Name.Baby Names by year 1950s 1950 Most Popular Baby Names of 1950 Social Security has card records for 3,577,371 people born in the U.S. in 1950. Linda was the top girl name (80,433 babies) and James the top boy name (86,228).
Top 100 names of 1950 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1950, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Linda 80,433 #902 2 Mary 65,481 #125 3 Patricia 47,944 #1,334 4 Barbara 41,556 #968 5 Susan 38,017 #1,085 6 Nancy 29,617 #965 7 Deborah 29,063 #862 8 Sandra 28,896 #1,207 9 Carol 26,163 #2,239 10 Kathleen 25,706 #1,150 11 Sharon 24,612 #1,250 12 Karen 24,132 #1,279 13 Donna 21,629 #1,962 14 Brenda 20,799 #1,525 15 Margaret 18,110 #112 16 Diane 17,636 #2,607 17 Pamela 16,202 #2,239 18 Janet 16,193 #2,778 19 Shirley 15,891 #1,581 20 Carolyn 15,588 #1,222 21 Judith 15,352 #788 22 Janice 15,012 #2,514 23 Cynthia 14,447 #1,013 24 Elizabeth 14,334 #17 25 Judy 14,207 #1,872 26 Betty 13,615 #1,113 27 Joyce 13,415 #1,071 28 Christine 12,673 #1,272 29 Cheryl 11,823 #4,352 30 Gloria 11,037 #654 31 Beverly 10,503 #1,016 32 Martha 9,839 #712 33 Bonnie 9,746 #396 34 Catherine 9,655 #313 35 Dorothy 9,551 #421 36 Rebecca 9,425 #349 37 Marilyn 9,285 #760 38 Kathy 9,090 #3,249 39 Jane 8,964 #221 40 Joan 8,860 #1,085 41 Peggy 8,532 #8,362 42 Gail 8,350 #8,362 43 Virginia 8,312 #525 44 Connie 8,145 #3,067 45 Ann 7,921 #1,076 46 Kathryn 7,863 #729 47 Diana 7,447 #244 48 Jean 7,432 #2,117 49 Ruth 7,128 #173 50 Helen 7,061 #461
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1950, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Frances 6,975 #318 52 Wanda 6,929 #5,917 53 Phyllis 6,695 #11,932 54 Paula 6,631 #853 55 Jacqueline 6,455 #558 56 Rita 6,424 #1,285 57 Alice 6,363 #65 58 Katherine 6,205 #186 59 Debra 6,176 #4,460 60 Elaine 6,037 #304 61 Vicki 5,823 – 62 Sherry 5,808 #5,410 63 Laura 5,725 #379 64 Jo 5,676 #3,975 65 Theresa 5,628 #1,548 66 Ellen 5,567 #1,062 67 Joanne 5,491 #2,607 68 Marsha 5,400 #7,491 69 Rose 5,376 #114 70 Sheila 5,322 #2,645 71 Suzanne 5,266 #2,387 72 Marie 5,222 #617 73 Maria 5,076 #87 74 Doris 5,053 #2,895 75 Cathy 5,031 #8,362 76 Lynn 5,020 #2,542 77 Marcia 4,955 #3,389 78 Sally 4,870 #1,150 79 Darlene 4,830 #1,844 80 Charlotte 4,735 #2 81 Teresa 4,724 #908 82 Denise 4,514 #1,673 83 Lois 4,504 #1,666 84 Anne 4,459 #619 85 Constance 4,441 #1,500 86 Evelyn 4,275 #8 87 Glenda 4,215 #5,917 88 Sarah 4,143 #90 89 Maureen 4,070 #4,352 90 Dianne 3,921 #5,722 91 Eileen 3,883 #654 92 Irene 3,825 #651 93 Anna 3,815 #107 94 Victoria 3,781 #54 95 Jeanne 3,736 #4,546 96 Roberta 3,630 #2,778 97 Sylvia 3,612 #300 98 Joann 3,600 #3,028 99 Anita 3,572 #1,341 100 Sue 3,503 #8,860
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1950, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 86,228 #6 2 Robert 83,553 #92 3 John 79,412 #23 4 Michael 65,136 #21 5 David 60,729 #35 6 William 60,680 #9 7 Richard 51,003 #234 8 Thomas 45,596 #34 9 Charles 39,095 #48 10 Gary 33,737 #1,073 11 Larry 31,480 #1,084 12 Ronald 29,908 #637 13 Joseph 27,022 #29 14 Donald 26,999 #690 15 Kenneth 23,813 #294 16 Steven 23,250 #271 17 Dennis 22,862 #707 18 Paul 21,742 #262 19 Stephen 20,511 #383 20 George 20,183 #126 21 Daniel 19,189 #22 22 Edward 18,714 #224 23 Mark 16,604 #244 24 Jerry 15,261 #906 25 Gregory 13,311 #593 26 Bruce 12,674 #536 27 Roger 12,552 #832 28 Douglas 12,264 #807 29 Frank 11,606 #513 30 Terry 11,433 #1,115 31 Raymond 11,180 #394 32 Timothy 10,499 #203 33 Lawrence 10,173 #518 34 Gerald 9,726 #1,204 35 Wayne 9,259 #652 36 Anthony 8,612 #46 37 Peter 8,362 #187 38 Patrick 8,179 #235 39 Danny 8,143 #628 40 Walter 7,798 #251 41 Alan 7,737 #191 42 Willie 7,717 #1,315 43 Jeffrey 7,644 #552 44 Carl 7,288 #1,132 45 Harold 7,214 #991 46 Arthur 7,161 #87 47 Henry 6,963 #5 48 Jack 6,840 #15 49 Dale 6,785 #1,409 50 Johnny 6,581 #457
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1950, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Roy 6,454 #525 52 Ralph 6,406 #1,046 53 Philip 6,070 #527 54 Joe 6,033 #991 55 Jimmy 5,761 #846 56 Albert 5,754 #614 57 Billy 5,674 #1,068 58 Eugene 5,481 #943 59 Glenn 5,465 #1,443 60 Stanley 5,453 #863 61 Harry 5,375 #775 62 Samuel 5,227 #18 63 Howard 5,164 #1,002 64 Phillip 5,055 #651 65 Bobby 5,019 #1,097 66 Louis 4,947 #249 67 Russell 4,945 #345 68 Andrew 4,932 #73 69 Craig 4,888 #1,644 70 Randall 4,843 #1,499 71 Allen 4,840 #578 72 Christopher 4,835 #68 73 Kevin 4,752 #221 74 Barry 4,694 #1,520 75 Frederick 4,659 #435 76 Ronnie 4,616 #1,064 77 Leonard 4,581 #637 78 Keith 4,566 #800 79 Brian 4,441 #339 80 Randy 4,354 #1,084 81 Ernest 4,308 #1,038 82 Scott 4,268 #534 83 Steve 4,207 #1,609 84 Fred 4,195 #1,932 85 Martin 4,180 #335 86 Francis 4,082 #420 87 Melvin 3,886 #958 88 Rodney 3,856 #1,091 89 Eddie 3,760 #860 90 Norman 3,641 #1,196 91 Lee 3,611 #725 92 Earl 3,589 #2,230 93 Marvin 3,493 #699 94 Tommy 3,434 #657 95 Clarence 3,340 #1,499 96 Alfred 3,235 #840 97 Curtis 3,209 #984 98 Eric 3,095 #273 99 Theodore 2,960 #4 100 Clifford 2,940 #1,352
Entered the top 100 in 1950
