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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#1,380Hannah Hannah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," from Channah.1,447 in the 1950s
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#1,383Louisa Louisa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a Latinate form of Louise.1,442 in the 1950s
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#1,389Lily Lily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily flower," from lilium.1,426 in the 1950s
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#1,391Lilly Lilly is a girl's name of Latin origin taken from the flower, from lilium.1,416 in the 1950s
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#1,397Evangeline Evangeline is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of good news."1,411 in the 1950s
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#1,412Ophelia Ophelia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "help" or "benefit."1,388 in the 1950s
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#1,425Camilla Camilla is a girl's name of Latin origin naming a young attendant at a religious rite.1,354 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.