List of the most popular names in the 1950s in the United States

These are the most popular given names in the United States for all years of the 1950s.

1950

• Males
  1. John

• 1. James
  2. Robert
  3. William
  4. Michael
  5. David
  6. Richard
  7. Thomas
  8. Charles
  9. Gary
• Females
  1. Linda
  2. Mary
  3. Patricia
  4. Barbara
  5. Susan
  6. Maria
  7. Sandra
  8. Nancy
  9. Deborah
  10. Kathleen

1951

• Males
  1. Robert
  2. James
  3. John
  4. Michael
  5. David
  6. William
  7. Richard
  8. Thomas
  9. Charles
  10. Gary
• Females
  1. Linda
  2. Mary
  3. Patricia
  4. Barbara
  5. Deborah
  6. Susan
  7. Nancy
  8. Maria
  9. Kathleen
  10. Karen; Sandra (tie)

1952

• Males
  1. James
  2. Robert
  3. John
  4. Michael
  5. David
  6. William
  7. Richard
  8. Thomas
  9. Charles
  10. Gary
• Females
  1. Linda
  2. Mary
  3. Patricia
  4. Deborah
  5. Barbara
  6. Susan
  7. Maria
  8. Nancy
  9. Debra
  10. Kathleen

1953

• Males
  1. Michael
  2. Robert
  3. James
  4. John
  5. David
  6. William
  7. Richard
  8. Thomas
  9. Gary
  10. Charles
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Linda
  3. Deborah
  4. Patricia
  5. Susan
  6. Barbara
  7. Debra
  8. Maria
  9. Nancy
  10. Karen

1954

• Males
  1. Robert
  2. Michael
  3. John
  4. James
  5. David
  6. William
  7. Richard
  8. Thomas
  9. Mark
  10. Gary
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Deborah
  3. Linda
  4. Debra
  5. Patricia; Susan (tie)
  6. -----
  7. Barbara
  8. Maria
  9. Karen
  10. Nancy

1955

• Males
  1. Michael
  2. James
  3. David; Robert (tie)
  4. -----
  5. John
  6. William
  7. Richard
  8. Mark
  9. Thomas
  10. Charles; Steven (tie)
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Deborah
  3. Debra; Linda (tie)
  4. Martha
  5. Patricia
  6. Susan
  7. Maria
  8. Barbara
  9. Karen
  10. Nancy

1956

• Males
  1. Michael
  2. Robert
  3. David
  4. James
  5. John
  6. William
  7. Richard
  8. Mark
  9. Thomas
  10. Steven
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Susan
  3. Debra
  4. Linda
  5. Deborah
  6. Patricia
  7. Karen
  8. Maria
  9. Barbara
  10. Donna
  11. Dawn

1957

• Males
  1. Michael
  2. James
  3. Robert
  4. David
  5. John
  6. William
  7. Richard
  8. Mark
  9. Thomas
  10. Steven
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Susan
  3. Linda
  4. Karen
  5. Patricia
  6. Deborah; Debra (tie)
  7. Cynthia
  8. Maria
  9. Nancy

1958

• Males
  1. Michael
  2. David
  3. Robert
  4. John
  5. James
  6. William
  7. Mark
  8. Richard
  9. Thomas
  10. Charles
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Linda
  3. Susan
  4. Patricia
  5. Karen
  6. Maria
  7. Debra
  8. Cynthia
  9. Deborah
  10. Barbara

1959

• Males
  1. Michael
  2. David
  3. James
  4. John
  5. Robert
  6. Mark
  7. William
  8. Richard
  9. Thomas
  10. Steven
• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Susan
  3. Linda
  4. Donna; Patricia (tie)
  5. -----
  6. Maria
  7. Karen
  8. Debra
  9. Cynthia
  10. Deborah

References

• Most Popular 1000 Names of the 1950s from the Social Security Administration

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