Most popular baby names from 1920 to 1959

Following are the ten most popular given names by year of birth (1920-1959) and sex.
At the left of each table is the rank

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Tables are available for the following years:

1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959.s

**1920**
Rank	Male	Female
1	John	Mary
2	William	Dorothy
3	James	Helen
4	Robert	Margaret
5	Joseph	Ruth
6	Charles	Virginia
7	George	Elizabeth
8	Edward	Anna
9	Thomas	Mildred
10	Frank	Betty

**1921**
Rank	Male	Female
1	John	Mary
2	Robert	Dorothy
3	James	Helen
4	William	Margaret
5	George	Ruth
6	Charles	Mildred
7	Joseph	Betty
8	Edward	Virginia
9	Frank	Elizabeth
10	Thomas	Anna

**1922**
Rank	Male	Female
1	John	Mary
2	Robert	Dorothy
3	James	Helen
4	William	Margaret
5	Joseph	Ruth
6	Charles	Betty
7	George	Frances
8	Edward	Elizabeth
9	Richard	Virginia
10	Frank	Anna

**1923**
Rank	Male	Female
1	John	Mary
2	Robert	Dorothy
3	William	Helen
4	James	Margaret
5	Charles	Betty
6	George	Ruth
7	Joseph	Mildred
8	Edward	Virginia
9	Frank	Frances
10	Richard	Elizabeth

**1924**
Rank	Male	Female
1	John	Mary
2	Robert	Dorothy
3	James	Helen
4	William	Betty
5	Charles	Margaret
6	Joseph	Ruth
7	George	Virginia
8	Edward	Frances
9	Richard	Doris
10	Donald	Mildred

**1925**
Rank	Male	Female
1	John	Mary
2	Robert	Dorothy
3	James	Betty
4	William	Helen
5	Charles	Margaret
6	Joseph	Ruth
7	George	Doris
8	Richard	Virginia
9	Edward	Elizabeth
10	Donald	Evelyn, Mildred (tie)

**1926**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	John	Dorothy
3	William	Helen
4	James	Betty
5	Charles	Margaret
6	George	Ruth
7	Richard	Virginia
8	Joseph	Doris
9	Edward	Jean
10	Donald	Maria

**1927**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Betty
3	John	Dorothy
4	William	Helen
5	Charles	Margaret
6	Richard	Ruth
7	George	Virginia
8	Joseph	Doris
9	Donald	Maria
10	Edward	Shirley

**1928**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	John	Betty
3	James	Dorothy
4	William	Helen
5	Charles	Margaret
6	Richard	Ruth
7	Donald	Barbara
8	George	Doris
9	Joseph	Maria
10	Edward	Patricia

**1929**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	John	Betty
3	James	Dorothy
4	William	Helen
5	Charles	Margaret
6	Donald	Ruth
7	Richard	Doris
8	George	Maria
9	Joseph	Barbara
10	Edward	Shirley

**1930**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Betty
3	John	Dorothy
4	William	Helen
5	Richard	Barbara
6	Charles	Margaret
7	Donald	Maria
8	George	Patricia
9	Joseph	Doris
10	Edward	Joan, Ruth (tie)

**1931**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Betty
3	John	Dorothy
4	William	Barbara
5	Richard	Joan
6	Charles	Helen
7	Donald	Maria
8	George	Patricia
9	Joseph	Margaret
10	Thomas	Shirley

**1932**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	John	Betty
3	James	Barbara
4	William	Dorothy
5	Charles	Joan
6	Richard	Patricia
7	Donald	Shirley
8	George	Margaret
9	Joseph	Doris
10	Thomas	Helen

**1933**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Betty
3	John	Barbara
4	William	Dorothy
5	Richard	Joan
6	Donald	Patricia
7	Charles	Maria
8	Joseph	Helen
9	George	Margaret
10	Thomas	Doris

**1934**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Betty
3	John	Shirley
4	William	Barbara
5	Richard	Joan
6	Charles	Patricia
7	Donald	Dorothy
8	George	Maria
9	Thomas	Margaret
10	Joseph	Helen

**1935**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Mary
2	Robert	Shirley
3	John	Barbara
4	William	Betty
5	Richard	Patricia
6	Charles	Joan
7	Donald	Dorothy
8	Thomas	Margaret
9	Ronald	Maria
10	David	Helen

**1936**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Shirley
3	John	Barbara
4	William	Betty
5	Donald	Patricia
6	Richard	Maria
7	Charles	Dorothy, Nancy (tie)
8	Ronald
9	George	Joan
10	Joseph	Margaret

**1937**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Barbara
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Shirley
5	Richard	Betty
6	Donald	Maria, Nancy (tie)
7	Charles
8	David	Dorothy
9	George	Carol
10	Thomas	Margaret

**1938**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Barbara
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Betty
5	Richard	Shirley
6	Charles	Nancy
7	Donald	Carol, Maria (tie)
8	David
9	George	Margaret
10	Ronald, Thomas (tie)	Joan

**1939**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Barbara
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Betty
5	Richard	Shirley
6	Charles	Maria
7	David	Margaret
8	Thomas	Carol
9	Donald	Nancy
10	Ronald	Judith

**1940**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Mary
2	Robert	Barbara
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Carol
5	Richard	Judith
6	Charles	Betty
7	David	Nancy
8	Thomas	Maria
9	Donald	Margaret
10	Ronald	Linda

**1941**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	John	Barbara
3	James	Patricia
4	William	Carol
5	Richard	Linda
6	Charles	Judith
7	David	Sandra
8	Thomas	Maria
9	Ronald	Betty
10	Donald	Nancy

**1942**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Mary
2	Robert	Barbara
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Carol
5	Richard	Linda
6	Charles	Nancy
7	David	Betty
8	Thomas	Sandra
9	Ronald	Maria
10	Joseph	Judith

**1943**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Mary
2	Robert	Barbara
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Linda
5	Richard	Carol
6	David	Sandra
7	Charles	Nancy, Sharon (tie)
8	Thomas
9	Ronald	Judith
10	Michael	Betty

**1944**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	James	Barbara
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Linda
5	Richard	Carol
6	David	Nancy
7	Charles	Sandra
8	Thomas	Sharon
9	Michael	Judith
10	Ronald	Maria

**1945**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Mary
2	Robert	Linda
3	John	Barbara
4	William	Patricia
5	Richard	Carol
6	David	Maria
7	Thomas	Sandra
8	Charles	Nancy
9	Michael	Sharon
10	Ronald	Susan

**1946**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Mary
2	Robert	Linda
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Barbara
5	Richard	Carol
6	David	Susan
7	Michael	Nancy
8	Charles	Sandra
9	Thomas	Maria
10	Ronald	Sharon

**1947**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Linda
2	John	Mary
3	Robert	Patricia
4	William	Barbara
5	Richard	Sandra
6	David	Susan
7	Michael	Maria
8	Thomas	Carol
9	Charles	Nancy
10	Larry	Sharon

**1948**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Linda
2	James	Mary
3	John	Patricia
4	William	Barbara
5	David	Susan
6	Richard	Maria
7	Michael	Carol
8	Thomas	Nancy, Sandra (tie)
9	Charles
10	Ronald	Sharon

**1949**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Linda
2	Robert	Mary
3	John	Patricia
4	David, William (tie)	Barbara
5		Susan
6	Michael	Sandra
7	Richard	Maria
8	Thomas	Nancy
9	Charles	Carol
10	Larry	Sharon

**1950**
Rank	Male	Female
1	John	Linda
2	James	Mary
3	Robert	Patricia
4	William	Barbara
5	Michael	Susan
6	David	Maria
7	Richard	Sandra
8	Thomas	Nancy
9	Charles	Deborah
10	Gary	Kathleen

**1951**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Linda
2	James	Mary
3	John	Patricia
4	Michael	Barbara
5	David	Deborah
6	William	Susan
7	Richard	Nancy
8	Thomas	Maria
9	Charles	Kathleen
10	Gary	Karen, Sandra (tie)

**1952**
Rank	Male	Female
1	James	Linda
2	Robert	Mary
3	John	Patricia
4	Michael	Deborah
5	David	Barbara
6	William	Susan
7	Richard	Maria
8	Thomas	Nancy
9	Charles	Debra
10	Gary	Kathleen

**1953**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Michael	Mary
2	Robert	Linda
3	James	Deborah
4	John	Patricia
5	David	Susan
6	William	Barbara
7	Richard	Debra
8	Thomas	Maria
9	Gary	Nancy
10	Charles	Karen

**1954**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Robert	Mary
2	Michael	Deborah
3	John	Linda
4	James	Debra
5	David	Patricia, Susan (tie)
6	William
7	Richard	Barbara
8	Thomas	Maria
9	Mark	Karen
10	Gary	Nancy

**1955**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Michael	Mary
2	James	Deborah
3	David, Robert (tie)	Debra, Linda (tie)
4
5	John	Patricia
6	William	Susan
7	Richard	Maria
8	Mark	Barbara
9	Thomas	Karen
10	Charles, Steven (tie)	Nancy

**1956**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Michael	Mary
2	Robert	Susan
3	David	Debra
4	James	Linda
5	John	Deborah
6	William	Patricia
7	Richard	Karen
8	Mark	Maria
9	Thomas	Barbara
10	Steven	Donna

**1957**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Michael	Mary
2	James	Susan
3	Robert	Linda
4	David	Karen
5	John	Patricia
6	William	Deborah, Debra (tie)
7	Richard
8	Mark	Cynthia
9	Thomas	Maria
10	Steven	Nancy

**1958**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Michael	Mary
2	David	Linda
3	Robert	Susan
4	John	Patricia
5	James	Karen
6	William	Maria
7	Mark	Debra
8	Richard	Cynthia
9	Thomas	Deborah
10	Charles	Barbara

**1959**
Rank	Male	Female
1	Michael	Mary
2	David	Susan
3	James	Linda
4	John	Donna, Patricia (tie)
5	Robert
6	Mark	Maria
7	William	Karen
8	Richard	Debra
9	Thomas	Cynthia
10	Steven	Deborah

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