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Top Baby Names 1949

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,710,870 · Total Boys: 1,773,906

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Linda	91,016	5.320%
2	Mary	66,869	3.908%
3	Patricia	46,325	2.708%
4	Barbara	42,599	2.490%
5	Susan	37,709	2.204%
6	Sandra	30,643	1.791%
7	Nancy	29,248	1.710%
8	Carol	26,781	1.565%
9	Kathleen	26,357	1.541%
10	Sharon	25,713	1.503%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Karen	22,468	1.313%
12	Donna	22,056	1.289%
13	Brenda	20,544	1.201%
14	Margaret	19,452	1.137%
15	Deborah	19,210	1.123%
16	Judith	17,610	1.029%
17	Carolyn	17,404	1.017%
18	Shirley	17,282	1.010%
19	Diane	17,251	1.008%
20	Judy	15,979	0.934%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Pamela	15,132	0.884%
22	Betty	14,937	0.873%
23	Janet	14,859	0.869%
24	Janice	14,453	0.845%
25	Elizabeth	13,714	0.802%
26	Joyce	13,572	0.793%
27	Cynthia	12,900	0.754%
28	Cheryl	12,007	0.702%
29	Gloria	11,878	0.694%
30	Christine	11,798	0.690%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Beverly	10,552	0.617%
32	Dorothy	10,409	0.608%
33	Marilyn	9,865	0.577%
34	Martha	9,809	0.573%
35	Bonnie	9,731	0.569%
36	Joan	9,206	0.538%
37	Catherine	9,137	0.534%
38	Peggy	9,118	0.533%
39	Virginia	8,895	0.520%
40	Rebecca	8,778	0.513%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Jane	8,719	0.510%
42	Kathy	8,451	0.494%
43	Connie	8,219	0.480%
44	Ann	7,870	0.460%
45	Jean	7,760	0.454%
46	Helen	7,707	0.450%
47	Ruth	7,651	0.447%
48	Diana	7,535	0.440%
49	Frances	7,440	0.435%
50	Phyllis	7,315	0.428%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Gail	7,225	0.422%
52	Kathryn	7,184	0.420%
53	Alice	6,660	0.389%
54	Rita	6,654	0.389%
55	Paula	6,577	0.384%
56	Wanda	6,307	0.369%
57	Elaine	6,214	0.363%
58	Jacqueline	6,039	0.353%
59	Katherine	6,039	0.353%
60	Jo	5,802	0.339%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Joanne	5,746	0.336%
62	Suzanne	5,609	0.328%
63	Theresa	5,603	0.327%
64	Ellen	5,505	0.322%
65	Laura	5,384	0.315%
66	Rose	5,371	0.314%
67	Marie	5,306	0.310%
68	Sherry	5,295	0.309%
69	Doris	5,284	0.309%
70	Vicki	5,193	0.304%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Charlotte	5,142	0.301%
72	Maria	5,123	0.299%
73	Lois	4,915	0.287%
74	Lynn	4,880	0.285%
75	Darlene	4,799	0.281%
76	Sheila	4,774	0.279%
77	Sally	4,773	0.279%
78	Marcia	4,650	0.272%
79	Marsha	4,611	0.270%
80	Evelyn	4,529	0.265%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Cathy	4,407	0.258%
82	Teresa	4,328	0.253%
83	Constance	4,327	0.253%
84	Sarah	4,295	0.251%
85	Dianne	4,141	0.242%
86	Anne	4,052	0.237%
87	Glenda	3,975	0.232%
88	Sue	3,926	0.229%
89	Maureen	3,923	0.229%
90	Geraldine	3,919	0.229%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Anna	3,897	0.228%
92	Jeanne	3,865	0.226%
93	Lynda	3,830	0.224%
94	Sylvia	3,816	0.223%
95	Eileen	3,722	0.218%
96	Victoria	3,669	0.214%
97	Roberta	3,660	0.214%
98	Rosemary	3,633	0.212%
99	Anita	3,589	0.210%
100	Charlene	3,541	0.207%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	86,859	4.896%
2	Robert	83,876	4.728%
3	John	81,180	4.576%
4	William	61,504	3.467%
5	Michael	60,046	3.385%
6	David	59,610	3.360%
7	Richard	50,947	2.872%
8	Thomas	45,195	2.548%
9	Charles	40,047	2.258%
10	Larry	31,817	1.794%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Ronald	31,497	1.776%
12	Gary	28,933	1.631%
13	Donald	27,121	1.529%
14	Joseph	26,407	1.489%
15	Kenneth	23,588	1.330%
16	Dennis	21,747	1.226%
17	Paul	21,589	1.217%
18	George	21,309	1.201%
19	Stephen	20,488	1.155%
20	Steven	19,923	1.123%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Edward	19,172	1.081%
22	Daniel	18,240	1.028%
23	Jerry	15,870	0.895%
24	Mark	13,726	0.774%
25	Roger	12,821	0.723%
26	Bruce	12,265	0.691%
27	Frank	11,960	0.674%
28	Terry	11,457	0.646%
29	Douglas	11,321	0.638%
30	Raymond	11,305	0.637%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Gregory	10,979	0.619%
32	Lawrence	10,253	0.578%
33	Gerald	9,809	0.553%
34	Timothy	9,346	0.527%
35	Wayne	8,927	0.503%
36	Anthony	8,451	0.476%
37	Walter	8,296	0.468%
38	Peter	8,265	0.466%
39	Patrick	8,074	0.455%
40	Danny	8,023	0.452%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Willie	7,917	0.446%
42	Harold	7,817	0.441%
43	Carl	7,689	0.433%
44	Arthur	7,481	0.422%
45	Alan	7,255	0.409%
46	Henry	7,183	0.405%
47	Jack	7,128	0.402%
48	Jeffrey	6,987	0.394%
49	Johnny	6,968	0.393%
50	Ralph	6,748	0.380%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Roy	6,622	0.373%
52	Joe	6,535	0.368%
53	Jimmy	6,417	0.362%
54	Dale	6,229	0.351%
55	Philip	6,224	0.351%
56	Albert	6,063	0.342%
57	Billy	5,821	0.328%
58	Eugene	5,595	0.315%
59	Harry	5,543	0.312%
60	Stanley	5,527	0.312%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Glenn	5,414	0.305%
62	Samuel	5,357	0.302%
63	Howard	5,284	0.298%
64	Ronnie	5,237	0.295%
65	Louis	5,235	0.295%
66	Phillip	5,201	0.293%
67	Bobby	5,120	0.289%
68	Steve	5,027	0.283%
69	Russell	5,007	0.282%
70	Frederick	4,747	0.268%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Allen	4,735	0.267%
72	Fred	4,731	0.267%
73	Barry	4,607	0.260%
74	Leonard	4,551	0.257%
75	Andrew	4,512	0.254%
76	Ernest	4,346	0.245%
77	Craig	4,327	0.244%
78	Francis	4,282	0.241%
79	Randall	4,161	0.235%
80	Eddie	4,105	0.231%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Christopher	3,999	0.225%
82	Melvin	3,972	0.224%
83	Martin	3,902	0.220%
84	Tommy	3,886	0.219%
85	Keith	3,878	0.219%
86	Brian	3,854	0.217%
87	Rodney	3,826	0.216%
88	Mike	3,742	0.211%
89	Marvin	3,725	0.210%
90	Norman	3,668	0.207%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Earl	3,653	0.206%
92	Randy	3,623	0.204%
93	Lee	3,562	0.201%
94	Clarence	3,395	0.191%
95	Kevin	3,292	0.186%
96	Alfred	3,189	0.180%
97	Curtis	3,088	0.174%
98	Don	3,060	0.173%
99	Scott	3,055	0.172%
100	Theodore	3,041	0.171%

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