Most Popular Baby Names of the 1950s

#1 James 843,776 #2 Michael 837,466 #3 Robert 830,391 #4 John 797,917 #5 David 769,951 #6 William 591,226 #7 Richard 535,453 #8 Thomas 454,385 #9 Mark 382,585 #10 Charles 361,178 #11 Steven 333,657 #12 Gary 329,935 #13 Joseph 300,006 #14 Donald 273,576 #15 Ronald 271,146 #16 Kenneth 262,822 #17 Paul 253,191 #18 Larry 245,690 #19 Daniel 243,725 #20 Stephen 207,276 #21 Dennis 204,267 #22 Timothy 198,322 #23 Edward 188,328 #24 Jeffrey 184,663 #25 George 181,029 #26 Gregory 178,453 #27 Kevin 159,010 #28 Douglas 148,204 #29 Terry 140,724 #30 Anthony 136,652 #31 Jerry 136,571 #32 Bruce 136,459 #33 Randy 120,534 #34 Brian 112,336 #35 Frank 112,321 #36 Scott 111,821 #37 Roger 110,156 #38 Raymond 108,932 #39 Peter 102,754 #40 Patrick 96,856 #41 Keith 91,236 #42 Lawrence 91,109 #43 Wayne 88,092 #44 Danny 86,640 #45 Alan 83,977 #46 Gerald 82,625 #47 Ricky 79,169 #48 Carl 78,754 #49 Christopher 78,334 #50 Dale 75,567 #51 Walter 72,196 #52 Craig 69,480 #53 Willie 66,461 #54 Johnny 65,786 #55 Arthur 65,720 #56 Steve 64,215 #57 Joe 62,620 #58 Randall 62,452 #59 Russell 62,401 #60 Jack 62,385 #61 Henry 62,232 #62 Harold 62,181 #63 Roy 61,847 #64 Andrew 60,970 #65 Philip 60,851 #66 Ralph 60,442 #67 Billy 59,278 #68 Glenn 58,712 #69 Stanley 57,162 #70 Jimmy 54,891 #71 Rodney 54,817 #72 Barry 54,812 #73 Samuel 53,766 #74 Eric 53,297 #75 Bobby 53,282 #76 Albert 52,835 #77 Phillip 52,458 #78 Ronnie 51,300 #79 Martin 50,992 #80 Mike 48,349 #81 Eugene 48,279 #82 Louis 47,931 #83 Howard 47,855 #84 Allen 47,321 #85 Curtis 46,321 #86 Jeffery 45,878 #87 Frederick 44,285 #88 Leonard 43,553 #89 Harry 43,334 #90 Micheal 40,910 #91 Tony 40,786 #92 Ernest 39,679 #93 Eddie 38,595 #94 Fred 37,446 #95 Darrell 37,258 #96 Jay 36,969 #97 Melvin 36,165 #98 Lee 35,826 #99 Matthew 35,800 #100 Vincent 35,352

#1 Mary 625,609 #2 Linda 564,363 #3 Patricia 459,686 #4 Susan 437,773 #5 Deborah 430,541 #6 Barbara 345,723 #7 Debra 341,347 #8 Karen 332,533 #9 Nancy 286,812 #10 Donna 270,333 #11 Cynthia 263,429 #12 Sandra 251,594 #13 Pamela 237,395 #14 Sharon 232,809 #15 Kathleen 224,341 #16 Carol 222,654 #17 Diane 210,627 #18 Brenda 209,243 #19 Cheryl 171,390 #20 Janet 167,519 #21 Elizabeth 165,658 #22 Kathy 157,930 #23 Margaret 149,583 #24 Janice 133,619 #25 Carolyn 124,067 #26 Denise 123,783 #27 Judy 118,061 #28 Rebecca 115,691 #29 Joyce 114,983 #30 Teresa 114,284 #31 Christine 113,340 #32 Catherine 108,837 #33 Shirley 108,807 #34 Judith 108,756 #35 Betty 103,204 #36 Beverly 97,789 #37 Lisa 95,823 #38 Laura 95,527 #39 Theresa 89,605 #40 Connie 88,800 #41 Ann 87,046 #42 Gloria 86,706 #43 Julie 86,689 #44 Gail 85,619 #45 Joan 85,179 #46 Paula 84,869 #47 Peggy 84,294 #48 Cindy 83,980 #49 Martha 83,189 #50 Bonnie 83,011 #51 Jane 82,919 #52 Cathy 82,718 #53 Robin 82,424 #54 Debbie 82,099 #55 Diana 80,235 #56 Marilyn 80,161 #57 Kathryn 77,803 #58 Dorothy 74,476 #59 Wanda 72,447 #60 Jean 72,263 #61 Vicki 71,980 #62 Sheila 70,174 #63 Virginia 69,783 #64 Sherry 68,322 #65 Katherine 66,854 #66 Rose 66,688 #67 Lynn 66,047 #68 Jo 63,941 #69 Ruth 62,537 #70 Maria 62,452 #71 Darlene 61,886 #72 Jacqueline 60,460 #73 Rita 60,265 #74 Rhonda 59,818 #75 Phyllis 57,766 #76 Helen 57,578 #77 Vickie 56,857 #78 Kim 56,081 #79 Lori 56,070 #80 Ellen 55,390 #81 Elaine 54,232 #82 Joanne 53,570 #83 Anne 52,403 #84 Valerie 52,232 #85 Alice 52,075 #86 Frances 51,200 #87 Suzanne 50,331 #88 Marie 49,266 #89 Victoria 49,126 #90 Kimberly 48,958 #91 Anita 47,591 #92 Laurie 46,962 #93 Michelle 46,779 #94 Sally 46,706 #95 Terri 46,431 #96 Marcia 43,734 #97 Terry 43,194 #98 Jennifer 43,074 #99 Leslie 43,048 #100 Doris 42,897