Top 100 names of the 1950s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 James 843768 4.17
2 Michael 837471 4.14
3 Robert 830395 4.11
4 John 797922 3.95
5 David 769963 3.81
6 William 591228 2.92
7 Richard 535461 2.65
8 Thomas 454385 2.25
9 Mark 382589 1.89
10 Charles 361177 1.79
11 Steven 333666 1.65
12 Gary 329933 1.63
13 Joseph 300012 1.48
14 Donald 273574 1.35
15 Ronald 271139 1.34
16 Kenneth 262819 1.3
17 Paul 253202 1.25
18 Larry 245698 1.22
19 Daniel 243727 1.21
20 Stephen 207276 1.03
21 Dennis 204267 1.01
22 Timothy 198324 0.98
23 Edward 188323 0.93
24 Jeffrey 184668 0.91
25 George 181031 0.9
26 Gregory 178457 0.88
27 Kevin 159010 0.79
28 Douglas 148205 0.73
29 Terry 140724 0.7
30 Anthony 136647 0.68
31 Jerry 136567 0.68
32 Bruce 136457 0.67
33 Randy 120537 0.6
34 Brian 112336 0.56
35 Frank 112321 0.56
36 Scott 111819 0.55
37 Roger 110158 0.54
38 Raymond 108928 0.54
39 Peter 102747 0.51
40 Patrick 96851 0.48
41 Keith 91235 0.45
42 Lawrence 91110 0.45
43 Wayne 88092 0.44
44 Danny 86640 0.43
45 Alan 83976 0.42
46 Gerald 82626 0.41
47 Ricky 79170 0.39
48 Carl 78752 0.39
49 Christopher 78333 0.39
50 Dale 75567 0.37
51 Walter 72197 0.36
52 Craig 69481 0.34
53 Willie 66460 0.33
54 Johnny 65786 0.33
55 Arthur 65716 0.33
56 Steve 64212 0.32
57 Joe 62620 0.31
58 Randall 62450 0.31
59 Russell 62406 0.31
60 Jack 62387 0.31
61 Henry 62230 0.31
62 Harold 62183 0.31
63 Roy 61847 0.31
64 Andrew 60972 0.3
65 Philip 60853 0.3
66 Ralph 60440 0.3
67 Billy 59277 0.29
68 Glenn 58714 0.29
69 Stanley 57164 0.28
70 Jimmy 54892 0.27
71 Rodney 54817 0.27
72 Barry 54812 0.27
73 Samuel 53767 0.27
74 Eric 53295 0.26
75 Bobby 53281 0.26
76 Albert 52829 0.26
77 Phillip 52457 0.26
78 Ronnie 51302 0.25
79 Martin 50994 0.25
80 Mike 48345 0.24
81 Eugene 48281 0.24
82 Louis 47933 0.24
83 Howard 47852 0.24
84 Allen 47322 0.23
85 Curtis 46324 0.23
86 Jeffery 45879 0.23
87 Frederick 44288 0.22
88 Leonard 43551 0.22
89 Harry 43335 0.21
90 Micheal 40908 0.2
91 Tony 40782 0.2
92 Ernest 39680 0.2
93 Eddie 38598 0.19
94 Fred 37445 0.19
95 Darrell 37257 0.18
96 Jay 36969 0.18
97 Melvin 36165 0.18
98 Lee 35826 0.18
99 Matthew 35796 0.18
100 Vincent 35351 0.17

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 625606 3.25
2 Linda 564364 2.93
3 Patricia 459681 2.39
4 Susan 437774 2.28
5 Deborah 430537 2.24
6 Barbara 345722 1.8
7 Debra 341348 1.77
8 Karen 332531 1.73
9 Nancy 286812 1.49
10 Donna 270338 1.41
11 Cynthia 263432 1.37
12 Sandra 251591 1.31
13 Pamela 237398 1.23
14 Sharon 232807 1.21
15 Kathleen 224342 1.17
16 Carol 222656 1.16
17 Diane 210624 1.1
18 Brenda 209241 1.09
19 Cheryl 171387 0.89
20 Janet 167520 0.87
21 Elizabeth 165656 0.86
22 Kathy 157930 0.82
23 Margaret 149582 0.78
24 Janice 133620 0.69
25 Carolyn 124067 0.65
26 Denise 123783 0.64
27 Judy 118060 0.61
28 Rebecca 115690 0.6
29 Joyce 114984 0.6
30 Teresa 114283 0.59
31 Christine 113340 0.59
32 Catherine 108839 0.57
33 Shirley 108807 0.57
34 Judith 108758 0.57
35 Betty 103204 0.54
36 Beverly 97790 0.51
37 Lisa 95824 0.5
38 Laura 95526 0.5
39 Theresa 89608 0.47
40 Connie 88799 0.46
41 Ann 87047 0.45
42 Gloria 86705 0.45
43 Julie 86689 0.45
44 Gail 85618 0.45
45 Joan 85179 0.44
46 Paula 84869 0.44
47 Peggy 84293 0.44
48 Cindy 83979 0.44
49 Martha 83190 0.43
50 Bonnie 83013 0.43
51 Jane 82919 0.43
52 Cathy 82719 0.43
53 Robin 82423 0.43
54 Debbie 82097 0.43
55 Diana 80234 0.42
56 Marilyn 80161 0.42
57 Kathryn 77803 0.4
58 Dorothy 74475 0.39
59 Wanda 72448 0.38
60 Jean 72263 0.38
61 Vicki 71980 0.37
62 Sheila 70174 0.36
63 Virginia 69783 0.36
64 Sherry 68322 0.36
65 Katherine 66855 0.35
66 Rose 66688 0.35
67 Lynn 66049 0.34
68 Jo 63939 0.33
69 Ruth 62538 0.33
70 Maria 62458 0.32
71 Darlene 61886 0.32
72 Jacqueline 60459 0.31
73 Rita 60265 0.31
74 Rhonda 59816 0.31
75 Phyllis 57764 0.3
76 Helen 57580 0.3
77 Vickie 56857 0.3
78 Kim 56080 0.29
79 Lori 56070 0.29
80 Ellen 55392 0.29
81 Elaine 54232 0.28
82 Joanne 53568 0.28
83 Anne 52404 0.27
84 Valerie 52230 0.27
85 Alice 52074 0.27
86 Frances 51200 0.27
87 Suzanne 50330 0.26
88 Marie 49263 0.26
89 Victoria 49127 0.26
90 Kimberly 48958 0.25
91 Anita 47588 0.25
92 Laurie 46964 0.24
93 Michelle 46779 0.24
94 Sally 46706 0.24
95 Terri 46431 0.24
96 Marcia 43733 0.23
97 Terry 43194 0.22
98 Jennifer 43075 0.22
99 Leslie 43049 0.22
100 Doris 42898 0.22