Popular Baby Names in 1950

The most popular baby names in 1950.

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