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The most popular baby names of 1950

SSA recorded 3,503,316 births in 1950 across all reported names — 1,713,054 girls and 1,790,262 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1950

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1949.
#NameBirthsvs 1949
1 Linda 80,433 —
2 Mary 65,481 —
3 Patricia 47,944 —
4 Barbara 41,556 —
5 Susan 38,017 —
6 Nancy 29,617 +1
7 Deborah 29,063 +8
8 Sandra 28,896 -2
9 Carol 26,163 -1
10 Kathleen 25,706 -1
11 Sharon 24,612 -1
12 Karen 24,132 -1
13 Donna 21,629 -1
14 Brenda 20,799 -1
15 Margaret 18,110 -1
16 Diane 17,636 +3
17 Pamela 16,202 +4
18 Janet 16,193 +5
19 Shirley 15,891 -1
20 Carolyn 15,588 -3
21 Judith 15,352 -5
22 Janice 15,012 +2
23 Cynthia 14,447 +4
24 Elizabeth 14,334 +1
25 Judy 14,207 -5
26 Betty 13,615 -4
27 Joyce 13,415 -1
28 Christine 12,673 +2
29 Cheryl 11,823 -1
30 Gloria 11,037 -1
31 Beverly 10,503 —
32 Martha 9,839 +2
33 Bonnie 9,746 +2
34 Catherine 9,655 +3
35 Dorothy 9,551 -3
36 Rebecca 9,425 +4
37 Marilyn 9,285 -4
38 Kathy 9,090 +4
39 Jane 8,964 +2
40 Joan 8,860 -4
41 Peggy 8,532 -3
42 Gail 8,350 +9
43 Virginia 8,312 -4
44 Connie 8,145 -1
45 Ann 7,921 -1
46 Kathryn 7,863 +6
47 Diana 7,447 +1
48 Jean 7,432 -3
49 Ruth 7,128 -2
50 Helen 7,061 -4
51 Frances 6,975 -2
52 Wanda 6,929 +4
53 Phyllis 6,695 -3
54 Paula 6,631 +1
55 Jacqueline 6,455 +3
56 Rita 6,424 -2
57 Alice 6,363 -4
58 Katherine 6,205 +1
59 Debra 6,176 +75
60 Elaine 6,037 -3
61 Vicki 5,823 +9
62 Sherry 5,808 +6
63 Laura 5,725 +2
64 Jo 5,676 -4
65 Theresa 5,628 -2
66 Ellen 5,567 -2
67 Joanne 5,491 -6
68 Marsha 5,400 +11
69 Rose 5,376 -3
70 Sheila 5,322 +6
71 Suzanne 5,266 -9
72 Marie 5,222 -5
73 Maria 5,076 -1
74 Doris 5,053 -5
75 Cathy 5,031 +6
76 Lynn 5,020 -2
77 Marcia 4,955 +1
78 Sally 4,870 -1
79 Darlene 4,830 -4
80 Charlotte 4,735 -9
81 Teresa 4,724 +1
82 Denise 4,514 +58
83 Lois 4,504 -10
84 Anne 4,459 +2
85 Constance 4,441 -2
86 Evelyn 4,275 -6
87 Glenda 4,215 —
88 Sarah 4,143 -4
89 Maureen 4,070 —
90 Dianne 3,921 -5
91 Eileen 3,883 +4
92 Irene 3,825 +19
93 Anna 3,815 -2
94 Victoria 3,781 +2
95 Jeanne 3,736 -3
96 Roberta 3,630 +1
97 Sylvia 3,612 -3
98 Joann 3,600 +3
99 Anita 3,572 —
100 Sue 3,503 -12

Top 100 boys' names in 1950

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1949.
#NameBirthsvs 1949
1 James 86,228 —
2 Robert 83,553 —
3 John 79,412 —
4 Michael 65,136 +1
5 David 60,729 +1
6 William 60,680 -2
7 Richard 51,003 —
8 Thomas 45,596 —
9 Charles 39,095 —
10 Gary 33,737 +2
11 Larry 31,480 -1
12 Ronald 29,908 -1
13 Joseph 27,022 +1
14 Donald 26,999 -1
15 Kenneth 23,813 —
16 Steven 23,250 +4
17 Dennis 22,862 -1
18 Paul 21,742 -1
19 Stephen 20,511 —
20 George 20,183 -2
21 Daniel 19,189 +1
22 Edward 18,714 -1
23 Mark 16,604 +1
24 Jerry 15,261 -1
25 Gregory 13,311 +6
26 Bruce 12,674 —
27 Roger 12,552 -2
28 Douglas 12,264 +1
29 Frank 11,606 -2
30 Terry 11,433 -2
31 Raymond 11,180 -1
32 Timothy 10,499 +2
33 Lawrence 10,173 -1
34 Gerald 9,726 -1
35 Wayne 9,259 —
36 Anthony 8,612 —
37 Peter 8,362 +1
38 Patrick 8,179 +1
39 Danny 8,143 +1
40 Walter 7,798 -3
41 Alan 7,737 +4
42 Willie 7,717 -1
43 Jeffrey 7,644 +5
44 Carl 7,288 -1
45 Harold 7,214 -3
46 Arthur 7,161 -2
47 Henry 6,963 -1
48 Jack 6,840 -1
49 Dale 6,785 +5
50 Johnny 6,581 -1
51 Roy 6,454 —
52 Ralph 6,406 -2
53 Philip 6,070 +2
54 Joe 6,033 -2
55 Jimmy 5,761 -2
56 Albert 5,754 —
57 Billy 5,674 —
58 Eugene 5,481 —
59 Glenn 5,465 +2
60 Stanley 5,453 —
61 Harry 5,375 -2
62 Samuel 5,227 —
63 Howard 5,164 —
64 Phillip 5,055 +2
65 Bobby 5,019 +2
66 Louis 4,947 -2
67 Russell 4,945 +2
68 Andrew 4,932 +7
69 Craig 4,888 +8
70 Randall 4,843 +9
71 Allen 4,840 —
72 Christopher 4,835 +9
73 Kevin 4,752 +22
74 Barry 4,694 -1
75 Frederick 4,659 -5
76 Ronnie 4,616 -12
77 Leonard 4,581 -3
78 Keith 4,566 +7
79 Brian 4,441 +7
80 Randy 4,354 +12
81 Ernest 4,308 -5
82 Scott 4,268 +17
83 Steve 4,207 -15
84 Fred 4,195 -12
85 Martin 4,180 -2
86 Francis 4,082 -8
87 Melvin 3,886 -5
88 Rodney 3,856 -1
89 Eddie 3,760 -9
90 Norman 3,641 —
91 Lee 3,611 +2
92 Earl 3,589 -1
93 Marvin 3,493 -4
94 Tommy 3,434 -10
95 Clarence 3,340 -1
96 Alfred 3,235 —
97 Curtis 3,209 —
98 Eric 3,095 +7
99 Theodore 2,960 +1
100 Clifford 2,940 +3

Names that climbed fastest in 1950

Ranked by places gained against 1949, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1950Rank 1949Change
Roxanne girls 296 436 +140
Nona girls 423 550 +127
Coleen girls 434 553 +119
Mona girls 230 341 +111
Yvette girls 454 559 +105
Lisa girls 220 318 +98
Nanette girls 418 516 +98
Shannon girls 408 494 +86
Althea girls 462 545 +83
Roslyn girls 490 570 +80
Jody girls 390 467 +77
Debra girls 59 134 +75
Marla girls 298 367 +69
Unknown boys 335 402 +67
Daphne girls 513 579 +66

Names that fell fastest in 1950

NameRank 1950Rank 1949Change
Pam girls 546 427 -119
Sharyn girls 532 430 -102
Opal girls 584 487 -97
Pat girls 386 299 -87
Lela girls 493 417 -76
Ina girls 493 420 -73
Eula girls 480 413 -67
Lottie girls 574 508 -66
Ron boys 360 294 -66
Pearlie girls 503 440 -63
Ora girls 491 430 -61
Lupe girls 511 451 -60
Jewell girls 562 503 -59
Donn boys 424 366 -58
Winifred girls 470 413 -57

Names that first appear in 1950

1950 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1950

For these names, 1950 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.