100 Most popular boy names of 1949, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1949 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1949.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
86858
4.95
-
2
Robert
83874
4.78
-
3
John
81170
4.62
-
4
William
61496
3.5
-
5
Michael
60051
3.42
+1
6
David
59611
3.4
-1
7
Richard
50947
2.9
-
8
Thomas
45197
2.57
-
9
Charles
40044
2.28
-
10
Larry
31813
1.81
+1
11
Ronald
31496
1.79
-1
12
Gary
28929
1.65
-
13
Donald
27119
1.54
+1
14
Joseph
26404
1.5
-1
15
Kenneth
23589
1.34
-
16
Dennis
21744
1.24
+1
17
Paul
21585
1.23
+1
18
George
21311
1.21
-2
19
Stephen
20486
1.17
+1
20
Steven
19922
1.13
+3
21
Edward
19172
1.09
-2
22
Daniel
18238
1.04
-
23
Jerry
15868
0.9
-2
24
Mark
13725
0.78
+5
25
Roger
12823
0.73
-1
26
Bruce
12265
0.7
+2
27
Frank
11958
0.68
-2
28
Terry
11459
0.65
-2
29
Douglas
11322
0.64
+4
30
Raymond
11305
0.64
-3
31
Gregory
10979
0.63
+1
32
Lawrence
10253
0.58
-1
33
Gerald
9809
0.56
-3
34
Timothy
9346
0.53
+4
35
Wayne
8927
0.51
-1
36
Anthony
8453
0.48
+5
37
Walter
8298
0.47
-2
38
Peter
8263
0.47
-1
39
Patrick
8074
0.46
+9
40
Danny
8024
0.46
-1
41
Willie
7917
0.45
-1
42
Harold
7816
0.45
-6
43
Carl
7689
0.44
-1
44
Arthur
7478
0.43
-
45
Alan
7255
0.41
+1
46
Henry
7180
0.41
-1
47
Jack
7129
0.41
-4
48
Jeffrey
6986
0.4
+10
49
Johnny
6968
0.4
+3
50
Ralph
6747
0.38
+1
51
Roy
6620
0.38
-2
52
Joe
6531
0.37
-5
53
Jimmy
6418
0.37
-3
54
Dale
6228
0.35
+2
55
Philip
6225
0.35
-1
56
Albert
6063
0.35
-1
57
Billy
5820
0.33
-4
58
Eugene
5596
0.32
+3
59
Harry
5543
0.32
-2
60
Stanley
5526
0.31
+5
61
Glenn
5414
0.31
+12
62
Samuel
5358
0.31
+8
63
Howard
5285
0.3
-
64
Ronnie
5238
0.3
-5
65
Louis
5232
0.3
-1
66
Phillip
5202
0.3
+3
67
Bobby
5118
0.29
-5
68
Steve
5028
0.29
-8
69
Russell
5006
0.29
-2
70
Frederick
4748
0.27
+5
71
Allen
4733
0.27
+1
72
Fred
4729
0.27
-6
73
Barry
4607
0.26
+1
74
Leonard
4550
0.26
-3
75
Andrew
4513
0.26
+2
76
Ernest
4346
0.25
-
77
Craig
4327
0.25
+5
78
Francis
4282
0.24
+2
79
Randall
4162
0.24
+19
80
Eddie
4104
0.23
-2
81
Christopher
4000
0.23
+21
82
Melvin
3972
0.23
-1
83
Martin
3903
0.22
+5
84
Tommy
3887
0.22
-5
85
Keith
3879
0.22
+4
86
Brian
3851
0.22
+9
87
Rodney
3827
0.22
+5
88
Mike
3741
0.21
-20
89
Marvin
3724
0.21
+1
90
Norman
3668
0.21
-5
91
Earl
3653
0.21
-8
92
Randy
3622
0.21
+7
93
Lee
3563
0.2
-
94
Clarence
3396
0.19
-7
95
Kevin
3291
0.19
+32
96
Alfred
3188
0.18
-
97
Curtis
3088
0.18
+4
98
Don
3060
0.17
-7
99
Scott
3052
0.17
+23
100
Theodore
3041
0.17
+4
101
Leroy
2938
0.17
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1949)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html