Most Popular Baby Names in 1950

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Linda	80,431
2	Mary	65,482
3	Patricia	47,944
4	Barbara	41,555
5	Susan	38,017
6	Nancy	29,617
7	Deborah	29,062
8	Sandra	28,896
9	Carol	26,163
10	Kathleen	25,705
11	Sharon	24,612
12	Karen	24,132
13	Donna	21,629
14	Brenda	20,798
15	Margaret	18,110
16	Diane	17,636
17	Pamela	16,202
18	Janet	16,193
19	Shirley	15,891
20	Carolyn	15,587
21	Judith	15,352
22	Janice	15,010
23	Cynthia	14,447
24	Elizabeth	14,334
25	Judy	14,207
26	Betty	13,614
27	Joyce	13,416
28	Christine	12,673
29	Cheryl	11,823
30	Gloria	11,037
31	Beverly	10,504
32	Martha	9,838
33	Bonnie	9,746
34	Catherine	9,655
35	Dorothy	9,550
36	Rebecca	9,426
37	Marilyn	9,285
38	Kathy	9,090
39	Jane	8,964
40	Joan	8,860
41	Peggy	8,532
42	Gail	8,350
43	Virginia	8,312
44	Connie	8,145
45	Ann	7,921
46	Kathryn	7,863
47	Diana	7,447
48	Jean	7,432
49	Ruth	7,128
50	Helen	7,060