Two Popular Female And Male Baby Names From The 1950s

Coming at number one that is the most popular name for a boy in the 1950's is the name James. For a girl the number one name of this decade was Mary.

It is no surprise that Mary is the number one name that was most used for babies during the 50s and I am sure everyone had to add their last name for signing up for anything.

The name James is not what I expected as a list of names that people came up with to name their children in this time period.

I honestly thought it would have been John or Charles since you have seen so many movies with these type of character names that represent earlier decades.

What surprised me the most was that some women named their baby girls Cynthia. This is not a name I would have thought blended in the 1950's era.

Another one to add to this list is a boy name Michael although watching some shows that were within the 1920's decade, I should have caught on to this sooner.

I know one thing for sure is that names can be shocking to hear about from this generation even in the future.

Especially since children and some adults do not know much about the 50's generations.

Which name surprised you the most to hear about?

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