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.

Popular baby names of the 1950s. The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1950s. Meanwhile you dont meet too many newborn baby girls named Donna Linda or. Returning soldiers and their families left the city for the suburbs where kids played in front yards and neighbors enjoyed Sunday barbecues.

Life in the United States during the 1950s was new and exciting. Top 1950s Baby Names. Elvis and I Love Lucy kept everyone entertained the first McDonalds opened Dr Seuss published The Cat.

We decided to take a look at the most popular names of the 1950s. Denise and Dennis Donna and Donald these are the names of todays grandmas and grandpas not quite baby-ready for another generation. Top names from the 1950s.

Government draws from Social Security Administration records to provide an official list of baby names and their popularity across the country. 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. 203 rows Name Number Name Number.

1950s Girl Names Mary. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 20501466 male births and 19727902 female births. Anthony Worthy of admiration or praise.

In this list spellings are not combined. James Dean became the cultural icon of this decade after starring as The Rebel Without a Cause James meaning supplanter has remained a popular name and has biblical roots. 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.