Can you name the top baby names in 1950 (US)?

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Baby Names: Top US (1950) Quiz

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	FarmerTome:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 04:25 GMT		14 points
	If you polled 60-year olds while doing this quiz, and asked their names, then you could do quite well on it.

	Dodge:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 04:45 GMT		8 points
	This is the whitest quiz ever.

	jaymc:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 04:52 GMT		29 points
	If you're in your 20s or 30s, then much of this list simply reads as "mom names" and "dad names."

	jaymc:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 04:56 GMT		-2 points
	(Btw, a few years ago, I compared the 1950, 1975, and 2000 lists to figure out each generation's most typical mom names and dad names. Results here: http://jaymc.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115800144935002754)

	goofymuffin:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 05:28 GMT		5 points
	I think I either worked with, am friends with or am related to people with every name on this list.

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	RetroGirl:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 07:34 GMT		5 points
	I really enjoy these quizzes. Fun to see trends, too. And, yes, it did come down to a lot of "Mom and Dad? Aunts and Uncles? Mom and Dad's Bible Study? Their Facebook Friends?" It was very helpful. (Yes, my parents have Facebook and, yes, I'm friends with them. I

	AhLeah:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 08:49 GMT		8 points
	I had the hardest time remembering names of people I'm related to. Weird.

	mew:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 09:13 GMT		5 points
	After I went through names of relatives and friends, I moved on to television shows and music. It'll be interesting to see a quiz like this 50 years down the line... kids will be thinking, wow our parents had such old school names.

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	Lil2:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 11:19 GMT		22 points
	i got the number 12 boys name, ronald, and the number 14, donald. after that i couldn't help but try 'mick' for number 13.

	daisyap:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 11:40 GMT		8 points
	That was a lot harder than I expected!

	chikka2:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 11:59 GMT		3 points
	thinking of names brought back faces of friends I hadn't thought of in years...many thanks, Sporcle

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	darth_shrimper:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 12:44 GMT		15 points
	Bloody hell. I didn't even get my own name.

	lucyinthesky9:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 13:23 GMT		11 points
	Names of my realtives: Ulene, Lyle, Marty, Angel, Norma, Dottie, Gwen, Shelly, Sherri, Landham (seriously), Rick, and Peter. This did not help.

	Max_Power:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 13:40 GMT		23 points
	Glanced at a phone extension list at my desk and tried some of those...Conference Room wasn't there.

	schrempf11:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 13:51 GMT		5 points
	Thinking of my parents' siblings and friends got me about 90% of my answers.

	jefrunner:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 13:56 GMT		11 points
	Apparently, I don't have enough relatives. Also not helping: stubborn insistence that Ann or Anne MUST be on there and retyping it at least five times.

	IQ_Unknown:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 15:07 GMT		5 points
	You mean Adolf wasn't popular in 1950!!! I am surprised there weren't more biblical names on that list, Peter, Mark, Luke, Daniel all missing!

	DirtyKash:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 15:28 GMT		9 points
	Surprising. No "Shaquille", "Lakisha" or "Tyrone".

	capnShocker:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 15:28 GMT		2 points
	Only 1 girl name in the first 12 most guessed....weird.

	dougmartin05:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 15:46 GMT		1 point
	Wow. Missed my own brother's name.

	jessbowen:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 16:13 GMT		9 points
	John, Paul, and George - and yet no Ringo. How odd.

	Detektor:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 16:33 GMT		7 points
	@jessbowen: To be fair, Richard (Starkey) is #7.

	DWelch:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 17:17 GMT		6 points
	Thank you, Lou Bega, for both Sandra and Mary.

	omnipotent1:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 17:35 GMT		2 points
	Not too many of these names surprisse me as I know at least one person with each of the names from that generation, save for Steven/Stephen, Sandra, and Brenda. I association those names with people born in the 60s or 70s.

	K26dp:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 17:54 GMT		1 point
	@Detektor I got a lot of the boys names by going through 60's/70s rock band members.

	McPants:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 18:49 GMT		5 points
	Boys names hardly seem to change! Going biblical and then kings of England always gives a good few. Except I didn't get Joseph or Mary. Duh.

	mdalloway:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 19:24 GMT		2 points
	Well, when your family is Mediterranean, guessing names from your parent's generation doesn't always work too well... hahaha! No Alvaro, Albertina, Manuel? What a shocker! Although I am surprised at the lack of Maria and Ann(e).

	lalalala:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 20:26 GMT		2 points
	My mom and dad aren't on here, nor are most of my relatives.

	quent1979:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 20:59 GMT		0 points
	Many of these names are timeless. I pity the poor 70-year-old in the future stuck with monikers like Morgan and Tyler.

	thegrimreaper:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 21:31 GMT		3 points
	man, guessing the women's names were much harder than the men's!

	willwoodlen:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 21:32 GMT		2 points
	I was also surprised at no Ann or Anne; I know many of them in this age group. On the other hand, I don't know a Shirley under 75 (except Shirley Manson); that name surprised me.

	Leeny:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 21:37 GMT		3 points
	wow, my parents were way less creative than I thought

	Cat_Girl:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 22:38 GMT		2 points
	Having been born in the 1950s, I went for the names of my classmates in school. Of course, having been born in the 1950s, I have "CRS" and couldn't remember any of them. And yes, my name is on that list....

	debbiedoesnothin:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 23:32 GMT		5 points
	It's one of the rare decades where Elizabeth didn't make the top 20. A little tidbit: If you add together the variations Deborah, Debra and Debbie, it was the most common girls' name of the decade. Which is why I every single class I was ever in from grade school through high school had another Debbie.

	sporcalicious:	Apr 8th, 2010 at 03:09 GMT		1 point
	@debbiedoesnothin: How many of them did Dallas?