Pre-1960 data was scraped from here.

Baby boy names popular in 1950. 25 rows All names for 1950. It is also the name of famous hockey player Carl Voss. For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name.

For 1950-1959 has been compiled from a number of sources including the Social Security Administration and various Offices of. We decided to take a look at the most popular names of the 1950s. By natalielair Plays Quiz not verified by Sporcle.

The video above shows the shift of the most popular names for newborn baby boys in the US by state between 1950 and 2018. Elijah moved up one spot to number four and William moved down to five number. Top names from the 1950s.

According to V1 Analytics. Top American boys names of the 1950s James. Who is like God.

In 2020 the name ranked at No. State-level data from 1960 to 2018 was scraped from ssagovs Popular Names by State tool. Calvin also used as Cal was a popular name in the 50s.

Two-syllable names are also popular for baby boys. As tends to be the case the names for boys are a bit more timeless Michael James and William are still on the top 10 list today. Data is from the Social Security Administration.