Top 100 Baby Names for the 1950s
| Rank | Boy Names | Girl Names |
| 1 | James | Mary |
| 2 | Michael | Linda |
| 3 | Robert | Patricia |
| 4 | John | Susan |
| 5 | David | Deborah |
| 6 | William | Barbara |
| 7 | Richard | Debra |
| 8 | Thomas | Karen |
| 9 | Mark | Nancy |
| 10 | Charles | Donna |
| 11 | Steven | Cynthia |
| 12 | Gary | Sandra |
| 13 | Joseph | Pamela |
| 14 | Donald | Sharon |
| 15 | Ronald | Kathleen |
| 16 | Kenneth | Carol |
| 17 | Paul | Diane |
| 18 | Larry | Brenda |
| 19 | Daniel | Cheryl |
| 20 | Stephen | Janet |
| 21 | Dennis | Elizabeth |
| 22 | Timothy | Kathy |
| 23 | Edward | Margaret |
| 24 | Jeffrey | Janice |
| 25 | George | Carolyn |
| 26 | Gregory | Denise |
| 27 | Kevin | Judy |
| 28 | Douglas | Rebecca |
| 29 | Terry | Joyce |
| 30 | Anthony | Teresa |
| 31 | Jerry | Christine |
| 32 | Bruce | Catherine |
| 33 | Randy | Shirley |
| 34 | Brian | Judith |
| 35 | Frank | Betty |
| 36 | Scott | Beverly |
| 37 | Roger | Lisa |
| 38 | Raymond | Laura |
| 39 | Peter | Theresa |
| 40 | Patrick | Connie |
| 41 | Keith | Ann |
| 42 | Lawrence | Julie |
| 43 | Wayne | Gloria |
| 44 | Danny | Gail |
| 45 | Alan | Joan |
| 46 | Gerald | Paula |
| 47 | Ricky | Peggy |
| 48 | Carl | Cindy |
| 49 | Christopher | Martha |
| 50 | Dale | Bonnie |
| 51 | Walter | Jane |
| 52 | Craig | Cathy |
| 53 | Willie | Robin |
| 54 | Johnny | Debbie |
| 55 | Arthur | Diana |
| 56 | Steve | Marilyn |
| 57 | Joe | Kathryn |
| 58 | Randall | Dorothy |
| 59 | Jack | Wanda |
| 60 | Russell | Jean |
| 61 | Henry | Vicki |
| 62 | Harold | Sheila |
| 63 | Roy | Virginia |
| 64 | Andrew | Sherry |
| 65 | Philip | Katherine |
| 66 | Ralph | Rose |
| 67 | Billy | Lynn |
| 68 | Glenn | Jo |
| 69 | Stanley | Ruth |
| 70 | Jimmy | Maria |
| 71 | Rodney | Darlene |
| 72 | Barry | Jacqueline |
| 73 | Samuel | Rita |
| 74 | Eric | Rhonda |
| 75 | Bobby | Phyllis |
| 76 | Albert | Helen |
| 77 | Phillip | Vickie |
| 78 | Ronnie | Kim |
| 79 | Martin | Lori |
| 80 | Mike | Ellen |
| 81 | Eugene | Elaine |
| 82 | Louis | Joanne |
| 83 | Howard | Anne |
| 84 | Allen | Valerie |
| 85 | Curtis | Alice |
| 86 | Jeffery | Frances |
| 87 | Frederick | Suzanne |
| 88 | Leonard | Marie |
| 89 | Harry | Victoria |
| 90 | Micheal | Kimberly |
| 91 | Tony | Anita |
| 92 | Ernest | Laurie |
| 93 | Eddie | Michelle |
| 94 | Fred | Sally |
| 95 | Darrell | Terri |
| 96 | Jay | Marcia |
| 97 | Melvin | Terry |
| 98 | Matthew | Jennifer |
| 99 | Lee | Leslie |
| 100 | Vincent | Doris |