Name.Baby Names by year 1940s 1949 Most Popular Baby Names of 1949 Social Security has card records for 3,557,497 people born in the U.S. in 1949. Linda was the top girl name (91,015 babies) and James the top boy name (86,858).
Top 100 names of 1949 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1949, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Linda 91,015 #902 2 Mary 66,874 #125 3 Patricia 46,324 #1,334 4 Barbara 42,600 #968 5 Susan 37,709 #1,085 6 Sandra 30,643 #1,207 7 Nancy 29,249 #965 8 Carol 26,780 #2,239 9 Kathleen 26,357 #1,150 10 Sharon 25,713 #1,250 11 Karen 22,468 #1,279 12 Donna 22,056 #1,962 13 Brenda 20,543 #1,525 14 Margaret 19,452 #112 15 Deborah 19,209 #862 16 Judith 17,610 #788 17 Carolyn 17,404 #1,222 18 Shirley 17,281 #1,581 19 Diane 17,252 #2,607 20 Judy 15,979 #1,872 21 Pamela 15,132 #2,239 22 Betty 14,936 #1,113 23 Janet 14,860 #2,778 24 Janice 14,453 #2,514 25 Elizabeth 13,714 #17 26 Joyce 13,572 #1,071 27 Cynthia 12,901 #1,013 28 Cheryl 12,007 #4,352 29 Gloria 11,879 #654 30 Christine 11,797 #1,272 31 Beverly 10,552 #1,016 32 Dorothy 10,410 #421 33 Marilyn 9,865 #760 34 Martha 9,808 #712 35 Bonnie 9,732 #396 36 Joan 9,206 #1,085 37 Catherine 9,137 #313 38 Peggy 9,118 #8,362 39 Virginia 8,896 #525 40 Rebecca 8,778 #349 41 Jane 8,719 #221 42 Kathy 8,451 #3,249 43 Connie 8,219 #3,067 44 Ann 7,870 #1,076 45 Jean 7,760 #2,117 46 Helen 7,707 #461 47 Ruth 7,651 #173 48 Diana 7,535 #244 49 Frances 7,440 #318 50 Phyllis 7,315 #11,932
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1949, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Gail 7,225 #8,362 52 Kathryn 7,184 #729 53 Alice 6,660 #65 54 Rita 6,653 #1,285 55 Paula 6,577 #853 56 Wanda 6,307 #5,917 57 Elaine 6,214 #304 58 Jacqueline 6,040 #558 59 Katherine 6,039 #186 60 Jo 5,802 #3,975 61 Joanne 5,746 #2,607 62 Suzanne 5,609 #2,387 63 Theresa 5,603 #1,548 64 Ellen 5,504 #1,062 65 Laura 5,384 #379 66 Rose 5,371 #114 67 Marie 5,306 #617 68 Sherry 5,295 #5,410 69 Doris 5,284 #2,895 70 Vicki 5,193 – 71 Charlotte 5,142 #2 72 Maria 5,123 #87 73 Lois 4,915 #1,666 74 Lynn 4,880 #2,542 75 Darlene 4,799 #1,844 76 Sheila 4,774 #2,645 77 Sally 4,773 #1,150 78 Marcia 4,651 #3,389 79 Marsha 4,611 #7,491 80 Evelyn 4,529 #8 81 Cathy 4,407 #8,362 82 Teresa 4,328 #908 83 Constance 4,327 #1,500 84 Sarah 4,295 #90 85 Dianne 4,141 #5,722 86 Anne 4,052 #619 87 Glenda 3,975 #5,917 88 Sue 3,926 #8,860 89 Maureen 3,923 #4,352 90 Geraldine 3,919 #2,438 91 Anna 3,897 #107 92 Jeanne 3,865 #4,546 93 Lynda 3,830 #4,546 94 Sylvia 3,816 #300 95 Eileen 3,722 #654 96 Victoria 3,669 #54 97 Roberta 3,660 #2,778 98 Rosemary 3,633 #251 99 Anita 3,591 #1,341 100 Charlene 3,541 #1,942
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1949, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 86,858 #6 2 Robert 83,873 #92 3 John 81,178 #23 4 William 61,506 #9 5 Michael 60,047 #21 6 David 59,611 #35 7 Richard 50,946 #234 8 Thomas 45,192 #34 9 Charles 40,052 #48 10 Larry 31,819 #1,084 11 Ronald 31,502 #637 12 Gary 28,935 #1,073 13 Donald 27,121 #690 14 Joseph 26,408 #29 15 Kenneth 23,589 #294 16 Dennis 21,746 #707 17 Paul 21,589 #262 18 George 21,308 #126 19 Stephen 20,488 #383 20 Steven 19,923 #271 21 Edward 19,174 #224 22 Daniel 18,240 #22 23 Jerry 15,871 #906 24 Mark 13,725 #244 25 Roger 12,821 #832 26 Bruce 12,265 #536 27 Frank 11,960 #513 28 Terry 11,457 #1,115 29 Douglas 11,322 #807 30 Raymond 11,305 #394 31 Gregory 10,979 #593 32 Lawrence 10,253 #518 33 Gerald 9,808 #1,204 34 Timothy 9,346 #203 35 Wayne 8,927 #652 36 Anthony 8,452 #46 37 Walter 8,297 #251 38 Peter 8,266 #187 39 Patrick 8,075 #235 40 Danny 8,023 #628 41 Willie 7,916 #1,315 42 Harold 7,817 #991 43 Carl 7,689 #1,132 44 Arthur 7,482 #87 45 Alan 7,255 #191 46 Henry 7,183 #5 47 Jack 7,128 #15 48 Jeffrey 6,987 #552 49 Johnny 6,968 #457 50 Ralph 6,748 #1,046
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1949, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Roy 6,622 #525 52 Joe 6,535 #991 53 Jimmy 6,417 #846 54 Dale 6,229 #1,409 55 Philip 6,224 #527 56 Albert 6,064 #614 57 Billy 5,821 #1,068 58 Eugene 5,595 #943 59 Harry 5,544 #775 60 Stanley 5,527 #863 61 Glenn 5,415 #1,443 62 Samuel 5,356 #18 63 Howard 5,284 #1,002 64 Louis 5,235 #249 64 Ronnie 5,235 #1,064 66 Phillip 5,201 #651 67 Bobby 5,120 #1,097 68 Steve 5,027 #1,609 69 Russell 5,007 #345 70 Frederick 4,748 #435 71 Allen 4,735 #578 72 Fred 4,731 #1,932 73 Barry 4,607 #1,520 74 Leonard 4,551 #637 75 Andrew 4,513 #73 76 Ernest 4,346 #1,038 77 Craig 4,328 #1,644 78 Francis 4,281 #420 79 Randall 4,161 #1,499 80 Eddie 4,106 #860 81 Christopher 4,000 #68 82 Melvin 3,972 #958 83 Martin 3,903 #335 84 Tommy 3,886 #657 85 Keith 3,878 #800 86 Brian 3,854 #339 87 Rodney 3,826 #1,091 88 Mike 3,742 #1,231 89 Marvin 3,725 #699 90 Norman 3,668 #1,196 91 Earl 3,652 #2,230 92 Randy 3,623 #1,084 93 Lee 3,562 #725 94 Clarence 3,395 #1,499 95 Kevin 3,292 #221 96 Alfred 3,190 #840 97 Curtis 3,088 #984 98 Don 3,060 #1,793 99 Scott 3,055 #534 100 Theodore 3,041 #4
Entered the top 100 in 1949
