Most popular US names of the 1950s
The 100 most given girl names, boy names and gender-neutral names across 1950–1959, by total births over the decade. Source: US Social Security Administration.
♀ Girls
- Mary
- Linda
- Patricia
- Susan
- Deborah
- Barbara
- Debra
- Karen
- Nancy
- Donna
- Cynthia
- Sandra
- Pamela
- Sharon
- Kathleen
- Carol
- Diane
- Brenda
- Cheryl
- Janet
- Elizabeth
- Kathy
- Margaret
- Janice
- Carolyn
- Denise
- Judy
- Rebecca
- Joyce
- Teresa
- Christine
- Catherine
- Shirley
- Judith
- Betty
- Beverly
- Lisa
- Laura
- Theresa
- Connie
- Ann
- Gloria
- Julie
- Gail
- Joan
- Paula
- Peggy
- Cindy
- Martha
- Bonnie
- Jane
- Cathy
- Robin
- Debbie
- Diana
- Marilyn
- Kathryn
- Dorothy
- Wanda
- Jean
- Vicki
- Sheila
- Virginia
- Sherry
- Katherine
- Rose
- Lynn
- Jo
- Ruth
- Maria
- Darlene
- Jacqueline
- Rita
- Rhonda
- Phyllis
- Helen
- Vickie
- Kim
- Lori
- Ellen
- Elaine
- Joanne
- Anne
- Valerie
- Alice
- Frances
- Suzanne
- Marie
- Victoria
- Kimberly
- Anita
- Laurie
- Michelle
- Sally
- Terri
- Marcia
- Terry
- Jennifer
- Leslie
- Doris
♂ Boys
- James
- Michael
- Robert
- John
- David
- William
- Richard
- Thomas
- Mark
- Charles
- Steven
- Gary
- Joseph
- Donald
- Ronald
- Kenneth
- Paul
- Larry
- Daniel
- Stephen
- Dennis
- Timothy
- Edward
- Jeffrey
- George
- Gregory
- Kevin
- Douglas
- Terry
- Anthony
- Jerry
- Bruce
- Randy
- Brian
- Frank
- Scott
- Roger
- Raymond
- Peter
- Patrick
- Keith
- Lawrence
- Wayne
- Danny
- Alan
- Gerald
- Ricky
- Carl
- Christopher
- Dale
- Walter
- Craig
- Willie
- Johnny
- Arthur
- Steve
- Joe
- Randall
- Russell
- Jack
- Henry
- Harold
- Roy
- Andrew
- Philip
- Ralph
- Billy
- Glenn
- Stanley
- Jimmy
- Rodney
- Barry
- Samuel
- Eric
- Bobby
- Albert
- Phillip
- Ronnie
- Martin
- Mike
- Eugene
- Louis
- Howard
- Allen
- Curtis
- Jeffery
- Frederick
- Leonard
- Harry
- Micheal
- Tony
- Ernest
- Eddie
- Fred
- Darrell
- Jay
- Melvin
- Lee
- Matthew
- Vincent