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The most popular baby names of 1949

SSA recorded 3,484,816 births in 1949 across all reported names — 1,710,877 girls and 1,773,939 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1949

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1948.
#NameBirthsvs 1948
1 Linda 91,015 —
2 Mary 66,874 —
3 Patricia 46,324 +1
4 Barbara 42,600 -1
5 Susan 37,709 —
6 Sandra 30,643 —
7 Nancy 29,249 —
8 Carol 26,780 —
9 Kathleen 26,357 +1
10 Sharon 25,713 -1
11 Karen 22,468 +1
12 Donna 22,056 -1
13 Brenda 20,543 +4
14 Margaret 19,452 -1
15 Deborah 19,209 +15
16 Judith 17,610 -1
17 Carolyn 17,404 -3
18 Shirley 17,281 +2
19 Diane 17,252 —
20 Judy 15,979 -4
21 Pamela 15,132 +1
22 Betty 14,936 -4
23 Janet 14,860 +1
24 Janice 14,453 -1
25 Elizabeth 13,714 +1
26 Joyce 13,572 -5
27 Cynthia 12,901 —
28 Cheryl 12,007 -3
29 Gloria 11,879 -1
30 Christine 11,797 +5
31 Beverly 10,552 —
32 Dorothy 10,410 -3
33 Marilyn 9,865 —
34 Martha 9,808 -2
35 Bonnie 9,732 -1
36 Joan 9,206 +1
37 Catherine 9,137 +4
38 Peggy 9,118 —
39 Virginia 8,896 -3
40 Rebecca 8,778 +10
41 Jane 8,719 -2
42 Kathy 8,451 +13
43 Connie 8,219 —
44 Ann 7,870 —
45 Jean 7,760 +2
46 Helen 7,707 -6
47 Ruth 7,651 -2
48 Diana 7,535 —
49 Frances 7,440 -7
50 Phyllis 7,315 -4
51 Gail 7,225 —
52 Kathryn 7,184 +2
53 Alice 6,660 -4
54 Rita 6,653 +5
55 Paula 6,577 -3
56 Wanda 6,307 +1
57 Elaine 6,214 -4
58 Jacqueline 6,040 —
59 Katherine 6,039 +9
60 Jo 5,802 -4
61 Joanne 5,746 +4
62 Suzanne 5,609 +4
63 Theresa 5,603 -1
64 Ellen 5,504 +3
65 Laura 5,384 +8
66 Rose 5,371 -4
67 Marie 5,306 -7
68 Sherry 5,295 -7
69 Doris 5,284 -5
70 Vicki 5,193 +11
71 Charlotte 5,142 -2
72 Maria 5,123 +3
73 Lois 4,915 -3
74 Lynn 4,880 +6
75 Darlene 4,799 +2
76 Sheila 4,774 -5
77 Sally 4,773 -5
78 Marcia 4,651 +1
79 Marsha 4,611 -3
80 Evelyn 4,529 -6
81 Cathy 4,407 +23
82 Teresa 4,328 —
83 Constance 4,327 +10
84 Sarah 4,295 +1
85 Dianne 4,141 +1
86 Anne 4,052 +1
87 Glenda 3,975 +5
88 Sue 3,926 -10
89 Maureen 3,923 -1
90 Geraldine 3,919 -7
91 Anna 3,897 -2
92 Jeanne 3,865 +3
93 Lynda 3,830 -9
94 Sylvia 3,816 +6
95 Eileen 3,722 -4
96 Victoria 3,669 +12
97 Roberta 3,660 +4
98 Rosemary 3,633 -8
99 Anita 3,591 +3
100 Charlene 3,541 +5

Top 100 boys' names in 1949

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1948.
#NameBirthsvs 1948
1 James 86,858 —
2 Robert 83,873 —
3 John 81,178 —
4 William 61,506 —
5 Michael 60,047 +1
6 David 59,611 -1
7 Richard 50,946 —
8 Thomas 45,192 —
9 Charles 40,052 —
10 Larry 31,819 +1
11 Ronald 31,502 -1
12 Gary 28,935 —
13 Donald 27,121 +1
14 Joseph 26,408 -1
15 Kenneth 23,589 —
16 Dennis 21,746 +1
17 Paul 21,589 +1
18 George 21,308 -2
19 Stephen 20,488 +1
20 Steven 19,923 +3
21 Edward 19,174 -2
22 Daniel 18,240 —
23 Jerry 15,871 -2
24 Mark 13,725 +5
25 Roger 12,821 -1
26 Bruce 12,265 +2
27 Frank 11,960 -2
28 Terry 11,457 -2
29 Douglas 11,322 +4
30 Raymond 11,305 -3
31 Gregory 10,979 +1
32 Lawrence 10,253 -1
33 Gerald 9,808 -3
34 Timothy 9,346 +4
35 Wayne 8,927 -1
36 Anthony 8,452 +5
37 Walter 8,297 -2
38 Peter 8,266 -1
39 Patrick 8,075 +9
40 Danny 8,023 -1
41 Willie 7,916 -1
42 Harold 7,817 -6
43 Carl 7,689 -1
44 Arthur 7,482 —
45 Alan 7,255 +1
46 Henry 7,183 -1
47 Jack 7,128 -4
48 Jeffrey 6,987 +10
49 Johnny 6,968 +3
50 Ralph 6,748 +1
51 Roy 6,622 -2
52 Joe 6,535 -5
53 Jimmy 6,417 -3
54 Dale 6,229 +2
55 Philip 6,224 -1
56 Albert 6,064 -1
57 Billy 5,821 -4
58 Eugene 5,595 +3
59 Harry 5,544 -2
60 Stanley 5,527 +5
61 Glenn 5,415 +12
62 Samuel 5,356 +8
63 Howard 5,284 —
64 Louis 5,235 —
64 Ronnie 5,235 -5
66 Phillip 5,201 +3
67 Bobby 5,120 -5
68 Steve 5,027 -8
69 Russell 5,007 -2
70 Frederick 4,748 +5
71 Allen 4,735 +1
72 Fred 4,731 -6
73 Barry 4,607 +1
74 Leonard 4,551 -3
75 Andrew 4,513 +2
76 Ernest 4,346 —
77 Craig 4,328 +5
78 Francis 4,281 +2
79 Randall 4,161 +19
80 Eddie 4,106 -2
81 Christopher 4,000 +21
82 Melvin 3,972 -1
83 Martin 3,903 +5
84 Tommy 3,886 -5
85 Keith 3,878 +4
86 Brian 3,854 +9
87 Rodney 3,826 +5
88 Mike 3,742 -20
89 Marvin 3,725 +1
90 Norman 3,668 -5
91 Earl 3,652 -8
92 Randy 3,623 +7
93 Lee 3,562 —
94 Clarence 3,395 -7
95 Kevin 3,292 +32
96 Alfred 3,190 —
97 Curtis 3,088 +4
98 Don 3,060 -7
99 Scott 3,055 +23
100 Theodore 3,041 +4

Names that climbed fastest in 1949

Ranked by places gained against 1948, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1949Rank 1948Change
Belinda girls 185 381 +196
Shelley girls 233 391 +158
Shari girls 356 495 +139
Kirk boys 241 369 +128
Christy girls 384 495 +111
Christie girls 438 534 +96
Unknown girls 373 468 +95
Rhonda girls 157 248 +91
Lanny boys 303 392 +89
Kerry girls 401 488 +87
Debra girls 134 218 +84
Monty boys 371 452 +81
Rosalinda girls 464 539 +75
Amy girls 237 310 +73
Celeste girls 393 465 +72

Names that fell fastest in 1949

NameRank 1949Rank 1948Change
Judi girls 530 413 -117
Sharyn girls 430 314 -116
Pam girls 427 327 -100
Chris girls 532 436 -96
Pat girls 299 207 -92
Dick boys 368 286 -82
Karon girls 581 503 -78
Josie girls 492 423 -69
Kitty girls 538 472 -66
Estelle girls 524 459 -65
Ron boys 294 232 -62
Mabel girls 514 453 -61
Candy girls 473 414 -59
Ken boys 320 261 -59
Eddie girls 570 512 -58

Names that first appear in 1949

1949 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1949

For these names, 1949 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.