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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#10,834Orla Orla is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "golden princess."20 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
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#10,862Lilliana Lilliana is a girl's name that's generally read as "lily," and it's a spelling variation of Liliana.20 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
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#10,889Roise Roise is a girl's name of Germanic origin, the Irish form of Rose — and Rose did not originally mean the flower at all.19 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
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#10,896Lyra Lyra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "lyre," the stringed instrument of classical antiquity.19 in the 1950s 3 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.