1950s Baby Names
5,178 names were given to children in the United States between 1950 and 1959, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#1,087Joshua Joshua is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yehoshua.2,221 in the 1950s
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#1,096Rocco Rocco is a boy's name of Germanic origin, generally read from a root meaning rest or repose.2,200 in the 1950s
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#1,109Zachary Zachary is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered."2,169 in the 1950s
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#1,142Corey Corey is a boy's name from an Irish surname, generally given as dweller near a hollow.2,060 in the 1950s
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#1,149Harrison Harrison is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Harry."2,037 in the 1950s
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#1,163Levi Levi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "joined" or "attached."1,997 in the 1950s
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#1,175Pablo Pablo is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "small" or "humble," the Spanish form of Paul.1,967 in the 1950s
What Made a 1950s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1950 and 1959. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.