24,928 Julia 32,450
132 Warren 24,598 Gwendolyn 31,943
133 Leroy 24,582 Norma 30,799
134 Herbert 24,289 Regina 30,790
135 Duane 24,134 Amy 30,582
136 Bill 23,879 Loretta 30,386
137 Benjamin 23,833 Sheryl 30,381
138 Tom 23,753 Carla 29,428
139 Alvin 23,079 Andrea 29,372
140 Nicholas 22,610 Tammy 29,177
141 Tim 22,219 Irene 26,973
142 Mitchell 21,956 Jan 26,163
143 Marc 21,929 Louise 25,848
144 Leslie 21,380 Juanita 25,651
145 Leon 21,344 Marlene 25,249
146 Kim 21,201 Penny 25,122
147 Dwight 20,842 Rosemary 25,004
148 Bryan 20,624 Becky 24,835
149 Lloyd 20,617 Kay 24,643
150 Vernon 20,131 Joy 24,515
151 Gene 19,690 Geraldine 24,219
152 Reginald 19,335 Jeanette 23,984
153 Lonnie 19,195 Gayle 23,727
154 Guy 19,148 Annie 23,676
155 Gilbert 18,841 Vivian 23,551
156 Garry 18,782 Claudia 23,146
157 Juan 18,765 Lynda 22,690
158 Karl 18,727 Melissa 22,289
159 Kent 18,688 Audrey 22,217
160 Kurt 18,639 Lynne 22,193
161 Todd 18,563 Patsy 21,731
162 Jackie 18,437 Melinda 21,506
163 Greg 18,241 Vicky 21,331
164 Lewis 18,128 Toni 21,306
165 Wesley 18,074 June 21,102
166 Clyde 17,897 Belinda 20,939
167 Floyd 17,857 Marjorie 20,937
168 Neil 17,707 Arlene 20,653
169 Allan 17,689 Patti 20,602
170 Donnie 17,161 Ruby 20,550
171 Perry 17,074 Sara 20,490
172 Franklin 17,008 Yolanda 19,945
173 Lester 16,562 Rosa 19,876
174 Brad 16,478 Melanie 19,848
175 Manuel 16,369 Christina 19,843
176 Kirk 16,217 Delores 19,361
177 Carlos 15,813 Jackie 19,303
178 Leo 15,528 Vanessa 19,165
179 Jimmie 15,527 Carmen 18,948
180 Randolph 15,497 Monica 18,713
181 Charlie 15,279 Janis 18,671
182 Robin 15,215 Holly 18,635
183 Dana 15,154 Marianne 18,477
184 Darryl 15,086 Dolores 18,307
185 Dave 14,850 Shelley 18,224
186 Ted 14,718 Veronica 17,620
187 Milton 14,571 Mildred 17,571
188 Daryl 14,500 Eva 17,108
189 Kerry 14,411 Dana 17,104
190 Freddie 14,403 Rachel 16,773
191 Brent 14,325 Shelia 16,754
192 Harvey 14,249 Roxanne 16,605
193 Gerard 14,213 Carole 16,532
194 Stuart 14,072 Lillian 16,507
195 Johnnie 14,041 Josephine 16,407
196 Herman 13,832 Carrie 16,182
197 Lynn 13,766 Patty 16,109
198 Rex 13,496 Sherri 16,104
199 Arnold 13,192 Doreen 16,086
200 Kelly 13,124 Grace 15,918
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2019. See the limitations of this data source.