Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	80,433
2	Mary	65,481
3	Patricia	47,944
4	Barbara	41,556
5	Susan	38,017
6	Nancy	29,617
7	Deborah	29,063
8	Sandra	28,896
9	Carol	26,163
10	Kathleen	25,706
11	Sharon	24,612
12	Karen	24,132
13	Donna	21,629
14	Brenda	20,799
15	Margaret	18,110
16	Diane	17,636
17	Pamela	16,202
18	Janet	16,193
19	Shirley	15,891
20	Carolyn	15,588
21	Judith	15,352
22	Janice	15,012
23	Cynthia	14,447
24	Elizabeth	14,334
25	Judy	14,207
26	Betty	13,615
27	Joyce	13,415
28	Christine	12,673
29	Cheryl	11,823
30	Gloria	11,037
31	Beverly	10,503
32	Martha	9,839
33	Bonnie	9,746
34	Catherine	9,655
35	Dorothy	9,551
36	Rebecca	9,425
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	7,061
51	Frances	6,975
52	Wanda	6,929
53	Phyllis	6,695
54	Paula	6,631
55	Jacqueline	6,455
56	Rita	6,424
57	Alice	6,363
58	Katherine	6,205
59	Debra	6,176
60	Elaine	6,037
61	Vicki	5,823
62	Sherry	5,808
63	Laura	5,725
64	Jo	5,676
65	Theresa	5,628
66	Ellen	5,567
67	Joanne	5,491
68	Marsha	5,400
69	Rose	5,376
70	Sheila	5,322
71	Suzanne	5,266
72	Marie	5,222
73	Maria	5,076
74	Doris	5,053
75	Cathy	5,031
76	Lynn	5,020
77	Marcia	4,955
78	Sally	4,870
79	Darlene	4,830
80	Charlotte	4,735
81	Teresa	4,724
82	Denise	4,514
83	Lois	4,504
84	Anne	4,459
85	Constance	4,441
86	Evelyn	4,275
87	Glenda	4,215
88	Sarah	4,143
89	Maureen	4,070
90	Dianne	3,921
91	Eileen	3,883
92	Irene	3,825
93	Anna	3,815
94	Victoria	3,781
95	Jeanne	3,736
96	Roberta	3,630
97	Sylvia	3,612
98	Joann	3,600
99	Anita	3,572
100	Sue	3,503

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	86,228
2	Robert	83,553
3	John	79,412
4	Michael	65,136
5	David	60,729
6	William	60,680
7	Richard	51,003
8	Thomas	45,596
9	Charles	39,095
10	Gary	33,737
11	Larry	31,480
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	21,742
19	Stephen	20,511
20	George	20,183
21	Daniel	19,189
22	Edward	18,714
23	Mark	16,604
24	Jerry	15,261
25	Gregory	13,311
26	Bruce	12,674
27	Roger	12,552
28	Douglas	12,264
29	Frank	11,606
30	Terry	11,433
31	Raymond	11,180
32	Timothy	10,499
33	Lawrence	10,173
34	Gerald	9,726
35	Wayne	9,259
36	Anthony	8,612
37	Peter	8,362
38	Patrick	8,179
39	Danny	8,143
40	Walter	7,798
41	Alan	7,737
42	Willie	7,717
43	Jeffrey	7,644
44	Carl	7,288
45	Harold	7,214
46	Arthur	7,161
47	Henry	6,963
48	Jack	6,840
49	Dale	6,785
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	5,674
58	Eugene	5,481
59	Glenn	5,465
60	Stanley	5,453
61	Harry	5,375
62	Samuel	5,227
63	Howard	5,164
64	Phillip	5,055
65	Bobby	5,019
66	Louis	4,947
67	Russell	4,945
68	Andrew	4,932
69	Craig	4,888
70	Randall	4,843
71	Allen	4,840
72	Christopher	4,835
73	Kevin	4,752
74	Barry	4,694
75	Frederick	4,659
76	Ronnie	4,616
77	Leonard	4,581
78	Keith	4,566
79	Brian	4,441
80	Randy	4,354
81	Ernest	4,308
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	3,760
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	2,940