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Top Baby Names 1950

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,713,056 · Total Boys: 1,790,302

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Linda	80,431	4.695%
2	Mary	65,482	3.823%
3	Patricia	47,944	2.799%
4	Barbara	41,555	2.426%
5	Susan	38,017	2.219%
6	Nancy	29,617	1.729%
7	Deborah	29,062	1.697%
8	Sandra	28,896	1.687%
9	Carol	26,163	1.527%
10	Kathleen	25,705	1.501%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Sharon	24,612	1.437%
12	Karen	24,132	1.409%
13	Donna	21,629	1.263%
14	Brenda	20,798	1.214%
15	Margaret	18,110	1.057%
16	Diane	17,636	1.030%
17	Pamela	16,202	0.946%
18	Janet	16,193	0.945%
19	Shirley	15,891	0.928%
20	Carolyn	15,587	0.910%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Judith	15,352	0.896%
22	Janice	15,010	0.876%
23	Cynthia	14,447	0.843%
24	Elizabeth	14,334	0.837%
25	Judy	14,207	0.829%
26	Betty	13,614	0.795%
27	Joyce	13,416	0.783%
28	Christine	12,673	0.740%
29	Cheryl	11,823	0.690%
30	Gloria	11,037	0.644%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Beverly	10,504	0.613%
32	Martha	9,838	0.574%
33	Bonnie	9,746	0.569%
34	Catherine	9,655	0.564%
35	Dorothy	9,550	0.557%
36	Rebecca	9,426	0.550%
37	Marilyn	9,285	0.542%
38	Kathy	9,090	0.531%
39	Jane	8,964	0.523%
40	Joan	8,860	0.517%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Peggy	8,532	0.498%
42	Gail	8,350	0.487%
43	Virginia	8,312	0.485%
44	Connie	8,145	0.475%
45	Ann	7,921	0.462%
46	Kathryn	7,863	0.459%
47	Diana	7,447	0.435%
48	Jean	7,432	0.434%
49	Ruth	7,128	0.416%
50	Helen	7,060	0.412%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Frances	6,974	0.407%
52	Wanda	6,929	0.404%
53	Phyllis	6,695	0.391%
54	Paula	6,631	0.387%
55	Jacqueline	6,455	0.377%
56	Rita	6,423	0.375%
57	Alice	6,363	0.371%
58	Katherine	6,205	0.362%
59	Debra	6,176	0.361%
60	Elaine	6,037	0.352%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Vicki	5,823	0.340%
62	Sherry	5,808	0.339%
63	Laura	5,725	0.334%
64	Jo	5,676	0.331%
65	Theresa	5,628	0.329%
66	Ellen	5,567	0.325%
67	Joanne	5,491	0.321%
68	Marsha	5,400	0.315%
69	Rose	5,376	0.314%
70	Sheila	5,322	0.311%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Suzanne	5,267	0.307%
72	Marie	5,222	0.305%
73	Maria	5,076	0.296%
74	Doris	5,053	0.295%
75	Cathy	5,031	0.294%
76	Lynn	5,019	0.293%
77	Marcia	4,956	0.289%
78	Sally	4,870	0.284%
79	Darlene	4,830	0.282%
80	Charlotte	4,736	0.276%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Teresa	4,724	0.276%
82	Denise	4,514	0.264%
83	Lois	4,504	0.263%
84	Anne	4,459	0.260%
85	Constance	4,441	0.259%
86	Evelyn	4,275	0.250%
87	Glenda	4,215	0.246%
88	Sarah	4,144	0.242%
89	Maureen	4,070	0.238%
90	Dianne	3,921	0.229%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Eileen	3,883	0.227%
92	Irene	3,825	0.223%
93	Anna	3,815	0.223%
94	Victoria	3,781	0.221%
95	Jeanne	3,736	0.218%
96	Roberta	3,630	0.212%
97	Sylvia	3,612	0.211%
98	Joann	3,600	0.210%
99	Anita	3,573	0.209%
100	Sue	3,503	0.204%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	86,223	4.816%
2	Robert	83,551	4.667%
3	John	79,412	4.436%
4	Michael	65,138	3.638%
5	David	60,729	3.392%
6	William	60,679	3.389%
7	Richard	51,004	2.849%
8	Thomas	45,596	2.547%
9	Charles	39,097	2.184%
10	Gary	33,740	1.885%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Larry	31,478	1.758%
12	Ronald	29,908	1.671%
13	Joseph	27,022	1.509%
14	Donald	26,999	1.508%
15	Kenneth	23,813	1.330%
16	Steven	23,250	1.299%
17	Dennis	22,862	1.277%
18	Paul	21,743	1.214%
19	Stephen	20,511	1.146%
20	George	20,182	1.127%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Daniel	19,189	1.072%
22	Edward	18,715	1.045%
23	Mark	16,605	0.928%
24	Jerry	15,262	0.852%
25	Gregory	13,311	0.744%
26	Bruce	12,674	0.708%
27	Roger	12,552	0.701%
28	Douglas	12,265	0.685%
29	Frank	11,607	0.648%
30	Terry	11,433	0.639%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Raymond	11,181	0.625%
32	Timothy	10,498	0.586%
33	Lawrence	10,174	0.568%
34	Gerald	9,725	0.543%
35	Wayne	9,259	0.517%
36	Anthony	8,614	0.481%
37	Peter	8,366	0.467%
38	Patrick	8,180	0.457%
39	Danny	8,143	0.455%
40	Walter	7,798	0.436%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Alan	7,738	0.432%
42	Willie	7,720	0.431%
43	Jeffrey	7,643	0.427%
44	Carl	7,288	0.407%
45	Harold	7,215	0.403%
46	Arthur	7,161	0.400%
47	Henry	6,965	0.389%
48	Jack	6,839	0.382%
49	Dale	6,787	0.379%
50	Johnny	6,581	0.368%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Roy	6,454	0.361%
52	Ralph	6,406	0.358%
53	Philip	6,070	0.339%
54	Joe	6,033	0.337%
55	Jimmy	5,761	0.322%
56	Albert	5,754	0.321%
57	Billy	5,676	0.317%
58	Eugene	5,482	0.306%
59	Glenn	5,465	0.305%
60	Stanley	5,453	0.305%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Harry	5,375	0.300%
62	Samuel	5,226	0.292%
63	Howard	5,165	0.289%
64	Phillip	5,055	0.282%
65	Bobby	5,018	0.280%
66	Louis	4,947	0.276%
67	Russell	4,945	0.276%
68	Andrew	4,932	0.275%
69	Craig	4,888	0.273%
70	Randall	4,843	0.271%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Allen	4,841	0.270%
72	Christopher	4,835	0.270%
73	Kevin	4,751	0.265%
74	Barry	4,693	0.262%
75	Frederick	4,659	0.260%
76	Ronnie	4,616	0.258%
77	Leonard	4,581	0.256%
78	Keith	4,567	0.255%
79	Brian	4,442	0.248%
80	Randy	4,355	0.243%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Ernest	4,309	0.241%
82	Scott	4,268	0.238%
83	Steve	4,207	0.235%
84	Fred	4,195	0.234%
85	Martin	4,180	0.233%
86	Francis	4,082	0.228%
87	Melvin	3,886	0.217%
88	Rodney	3,856	0.215%
89	Eddie	3,761	0.210%
90	Norman	3,641	0.203%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lee	3,611	0.202%
92	Earl	3,589	0.200%
93	Marvin	3,493	0.195%
94	Tommy	3,434	0.192%
95	Clarence	3,340	0.187%
96	Alfred	3,235	0.181%
97	Curtis	3,209	0.179%
98	Eric	3,095	0.173%
99	Theodore	2,960	0.165%
100	Clifford	2,941	0.164%

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