100 Most popular boy names of 1950, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1950 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1950.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
86229
4.9
-
2
Robert
83555
4.75
-
3
John
79423
4.52
-
4
Michael
65140
3.7
+1
5
David
60729
3.45
+1
6
William
60685
3.45
-2
7
Richard
51002
2.9
-
8
Thomas
45597
2.59
-
9
Charles
39099
2.22
-
10
Gary
33742
1.92
+2
11
Larry
31483
1.79
-1
12
Ronald
29912
1.7
-1
13
Joseph
27022
1.54
+1
14
Donald
27000
1.54
-1
15
Kenneth
23818
1.35
-
16
Steven
23249
1.32
+4
17
Dennis
22863
1.3
-1
18
Paul
21744
1.24
-1
19
Stephen
20512
1.17
-
20
George
20180
1.15
-2
21
Daniel
19191
1.09
+1
22
Edward
18713
1.06
-1
23
Mark
16605
0.94
+1
24
Jerry
15265
0.87
-1
25
Gregory
13310
0.76
+6
26
Bruce
12673
0.72
-
27
Roger
12551
0.71
-2
28
Douglas
12265
0.7
+1
29
Frank
11609
0.66
-2
30
Terry
11432
0.65
-2
31
Raymond
11180
0.64
-1
32
Timothy
10502
0.6
+2
33
Lawrence
10174
0.58
-1
34
Gerald
9722
0.55
-1
35
Wayne
9262
0.53
-
36
Anthony
8614
0.49
-
37
Peter
8366
0.48
+1
38
Patrick
8182
0.47
+1
39
Danny
8145
0.46
+1
40
Walter
7794
0.44
-3
41
Alan
7739
0.44
+4
42
Willie
7724
0.44
-1
43
Jeffrey
7643
0.43
+5
44
Carl
7287
0.41
-1
45
Harold
7216
0.41
-3
46
Arthur
7159
0.41
-2
47
Henry
6966
0.4
-1
48
Jack
6838
0.39
-1
49
Dale
6787
0.39
+5
50
Johnny
6582
0.37
-1
51
Roy
6455
0.37
-
52
Ralph
6405
0.36
-2
53
Philip
6071
0.35
+2
54
Joe
6034
0.34
-2
55
Jimmy
5762
0.33
-2
56
Albert
5754
0.33
-
57
Billy
5677
0.32
-
58
Eugene
5485
0.31
-
59
Glenn
5466
0.31
+2
60
Stanley
5453
0.31
-
61
Harry
5375
0.31
-2
62
Samuel
5225
0.3
-
63
Howard
5167
0.29
-
64
Phillip
5054
0.29
+2
65
Bobby
5016
0.29
+2
66
Louis
4948
0.28
-1
67
Russell
4942
0.28
+2
68
Andrew
4931
0.28
+7
69
Craig
4888
0.28
+8
70
Randall
4842
0.28
+9
71
Allen
4840
0.28
-
72
Christopher
4835
0.27
+9
73
Kevin
4754
0.27
+22
74
Barry
4692
0.27
-1
75
Frederick
4659
0.26
-5
76
Ronnie
4617
0.26
-12
77
Leonard
4581
0.26
-3
78
Keith
4568
0.26
+7
79
Brian
4445
0.25
+7
80
Randy
4356
0.25
+12
81
Ernest
4308
0.24
-5
82
Scott
4269
0.24
+17
83
Steve
4205
0.24
-15
84
Fred
4196
0.24
-12
85
Martin
4181
0.24
-2
86
Francis
4082
0.23
-8
87
Melvin
3889
0.22
-5
88
Rodney
3856
0.22
-1
89
Eddie
3759
0.21
-9
90
Norman
3640
0.21
-
91
Lee
3610
0.21
+2
92
Earl
3589
0.2
-1
93
Marvin
3494
0.2
-4
94
Tommy
3433
0.2
-10
95
Clarence
3341
0.19
-1
96
Alfred
3234
0.18
-
97
Curtis
3209
0.18
-
98
Eric
3096
0.18
+7
99
Theodore
2960
0.17
+1
100
Clifford
2940
0.17
+3
101
Vincent
2921
0.17
+1
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1950)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html