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

#11,473
Gennetta
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,474
Kerman
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,475
Marek
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,476
Carlinda
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,477
Geraldina
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,478
Cato
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,479
Isacc
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,480
Dorien
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,481
Adolpho
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,482
Avanell
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,483
Geannie
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,484
Day
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,485
Claudett
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,486
Venesa
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,487
Carmaleta
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,488
Salinda
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,489
Jaclynne
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,490
Inetha
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,491
Melvis
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,492
Cherrel
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,493
Nolia
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,494
Nakita
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,495
Tesa
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,496
Nicolo
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,497
Dibbie
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,498
Suni
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,499
Rida
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,500
Jc
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,501
Vondra
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,502
Garris
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,503
Lesha
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,504
Ebert
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,505
Mischa
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,506
Derra
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,507
Reynoldo
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,508
Doryce
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,509
Evora
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,510
Canice
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,511
Fancy
16 in the 1950s 2 of 10 years
#11,512
Kyleen
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,513
Kimalee
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,514
Burwell
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,515
Harrington
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,516
Bluford
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,517
Augustino
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,518
Rayman
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,519
Dawanna
16 in the 1950s 3 of 10 years
#11,520
Rubby
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.