Top Baby Names of 1950
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1950, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1950)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 86,223 |
| 2 | Robert | 83,551 |
| 3 | John | 79,412 |
| 4 | Michael | 65,138 |
| 5 | David | 60,729 |
| 6 | William | 60,679 |
| 7 | Richard | 51,004 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,596 |
| 9 | Charles | 39,097 |
| 10 | Gary | 33,740 |
| 11 | Larry | 31,478 |
| 12 | Ronald | 29,908 |
| 13 | Joseph | 27,022 |
| 14 | Donald | 26,999 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,813 |
| 16 | Steven | 23,250 |
| 17 | Dennis | 22,862 |
| 18 | Paul | 21,743 |
| 19 | Stephen | 20,511 |
| 20 | George | 20,182 |
| 21 | Daniel | 19,189 |
| 22 | Edward | 18,715 |
| 23 | Mark | 16,605 |
| 24 | Jerry | 15,262 |
| 25 | Gregory | 13,311 |
| 26 | Bruce | 12,674 |
| 27 | Roger | 12,552 |
| 28 | Douglas | 12,265 |
| 29 | Frank | 11,607 |
| 30 | Terry | 11,433 |
| 31 | Raymond | 11,181 |
| 32 | Timothy | 10,498 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 10,174 |
| 34 | Gerald | 9,725 |
| 35 | Wayne | 9,259 |
| 36 | Anthony | 8,614 |
| 37 | Peter | 8,366 |
| 38 | Patrick | 8,180 |
| 39 | Danny | 8,143 |
| 40 | Walter | 7,798 |
| 41 | Alan | 7,738 |
| 42 | Willie | 7,720 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 7,643 |
| 44 | Carl | 7,288 |
| 45 | Harold | 7,215 |
| 46 | Arthur | 7,161 |
| 47 | Henry | 6,965 |
| 48 | Jack | 6,839 |
| 49 | Dale | 6,787 |
| 50 | Johnny | 6,581 |
| 51 | Roy | 6,454 |
| 52 | Ralph | 6,406 |
| 53 | Philip | 6,070 |
| 54 | Joe | 6,033 |
| 55 | Jimmy | 5,761 |
| 56 | Albert | 5,754 |
| 57 | Billy | 5,676 |
| 58 | Eugene | 5,482 |
| 59 | Glenn | 5,465 |
| 60 | Stanley | 5,453 |
| 61 | Harry | 5,375 |
| 62 | Samuel | 5,226 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,165 |
| 64 | Phillip | 5,055 |
| 65 | Bobby | 5,018 |
| 66 | Louis | 4,947 |
| 67 | Russell | 4,945 |
| 68 | Andrew | 4,932 |
| 69 | Craig | 4,888 |
| 70 | Randall | 4,843 |
| 71 | Allen | 4,841 |
| 72 | Christopher | 4,835 |
| 73 | Kevin | 4,751 |
| 74 | Barry | 4,693 |
| 75 | Frederick | 4,659 |
| 76 | Ronnie | 4,616 |
| 77 | Leonard | 4,581 |
| 78 | Keith | 4,567 |
| 79 | Brian | 4,442 |
| 80 | Randy | 4,355 |
| 81 | Ernest | 4,309 |
| 82 | Scott | 4,268 |
| 83 | Steve | 4,207 |
| 84 | Fred | 4,195 |
| 85 | Martin | 4,180 |
| 86 | Francis | 4,082 |
| 87 | Melvin | 3,886 |
| 88 | Rodney | 3,856 |
| 89 | Eddie | 3,761 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,641 |
| 91 | Lee | 3,611 |
| 92 | Earl | 3,589 |
| 93 | Marvin | 3,493 |
| 94 | Tommy | 3,434 |
| 95 | Clarence | 3,340 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,235 |
| 97 | Curtis | 3,209 |
| 98 | Eric | 3,095 |
| 99 | Theodore | 2,960 |
| 100 | Clifford | 2,941 |