Top 100 names of the 1950s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 James 843731 4.17
2 Michael 837430 4.14
3 Robert 830364 4.11
4 John 797882 3.95
5 David 769911 3.81
6 William 591197 2.92
7 Richard 535428 2.65
8 Thomas 454368 2.25
9 Mark 382566 1.89
10 Charles 361172 1.79
11 Steven 333641 1.65
12 Gary 329927 1.63
13 Joseph 299989 1.48
14 Donald 273566 1.35
15 Ronald 271131 1.34
16 Kenneth 262807 1.3
17 Paul 253176 1.25
18 Larry 245680 1.22
19 Daniel 243706 1.21
20 Stephen 207266 1.03
21 Dennis 204258 1.01
22 Timothy 198303 0.98
23 Edward 188319 0.93
24 Jeffrey 184655 0.91
25 George 181022 0.9
26 Gregory 178442 0.88
27 Kevin 159000 0.79
28 Douglas 148193 0.73
29 Terry 140722 0.7
30 Anthony 136641 0.68
31 Jerry 136569 0.68
32 Bruce 136452 0.67
33 Randy 120528 0.6
34 Brian 112330 0.56
35 Frank 112322 0.56
36 Scott 111814 0.55
37 Roger 110151 0.54
38 Raymond 108931 0.54
39 Peter 102748 0.51
40 Patrick 96850 0.48
41 Keith 91228 0.45
42 Lawrence 91108 0.45
43 Wayne 88096 0.44
44 Danny 86638 0.43
45 Alan 83974 0.42
46 Gerald 82623 0.41
47 Ricky 79162 0.39
48 Carl 78751 0.39
49 Christopher 78315 0.39
50 Dale 75563 0.37
51 Walter 72196 0.36
52 Craig 69478 0.34
53 Willie 66458 0.33
54 Johnny 65781 0.33
55 Arthur 65714 0.33
56 Steve 64222 0.32
57 Joe 62620 0.31
58 Randall 62449 0.31
59 Russell 62399 0.31
60 Jack 62384 0.31
61 Henry 62230 0.31
62 Harold 62178 0.31
63 Roy 61845 0.31
64 Andrew 60967 0.3
65 Philip 60849 0.3
66 Ralph 60438 0.3
67 Billy 59279 0.29
68 Glenn 58710 0.29
69 Stanley 57161 0.28
70 Jimmy 54889 0.27
71 Rodney 54815 0.27
72 Barry 54806 0.27
73 Samuel 53767 0.27
74 Eric 53296 0.26
75 Bobby 53281 0.26
76 Albert 52835 0.26
77 Phillip 52457 0.26
78 Ronnie 51297 0.25
79 Martin 50987 0.25
80 Mike 48347 0.24
81 Eugene 48281 0.24
82 Louis 47928 0.24
83 Howard 47855 0.24
84 Allen 47319 0.23
85 Curtis 46318 0.23
86 Jeffery 45877 0.23
87 Frederick 44279 0.22
88 Leonard 43553 0.22
89 Harry 43333 0.21
90 Micheal 40913 0.2
91 Tony 40782 0.2
92 Ernest 39678 0.2
93 Eddie 38595 0.19
94 Fred 37449 0.19
95 Darrell 37256 0.18
96 Jay 36968 0.18
97 Melvin 36166 0.18
98 Lee 35824 0.18
99 Matthew 35793 0.18
100 Vincent 35352 0.17

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 625603 3.25
2 Linda 564353 2.93
3 Patricia 459671 2.39
4 Susan 437765 2.28
5 Deborah 430534 2.24
6 Barbara 345724 1.8
7 Debra 341343 1.77
8 Karen 332525 1.73
9 Nancy 286807 1.49
10 Donna 270332 1.41
11 Cynthia 263425 1.37
12 Sandra 251591 1.31
13 Pamela 237396 1.23
14 Sharon 232805 1.21
15 Kathleen 224339 1.17
16 Carol 222649 1.16
17 Diane 210628 1.1
18 Brenda 209236 1.09
19 Cheryl 171389 0.89
20 Janet 167515 0.87
21 Elizabeth 165658 0.86
22 Kathy 157928 0.82
23 Margaret 149582 0.78
24 Janice 133616 0.69
25 Carolyn 124069 0.65
26 Denise 123781 0.64
27 Judy 118059 0.61
28 Rebecca 115689 0.6
29 Joyce 114980 0.6
30 Teresa 114280 0.59
31 Christine 113341 0.59
32 Catherine 108838 0.57
33 Shirley 108807 0.57
34 Judith 108755 0.57
35 Betty 103201 0.54
36 Beverly 97786 0.51
37 Lisa 95821 0.5
38 Laura 95525 0.5
39 Theresa 89601 0.47
40 Connie 88801 0.46
41 Ann 87044 0.45
42 Gloria 86707 0.45
43 Julie 86690 0.45
44 Gail 85618 0.45
45 Joan 85178 0.44
46 Paula 84868 0.44
47 Peggy 84292 0.44
48 Cindy 83977 0.44
49 Martha 83188 0.43
50 Bonnie 83011 0.43
51 Jane 82920 0.43
52 Cathy 82718 0.43
53 Robin 82425 0.43
54 Debbie 82098 0.43
55 Diana 80235 0.42
56 Marilyn 80160 0.42
57 Kathryn 77801 0.4
58 Dorothy 74476 0.39
59 Wanda 72448 0.38
60 Jean 72264 0.38
61 Vicki 71979 0.37
62 Sheila 70173 0.36
63 Virginia 69783 0.36
64 Sherry 68323 0.36
65 Katherine 66852 0.35
66 Rose 66689 0.35
67 Lynn 66047 0.34
68 Jo 63942 0.33
69 Ruth 62535 0.33
70 Maria 62450 0.32
71 Darlene 61885 0.32
72 Jacqueline 60460 0.31
73 Rita 60267 0.31
74 Rhonda 59816 0.31
75 Phyllis 57769 0.3
76 Helen 57576 0.3
77 Vickie 56857 0.3
78 Kim 56080 0.29
79 Lori 56069 0.29
80 Ellen 55391 0.29
81 Elaine 54234 0.28
82 Joanne 53570 0.28
83 Anne 52402 0.27
84 Valerie 52234 0.27
85 Alice 52074 0.27
86 Frances 51200 0.27
87 Suzanne 50329 0.26
88 Marie 49264 0.26
89 Victoria 49126 0.26
90 Kimberly 48957 0.25
91 Anita 47592 0.25
92 Laurie 46961 0.24
93 Michelle 46780 0.24
94 Sally 46705 0.24
95 Terri 46431 0.24
96 Marcia 43734 0.23
97 Terry 43192 0.22
98 Jennifer 43071 0.22
99 Leslie 43046 0.22
100 Doris 42896 0.22