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Top baby names of the 1950s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1950 and 1959, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 James 843,776
  2. 2 Michael 837,466
  3. 3 Robert 830,391
  4. 4 John 797,917
  5. 5 David 769,951
  6. 6 William 591,226
  7. 7 Richard 535,453
  8. 8 Thomas 454,385
  9. 9 Mark 382,585
  10. 10 Charles 361,178
  11. 11 Steven 333,657
  12. 12 Gary 329,935
  13. 13 Joseph 300,006
  14. 14 Donald 273,576
  15. 15 Ronald 271,146
  16. 16 Kenneth 262,822
  17. 17 Paul 253,191
  18. 18 Larry 245,690
  19. 19 Daniel 243,725
  20. 20 Stephen 207,276
  21. 21 Dennis 204,267
  22. 22 Timothy 198,322
  23. 23 Edward 188,328
  24. 24 Jeffrey 184,663
  25. 25 George 181,029
  26. 26 Gregory 178,453
  27. 27 Kevin 159,010
  28. 28 Douglas 148,204
  29. 29 Terry 140,724
  30. 30 Anthony 136,652
  31. 31 Jerry 136,571
  32. 32 Bruce 136,459
  33. 33 Randy 120,534
  34. 34 Brian 112,336
  35. 35 Frank 112,321
  36. 36 Scott 111,821
  37. 37 Roger 110,156
  38. 38 Raymond 108,932
  39. 39 Peter 102,754
  40. 40 Patrick 96,856
  41. 41 Keith 91,236
  42. 42 Lawrence 91,109
  43. 43 Wayne 88,092
  44. 44 Danny 86,640
  45. 45 Alan 83,977
  46. 46 Gerald 82,625
  47. 47 Ricky 79,169
  48. 48 Carl 78,754
  49. 49 Christopher 78,334
  50. 50 Dale 75,567

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Mary 625,609
  2. 2 Linda 564,363
  3. 3 Patricia 459,686
  4. 4 Susan 437,773
  5. 5 Deborah 430,541
  6. 6 Barbara 345,723
  7. 7 Debra 341,347
  8. 8 Karen 332,533
  9. 9 Nancy 286,812
  10. 10 Donna 270,333
  11. 11 Cynthia 263,429
  12. 12 Sandra 251,594
  13. 13 Pamela 237,395
  14. 14 Sharon 232,809
  15. 15 Kathleen 224,341
  16. 16 Carol 222,654
  17. 17 Diane 210,627
  18. 18 Brenda 209,243
  19. 19 Cheryl 171,390
  20. 20 Janet 167,519
  21. 21 Elizabeth 165,658
  22. 22 Kathy 157,930
  23. 23 Margaret 149,583
  24. 24 Janice 133,619
  25. 25 Carolyn 124,067
  26. 26 Denise 123,783
  27. 27 Judy 118,061
  28. 28 Rebecca 115,691
  29. 29 Joyce 114,983
  30. 30 Teresa 114,284
  31. 31 Christine 113,340
  32. 32 Catherine 108,837
  33. 33 Shirley 108,807
  34. 34 Judith 108,756
  35. 35 Betty 103,204
  36. 36 Beverly 97,789
  37. 37 Lisa 95,823
  38. 38 Laura 95,527
  39. 39 Theresa 89,605
  40. 40 Connie 88,800
  41. 41 Ann 87,046
  42. 42 Gloria 86,706
  43. 43 Julie 86,689
  44. 44 Gail 85,619
  45. 45 Joan 85,179
  46. 46 Paula 84,869
  47. 47 Peggy 84,294
  48. 48 Cindy 83,980
  49. 49 Martha 83,189
  50. 50 Bonnie 83,011