Top Names of 1950
The most popular names recorded in 1950 were Linda for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |