Top baby names of 1949
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John90,078
- 5Mary76,182
- 6William68,238
- 7Michael66,626
- 8David66,194
- 9Richard56,588
- 10Patricia52,784
- 11Thomas50,182
- 12Barbara48,538
- 13Charles44,450
- 14Susan42,968
- 15Larry35,304
- 16Ronald34,970
- 17Sandra34,910
- 18Nancy33,306
- 19Gary32,136
- 20Carol30,512
- 21Donald30,094
- 22Kathleen30,020
- 23Joseph29,288
- 24Sharon29,284
- 25Kenneth26,188
- 26Karen25,600
- 27Donna25,118
- 28Dennis24,124
- 29Paul23,962
- 30George23,674
- 31Brenda23,396
- 32Stephen22,738
- 33Margaret22,152
- 34Steven22,124
- 35Deborah21,886
- 36Edward21,270
- 37Daniel20,256
- 38Judith20,062
- 39Carolyn19,806
- 40Shirley19,670
- 41Diane19,650
- 42Judy18,192
- 43Jerry17,580
- 44Pamela17,238
- 45Betty17,038
- 46Janet16,926
- 47Janice16,458
- 48Elizabeth15,616
- 49Joyce15,458
- 50Mark15,242
- 51Cynthia14,690
- 52Roger14,232
- 53Cheryl13,678
- 54Bruce13,614
- 55Gloria13,528
- 56Christine13,446
- 57Frank13,282
- 58Terry12,716
- 59Douglas12,566
- 60Raymond12,556
- 61Gregory12,204
- 62Beverly12,034
- 63Dorothy11,868
- 64Lawrence11,370
- 65Marilyn11,236
- 66Martha11,174
- 67Bonnie11,092
- 68Gerald10,900
- 69Joan10,484
- 70Catherine10,408
- 71Peggy10,394
- 72Timothy10,384
- 73Virginia10,132
- 74Rebecca10,000
- 75Jane9,930
- 76Wayne9,896
- 77Kathy9,634
- 78Connie9,358
- 79Anthony9,356
- 80Walter9,220
- 81Peter9,164
- 82Ann8,966
- 83Patrick8,964
- 84Danny8,916
- 85Jean8,846
- 86Willie8,778
- 87Helen8,772
- 88Ruth8,720
- 89Harold8,666
- 90Diana8,582
- 91Carl8,532
- 92Frances8,466
- 93Phyllis8,340
- 94Arthur8,316
- 95Alan8,048
- 96Henry7,966
- 97Jack7,908
- 98Jeffrey7,748
- 99Johnny7,724
- 100Ralph7,492