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 20,515,053 male births and 19,732,905 female births.

**Popular names of the 1950s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	James	843,452	Mary	625,560
2	Michael	837,117	Linda	564,293
3	Robert	830,107	Patricia	459,610
4	John	797,599	Susan	437,701
5	David	769,609	Deborah	430,507
6	William	591,017	Barbara	345,692
7	Richard	535,192	Debra	341,300
8	Thomas	454,185	Karen	332,486
9	Mark	382,432	Nancy	286,765
10	Charles	361,000	Donna	270,318
11	Steven	333,529	Cynthia	263,389
12	Gary	329,789	Sandra	251,547
13	Joseph	299,891	Pamela	237,370
14	Donald	273,432	Sharon	232,791
15	Ronald	271,031	Kathleen	224,309
16	Kenneth	262,688	Carol	222,626
17	Paul	253,097	Diane	210,607
18	Larry	245,581	Brenda	209,233
19	Daniel	243,609	Cheryl	171,362
20	Stephen	207,176	Janet	167,501
21	Dennis	204,163	Elizabeth	165,646
22	Timothy	198,232	Kathy	157,920
23	Edward	188,290	Margaret	149,568
24	Jeffrey	184,559	Janice	133,599
25	George	180,963	Carolyn	124,062
26	Gregory	178,380	Denise	123,770
27	Kevin	158,959	Judy	118,042
28	Douglas	148,148	Rebecca	115,688
29	Terry	140,654	Joyce	114,952
30	Anthony	136,627	Teresa	114,267
31	Jerry	136,532	Christine	113,330
32	Bruce	136,394	Catherine	108,824
33	Randy	120,497	Shirley	108,792
34	Brian	112,306	Judith	108,749
35	Frank	112,276	Betty	103,186
36	Scott	111,788	Beverly	97,778
37	Roger	110,099	Lisa	95,822
38	Raymond	108,903	Laura	95,520
39	Peter	102,713	Theresa	89,590
40	Patrick	96,828	Connie	88,801
41	Keith	91,198	Ann	87,034
42	Lawrence	91,076	Julie	86,694
43	Wayne	88,075	Gloria	86,693
44	Danny	86,597	Gail	85,614
45	Alan	83,943	Joan	85,166
46	Gerald	82,586	Paula	84,858
47	Ricky	79,124	Peggy	84,279
48	Carl	78,715	Cindy	83,974
49	Christopher	78,209	Martha	83,179
50	Dale	75,519	Bonnie	83,004
51	Walter	72,163	Jane	82,908
52	Craig	69,464	Cathy	82,710
53	Willie	66,432	Robin	82,414
54	Johnny	65,742	Debbie	82,090
55	Arthur	65,702	Diana	80,222
56	Steve	64,227	Marilyn	80,153
57	Joe	62,614	Kathryn	77,792
58	Randall	62,404	Dorothy	74,472
59	Jack	62,389	Wanda	72,443
60	Russell	62,382	Jean	72,262
61	Henry	62,229	Vicki	71,976
62	Harold	62,142	Sheila	70,159
63	Roy	61,813	Virginia	69,779
64	Andrew	60,963	Sherry	68,327
65	Philip	60,831	Katherine	66,850
66	Ralph	60,409	Rose	66,712
67	Billy	59,245	Lynn	66,040
68	Glenn	58,688	Jo	63,963
69	Stanley	57,136	Ruth	62,520
70	Jimmy	54,865	Maria	62,416
71	Rodney	54,791	Darlene	61,871
72	Barry	54,778	Jacqueline	60,462
73	Samuel	53,756	Rita	60,254
74	Eric	53,291	Rhonda	59,803
75	Bobby	53,257	Phyllis	57,769
76	Albert	52,826	Helen	57,568
77	Phillip	52,442	Vickie	56,856
78	Ronnie	51,275	Kim	56,074
79	Martin	50,965	Lori	56,064
80	Mike	48,346	Ellen	55,378
81	Eugene	48,264	Elaine	54,224
82	Louis	47,909	Joanne	53,547
83	Howard	47,837	Anne	52,389
84	Allen	47,306	Valerie	52,231
85	Curtis	46,305	Alice	52,062
86	Jeffery	45,851	Frances	51,190
87	Frederick	44,256	Suzanne	50,321
88	Leonard	43,541	Marie	49,258
89	Harry	43,322	Victoria	49,118
90	Micheal	40,928	Kimberly	48,954
91	Tony	40,782	Anita	47,586
92	Ernest	39,659	Laurie	46,954
93	Eddie	38,572	Michelle	46,784
94	Fred	37,439	Sally	46,703
95	Darrell	37,236	Terri	46,431
96	Jay	36,954	Marcia	43,728
97	Melvin	36,158	Terry	43,190
98	Lee	35,812	Jennifer	43,071
99	Matthew	35,809	Leslie	43,043
100	Vincent	35,346	Doris	42,895
101	Tommy	34,946	Maureen	42,814
102	Francis	34,758	Wendy	42,666
103	Marvin	34,691	Michele	41,960
104	Dean	34,562	Anna	41,691
105	Rick	34,384	Marsha	41,554
106	Victor	33,885	Angela	40,347
107	Norman	33,731	Sarah	39,966
108	Earl	32,633	Sylvia	39,529
109	Jose	31,402	Jill	39,055
110	Calvin	30,544	Dawn	38,898
111	Ray	29,901	Sue	38,851
112	Clifford	29,853	Evelyn	38,400
113	Alfred	29,732	Roberta	37,913
114	Jerome	29,697	Jeanne	37,664
115	Bradley	29,481	Charlotte	36,994
116	Clarence	29,471	Eileen	36,559
117	Don	29,445	Lois	36,193
118	Theodore	29,036	Colleen	35,912
119	Jon	28,923	Stephanie	35,561
120	Rickey	27,943	Annette	35,344
121	Joel	27,847	Glenda	35,221
122	Jesse	26,637	Yvonne	35,037
123	Jim	26,210	Dianne	34,486
124	Edwin	26,191	Tina	33,990
125	Dan	26,011	Beth	33,986
126	Bernard	25,876	Lorraine	33,583
127	Chris	25,869	Constance	33,525
128	Jonathan	25,809	Renee	32,948
129	Gordon	25,718	Charlene	32,716
130	Glen	25,385	Joann	32,661
131	Jeff	24,923	Julia	32,453
132	Warren	24,602	Gwendolyn	31,943
133	Leroy	24,578	Norma	30,801
134	Herbert	24,288	Regina	30,788
135	Duane	24,130	Amy	30,588
136	Bill	23,880	Loretta	30,385
137	Benjamin	23,844	Sheryl	30,382
138	Tom	23,745	Carla	29,429
139	Alvin	23,076	Andrea	29,375
140	Nicholas	22,617	Tammy	29,178
141	Tim	22,217	Irene	26,969
142	Mitchell	21,958	Jan	26,162
143	Marc	21,927	Louise	25,845
144	Leslie	21,376	Juanita	25,648
145	Leon	21,341	Marlene	25,247
146	Kim	21,202	Penny	25,118
147	Dwight	20,841	Rosemary	24,995
148	Bryan	20,631	Becky	24,836
149	Lloyd	20,615	Kay	24,644
150	Vernon	20,127	Joy	24,515
151	Gene	19,691	Geraldine	24,222
152	Reginald	19,332	Jeanette	23,985
153	Lonnie	19,189	Gayle	23,725
154	Guy	19,143	Annie	23,674
155	Gilbert	18,836	Vivian	23,546
156	Garry	18,786	Claudia	23,149
157	Juan	18,760	Lynda	22,689
158	Karl	18,729	Melissa	22,292
159	Kent	18,688	Audrey	22,219
160	Kurt	18,638	Lynne	22,192
161	Todd	18,564	Patsy	21,733
162	Jackie	18,438	Melinda	21,505
163	Greg	18,243	Vicky	21,331
164	Lewis	18,128	Toni	21,306
165	Wesley	18,075	June	21,101
166	Clyde	17,889	Belinda	20,938
167	Floyd	17,860	Marjorie	20,935
168	Neil	17,705	Arlene	20,655
169	Allan	17,690	Patti	20,603
170	Donnie	17,155	Ruby	20,549
171	Perry	17,073	Sara	20,493
172	Franklin	17,008	Yolanda	19,943
173	Lester	16,560	Rosa	19,875
174	Brad	16,479	Christina	19,847
175	Manuel	16,366	Melanie	19,847
176	Kirk	16,219	Delores	19,360
177	Carlos	15,813	Jackie	19,303
178	Leo	15,527	Vanessa	19,161
179	Jimmie	15,526	Carmen	18,947
180	Randolph	15,492	Monica	18,714
181	Charlie	15,278	Janis	18,672
182	Robin	15,214	Holly	18,634
183	Dana	15,153	Marianne	18,474
184	Darryl	15,086	Dolores	18,308
185	Dave	14,850	Shelley	18,222
186	Ted	14,719	Veronica	17,619
187	Milton	14,568	Mildred	17,569
188	Daryl	14,496	Dana	17,108
189	Kerry	14,405	Eva	17,106
190	Freddie	14,397	Rachel	16,777
191	Brent	14,326	Shelia	16,755
192	Harvey	14,247	Roxanne	16,604
193	Gerard	14,208	Carole	16,532
194	Stuart	14,069	Lillian	16,505
195	Johnnie	14,039	Josephine	16,406
196	Herman	13,827	Carrie	16,181
197	Lynn	13,764	Patty	16,108
198	Rex	13,493	Sherri	16,103
199	Arnold	13,192	Doreen	16,085
200	Kelly	13,125	Grace	15,915
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2017. See the limitations of this data source.