Top Baby Names of 1949
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1949, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1949)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 86,859 |
| 2 | Robert | 83,876 |
| 3 | John | 81,180 |
| 4 | William | 61,504 |
| 5 | Michael | 60,046 |
| 6 | David | 59,610 |
| 7 | Richard | 50,947 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,195 |
| 9 | Charles | 40,047 |
| 10 | Larry | 31,817 |
| 11 | Ronald | 31,497 |
| 12 | Gary | 28,933 |
| 13 | Donald | 27,121 |
| 14 | Joseph | 26,407 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,588 |
| 16 | Dennis | 21,747 |
| 17 | Paul | 21,589 |
| 18 | George | 21,309 |
| 19 | Stephen | 20,488 |
| 20 | Steven | 19,923 |
| 21 | Edward | 19,172 |
| 22 | Daniel | 18,240 |
| 23 | Jerry | 15,870 |
| 24 | Mark | 13,726 |
| 25 | Roger | 12,821 |
| 26 | Bruce | 12,265 |
| 27 | Frank | 11,960 |
| 28 | Terry | 11,457 |
| 29 | Douglas | 11,321 |
| 30 | Raymond | 11,305 |
| 31 | Gregory | 10,979 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 10,253 |
| 33 | Gerald | 9,809 |
| 34 | Timothy | 9,346 |
| 35 | Wayne | 8,927 |
| 36 | Anthony | 8,451 |
| 37 | Walter | 8,296 |
| 38 | Peter | 8,265 |
| 39 | Patrick | 8,074 |
| 40 | Danny | 8,023 |
| 41 | Willie | 7,917 |
| 42 | Harold | 7,817 |
| 43 | Carl | 7,689 |
| 44 | Arthur | 7,481 |
| 45 | Alan | 7,255 |
| 46 | Henry | 7,183 |
| 47 | Jack | 7,128 |
| 48 | Jeffrey | 6,987 |
| 49 | Johnny | 6,968 |
| 50 | Ralph | 6,748 |
| 51 | Roy | 6,622 |
| 52 | Joe | 6,535 |
| 53 | Jimmy | 6,417 |
| 54 | Dale | 6,229 |
| 55 | Philip | 6,224 |
| 56 | Albert | 6,063 |
| 57 | Billy | 5,821 |
| 58 | Eugene | 5,595 |
| 59 | Harry | 5,543 |
| 60 | Stanley | 5,527 |
| 61 | Glenn | 5,414 |
| 62 | Samuel | 5,357 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,284 |
| 64 | Ronnie | 5,237 |
| 65 | Louis | 5,235 |
| 66 | Phillip | 5,201 |
| 67 | Bobby | 5,120 |
| 68 | Steve | 5,027 |
| 69 | Russell | 5,007 |
| 70 | Frederick | 4,747 |
| 71 | Allen | 4,735 |
| 72 | Fred | 4,731 |
| 73 | Barry | 4,607 |
| 74 | Leonard | 4,551 |
| 75 | Andrew | 4,512 |
| 76 | Ernest | 4,346 |
| 77 | Craig | 4,327 |
| 78 | Francis | 4,282 |
| 79 | Randall | 4,161 |
| 80 | Eddie | 4,105 |
| 81 | Christopher | 3,999 |
| 82 | Melvin | 3,972 |
| 83 | Martin | 3,902 |
| 84 | Tommy | 3,886 |
| 85 | Keith | 3,878 |
| 86 | Brian | 3,854 |
| 87 | Rodney | 3,826 |
| 88 | Mike | 3,742 |
| 89 | Marvin | 3,725 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,668 |
| 91 | Earl | 3,653 |
| 92 | Randy | 3,623 |
| 93 | Lee | 3,562 |
| 94 | Clarence | 3,395 |
| 95 | Kevin | 3,292 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,189 |
| 97 | Curtis | 3,088 |
| 98 | Don | 3,060 |
| 99 | Scott | 3,055 |
| 100 | Theodore | 3,041 |