EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1950

United States · 3,503,316 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Linda80,433—
#2Mary65,481—
#3Patricia47,944—
#4Barbara41,556—
#5Susan38,017—
#6Nancy29,617↑1
#7Deborah29,063↑8
#8Sandra28,896↓2
#9Carol26,163↓1
#10Kathleen25,706↓1
#11Sharon24,612↓1
#12Karen24,132↓1
#13Donna21,629↓1
#14Brenda20,799↓1
#15Margaret18,110↓1
#16Diane17,636↑3
#17Pamela16,202↑4
#18Janet16,193↑5
#19Shirley15,891↓1
#20Carolyn15,588↓3
#21Judith15,352↓5
#22Janice15,012↑2
#23Cynthia14,447↑4
#24Elizabeth14,334↑1
#25Judy14,207↓5
#26Betty13,615↓4
#27Joyce13,415↓1
#28Christine12,673↑2
#29Cheryl11,823↓1
#30Gloria11,037↓1
#31Beverly10,503—
#32Martha9,839↑2
#33Bonnie9,746↑2
#34Catherine9,655↑3
#35Dorothy9,551↓3
#36Rebecca9,425↑4
#37Marilyn9,285↓4
#38Kathy9,090↑4
#39Jane8,964↑2
#40Joan8,860↓4
#41Peggy8,532↓3
#42Gail8,350↑9
#43Virginia8,312↓4
#44Connie8,145↓1
#45Ann7,921↓1
#46Kathryn7,863↑6
#47Diana7,447↑1
#48Jean7,432↓3
#49Ruth7,128↓2
#50Helen7,061↓4
#51Frances6,975↓2
#52Wanda6,929↑4
#53Phyllis6,695↓3
#54Paula6,631↑1
#55Jacqueline6,455↑3
#56Rita6,424↓2
#57Alice6,363↓4
#58Katherine6,205↑1
#59Debra6,176
#60Elaine6,037↓3
#61Vicki5,823↑9
#62Sherry5,808↑6
#63Laura5,725↑2
#64Jo5,676↓4
#65Theresa5,628↓2
#66Ellen5,567↓2
#67Joanne5,491↓6
#68Marsha5,400↑11
#69Rose5,376↓3
#70Sheila5,322↑6
#71Suzanne5,266↓9
#72Marie5,222↓5
#73Maria5,076↓1
#74Doris5,053↓5
#75Cathy5,031↑6
#76Lynn5,020↓2
#77Marcia4,955↑1
#78Sally4,870↓1
#79Darlene4,830↓4
#80Charlotte4,735↓9
#81Teresa4,724↑1
#82Denise4,514
#83Lois4,504↓10
#84Anne4,459↑2
#85Constance4,441↓2
#86Evelyn4,275↓6
#87Glenda4,215—
#88Sarah4,143↓4
#89Maureen4,070—
#90Dianne3,921↓5
#91Eileen3,883↑4
#92Irene3,825
#93Anna3,815↓2
#94Victoria3,781↑2
#95Jeanne3,736↓3
#96Roberta3,630↑1
#97Sylvia3,612↓3
#98Joann3,600
#99Anita3,572—
#100Sue3,503↓12

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1James86,228—
#2Robert83,553—
#3John79,412—
#4Michael65,136↑1
#5David60,729↑1
#6William60,680↓2
#7Richard51,003—
#8Thomas45,596—
#9Charles39,095—
#10Gary33,737↑2
#11Larry31,480↓1
#12Ronald29,908↓1
#13Joseph27,022↑1
#14Donald26,999↓1
#15Kenneth23,813—
#16Steven23,250↑4
#17Dennis22,862↓1
#18Paul21,742↓1
#19Stephen20,511—
#20George20,183↓2
#21Daniel19,189↑1
#22Edward18,714↓1
#23Mark16,604↑1
#24Jerry15,261↓1
#25Gregory13,311↑6
#26Bruce12,674—
#27Roger12,552↓2
#28Douglas12,264↑1
#29Frank11,606↓2
#30Terry11,433↓2
#31Raymond11,180↓1
#32Timothy10,499↑2
#33Lawrence10,173↓1
#34Gerald9,726↓1
#35Wayne9,259—
#36Anthony8,612—
#37Peter8,362↑1
#38Patrick8,179↑1
#39Danny8,143↑1
#40Walter7,798↓3
#41Alan7,737↑4
#42Willie7,717↓1
#43Jeffrey7,644↑5
#44Carl7,288↓1
#45Harold7,214↓3
#46Arthur7,161↓2
#47Henry6,963↓1
#48Jack6,840↓1
#49Dale6,785↑5
#50Johnny6,581↓1
#51Roy6,454—
#52Ralph6,406↓2
#53Philip6,070↑2
#54Joe6,033↓2
#55Jimmy5,761↓2
#56Albert5,754—
#57Billy5,674—
#58Eugene5,481—
#59Glenn5,465↑2
#60Stanley5,453—
#61Harry5,375↓2
#62Samuel5,227—
#63Howard5,164—
#64Phillip5,055↑2
#65Bobby5,019↑2
#66Louis4,947↓2
#67Russell4,945↑2
#68Andrew4,932↑7
#69Craig4,888↑8
#70Randall4,843↑9
#71Allen4,840—
#72Christopher4,835↑9
#73Kevin4,752↑22
#74Barry4,694↓1
#75Frederick4,659↓5
#76Ronnie4,616↓12
#77Leonard4,581↓3
#78Keith4,566↑7
#79Brian4,441↑7
#80Randy4,354↑12
#81Ernest4,308↓5
#82Scott4,268↑17
#83Steve4,207↓15
#84Fred4,195↓12
#85Martin4,180↓2
#86Francis4,082↓8
#87Melvin3,886↓5
#88Rodney3,856↓1
#89Eddie3,760↓9
#90Norman3,641—
#91Lee3,611↑2
#92Earl3,589↓1
#93Marvin3,493↓4
#94Tommy3,434↓10
#95Clarence3,340↓1
#96Alfred3,235—
#97Curtis3,209—
#98Eric3,095
#99Theodore2,960↑1
#100Clifford2,940