Top baby names of 1950
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John87,310
- 5Mary74,426
- 6Michael71,620
- 7David66,764
- 8William66,744
- 9Richard56,054
- 10Patricia54,490
- 11Thomas50,140
- 12Barbara47,256
- 13Susan43,222
- 14Charles42,990
- 15Gary37,094
- 16Larry34,578
- 17Nancy33,688
- 18Deborah33,062
- 19Ronald32,910
- 20Sandra32,852
- 21Carol29,742
- 22Joseph29,710
- 23Donald29,672
- 24Kathleen29,220
- 25Sharon27,992
- 26Karen27,450
- 27Kenneth26,176
- 28Steven25,576
- 29Dennis25,106
- 30Donna24,594
- 31Paul23,896
- 32Brenda23,662
- 33Stephen22,546
- 34George22,178
- 35Daniel21,104
- 36Edward20,598
- 37Margaret20,596
- 38Diane20,034
- 39Pamela18,424
- 40Janet18,412
- 41Mark18,274
- 42Shirley18,064
- 43Carolyn17,738
- 44Judith17,458
- 45Janice17,074
- 46Jerry16,782
- 47Cynthia16,430
- 48Elizabeth16,302
- 49Judy16,156
- 50Betty15,500
- 51Joyce15,260
- 52Gregory14,642
- 53Christine14,404
- 54Bruce13,930
- 55Roger13,782
- 56Douglas13,472
- 57Cheryl13,448
- 58Frank12,782
- 59Terry12,576
- 60Gloria12,546
- 61Raymond12,278
- 62Beverly11,950
- 63Timothy11,542
- 64Lawrence11,210
- 65Martha11,172
- 66Bonnie11,084
- 67Catherine10,980
- 68Dorothy10,880
- 69Rebecca10,722
- 70Gerald10,688
- 71Marilyn10,564
- 72Kathy10,340
- 73Jane10,190
- 74Wayne10,186
- 75Joan10,086
- 76Peggy9,690
- 77Gail9,494
- 78Anthony9,482
- 79Virginia9,448
- 80Connie9,276
- 81Peter9,208
- 82Ann9,012
- 83Patrick8,992
- 84Danny8,964
- 85Kathryn8,930
- 86Walter8,576
- 87Alan8,510
- 88Willie8,498
- 89Diana8,460
- 90Jean8,452
- 91Jeffrey8,418
- 92Ruth8,104
- 93Helen8,032
- 94Carl8,010
- 95Harold7,922
- 96Arthur7,866
- 97Henry7,674
- 98Jack7,524
- 99Dale7,444
- 100Johnny7,244