Boys Names (Top 20 names): 1950s v 2010s

Are you a baby boomer? The good old Fifties... a time when everybody wanted to be normal. The beatniks had not really taken hold. People were thrilled to have survived World War II. They chose names from a limited spectrum of choices.

This data comes from the Social Security Administration and applies to United States only. The most common names are listed (top 21)-- along with the number of children receiving that name throughout the 1950s decade and the 2010s decade. Here it is:

1950s	Boy Name	# with name		2010s	Boy	# with name
1	James	843,377		1	Jacob	112,227
2	Michael	837,084		2	Noah	107,552
3	Robert	830,032		3	Mason	104,642
4	John	797,528		4	William	100,397
5	David	769,555		5	Ethan	99,209
6	William	590,973		6	Liam	95,953
7	Richard	535,149		7	Michael	95,382
8	Thomas	454,169		8	Alexander	92,346
9	Mark	382,419		9	Jayden	89,352
10	Charles	360,979		10	Daniel	86,874
11	Steven	333,513		11	Aiden	86,204
12	Gary	329,751		12	James	83,105
13	Joseph	299,854		13	Elijah	82,667
14	Donald	273,413		14	Matthew	81,038
15	Ronald	271,011		15	Benjamin	79,108
16	Kenneth	262,683		16	Logan	78,253
17	Paul	253,081		17	Anthony	77,234
18	Larry	245,535		18	David	76,075
19	Daniel	243,591		19	Joseph	74,916
20	Stephen	207,171		20	Joshua	74,143