The Fifties-- Top 21 most common names

Are you a baby boomer? The good old Fifties... a time when everybody wanted to be normal. The beatniks had not really taken hold. People were thrilled to have survived World War II. They chose names from a limited spectrum of choices. This data comes from the Social Security Administration. The most common names are listed (top 21)-- along with the number of children receiving that name throughout the 1950s decade. Here it is:

Boys:

	Boy Name
1	James	843,377
2	Michael	837,084
3	Robert	830,032
4	John	797,528
5	David	769,555
6	William	590,973
7	Richard	535,149
8	Thomas	454,169
9	Mark	382,419
10	Charles	360,979
11	Steven	333,513
12	Gary	329,751
13	Joseph	299,854
14	Donald	273,413
15	Ronald	271,011
16	Kenneth	262,683
17	Paul	253,081
18	Larry	245,535
19	Daniel	243,591
20	Stephen	207,171
21	Dennis	204,131

Girls:

	Girl Name
1	Mary	625,532
2	Linda	564,261
3	Patricia	459,587
4	Susan	437,688
5	Deborah	430,493
6	Barbara	345,686
7	Debra	341,282
8	Karen	332,483
9	Nancy	286,757
10	Donna	270,310
11	Cynthia	263,388
12	Sandra	251,533
13	Pamela	237,367
14	Sharon	232,782
15	Kathleen	224,300
16	Carol	222,620
17	Diane	210,605
18	Brenda	209,226
19	Cheryl	171,355
20	Janet	167,500
21	Elizabeth	165,641

Nowadays, for the Millennial generation it's different. Everybody wants their child to have a unique name! My next post will show the most common names from the 2000s decade.