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

#10,417
Cina
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,418
Randoll
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,419
Armenta
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,420
Bolivar
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,421
Ondra
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,422
Elery
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,423
Hennie
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,424
Coleta
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,425
Beneta
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,426
Rosezella
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,427
Dowell
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,428
Irineo
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,429
Janes
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,430
Charlanne
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,431
Scherri
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,432
Franchot
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,433
Lavaun
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,434
Joslin
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,435
Carolle
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,436
Ferol
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,437
Lutisha
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,438
Lanett
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,439
Thaddius
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,440
Tamlyn
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,441
Rodert
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,442
Marylynne
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,443
Keyna
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,444
Leyla
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,445
Dare
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,446
Ranald
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,447
Indy
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,448
Shelvie
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,449
Aldrich
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,450
Forbes
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,451
Jeany
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,452
Valerian
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,453
Divina
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,454
Jerrod
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,455
Regionald
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,456
Dahl
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
#10,459
Moe
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
#10,464
Seward
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.