Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1949
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1948.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1948 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 86,858 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 83,873 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 81,178 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 61,506 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael | 60,047 | +1 |
| 6 | David | 59,611 | -1 |
| 7 | Richard | 50,946 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,192 | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 40,052 | 0 |
| 10 | Larry | 31,819 | +1 |
| 11 | Ronald | 31,502 | -1 |
| 12 | Gary | 28,935 | 0 |
| 13 | Donald | 27,121 | +1 |
| 14 | Joseph | 26,408 | -1 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,589 | 0 |
| 16 | Dennis | 21,746 | +1 |
| 17 | Paul | 21,589 | +1 |
| 18 | George | 21,308 | -2 |
| 19 | Stephen | 20,488 | +1 |
| 20 | Steven | 19,923 | +3 |
| 21 | Edward | 19,174 | -2 |
| 22 | Daniel | 18,240 | 0 |
| 23 | Jerry | 15,871 | -2 |
| 24 | Mark | 13,725 | +5 |
| 25 | Roger | 12,821 | -1 |
| 26 | Bruce | 12,265 | +2 |
| 27 | Frank | 11,960 | -2 |
| 28 | Terry | 11,457 | -2 |
| 29 | Douglas | 11,322 | +4 |
| 30 | Raymond | 11,305 | -3 |
| 31 | Gregory | 10,979 | +1 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 10,253 | -1 |
| 33 | Gerald | 9,808 | -3 |
| 34 | Timothy | 9,346 | +4 |
| 35 | Wayne | 8,927 | -1 |
| 36 | Anthony | 8,452 | +5 |
| 37 | Walter | 8,297 | -2 |
| 38 | Peter | 8,266 | -1 |
| 39 | Patrick | 8,075 | +9 |
| 40 | Danny | 8,023 | -1 |
| 41 | Willie | 7,916 | -1 |
| 42 | Harold | 7,817 | -6 |
| 43 | Carl | 7,689 | -1 |
| 44 | Arthur | 7,482 | 0 |
| 45 | Alan | 7,255 | +1 |
| 46 | Henry | 7,183 | -1 |
| 47 | Jack | 7,128 | -4 |
| 48 | Jeffrey | 6,987 | +10 |
| 49 | Johnny | 6,968 | +3 |
| 50 | Ralph | 6,748 | +1 |
| 51 | Roy | 6,622 | -2 |
| 52 | Joe | 6,535 | -5 |
| 53 | Jimmy | 6,417 | -3 |
| 54 | Dale | 6,229 | +2 |
| 55 | Philip | 6,224 | -1 |
| 56 | Albert | 6,064 | -1 |
| 57 | Billy | 5,821 | -4 |
| 58 | Eugene | 5,595 | +3 |
| 59 | Harry | 5,544 | -2 |
| 60 | Stanley | 5,527 | +5 |
| 61 | Glenn | 5,415 | +12 |
| 62 | Samuel | 5,356 | +8 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,284 | 0 |
| 64 | Louis | 5,235 | 0 |
| 64 | Ronnie | 5,235 | -5 |
| 66 | Phillip | 5,201 | +3 |
| 67 | Bobby | 5,120 | -5 |
| 68 | Steve | 5,027 | -8 |
| 69 | Russell | 5,007 | -2 |
| 70 | Frederick | 4,748 | +5 |
| 71 | Allen | 4,735 | +1 |
| 72 | Fred | 4,731 | -6 |
| 73 | Barry | 4,607 | +1 |
| 74 | Leonard | 4,551 | -3 |
| 75 | Andrew | 4,513 | +2 |
| 76 | Ernest | 4,346 | 0 |
| 77 | Craig | 4,328 | +5 |
| 78 | Francis | 4,281 | +2 |
| 79 | Randall | 4,161 | +19 |
| 80 | Eddie | 4,106 | -2 |
| 81 | Christopher | 4,000 | +21 |
| 82 | Melvin | 3,972 | -1 |
| 83 | Martin | 3,903 | +5 |
| 84 | Tommy | 3,886 | -5 |
| 85 | Keith | 3,878 | +4 |
| 86 | Brian | 3,854 | +9 |
| 87 | Rodney | 3,826 | +5 |
| 88 | Mike | 3,742 | -20 |
| 89 | Marvin | 3,725 | +1 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,668 | -5 |
| 91 | Earl | 3,652 | -8 |
| 92 | Randy | 3,623 | +7 |
| 93 | Lee | 3,562 | 0 |
| 94 | Clarence | 3,395 | -7 |
| 95 | Kevin | 3,292 | +32 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,190 | 0 |
| 97 | Curtis | 3,088 | +4 |
| 98 | Don | 3,060 | -7 |
| 99 | Scott | 3,055 | +23 |
| 100 | Theodore | 3,041 | +4 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.