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Top Names of 1949

The most popular names recorded in 1949 were Linda for girls and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	91,016
2	Mary	66,869
3	Patricia	46,325
4	Barbara	42,599
5	Susan	37,709
6	Sandra	30,643
7	Nancy	29,248
8	Carol	26,781
9	Kathleen	26,357
10	Sharon	25,713
11	Karen	22,468
12	Donna	22,056
13	Brenda	20,544
14	Margaret	19,452
15	Deborah	19,210
16	Judith	17,610
17	Carolyn	17,404
18	Shirley	17,282
19	Diane	17,251
20	Judy	15,979
21	Pamela	15,132
22	Betty	14,937
23	Janet	14,859
24	Janice	14,453
25	Elizabeth	13,714
26	Joyce	13,572
27	Cynthia	12,900
28	Cheryl	12,007
29	Gloria	11,878
30	Christine	11,798
31	Beverly	10,552
32	Dorothy	10,409
33	Marilyn	9,865
34	Martha	9,809
35	Bonnie	9,731
36	Joan	9,206
37	Catherine	9,137
38	Peggy	9,118
39	Virginia	8,895
40	Rebecca	8,778
41	Jane	8,719
42	Kathy	8,451
43	Connie	8,219
44	Ann	7,870
45	Jean	7,760
46	Helen	7,707
47	Ruth	7,651
48	Diana	7,535
49	Frances	7,440
50	Phyllis	7,315

Boys

#	Name	Babies
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