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
  2. James
  3. Robert
  4. William
  5. Michael
  6. David
  7. Richard
  8. Thomas
  9. Charles
  10. 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. Barbara
  7. Maria
  8. Karen
  9. Nancy
  10. ----

1955

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

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

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. Maria
  8. Nancy
  9. ----

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. Maria
  6. Karen
  7. Debra
  8. Cynthia
  9. Deborah
  10. ----

References

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