1950s Baby Names

15,671 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

#10,369
Burk
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,370
Tiburcio
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,371
Richards
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,372
Robey
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,373
Robertine
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,374
Mertis
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,375
Victora
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,376
Costello
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,377
Venia
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,378
Katey
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,379
Petrea
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,380
Arthella
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,381
Amye
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,382
Lanice
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,383
Russella
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,384
Pearce
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,385
Ceretha
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,386
Devi
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,387
Shirel
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,388
Jonnette
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,389
Elige
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,390
Lavalle
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,391
Suszanne
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,392
Tomasina
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,393
Aristides
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,394
Rosemaria
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,395
Jalaine
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,396
Jaymee
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,397
Cherre
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,398
Di
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,399
Sharyon
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,400
Nobie
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,401
Annitta
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,402
Lancelot
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,403
Faris
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,404
Shae
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,405
Michon
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,406
Josalyn
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,407
Jodette
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,408
Clent
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,409
Jennet
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,410
Tamberly
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,411
Faun
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,412
Ulyess
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,413
Gailene
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,414
Cindylou
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,415
Estanislado
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,416
Carlye
23 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.