Top Baby Names in 1949
Most popular baby names in United States for 1949
Statistics
Showing 100 most popular names
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Linda | Girl | 91,016 |
| #1 | James | Boy | 86,859 |
| #2 | Robert | Boy | 83,876 |
| #3 | John | Boy | 81,180 |
| #2 | Mary | Girl | 66,869 |
| #4 | William | Boy | 61,504 |
| #5 | Michael | Boy | 60,046 |
| #6 | David | Boy | 59,610 |
| #7 | Richard | Boy | 50,947 |
| #3 | Patricia | Girl | 46,325 |
| #8 | Thomas | Boy | 45,195 |
| #4 | Barbara | Girl | 42,599 |
| #9 | Charles | Boy | 40,047 |
| #5 | Susan | Girl | 37,709 |
| #10 | Larry | Boy | 31,817 |
| #11 | Ronald | Boy | 31,497 |
| #6 | Sandra | Girl | 30,643 |
| #7 | Nancy | Girl | 29,248 |
| #12 | Gary | Boy | 28,933 |
| #13 | Donald | Boy | 27,121 |
| #8 | Carol | Girl | 26,781 |
| #14 | Joseph | Boy | 26,407 |
| #9 | Kathleen | Girl | 26,357 |
| #10 | Sharon | Girl | 25,713 |
| #15 | Kenneth | Boy | 23,588 |
| #11 | Karen | Girl | 22,468 |
| #12 | Donna | Girl | 22,056 |
| #16 | Dennis | Boy | 21,747 |
| #17 | Paul | Boy | 21,589 |
| #18 | George | Boy | 21,309 |
| #13 | Brenda | Girl | 20,544 |
| #19 | Stephen | Boy | 20,488 |
| #20 | Steven | Boy | 19,923 |
| #14 | Margaret | Girl | 19,452 |
| #15 | Deborah | Girl | 19,210 |
| #21 | Edward | Boy | 19,172 |
| #22 | Daniel | Boy | 18,240 |
| #16 | Judith | Girl | 17,610 |
| #17 | Carolyn | Girl | 17,404 |
| #18 | Shirley | Girl | 17,282 |
| #19 | Diane | Girl | 17,251 |
| #20 | Judy | Girl | 15,979 |
| #23 | Jerry | Boy | 15,870 |
| #21 | Pamela | Girl | 15,132 |
| #22 | Betty | Girl | 14,937 |
| #23 | Janet | Girl | 14,859 |
| #24 | Janice | Girl | 14,453 |
| #24 | Mark | Boy | 13,726 |
| #25 | Elizabeth | Girl | 13,714 |
| #26 | Joyce | Girl | 13,572 |
| #27 | Cynthia | Girl | 12,900 |
| #25 | Roger | Boy | 12,821 |
| #26 | Bruce | Boy | 12,265 |
| #28 | Cheryl | Girl | 12,007 |
| #27 | Frank | Boy | 11,960 |
| #29 | Gloria | Girl | 11,878 |
| #30 | Christine | Girl | 11,798 |
| #28 | Terry | Boy | 11,457 |
| #29 | Douglas | Boy | 11,321 |
| #30 | Raymond | Boy | 11,305 |
| #31 | Gregory | Boy | 10,979 |
| #31 | Beverly | Girl | 10,552 |
| #32 | Dorothy | Girl | 10,409 |
| #32 | Lawrence | Boy | 10,253 |
| #33 | Marilyn | Girl | 9,865 |
| #33 | Gerald | Boy | 9,809 |
| #34 | Martha | Girl | 9,809 |
| #35 | Bonnie | Girl | 9,731 |
| #34 | Timothy | Boy | 9,346 |
| #36 | Joan | Girl | 9,206 |
| #37 | Catherine | Girl | 9,137 |
| #38 | Peggy | Girl | 9,118 |
| #35 | Wayne | Boy | 8,927 |
| #39 | Virginia | Girl | 8,895 |
| #40 | Rebecca | Girl | 8,778 |
| #41 | Jane | Girl | 8,719 |
| #36 | Anthony | Boy | 8,451 |
| #42 | Kathy | Girl | 8,451 |
| #37 | Walter | Boy | 8,296 |
| #38 | Peter | Boy | 8,265 |
| #43 | Connie | Girl | 8,219 |
| #39 | Patrick | Boy | 8,074 |
| #40 | Danny | Boy | 8,023 |
| #41 | Willie | Boy | 7,917 |
| #44 | Ann | Girl | 7,870 |
| #42 | Harold | Boy | 7,817 |
| #45 | Jean | Girl | 7,760 |
| #46 | Helen | Girl | 7,707 |
| #43 | Carl | Boy | 7,689 |
| #47 | Ruth | Girl | 7,651 |
| #48 | Diana | Girl | 7,535 |
| #44 | Arthur | Boy | 7,481 |
| #49 | Frances | Girl | 7,440 |
| #50 | Phyllis | Girl | 7,315 |
| #45 | Alan | Boy | 7,255 |
| #51 | Gail | Girl | 7,225 |
| #52 | Kathryn | Girl | 7,184 |
| #46 | Henry | Boy | 7,183 |
| #47 | Jack | Boy | 7,128 |
| #48 | Jeffrey | Boy | 6,987 |