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 20,519,523 male births and 19,734,342 female births
Popular names of the period 1950s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 James 843,658 Mary 625,591
2 Michael 837,306 Linda 564,337
3 Robert 830,279 Patricia 459,649
4 John 797,816 Susan 437,754
5 David 769,786 Deborah 430,536
6 William 591,150 Barbara 345,712
7 Richard 535,355 Debra 341,336
8 Thomas 454,308 Karen 332,504
9 Mark 382,503 Nancy 286,799
10 Charles 361,121 Donna 270,330
11 Steven 333,601 Cynthia 263,413
12 Gary 329,881 Sandra 251,590
13 Joseph 299,958 Pamela 237,385
14 Donald 273,523 Sharon 232,794
15 Ronald 271,115 Kathleen 224,331
16 Kenneth 262,779 Carol 222,645
17 Paul 253,146 Diane 210,626
18 Larry 245,653 Brenda 209,236
19 Daniel 243,668 Cheryl 171,382
20 Stephen 207,229 Janet 167,512
21 Dennis 204,227 Elizabeth 165,649
22 Timothy 198,264 Kathy 157,930
23 Edward 188,304 Margaret 149,578
24 Jeffrey 184,618 Janice 133,609
25 George 181,009 Carolyn 124,066
26 Gregory 178,410 Denise 123,773
27 Kevin 158,981 Judy 118,054
28 Douglas 148,169 Rebecca 115,687
29 Terry 140,696 Joyce 114,970
30 Anthony 136,623 Teresa 114,276
31 Jerry 136,562 Christine 113,338
32 Bruce 136,430 Catherine 108,833
33 Randy 120,527 Shirley 108,809
34 Frank 112,314 Judith 108,749
35 Brian 112,311 Betty 103,203
36 Scott 111,791 Beverly 97,783
37 Roger 110,136 Lisa 95,816
38 Raymond 108,918 Laura 95,518
39 Peter 102,722 Theresa 89,602
40 Patrick 96,840 Connie 88,804
41 Keith 91,212 Ann 87,039
42 Lawrence 91,095 Gloria 86,703
43 Wayne 88,097 Julie 86,695
44 Danny 86,636 Gail 85,617
45 Alan 83,963 Joan 85,166
46 Gerald 82,606 Paula 84,870
47 Ricky 79,150 Peggy 84,287
48 Carl 78,739 Cindy 83,976
49 Christopher 78,259 Martha 83,183
50 Dale 75,549 Bonnie 83,011
51 Walter 72,185 Jane 82,919
52 Craig 69,473 Cathy 82,716
53 Willie 66,447 Robin 82,424
54 Johnny 65,768 Debbie 82,097
55 Arthur 65,710 Diana 80,226
56 Steve 64,228 Marilyn 80,158
57 Joe 62,624 Kathryn 77,804
58 Randall 62,435 Dorothy 74,475
59 Russell 62,389 Wanda 72,447
60 Jack 62,385 Jean 72,263
61 Henry 62,224 Vicki 71,977
62 Harold 62,170 Sheila 70,169
63 Roy 61,834 Virginia 69,783
64 Andrew 60,954 Sherry 68,326
65 Philip 60,836 Katherine 66,851
66 Ralph 60,428 Rose 66,696
67 Billy 59,270 Lynn 66,050
68 Glenn 58,706 Jo 63,951
69 Stanley 57,150 Ruth 62,529
70 Jimmy 54,883 Maria 62,448
71 Rodney 54,808 Darlene 61,881
72 Barry 54,800 Jacqueline 60,461
73 Samuel 53,757 Rita 60,265
74 Eric 53,296 Rhonda 59,813
75 Bobby 53,275 Phyllis 57,771
76 Albert 52,828 Helen 57,571
77 Phillip 52,447 Vickie 56,856
78 Ronnie 51,295 Kim 56,078
79 Martin 50,985 Lori 56,071
80 Mike 48,352 Ellen 55,382
81 Eugene 48,277 Elaine 54,232
82 Louis 47,923 Joanne 53,560
83 Howard 47,849 Anne 52,393
84 Allen 47,308 Valerie 52,233
85 Curtis 46,311 Alice 52,068
86 Jeffery 45,860 Frances 51,197
87 Frederick 44,271 Suzanne 50,326
88 Leonard 43,556 Marie 49,259
89 Harry 43,330 Victoria 49,126
90 Micheal 40,916 Kimberly 48,951
91 Tony 40,783 Anita 47,592
92 Ernest 39,669 Laurie 46,957
93 Eddie 38,588 Michelle 46,782
94 Fred 37,452 Sally 46,703
95 Darrell 37,256 Terri 46,434
96 Jay 36,960 Marcia 43,733
97 Melvin 36,167 Terry 43,193
98 Lee 35,818 Jennifer 43,069
99 Matthew 35,797 Leslie 43,045
100 Vincent 35,338 Doris 42,898
101 Tommy 34,962 Maureen 42,812
102 Francis 34,761 Wendy 42,671
103 Marvin 34,702 Michele 41,971
104 Dean 34,570 Anna 41,700
105 Rick 34,378 Marsha 41,553
106 Victor 33,878 Angela 40,354
107 Norman 33,744 Sarah 39,966
108 Earl 32,648 Sylvia 39,533
109 Jose 31,427 Jill 39,059
110 Calvin 30,552 Dawn 38,899
111 Ray 29,915 Sue 38,854
112 Clifford 29,856 Evelyn 38,405
113 Alfred 29,748 Roberta 37,914
114 Jerome 29,701 Jeanne 37,667
115 Bradley 29,489 Charlotte 36,999
116 Clarence 29,478 Eileen 36,561
117 Don 29,457 Lois 36,200
118 Theodore 29,042 Colleen 35,911
119 Jon 28,939 Stephanie 35,556
120 Rickey 27,949 Annette 35,343
121 Joel 27,858 Glenda 35,225
122 Jesse 26,647 Yvonne 35,040
123 Jim 26,214 Dianne 34,487
124 Edwin 26,202 Tina 33,990
125 Dan 26,017 Beth 33,984
126 Chris 25,896 Lorraine 33,586
127 Bernard 25,882 Constance 33,526
128 Jonathan 25,803 Renee 32,948
129 Gordon 25,729 Charlene 32,718
130 Glen 25,392 Joann 32,668
131 Jeff 24,927 Julia 32,451
132 Warren 24,600 Gwendolyn 31,942
133 Leroy 24,583 Norma 30,800
134 Herbert 24,291 Regina 30,794
135 Duane 24,137 Amy 30,582
136 Bill 23,878 Loretta 30,390
137 Benjamin 23,832 Sheryl 30,382
138 Tom 23,754 Carla 29,430
139 Alvin 23,084 Andrea 29,373
140 Nicholas 22,612 Tammy 29,177
141 Tim 22,223 Irene 26,971
142 Mitchell 21,960 Jan 26,164
143 Marc 21,938 Louise 25,850
144 Leslie 21,381 Juanita 25,651
145 Leon 21,345 Marlene 25,249
146 Kim 21,205 Penny 25,125
147 Dwight 20,846 Rosemary 25,014
148 Bryan 20,628 Becky 24,837
149 Lloyd 20,620 Kay 24,644
150 Vernon 20,134 Joy 24,516
151 Gene 19,691 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 18,849 Vivian 23,552
156 Garry 18,786 Claudia 23,147
157 Juan 18,770 Lynda 22,689
158 Karl 18,729 Melissa 22,292
159 Kent 18,689 Audrey 22,221
160 Kurt 18,639 Lynne 22,194
161 Todd 18,567 Patsy 21,733
162 Jackie 18,441 Melinda 21,508
163 Greg 18,241 Vicky 21,332
164 Lewis 18,132 Toni 21,306
165 Wesley 18,074 June 21,102
166 Clyde 17,905 Belinda 20,940
167 Floyd 17,855 Marjorie 20,939
168 Neil 17,715 Arlene 20,654
169 Allan 17,690 Patti 20,602
170 Donnie 17,163 Ruby 20,550
171 Perry 17,079 Sara 20,490
172 Franklin 17,010 Yolanda 19,945
173 Lester 16,565 Rosa 19,877
174 Brad 16,475 Melanie 19,850
175 Manuel 16,371 Christina 19,843
176 Kirk 16,219 Delores 19,362
177 Carlos 15,820 Jackie 19,303
178 Leo 15,529 Vanessa 19,167
179 Jimmie 15,528 Carmen 18,951
180 Randolph 15,496 Monica 18,717
181 Charlie 15,282 Janis 18,673
182 Robin 15,222 Holly 18,635
183 Dana 15,155 Marianne 18,477
184 Darryl 15,088 Dolores 18,307
185 Dave 14,848 Shelley 18,225
186 Ted 14,717 Veronica 17,620
187 Milton 14,578 Mildred 17,573
188 Daryl 14,503 Eva 17,109
189 Kerry 14,413 Dana 17,104
190 Freddie 14,404 Rachel 16,775
191 Brent 14,331 Shelia 16,753
192 Harvey 14,251 Roxanne 16,607
193 Gerard 14,217 Carole 16,533
194 Stuart 14,073 Lillian 16,509
195 Johnnie 14,044 Josephine 16,408
196 Herman 13,832 Carrie 16,180
197 Lynn 13,769 Patty 16,108
198 Rex 13,497 Sherri 16,103
199 Arnold 13,193 Doreen 16,086
200 Kelly 13,128 Grace 15,925
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2021. See the limitations of this data source.