1950s Baby Names

9,057 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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Rankings for

#10,443
Keyna
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,444
Leyla
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,448
Shelvie
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,453
Divina
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,457
Valley
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,458
Alonna
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,460
Delcenia
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,461
Thecla
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,462
Wyonna
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,463
Valita
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,465
Donzetta
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,467
Rashelle
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,468
Kyong
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,472
Careen
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,477
Lyndy
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,478
Marabeth
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,479
Marielle
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,480
Alicea
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,481
Georgeana
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,482
Cythnia
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,483
Wana
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,485
Geniece
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,486
Marlyse
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,488
Levada
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,490
Levette
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,491
Myrlene
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,492
Corinn
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,493
Evangela
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,496
Raedene
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,501
Mashell
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,502
Janiene
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,503
Janellen
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,505
Elnor
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,508
Monia
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,512
Glenetta
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,514
Labrenda
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,515
Charleene
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,518
Maritta
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,520
Thelda
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,521
Etrulia
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,522
Karlynn
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,523
Crissy
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,524
Magdelena
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,525
Twinkle
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,531
Aspasia
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,532
Correen
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,535
Doshie
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,536
Leellen
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years

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.