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

#11,425
Gian
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,426
Tonee
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,427
Tujuana
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,428
Phares
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,429
Dwanda
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,430
Virgal
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,431
Raun
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,432
Jermiah
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,433
Ivars
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,434
Carlisa
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,435
Stanislaus
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,436
Shaindy
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,437
Crescencio
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,438
Audrene
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,439
Berit
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,440
Terron
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,441
Lodema
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,442
Maija
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,443
Vania
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,444
Melesa
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,445
Odes
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,446
Jeralene
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,447
Cherree
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,448
Karrin
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,449
Therasa
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,450
Glyndon
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,451
Fleurette
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,452
Ercilia
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,453
Landers
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,454
Warnie
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,455
Marianita
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,456
Breda
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,457
Regie
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,458
Josphine
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,459
Nealie
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,460
Dathan
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,461
Fayth
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,462
Herberto
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,463
Wymon
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,464
Deannie
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,465
Larson
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,466
Antonieta
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,467
Ashford
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,468
Iain
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,469
Alphonsus
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,470
Luree
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,471
Dorotea
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,472
Angelin
16 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.