These are the most popular given names in the United States for all years of the 1950s.
1950 edit
- Males
- John
- James
- Robert
- William
- Michael
- David
- Richard
- Thomas
- Charles
- Gary
- Females
- Linda
- Mary
- Patricia
- Barbara
- Susan
- Maria
- Sandra
- Nancy
- Deborah
- Kathleen
1951 edit
- Males
- Robert
- James
- John
- Michael
- David
- William
- Richard
- Thomas
- Charles
- Gary
- Females
- Linda
- Mary
- Patricia
- Barbara
- Deborah
- Susan
- Nancy
- Maria
- Kathleen
- Karen; Sandra (tie)
1952 edit
- Males
- James
- Robert
- John
- Michael
- David
- William
- Richard
- Thomas
- Charles
- Gary
- Females
- Linda
- Mary
- Patricia
- Deborah
- Barbara
- Susan
- Maria
- Nancy
- Debra
- Kathleen
1953 edit
- Males
- Michael
- Robert
- James
- John
- David
- William
- Richard
- Thomas
- Gary
- Charles
- Females
- Mary
- Linda
- Deborah
- Patricia
- Susan
- Barbara
- Debra
- Maria
- Nancy
- Karen
1954 edit
- Males
- Robert
- Michael
- John
- James
- David
- William
- Richard
- Thomas
- Mark
- Gary
- Females
- Mary
- Deborah
- Linda
- Debra
- Patricia; Susan (tie)
- Barbara
- Maria
- Karen
- Nancy
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1955 edit
- Males
- Michael
- James
- David; Robert (tie)
- John
- William
- Richard
- Mark
- Thomas
- Charles; Steven (tie)
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- Females
- Mary
- Deborah
- Debra; Linda (tie)
- Patricia
- Susan
- Maria
- Barbara
- Karen
- Nancy
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1956 edit
- Males
- Michael
- Robert
- David
- James
- John
- William
- Richard
- Mark
- Thomas
- Steven
- Females
- Mary
- Susan
- Debra
- Linda
- Deborah
- Patricia
- Karen
- Maria
- Barbara
- Donna
1957 edit
- Males
- Michael
- James
- Robert
- David
- John
- William
- Richard
- Mark
- Thomas
- Steven
- Females
- Mary
- Susan
- Linda
- Karen
- Patricia
- Deborah; Debra (tie)
- Maria
- Nancy
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1958 edit
- Males
- Michael
- David
- Robert
- John
- James
- William
- Mark
- Richard
- Thomas
- Charles
- Females
- Mary
- Linda
- Susan
- Patricia
- Karen
- Maria
- Debra
- Cynthia
- Deborah
- Barbara
1959 edit
- Males
- Michael
- David
- James
- John
- Robert
- Mark
- William
- Richard
- Thomas
- Steven
- Females
- Mary
- Susan
- Linda
- Donna; Patricia (tie)
- Maria
- Karen
- Debra
- Cynthia
- Deborah
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