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 20,520,492 male births and 19,734,680 female births
Popular names of the period 1950s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 James 843,689 Mary 625,597
2 Michael 837,359 Linda 564,345
3 Robert 830,312 Patricia 459,658
4 John 797,855 Susan 437,764
5 David 769,827 Deborah 430,533
6 William 591,180 Barbara 345,716
7 Richard 535,386 Debra 341,340
8 Thomas 454,335 Karen 332,511
9 Mark 382,509 Nancy 286,802
10 Charles 361,132 Donna 270,334
11 Steven 333,609 Cynthia 263,416
12 Gary 329,904 Sandra 251,588
13 Joseph 299,971 Pamela 237,387
14 Donald 273,540 Sharon 232,798
15 Ronald 271,126 Kathleen 224,334
16 Kenneth 262,791 Carol 222,649
17 Paul 253,159 Diane 210,624
18 Larry 245,662 Brenda 209,238
19 Daniel 243,682 Cheryl 171,386
20 Stephen 207,240 Janet 167,515
21 Dennis 204,235 Elizabeth 165,658
22 Timothy 198,277 Kathy 157,932
23 Edward 188,317 Margaret 149,577
24 Jeffrey 184,632 Janice 133,614
25 George 181,017 Carolyn 124,070
26 Gregory 178,416 Denise 123,773
27 Kevin 158,992 Judy 118,054
28 Douglas 148,178 Rebecca 115,689
29 Terry 140,714 Joyce 114,978
30 Anthony 136,630 Teresa 114,278
31 Jerry 136,565 Christine 113,337
32 Bruce 136,442 Catherine 108,836
33 Randy 120,527 Shirley 108,809
34 Brian 112,323 Judith 108,755
35 Frank 112,320 Betty 103,203
36 Scott 111,800 Beverly 97,785
37 Roger 110,144 Lisa 95,818
38 Raymond 108,921 Laura 95,522
39 Peter 102,733 Theresa 89,602
40 Patrick 96,845 Connie 88,804
41 Keith 91,217 Ann 87,042
42 Lawrence 91,099 Gloria 86,706
43 Wayne 88,096 Julie 86,695
44 Danny 86,636 Gail 85,615
45 Alan 83,967 Joan 85,169
46 Gerald 82,614 Paula 84,869
47 Ricky 79,157 Peggy 84,289
48 Carl 78,744 Cindy 83,976
49 Christopher 78,278 Martha 83,185
50 Dale 75,560 Bonnie 83,010
51 Walter 72,185 Jane 82,921
52 Craig 69,475 Cathy 82,718
53 Willie 66,448 Robin 82,424
54 Johnny 65,776 Debbie 82,098
55 Arthur 65,718 Diana 80,230
56 Steve 64,230 Marilyn 80,157
57 Joe 62,622 Kathryn 77,802
58 Randall 62,443 Dorothy 74,476
59 Russell 62,389 Wanda 72,446
60 Jack 62,383 Jean 72,262
61 Henry 62,227 Vicki 71,976
62 Harold 62,171 Sheila 70,169
63 Roy 61,839 Virginia 69,783
64 Andrew 60,955 Sherry 68,324
65 Philip 60,840 Katherine 66,851
66 Ralph 60,431 Rose 66,696
67 Billy 59,274 Lynn 66,047
68 Glenn 58,702 Jo 63,946
69 Stanley 57,156 Ruth 62,530
70 Jimmy 54,888 Maria 62,447
71 Rodney 54,812 Darlene 61,881
72 Barry 54,803 Jacqueline 60,460
73 Samuel 53,759 Rita 60,268
74 Eric 53,295 Rhonda 59,815
75 Bobby 53,276 Phyllis 57,771
76 Albert 52,833 Helen 57,572
77 Phillip 52,451 Vickie 56,856
78 Ronnie 51,296 Kim 56,079
79 Martin 50,986 Lori 56,071
80 Mike 48,351 Ellen 55,384
81 Eugene 48,280 Elaine 54,231
82 Louis 47,921 Joanne 53,565
83 Howard 47,853 Anne 52,396
84 Allen 47,311 Valerie 52,233
85 Curtis 46,312 Alice 52,071
86 Jeffery 45,866 Frances 51,198
87 Frederick 44,272 Suzanne 50,328
88 Leonard 43,559 Marie 49,262
89 Harry 43,332 Victoria 49,125
90 Micheal 40,914 Kimberly 48,952
91 Tony 40,779 Anita 47,592
92 Ernest 39,672 Laurie 46,960
93 Eddie 38,593 Michelle 46,781
94 Fred 37,451 Sally 46,705
95 Darrell 37,258 Terri 46,431
96 Jay 36,964 Marcia 43,733
97 Melvin 36,167 Terry 43,193
98 Lee 35,818 Jennifer 43,071
99 Matthew 35,796 Leslie 43,046
100 Vincent 35,340 Doris 42,897
101 Tommy 34,965 Maureen 42,810
102 Francis 34,759 Wendy 42,671
103 Marvin 34,704 Michele 41,971
104 Dean 34,573 Anna 41,702
105 Rick 34,372 Marsha 41,554
106 Victor 33,880 Angela 40,356
107 Norman 33,745 Sarah 39,966
108 Earl 32,652 Sylvia 39,535
109 Jose 31,431 Jill 39,058
110 Calvin 30,554 Dawn 38,899
111 Ray 29,917 Sue 38,853
112 Clifford 29,858 Evelyn 38,407
113 Alfred 29,750 Roberta 37,915
114 Jerome 29,702 Jeanne 37,668
115 Bradley 29,498 Charlotte 36,999
116 Clarence 29,483 Eileen 36,564
117 Don 29,452 Lois 36,201
118 Theodore 29,043 Colleen 35,912
119 Jon 28,941 Stephanie 35,557
120 Rickey 27,951 Annette 35,343
121 Joel 27,857 Glenda 35,227
122 Jesse 26,648 Yvonne 35,040
123 Jim 26,215 Dianne 34,489
124 Edwin 26,204 Tina 33,990
125 Dan 26,016 Beth 33,984
126 Chris 25,899 Lorraine 33,588
127 Bernard 25,883 Constance 33,527
128 Jonathan 25,810 Renee 32,950
129 Gordon 25,734 Charlene 32,717
130 Glen 25,394 Joann 32,671
131 Jeff 24,926 Julia 32,452
132 Warren 24,600 Gwendolyn 31,943
133 Leroy 24,586 Norma 30,801
134 Herbert 24,294 Regina 30,795
135 Duane 24,137 Amy 30,581
136 Bill 23,878 Loretta 30,393
137 Benjamin 23,834 Sheryl 30,382
138 Tom 23,752 Carla 29,431
139 Alvin 23,084 Andrea 29,375
140 Nicholas 22,613 Tammy 29,180
141 Tim 22,219 Irene 26,972
142 Mitchell 21,961 Jan 26,166
143 Marc 21,942 Louise 25,852
144 Leslie 21,381 Juanita 25,651
145 Leon 21,346 Marlene 25,249
146 Kim 21,208 Penny 25,125
147 Dwight 20,847 Rosemary 25,014
148 Bryan 20,629 Becky 24,837
149 Lloyd 20,620 Kay 24,643
150 Vernon 20,137 Joy 24,517
151 Gene 19,695 Geraldine 24,223
152 Reginald 19,337 Jeanette 23,984
153 Lonnie 19,197 Gayle 23,730
154 Guy 19,149 Annie 23,677
155 Gilbert 18,850 Vivian 23,554
156 Garry 18,788 Claudia 23,148
157 Juan 18,772 Lynda 22,689
158 Karl 18,731 Melissa 22,293
159 Kent 18,690 Audrey 22,221
160 Kurt 18,640 Lynne 22,195
161 Todd 18,570 Patsy 21,733
162 Jackie 18,442 Melinda 21,509
163 Greg 18,241 Vicky 21,331
164 Lewis 18,134 Toni 21,306
165 Wesley 18,074 June 21,102
166 Clyde 17,905 Belinda 20,942
167 Floyd 17,855 Marjorie 20,940
168 Neil 17,718 Arlene 20,653
169 Allan 17,691 Patti 20,603
170 Donnie 17,164 Ruby 20,549
171 Perry 17,079 Sara 20,491
172 Franklin 17,011 Yolanda 19,945
173 Lester 16,568 Rosa 19,878
174 Brad 16,462 Melanie 19,851
175 Manuel 16,373 Christina 19,845
176 Kirk 16,221 Delores 19,361
177 Carlos 15,820 Jackie 19,304
178 Leo 15,532 Vanessa 19,169
179 Jimmie 15,531 Carmen 18,951
180 Randolph 15,496 Monica 18,719
181 Charlie 15,285 Janis 18,674
182 Robin 15,223 Holly 18,636
183 Dana 15,156 Marianne 18,478
184 Darryl 15,088 Dolores 18,307
185 Dave 14,847 Shelley 18,226
186 Ted 14,718 Veronica 17,621
187 Milton 14,579 Mildred 17,573
188 Daryl 14,502 Eva 17,111
189 Kerry 14,413 Dana 17,104
190 Freddie 14,404 Rachel 16,776
191 Brent 14,335 Shelia 16,754
192 Harvey 14,250 Roxanne 16,607
193 Gerard 14,217 Carole 16,533
194 Stuart 14,072 Lillian 16,509
195 Johnnie 14,046 Josephine 16,410
196 Herman 13,831 Carrie 16,180
197 Lynn 13,772 Patty 16,108
198 Rex 13,497 Sherri 16,103
199 Arnold 13,194 Doreen 16,088
200 Kelly 13,128 Grace 15,926
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2022. See the limitations of this data source.