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Baby Names from 1949

3,484,776 registered births | 1,773,906 boys | 1,710,870 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1949

Top 10 Boy Names

1 James
86,859 births
2 Robert
83,876 births
3 John
81,180 births
4 William
61,504 births
5 Michael
60,046 births
6 David
59,610 births
7 Richard
50,947 births
8 Thomas
45,195 births
9 Charles
40,047 births
10 Larry
31,817 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Linda
91,016 births
2 Mary
66,869 births
3 Patricia
46,325 births
4 Barbara
42,599 births
5 Susan
37,709 births
6 Sandra
30,643 births
7 Nancy
29,248 births
8 Carol
26,781 births
9 Kathleen
26,357 births
10 Sharon
25,713 births

Top Unisex Names of 1949

Terry
11,457 boys 2,791 girls
Willie
7,917 boys 1,532 girls
Dale
6,229 boys 875 girls
Lynn
1,580 boys 4,880 girls
Leslie
2,208 boys 2,418 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1949

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Belinda
#381 → #185 (+196)
G Rhonda
#248 → #157 (+91)
G Debra
#218 → #134 (+84)
G Wendy
#182 → #122 (+60)

New to the Top 200 in 1949

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Debra #134 Rhonda #157 Belinda #185 Reginald #189 Mitchell #190 Jeffery #196
1948 All Years 1950