Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1950

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1950 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	80,431	4.574	-725	-80,042	1	James	86,224	4.740	-3	-72,699
2	Mary	65,481	3.724	-124	-63,154	2	Robert	83,559	4.594	-69	-78,419
3	Patricia	47,945	2.726	-910	-47,652	3	John	79,424	4.366	-24	-70,305
4	Barbara	41,552	2.363	-926	-41,267	4	Michael	65,144	3.581	-10	-53,524
5	Susan	38,017	2.162	-1,074	-37,783	5	David	60,727	3.339	-17	-51,030
6	Nancy	29,616	1.684	-833	-29,294	6	William	60,689	3.336	3	-46,173
7	Deborah	29,063	1.653	-772	-28,716	7	Richard	51,000	2.804	-181	-48,881
8	Sandra	28,896	1.643	-967	-28,627	8	Thomas	45,599	2.507	-41	-38,820
9	Carol	26,164	1.488	-1,779	-26,051	9	Charles	39,102	2.150	-43	-32,498
10	Kathleen	25,704	1.462	-884	-25,403	10	Gary	33,749	1.855	-664	-33,382
11	Sharon	24,613	1.400	-1,116	-24,397	11	Larry	31,484	1.731	-695	-31,145
12	Karen	24,136	1.373	-623	-23,668	12	Ronald	29,914	1.645	-481	-29,336
13	Donna	21,629	1.230	-1,554	-21,492	13	Joseph	27,023	1.486	-10	-17,468
14	Brenda	20,795	1.183	-998	-20,540	14	Donald	27,002	1.484	-512	-26,469
15	Margaret	18,109	1.030	-112	-15,797	15	Kenneth	23,820	1.310	-211	-22,165
16	Diane	17,635	1.003	-2,457	-17,564	16	Steven	23,252	1.278	-182	-21,230
17	Pamela	16,201	0.921	-1,567	-16,066	17	Dennis	22,860	1.257	-539	-22,367
18	Janet	16,192	0.921	-1,394	-16,035	18	Paul	21,750	1.196	-216	-20,125
19	Shirley	15,890	0.904	-1,445	-15,740	19	Stephen	20,510	1.128	-265	-19,274
20	Carolyn	15,587	0.886	-840	-15,275	20	George	20,176	1.109	-107	-17,117
21	Judith	15,353	0.873	-829	-15,035	21	Daniel	19,191	1.055	6	-8,018
22	Janice	15,013	0.854	-1,411	-14,860	22	Edward	18,714	1.029	-147	-16,446
23	Cynthia	14,446	0.821	-670	-14,030	23	Mark	16,604	0.913	-187	-14,745
24	Elizabeth	14,335	0.815	11	-5,822	24	Jerry	15,266	0.839	-577	-14,815
25	Judy	14,206	0.808	-1,508	-14,065	25	Gregory	13,311	0.732	-383	-12,533
26	Betty	13,613	0.774	-1,102	-13,398	26	Bruce	12,677	0.697	-452	-12,070
27	Joyce	13,416	0.763	-920	-13,138	27	Roger	12,549	0.690	-609	-12,138
28	Christine	12,674	0.721	-898	-12,387	28	Douglas	12,264	0.674	-644	-11,893
29	Cheryl	11,824	0.672	-2,869	-11,767	29	Frank	11,610	0.638	-363	-10,807
30	Gloria	11,038	0.628	-554	-10,517	30	Terry	11,434	0.629	-727	-11,125
31	Beverly	10,503	0.597	-1,262	-10,328	31	Raymond	11,180	0.615	-268	-10,031
32	Martha	9,837	0.559	-765	-9,496	32	Timothy	10,505	0.578	-133	-8,175
33	Bonnie	9,748	0.554	-658	-9,331	33	Lawrence	10,174	0.559	-465	-9,601
34	Catherine	9,656	0.549	-170	-8,158	34	Gerald	9,722	0.534	-860	-9,481
35	Dorothy	9,552	0.543	-551	-9,035	35	Wayne	9,263	0.509	-738	-8,964
36	Rebecca	9,427	0.536	-178	-7,985	36	Anthony	8,618	0.474	-2	-615
37	Marilyn	9,286	0.528	-573	-8,792	37	Peter	8,364	0.460	-174	-6,552
38	Kathy	9,089	0.517	-2,072	-8,999	38	Patrick	8,181	0.450	-151	-6,070
39	Jane	8,963	0.510	-252	-7,840	39	Danny	8,145	0.448	-501	-7,629
40	Joan	8,862	0.504	-1,687	-8,744	40	Walter	7,793	0.428	-231	-6,490
41	Peggy	8,533	0.485	-5,513	-8,510	41	Alan	7,738	0.425	-131	-5,494
42	Gail	8,348	0.475	-6,535	-8,330	42	Willie	7,719	0.424	-892	-7,495
43	Virginia	8,313	0.473	-497	-7,735	43	Jeffrey	7,647	0.420	-288	-6,644
44	Connie	8,146	0.463	-2,386	-8,073	44	Carl	7,288	0.401	-656	-6,946
45	Ann	7,922	0.450	-938	-7,655	45	Harold	7,219	0.397	-752	-6,938
46	Kathryn	7,864	0.447	-407	-7,172	46	Arthur	7,161	0.394	-184	-5,519
47	Diana	7,444	0.423	-137	-5,839	47	Henry	6,964	0.383	31	3,685
48	Jean	7,432	0.423	-2,345	-7,357	48	Jack	6,838	0.376	20	1,996
49	Ruth	7,128	0.405	-216	-5,894	49	Dale	6,786	0.373	-1,339	-6,660
50	Helen	7,058	0.401	-363	-6,313	50	Johnny	6,583	0.362	-304	-5,654

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.