Year rank 1950

Names picked for kids in 1950

For a girl

1. linda

80431

2. mary

65481

3. patricia

47944

4. barbara

41554

5. susan

38016

6. nancy

29617

7. deborah

29061

8. sandra

28896

9. carol

26166

10. kathleen

25704

11. sharon

24612

12. karen

24133

13. donna

21629

14. brenda

20799

15. margaret

18108

16. diane

17636

17. pamela

16202

18. janet

16193

19. shirley

15892

20. carolyn

15587

21. judith

15352

22. janice

15011

23. cynthia

14446

24. elizabeth

14334

25. judy

14206

26. betty

13613

27. joyce

13418

28. christine

12673

29. cheryl

11823

30. gloria

11038

31. beverly

10502

32. martha

9838

33. bonnie

9746

34. catherine

9655

35. dorothy

9550

36. rebecca

9427

37. marilyn

9286

38. kathy

9090

39. jane

8963

40. joan

8860

41. peggy

8532

42. gail

8349

43. virginia

8312

44. connie

8145

45. ann

7923

46. kathryn

7863

47. diana

7445

48. jean

7432

49. ruth

7128

50. helen

7059

51. frances

6974

52. wanda

6928

53. phyllis

6695

54. paula

6630

55. jacqueline

6454

56. rita

6425

57. alice

6363

58. katherine

6205

59. debra

6176

60. elaine

6037

61. vicki

5825

62. sherry

5808

63. laura

5723

64. jo

5676

65. theresa

5629

66. ellen

5566

67. joanne

5491

68. marsha

5400

69. rose

5375

70. sheila

5322

71. suzanne

5267

72. marie

5222

73. maria

5077

74. doris

5053

75. cathy

5031

76. lynn

5019

77. marcia

4955

78. sally

4870

79. darlene

4830

80. charlotte

4735

81. teresa

4725

82. denise

4514

83. lois

4503

84. anne

4460

85. constance

4441

86. evelyn

4273

87. glenda

4215

88. sarah

4144

89. maureen

4070

90. dianne

3922

91. eileen

3883

92. irene

3825

93. anna

3815

94. victoria

3781

95. jeanne

3736

96. roberta

3630

97. sylvia

3612

98. joann

3600

99. anita

3573

100. sue

3503

For a boy

1. james

86227

2. robert

83554

3. john

79417

4. michael

65139

5. david

60727

6. william

60684

7. richard

51002

8. thomas

45596

9. charles

39098

10. gary

33741

11. larry

31482

12. ronald

29910

13. joseph

27021

14. donald

26999

15. kenneth

23818

16. steven

23249

17. dennis

22862

18. paul

21745

19. stephen

20512

20. george

20182

21. daniel

19191

22. edward

18713

23. mark

16604

24. jerry

15264

25. gregory

13311

26. bruce

12673

27. roger

12550

28. douglas

12265

29. frank

11607

30. terry

11430

31. raymond

11179

32. timothy

10500

33. lawrence

10174

34. gerald

9724

35. wayne

9261

36. anthony

8614

37. peter

8365

38. patrick

8181

39. danny

8144

40. walter

7795

41. alan

7739

42. willie

7722

43. jeffrey

7643

44. carl

7286

45. harold

7217

46. arthur

7161

47. henry

6965

48. jack

6838

49. dale

6787

50. johnny

6580

51. roy

6454

52. ralph

6405

53. philip

6070

54. joe

6033

55. jimmy

5761

56. albert

5754

57. billy

5677

58. eugene

5484

59. glenn

5465

60. stanley

5453

61. harry

5375

62. samuel

5225

63. howard

5166

64. phillip

5055

65. bobby

5018

66. louis

4949

67. russell

4941

68. andrew

4932

69. craig

4888

70. randall

4842

71. allen

4840

72. christopher

4836

73. kevin

4752

74. barry

4692

75. frederick

4659

76. ronnie

4617

77. leonard

4581

78. keith

4567

79. brian

4444

80. randy

4356

81. ernest

4308

82. scott

4269

83. steve

4206

84. fred

4196

85. martin

4181

86. francis

4082

87. melvin

3887

88. rodney

3856

89. eddie

3761

90. norman

3640

91. lee

3611

92. earl

3590

93. marvin

3494

94. tommy

3433

95. clarence

3341

96. alfred

3234

97. curtis

3210

98. eric

3096

99. theodore

2960

100. clifford

2941