The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1949
4,205 different boys’ names were recorded in 1949, covering 1,773,939 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 86,858 |
| 2 | Robert | 83,873 |
| 3 | John | 81,178 |
| 4 | William | 61,506 |
| 5 | Michael | 60,047 |
| 6 | David | 59,611 |
| 7 | Richard | 50,946 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,192 |
| 9 | Charles | 40,052 |
| 10 | Larry | 31,819 |
| 11 | Ronald | 31,502 |
| 12 | Gary | 28,935 |
| 13 | Donald | 27,121 |
| 14 | Joseph | 26,408 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,589 |
| 16 | Dennis | 21,746 |
| 17 | Paul | 21,589 |
| 18 | George | 21,308 |
| 19 | Stephen | 20,488 |
| 20 | Steven | 19,923 |
| 21 | Edward | 19,174 |
| 22 | Daniel | 18,240 |
| 23 | Jerry | 15,871 |
| 24 | Mark | 13,725 |
| 25 | Roger | 12,821 |
| 26 | Bruce | 12,265 |
| 27 | Frank | 11,960 |
| 28 | Terry | 11,457 |
| 29 | Douglas | 11,322 |
| 30 | Raymond | 11,305 |
| 31 | Gregory | 10,979 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 10,253 |
| 33 | Gerald | 9,808 |
| 34 | Timothy | 9,346 |
| 35 | Wayne | 8,927 |
| 36 | Anthony | 8,452 |
| 37 | Walter | 8,297 |
| 38 | Peter | 8,266 |
| 39 | Patrick | 8,075 |
| 40 | Danny | 8,023 |
| 41 | Willie | 7,916 |
| 42 | Harold | 7,817 |
| 43 | Carl | 7,689 |
| 44 | Arthur | 7,482 |
| 45 | Alan | 7,255 |
| 46 | Henry | 7,183 |
| 47 | Jack | 7,128 |
| 48 | Jeffrey | 6,987 |
| 49 | Johnny | 6,968 |
| 50 | Ralph | 6,748 |
| 51 | Roy | 6,622 |
| 52 | Joe | 6,535 |
| 53 | Jimmy | 6,417 |
| 54 | Dale | 6,229 |
| 55 | Philip | 6,224 |
| 56 | Albert | 6,064 |
| 57 | Billy | 5,821 |
| 58 | Eugene | 5,595 |
| 59 | Harry | 5,544 |
| 60 | Stanley | 5,527 |
| 61 | Glenn | 5,415 |
| 62 | Samuel | 5,356 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,284 |
| 64 | Louis | 5,235 |
| 64 | Ronnie | 5,235 |
| 66 | Phillip | 5,201 |
| 67 | Bobby | 5,120 |
| 68 | Steve | 5,027 |
| 69 | Russell | 5,007 |
| 70 | Frederick | 4,748 |
| 71 | Allen | 4,735 |
| 72 | Fred | 4,731 |
| 73 | Barry | 4,607 |
| 74 | Leonard | 4,551 |
| 75 | Andrew | 4,513 |
| 76 | Ernest | 4,346 |
| 77 | Craig | 4,328 |
| 78 | Francis | 4,281 |
| 79 | Randall | 4,161 |
| 80 | Eddie | 4,106 |
| 81 | Christopher | 4,000 |
| 82 | Melvin | 3,972 |
| 83 | Martin | 3,903 |
| 84 | Tommy | 3,886 |
| 85 | Keith | 3,878 |
| 86 | Brian | 3,854 |
| 87 | Rodney | 3,826 |
| 88 | Mike | 3,742 |
| 89 | Marvin | 3,725 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,668 |
| 91 | Earl | 3,652 |
| 92 | Randy | 3,623 |
| 93 | Lee | 3,562 |
| 94 | Clarence | 3,395 |
| 95 | Kevin | 3,292 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,190 |
| 97 | Curtis | 3,088 |
| 98 | Don | 3,060 |
| 99 | Scott | 3,055 |
| 100 | Theodore | 3,041 |
| 101 | Leroy | 2,938 |
| 102 | Vincent | 2,911 |
| 103 | Clifford | 2,898 |
| 104 | Jerome | 2,769 |
| 105 | Eric | 2,768 |
| 106 | Bill | 2,765 |
| 107 | Herbert | 2,731 |
| 108 | Jim | 2,725 |
| 109 | Ray | 2,710 |
| 110 | Jesse | 2,704 |
| 111 | Bernard | 2,680 |
| 112 | Calvin | 2,567 |
| 113 | Gordon | 2,546 |
| 114 | Tom | 2,543 |
| 115 | Warren | 2,527 |
| 116 | Victor | 2,519 |
| 117 | Darrell | 2,517 |
| 118 | Jay | 2,457 |
| 119 | Gene | 2,444 |
| 120 | Jose | 2,441 |
| 121 | Leon | 2,425 |
| 122 | Micheal | 2,381 |
| 123 | Edwin | 2,374 |
| 124 | Lloyd | 2,330 |
| 125 | Dan | 2,279 |
| 126 | Leslie | 2,208 |
| 127 | Glen | 2,203 |
| 128 | Alvin | 2,158 |
| 129 | Dean | 2,102 |
| 130 | Jimmie | 2,091 |
| 131 | Clyde | 2,084 |
| 132 | Lewis | 2,081 |
| 133 | Floyd | 2,021 |
| 134 | Lonnie | 2,018 |
| 135 | Benjamin | 2,016 |
| 136 | Nicholas | 1,998 |
| 137 | Duane | 1,997 |
| 138 | Joel | 1,987 |
| 139 | Tony | 1,985 |
| 140 | Jackie | 1,958 |
| 141 | Vernon | 1,951 |
| 142 | Harvey | 1,936 |
| 143 | Allan | 1,933 |
| 144 | Jon | 1,884 |
| 145 | Juan | 1,834 |
| 146 | Charlie | 1,833 |
| 147 | Gilbert | 1,810 |
| 148 | Ricky | 1,791 |
| 149 | Lester | 1,752 |
| 150 | Johnnie | 1,729 |
| 151 | Dwight | 1,719 |
| 152 | Freddie | 1,673 |
| 153 | Leo | 1,646 |
| 154 | Manuel | 1,643 |
| 155 | Franklin | 1,621 |
| 156 | Donnie | 1,619 |
| 157 | Herman | 1,613 |
| 158 | Arnold | 1,590 |
| 159 | Lynn | 1,580 |
| 160 | Milton | 1,559 |
| 161 | Neil | 1,471 |
| 162 | Bob | 1,466 |
| 163 | Chester | 1,440 |
| 164 | Jonathan | 1,431 |
| 165 | Garry | 1,418 |
| 166 | Wesley | 1,406 |
| 167 | Marc | 1,396 |
| 168 | Chris | 1,389 |
| 169 | Ted | 1,379 |
| 170 | Rick | 1,362 |
| 171 | Randolph | 1,361 |
| 172 | Karl | 1,321 |
| 173 | Cecil | 1,318 |
| 174 | Bradley | 1,311 |
| 175 | Roland | 1,221 |
| 176 | Claude | 1,219 |
| 176 | Matthew | 1,219 |
| 178 | Stuart | 1,194 |
| 179 | Nathaniel | 1,192 |
| 180 | Alexander | 1,185 |
| 181 | Terrence | 1,177 |
| 182 | Dave | 1,163 |
| 183 | Maurice | 1,153 |
| 184 | Carlos | 1,135 |
| 185 | Guy | 1,131 |
| 186 | Oscar | 1,124 |
| 187 | Marshall | 1,111 |
| 188 | Sam | 1,104 |
| 189 | Reginald | 1,092 |
| 190 | Mitchell | 1,091 |
| 191 | Rickey | 1,087 |
| 192 | Dana | 1,079 |
| 193 | Wallace | 1,076 |
| 194 | Kent | 1,071 |
| 195 | Perry | 1,058 |
| 196 | Jeffery | 1,049 |
| 197 | Gerard | 1,044 |
| 198 | Hugh | 1,042 |
| 199 | Fredrick | 1,032 |
| 200 | Jessie | 1,023 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1949 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.