Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1949

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1949 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Linda	91,016	5.185	-725	-90,627	1	James	86,857	4.820	-3	-73,332
2	Mary	66,864	3.809	-124	-64,537	2	Robert	83,872	4.655	-69	-78,732
3	Patricia	46,330	2.639	-910	-46,037	3	John	81,161	4.504	-24	-72,042
4	Barbara	42,601	2.427	-926	-42,316	4	William	61,501	3.413	1	-46,985
5	Susan	37,706	2.148	-1,074	-37,472	5	Michael	60,046	3.332	-9	-48,426
6	Sandra	30,642	1.745	-969	-30,373	6	David	59,601	3.308	-16	-49,904
7	Nancy	29,246	1.666	-832	-28,924	7	Richard	50,939	2.827	-181	-48,820
8	Carol	26,783	1.526	-1,780	-26,670	8	Thomas	45,202	2.509	-41	-38,423
9	Kathleen	26,354	1.501	-885	-26,053	9	Charles	40,042	2.222	-43	-33,438
10	Sharon	25,711	1.465	-1,117	-25,495	10	Larry	31,809	1.765	-696	-31,470
11	Karen	22,467	1.280	-624	-21,999	11	Ronald	31,492	1.748	-482	-30,914
12	Donna	22,057	1.256	-1,555	-21,920	12	Gary	28,925	1.605	-662	-28,558
13	Brenda	20,544	1.170	-999	-20,289	13	Donald	27,113	1.505	-513	-26,580
14	Margaret	19,451	1.108	-113	-17,139	14	Joseph	26,403	1.465	-9	-16,848
15	Deborah	19,209	1.094	-764	-18,862	15	Kenneth	23,585	1.309	-211	-21,930
16	Judith	17,610	1.003	-834	-17,292	16	Dennis	21,745	1.207	-540	-21,252
17	Carolyn	17,405	0.991	-843	-17,093	17	Paul	21,585	1.198	-217	-19,960
18	Shirley	17,278	0.984	-1,446	-17,128	18	George	21,313	1.183	-109	-18,254
19	Diane	17,250	0.983	-2,454	-17,179	19	Stephen	20,481	1.137	-265	-19,245
20	Judy	15,981	0.910	-1,513	-15,840	20	Steven	19,921	1.106	-178	-17,899
21	Pamela	15,132	0.862	-1,563	-14,997	21	Edward	19,168	1.064	-148	-16,900
22	Betty	14,942	0.851	-1,106	-14,727	22	Daniel	18,235	1.012	7	-7,062
23	Janet	14,858	0.846	-1,389	-14,701	23	Jerry	15,868	0.881	-578	-15,417
24	Janice	14,452	0.823	-1,409	-14,299	24	Mark	13,727	0.762	-186	-11,868
25	Elizabeth	13,712	0.781	12	-5,199	25	Roger	12,821	0.712	-611	-12,410
26	Joyce	13,571	0.773	-921	-13,293	26	Bruce	12,264	0.681	-452	-11,657
27	Cynthia	12,897	0.735	-666	-12,481	27	Frank	11,958	0.664	-365	-11,155
28	Cheryl	12,006	0.684	-2,870	-11,949	28	Terry	11,457	0.636	-729	-11,148
29	Gloria	11,877	0.677	-555	-11,356	29	Douglas	11,323	0.628	-643	-10,952
30	Christine	11,797	0.672	-896	-11,510	30	Raymond	11,304	0.627	-269	-10,155
31	Beverly	10,555	0.601	-1,262	-10,380	31	Gregory	10,980	0.609	-377	-10,202
32	Dorothy	10,407	0.593	-554	-9,890	32	Lawrence	10,252	0.569	-466	-9,679
33	Marilyn	9,867	0.562	-577	-9,373	33	Gerald	9,807	0.544	-861	-9,566
34	Martha	9,809	0.559	-763	-9,468	34	Timothy	9,342	0.518	-131	-7,012
35	Bonnie	9,730	0.554	-656	-9,313	35	Wayne	8,926	0.495	-738	-8,627
36	Joan	9,205	0.524	-1,691	-9,087	36	Anthony	8,452	0.469	-2	-449
37	Catherine	9,136	0.520	-167	-7,638	37	Walter	8,295	0.460	-234	-6,992
38	Peggy	9,119	0.519	-5,516	-9,096	38	Peter	8,263	0.459	-173	-6,451
39	Virginia	8,894	0.507	-501	-8,316	39	Patrick	8,074	0.448	-150	-5,963
40	Rebecca	8,776	0.500	-174	-7,334	40	Danny	8,024	0.445	-500	-7,508
41	Jane	8,719	0.497	-250	-7,596	41	Willie	7,913	0.439	-893	-7,689
42	Kathy	8,451	0.481	-2,068	-8,361	42	Harold	7,813	0.434	-755	-7,532
43	Connie	8,219	0.468	-2,387	-8,146	43	Carl	7,690	0.427	-657	-7,348
44	Ann	7,869	0.448	-939	-7,602	44	Arthur	7,478	0.415	-186	-5,836
45	Jean	7,760	0.442	-2,348	-7,685	45	Alan	7,256	0.403	-127	-5,012
46	Helen	7,707	0.439	-367	-6,962	46	Henry	7,179	0.398	30	3,470
47	Ruth	7,652	0.436	-218	-6,418	47	Jack	7,133	0.396	19	1,701
48	Diana	7,535	0.429	-136	-5,930	48	Jeffrey	6,986	0.388	-283	-5,983
49	Frances	7,440	0.424	-396	-6,725	49	Johnny	6,969	0.387	-305	-6,040
50	Phyllis	7,314	0.417	-6,925	-7,297	50	Ralph	6,746	0.374	-901	-6,529

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.