Top Baby Names of the 1950s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1950s

Mary and James led the decade, out of 39,451,512 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1950s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Mary	625,606	3.25%
2	Linda	564,364	2.93%
3	Patricia	459,681	2.39%
4	Susan	437,774	2.28%
5	Deborah	430,537	2.24%
6	Barbara	345,722	1.80%
7	Debra	341,348	1.77%
8	Karen	332,531	1.73%
9	Nancy	286,812	1.49%
10	Donna	270,338	1.41%
11	Cynthia	263,432	1.37%
12	Sandra	251,591	1.31%
13	Pamela	237,398	1.23%
14	Sharon	232,807	1.21%
15	Kathleen	224,342	1.17%
16	Carol	222,656	1.16%
17	Diane	210,624	1.10%
18	Brenda	209,241	1.09%
19	Cheryl	171,387	0.89%
20	Janet	167,520	0.87%
21	Elizabeth	165,656	0.86%
22	Kathy	157,930	0.82%
23	Margaret	149,582	0.78%
24	Janice	133,620	0.69%
25	Carolyn	124,067	0.65%
26	Denise	123,783	0.64%
27	Judy	118,060	0.61%
28	Rebecca	115,690	0.60%
29	Joyce	114,984	0.60%
30	Teresa	114,283	0.59%
31	Christine	113,340	0.59%
32	Catherine	108,839	0.57%
33	Shirley	108,807	0.57%
34	Judith	108,758	0.57%
35	Betty	103,204	0.54%
36	Beverly	97,790	0.51%
37	Lisa	95,824	0.50%
38	Laura	95,526	0.50%
39	Theresa	89,608	0.47%
40	Connie	88,799	0.46%
41	Ann	87,047	0.45%
42	Gloria	86,705	0.45%
43	Julie	86,689	0.45%
44	Gail	85,618	0.45%
45	Joan	85,179	0.44%
46	Paula	84,869	0.44%
47	Peggy	84,293	0.44%
48	Cindy	83,979	0.44%
49	Martha	83,190	0.43%
50	Bonnie	83,013	0.43%
51	Jane	82,919	0.43%
52	Cathy	82,719	0.43%
53	Robin	82,423	0.43%
54	Debbie	82,097	0.43%
55	Diana	80,234	0.42%
56	Marilyn	80,161	0.42%
57	Kathryn	77,803	0.40%
58	Dorothy	74,475	0.39%
59	Wanda	72,448	0.38%
60	Jean	72,263	0.38%
61	Vicki	71,980	0.37%
62	Sheila	70,174	0.36%
63	Virginia	69,783	0.36%
64	Sherry	68,322	0.36%
65	Katherine	66,855	0.35%
66	Rose	66,688	0.35%
67	Lynn	66,049	0.34%
68	Jo	63,939	0.33%
69	Ruth	62,538	0.33%
70	Maria	62,458	0.32%
71	Darlene	61,886	0.32%
72	Jacqueline	60,459	0.31%
73	Rita	60,265	0.31%
74	Rhonda	59,816	0.31%
75	Phyllis	57,764	0.30%
76	Helen	57,580	0.30%
77	Vickie	56,857	0.30%
78	Kim	56,080	0.29%
79	Lori	56,070	0.29%
80	Ellen	55,392	0.29%
81	Elaine	54,232	0.28%
82	Joanne	53,568	0.28%
83	Anne	52,404	0.27%
84	Valerie	52,230	0.27%
85	Alice	52,074	0.27%
86	Frances	51,200	0.27%
87	Suzanne	50,330	0.26%
88	Marie	49,263	0.26%
89	Victoria	49,127	0.26%
90	Kimberly	48,958	0.25%
91	Anita	47,588	0.25%
92	Laurie	46,964	0.24%
93	Michelle	46,779	0.24%
94	Sally	46,706	0.24%
95	Terri	46,431	0.24%
96	Marcia	43,733	0.23%
97	Terry	43,194	0.22%
98	Jennifer	43,075	0.22%
99	Leslie	43,049	0.22%
100	Doris	42,898	0.22%

Boys, the 1950s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	James	843,768	4.17%
2	Michael	837,471	4.14%
3	Robert	830,395	4.11%
4	John	797,922	3.95%
5	David	769,963	3.81%
6	William	591,228	2.92%
7	Richard	535,461	2.65%
8	Thomas	454,385	2.25%
9	Mark	382,589	1.89%
10	Charles	361,177	1.79%
11	Steven	333,666	1.65%
12	Gary	329,933	1.63%
13	Joseph	300,012	1.48%
14	Donald	273,574	1.35%
15	Ronald	271,139	1.34%
16	Kenneth	262,819	1.30%
17	Paul	253,202	1.25%
18	Larry	245,698	1.22%
19	Daniel	243,727	1.21%
20	Stephen	207,276	1.03%
21	Dennis	204,267	1.01%
22	Timothy	198,324	0.98%
23	Edward	188,323	0.93%
24	Jeffrey	184,668	0.91%
25	George	181,031	0.90%
26	Gregory	178,457	0.88%
27	Kevin	159,010	0.79%
28	Douglas	148,205	0.73%
29	Terry	140,724	0.70%
30	Anthony	136,647	0.68%
31	Jerry	136,567	0.68%
32	Bruce	136,457	0.67%
33	Randy	120,537	0.60%
34	Brian	112,336	0.56%
35	Frank	112,321	0.56%
36	Scott	111,819	0.55%
37	Roger	110,158	0.54%
38	Raymond	108,928	0.54%
39	Peter	102,747	0.51%
40	Patrick	96,851	0.48%
41	Keith	91,235	0.45%
42	Lawrence	91,110	0.45%
43	Wayne	88,092	0.44%
44	Danny	86,640	0.43%
45	Alan	83,976	0.42%
46	Gerald	82,626	0.41%
47	Ricky	79,170	0.39%
48	Carl	78,752	0.39%
49	Christopher	78,333	0.39%
50	Dale	75,567	0.37%
51	Walter	72,197	0.36%
52	Craig	69,481	0.34%
53	Willie	66,460	0.33%
54	Johnny	65,786	0.33%
55	Arthur	65,716	0.33%
56	Steve	64,212	0.32%
57	Joe	62,620	0.31%
58	Randall	62,450	0.31%
59	Russell	62,406	0.31%
60	Jack	62,387	0.31%
61	Henry	62,230	0.31%
62	Harold	62,183	0.31%
63	Roy	61,847	0.31%
64	Andrew	60,972	0.30%
65	Philip	60,853	0.30%
66	Ralph	60,440	0.30%
67	Billy	59,277	0.29%
68	Glenn	58,714	0.29%
69	Stanley	57,164	0.28%
70	Jimmy	54,892	0.27%
71	Rodney	54,817	0.27%
72	Barry	54,812	0.27%
73	Samuel	53,767	0.27%
74	Eric	53,295	0.26%
75	Bobby	53,281	0.26%
76	Albert	52,829	0.26%
77	Phillip	52,457	0.26%
78	Ronnie	51,302	0.25%
79	Martin	50,994	0.25%
80	Mike	48,345	0.24%
81	Eugene	48,281	0.24%
82	Louis	47,933	0.24%
83	Howard	47,852	0.24%
84	Allen	47,322	0.23%
85	Curtis	46,324	0.23%
86	Jeffery	45,879	0.23%
87	Frederick	44,288	0.22%
88	Leonard	43,551	0.22%
89	Harry	43,335	0.21%
90	Micheal	40,908	0.20%
91	Tony	40,782	0.20%
92	Ernest	39,680	0.20%
93	Eddie	38,598	0.19%
94	Fred	37,445	0.19%
95	Darrell	37,257	0.18%
96	Jay	36,969	0.18%
97	Melvin	36,165	0.18%
98	Lee	35,826	0.18%
99	Matthew	35,796	0.18%
100	Vincent	35,351	0.17%

Year by year

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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