The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1950
4,196 different boys’ names were recorded in 1950, covering 1,790,262 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 86,228 |
| 2 | Robert | 83,553 |
| 3 | John | 79,412 |
| 4 | Michael | 65,136 |
| 5 | David | 60,729 |
| 6 | William | 60,680 |
| 7 | Richard | 51,003 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,596 |
| 9 | Charles | 39,095 |
| 10 | Gary | 33,737 |
| 11 | Larry | 31,480 |
| 12 | Ronald | 29,908 |
| 13 | Joseph | 27,022 |
| 14 | Donald | 26,999 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,813 |
| 16 | Steven | 23,250 |
| 17 | Dennis | 22,862 |
| 18 | Paul | 21,742 |
| 19 | Stephen | 20,511 |
| 20 | George | 20,183 |
| 21 | Daniel | 19,189 |
| 22 | Edward | 18,714 |
| 23 | Mark | 16,604 |
| 24 | Jerry | 15,261 |
| 25 | Gregory | 13,311 |
| 26 | Bruce | 12,674 |
| 27 | Roger | 12,552 |
| 28 | Douglas | 12,264 |
| 29 | Frank | 11,606 |
| 30 | Terry | 11,433 |
| 31 | Raymond | 11,180 |
| 32 | Timothy | 10,499 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 10,173 |
| 34 | Gerald | 9,726 |
| 35 | Wayne | 9,259 |
| 36 | Anthony | 8,612 |
| 37 | Peter | 8,362 |
| 38 | Patrick | 8,179 |
| 39 | Danny | 8,143 |
| 40 | Walter | 7,798 |
| 41 | Alan | 7,737 |
| 42 | Willie | 7,717 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 7,644 |
| 44 | Carl | 7,288 |
| 45 | Harold | 7,214 |
| 46 | Arthur | 7,161 |
| 47 | Henry | 6,963 |
| 48 | Jack | 6,840 |
| 49 | Dale | 6,785 |
| 50 | Johnny | 6,581 |
| 51 | Roy | 6,454 |
| 52 | Ralph | 6,406 |
| 53 | Philip | 6,070 |
| 54 | Joe | 6,033 |
| 55 | Jimmy | 5,761 |
| 56 | Albert | 5,754 |
| 57 | Billy | 5,674 |
| 58 | Eugene | 5,481 |
| 59 | Glenn | 5,465 |
| 60 | Stanley | 5,453 |
| 61 | Harry | 5,375 |
| 62 | Samuel | 5,227 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,164 |
| 64 | Phillip | 5,055 |
| 65 | Bobby | 5,019 |
| 66 | Louis | 4,947 |
| 67 | Russell | 4,945 |
| 68 | Andrew | 4,932 |
| 69 | Craig | 4,888 |
| 70 | Randall | 4,843 |
| 71 | Allen | 4,840 |
| 72 | Christopher | 4,835 |
| 73 | Kevin | 4,752 |
| 74 | Barry | 4,694 |
| 75 | Frederick | 4,659 |
| 76 | Ronnie | 4,616 |
| 77 | Leonard | 4,581 |
| 78 | Keith | 4,566 |
| 79 | Brian | 4,441 |
| 80 | Randy | 4,354 |
| 81 | Ernest | 4,308 |
| 82 | Scott | 4,268 |
| 83 | Steve | 4,207 |
| 84 | Fred | 4,195 |
| 85 | Martin | 4,180 |
| 86 | Francis | 4,082 |
| 87 | Melvin | 3,886 |
| 88 | Rodney | 3,856 |
| 89 | Eddie | 3,760 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,641 |
| 91 | Lee | 3,611 |
| 92 | Earl | 3,589 |
| 93 | Marvin | 3,493 |
| 94 | Tommy | 3,434 |
| 95 | Clarence | 3,340 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,235 |
| 97 | Curtis | 3,209 |
| 98 | Eric | 3,095 |
| 99 | Theodore | 2,960 |
| 100 | Clifford | 2,940 |
| 101 | Vincent | 2,920 |
| 102 | Leroy | 2,835 |
| 103 | Jerome | 2,830 |
| 104 | Micheal | 2,823 |
| 105 | Calvin | 2,742 |
| 106 | Victor | 2,713 |
| 107 | Don | 2,712 |
| 108 | Gordon | 2,689 |
| 109 | Jose | 2,638 |
| 110 | Ray | 2,636 |
| 110 | Bernard | 2,636 |
| 112 | Herbert | 2,621 |
| 113 | Mike | 2,614 |
| 114 | Jesse | 2,607 |
| 115 | Jay | 2,584 |
| 116 | Darrell | 2,493 |
| 117 | Edwin | 2,486 |
| 118 | Warren | 2,467 |
| 119 | Leon | 2,427 |
| 120 | Dean | 2,337 |
| 121 | Alvin | 2,269 |
| 122 | Gene | 2,250 |
| 123 | Benjamin | 2,185 |
| 124 | Nicholas | 2,176 |
| 125 | Glen | 2,173 |
| 126 | Leslie | 2,132 |
| 127 | Lloyd | 2,120 |
| 128 | Ricky | 2,107 |
| 129 | Dan | 2,085 |
| 130 | Joel | 2,043 |
| 131 | Bill | 2,040 |
| 132 | Lewis | 2,027 |
| 133 | Juan | 2,025 |
| 134 | Vernon | 2,006 |
| 135 | Lonnie | 1,999 |
| 136 | Clyde | 1,985 |
| 137 | Duane | 1,963 |
| 138 | Jon | 1,945 |
| 139 | Jim | 1,930 |
| 140 | Jackie | 1,927 |
| 141 | Jimmie | 1,901 |
| 142 | Allan | 1,891 |
| 143 | Floyd | 1,890 |
| 144 | Gilbert | 1,881 |
| 145 | Tom | 1,823 |
| 146 | Dwight | 1,812 |
| 147 | Harvey | 1,811 |
| 148 | Lester | 1,758 |
| 149 | Tony | 1,757 |
| 150 | Donnie | 1,724 |
| 151 | Charlie | 1,678 |
| 152 | Bradley | 1,632 |
| 153 | Franklin | 1,624 |
| 154 | Lynn | 1,623 |
| 155 | Freddie | 1,615 |
| 156 | Neil | 1,609 |
| 157 | Johnnie | 1,587 |
| 158 | Manuel | 1,581 |
| 159 | Herman | 1,564 |
| 160 | Leo | 1,554 |
| 161 | Milton | 1,553 |
| 162 | Randolph | 1,550 |
| 163 | Jonathan | 1,538 |
| 164 | Garry | 1,534 |
| 165 | Wesley | 1,527 |
| 166 | Arnold | 1,508 |
| 167 | Marc | 1,503 |
| 168 | Rick | 1,484 |
| 169 | Chester | 1,378 |
| 170 | Ted | 1,355 |
| 171 | Cecil | 1,341 |
| 172 | Karl | 1,304 |
| 173 | Rickey | 1,301 |
| 174 | Matthew | 1,299 |
| 175 | Reginald | 1,297 |
| 176 | Terrence | 1,267 |
| 177 | Claude | 1,253 |
| 178 | Chris | 1,249 |
| 179 | Guy | 1,237 |
| 180 | Kent | 1,233 |
| 181 | Mitchell | 1,224 |
| 182 | Nathaniel | 1,223 |
| 183 | Jeffery | 1,216 |
| 184 | Dana | 1,198 |
| 185 | Maurice | 1,197 |
| 186 | Stuart | 1,196 |
| 187 | Roland | 1,193 |
| 188 | Carlos | 1,189 |
| 189 | Alexander | 1,164 |
| 190 | Fredrick | 1,162 |
| 191 | Gerard | 1,160 |
| 192 | Oscar | 1,103 |
| 193 | Perry | 1,096 |
| 194 | Marshall | 1,082 |
| 195 | Sidney | 1,076 |
| 196 | Rex | 1,069 |
| 197 | Wallace | 1,062 |
| 197 | Kerry | 1,062 |
| 199 | Kirk | 1,030 |
| 200 | Ruben | 1,026 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1950 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.