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

#10,465
Donzetta
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,466
Dannial
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
#10,469
Micahel
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,470
Asta
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,471
Harles
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,472
Careen
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,473
Eamon
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,474
Lamond
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,475
Kye
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,476
Neddie
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
#10,484
Ilia
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
#10,487
Starlin
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,488
Levada
23 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,489
Gradie
23 in the 1950s 4 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
#10,494
Cordy
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,495
Avelardo
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,496
Raedene
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,497
Dainel
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,498
Phineas
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,499
Lorance
23 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,500
Shmuel
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
#10,504
Letcher
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,505
Elnor
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,506
Avrum
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,507
Corrin
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,508
Monia
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,509
Tabb
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,510
Lum
22 in the 1950s 4 of 10 years
#10,511
Heron
22 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#10,512
Glenetta
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.