Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1950
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1949.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1949 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 86,228 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 83,553 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 79,412 | 0 |
| 4 | Michael | 65,136 | +1 |
| 5 | David | 60,729 | +1 |
| 6 | William | 60,680 | -2 |
| 7 | Richard | 51,003 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,596 | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 39,095 | 0 |
| 10 | Gary | 33,737 | +2 |
| 11 | Larry | 31,480 | -1 |
| 12 | Ronald | 29,908 | -1 |
| 13 | Joseph | 27,022 | +1 |
| 14 | Donald | 26,999 | -1 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,813 | 0 |
| 16 | Steven | 23,250 | +4 |
| 17 | Dennis | 22,862 | -1 |
| 18 | Paul | 21,742 | -1 |
| 19 | Stephen | 20,511 | 0 |
| 20 | George | 20,183 | -2 |
| 21 | Daniel | 19,189 | +1 |
| 22 | Edward | 18,714 | -1 |
| 23 | Mark | 16,604 | +1 |
| 24 | Jerry | 15,261 | -1 |
| 25 | Gregory | 13,311 | +6 |
| 26 | Bruce | 12,674 | 0 |
| 27 | Roger | 12,552 | -2 |
| 28 | Douglas | 12,264 | +1 |
| 29 | Frank | 11,606 | -2 |
| 30 | Terry | 11,433 | -2 |
| 31 | Raymond | 11,180 | -1 |
| 32 | Timothy | 10,499 | +2 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 10,173 | -1 |
| 34 | Gerald | 9,726 | -1 |
| 35 | Wayne | 9,259 | 0 |
| 36 | Anthony | 8,612 | 0 |
| 37 | Peter | 8,362 | +1 |
| 38 | Patrick | 8,179 | +1 |
| 39 | Danny | 8,143 | +1 |
| 40 | Walter | 7,798 | -3 |
| 41 | Alan | 7,737 | +4 |
| 42 | Willie | 7,717 | -1 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 7,644 | +5 |
| 44 | Carl | 7,288 | -1 |
| 45 | Harold | 7,214 | -3 |
| 46 | Arthur | 7,161 | -2 |
| 47 | Henry | 6,963 | -1 |
| 48 | Jack | 6,840 | -1 |
| 49 | Dale | 6,785 | +5 |
| 50 | Johnny | 6,581 | -1 |
| 51 | Roy | 6,454 | 0 |
| 52 | Ralph | 6,406 | -2 |
| 53 | Philip | 6,070 | +2 |
| 54 | Joe | 6,033 | -2 |
| 55 | Jimmy | 5,761 | -2 |
| 56 | Albert | 5,754 | 0 |
| 57 | Billy | 5,674 | 0 |
| 58 | Eugene | 5,481 | 0 |
| 59 | Glenn | 5,465 | +2 |
| 60 | Stanley | 5,453 | 0 |
| 61 | Harry | 5,375 | -2 |
| 62 | Samuel | 5,227 | 0 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,164 | 0 |
| 64 | Phillip | 5,055 | +2 |
| 65 | Bobby | 5,019 | +2 |
| 66 | Louis | 4,947 | -2 |
| 67 | Russell | 4,945 | +2 |
| 68 | Andrew | 4,932 | +7 |
| 69 | Craig | 4,888 | +8 |
| 70 | Randall | 4,843 | +9 |
| 71 | Allen | 4,840 | 0 |
| 72 | Christopher | 4,835 | +9 |
| 73 | Kevin | 4,752 | +22 |
| 74 | Barry | 4,694 | -1 |
| 75 | Frederick | 4,659 | -5 |
| 76 | Ronnie | 4,616 | -12 |
| 77 | Leonard | 4,581 | -3 |
| 78 | Keith | 4,566 | +7 |
| 79 | Brian | 4,441 | +7 |
| 80 | Randy | 4,354 | +12 |
| 81 | Ernest | 4,308 | -5 |
| 82 | Scott | 4,268 | +17 |
| 83 | Steve | 4,207 | -15 |
| 84 | Fred | 4,195 | -12 |
| 85 | Martin | 4,180 | -2 |
| 86 | Francis | 4,082 | -8 |
| 87 | Melvin | 3,886 | -5 |
| 88 | Rodney | 3,856 | -1 |
| 89 | Eddie | 3,760 | -9 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,641 | 0 |
| 91 | Lee | 3,611 | +2 |
| 92 | Earl | 3,589 | -1 |
| 93 | Marvin | 3,493 | -4 |
| 94 | Tommy | 3,434 | -10 |
| 95 | Clarence | 3,340 | -1 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,235 | 0 |
| 97 | Curtis | 3,209 | 0 |
| 98 | Eric | 3,095 | +7 |
| 99 | Theodore | 2,960 | +1 |
| 100 | Clifford | 2,940 | +3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.