Government draws from Social Security Administration records to provide an official list of baby names and their popularity across the country.

Popular baby names in 1950. Popular Names from the 50s. Top American boys names of the 1950s In the 50s Americans were listening to doo wop boogie woogie and rock and roll and were naming their boys Jeffrey Kevin Dennis Daniel Larry Terry. In this list spellings are not combined.

203 rows Name Number Name Number. Boys Girls 1950 The top 100 names. In this list spellings are not combined.

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. 1950 Boys Girls 1 John Adam 70 1 Margaret Agnes 10 2 James Adrian 97 2 Elizabeth Aileen 72 3 William Alan 13 3 Mary Alexandra 53 4 Robert Alasdair 86 4 Catherine Alice 53 5 David Alastair 47 5 Anne Alison 40 6 Thomas Albert 66 6 Linda Angela 84 7 Alexander Alexander 7 7 Helen Ann 13. The popular names from the 1950s reflected both respect for tradition and fascination with popular culture.

The popular names of the 1950s. Most Popular Baby Names of the 50s Life in the United States during the 1950s was new and exciting. All names for 1952.

Without further ado here are the 50 most popular names. Previous 1951 Next 1953 All years. 1001 rows Most Popular Names of the 1950s.

A-Z from Belly Ballot Top 1950s Baby Names A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The era of greasers poodle skirts and rock and roll. The top ten baby names from the 50s for both boys and girls were largely unchanged from the previous decade with James and Mary remaining the most popular baby names. The era of greasers poodle skirts and rock and roll.