Top 100 History: Boys' 1950s

We are now well-into the baby-boomer era.

Changes

1950

Left: Don, Mike

Entered: Clifford, Eric

1951

Left: Clifford

Entered: Micheal

1952

Left: Clarence, Alfred

Entered: Clifford, Ricky

1953

Left: Clifford, Theodore

Entered: Rick, Jay

1954

Left: Jay, Rick

Entered: Darrell, Jeffery

1955

Left: Norman, Earl, Tommy

Entered: Vincent, Kim, Tony

1956

Left: Melvin, Fred, Lee, Marvin, Francis, Kim

Entered: Rick, Dean, Victor, Mike, Jay, Matthew

1957

Left: Ernest

Entered: Jeff

1958

Left: Eugene, Leonard, Victor, Frederick, Harry

Entered: Bill, Tom, Chris, Jim, Tim

1959

Left: Eddie, Vincent, Howard

Entered: Todd, Bryan, Greg

Movement

  • Eric, Micheal, Ricky, Rick, Jay, Darrell, Jeffery, Tony, Dean, Matthew, Jeff, Chris, Tim, Todd, Bryan, and Greg became newly popular.
  • Mike, Bill, Tom, and Jim re-entered the top 100. 
  • Don, Clifford, Clarence, Alfred, Theodore, Norman, Earl, Tommy, Melvin, Fred, Lee, Marvin, Francis, Ernest, Eugene, Leonard, Victor, Frederick, Harry, Eddie, Vincent, and Howard left the top 100. 
  • Mark and Steven entered the top 10.
  • Charles and Larry left the top 10.
  • Mark, Timothy, Jeffrey, and Kevin entered the top 20.
  • Daniel re-entered the top 20.
  • Ronald, Larry, Stephen, Dennis, and George left the top 20.
  • Kevin, Brian, Scott, Ricky, Christopher, Mike, Keith, Steve, Craig, Eric, and Dale entered the top 50.
  • Wayne, Carl, Gerald, Lawrence, Walter, Arthur, Willie, Henry, Ralph, Jack, and Harold left the top 50. 
Trends 
  • Surname-names still dropped (Howard, Norman, Marvin, Clifford, Lee, Melvin).
  • Classic names trended down (Theodore, Francis, Leonard, Victor, Frederick, Vincent). 
  • Names ending in "vin" fell in use (Marvin, Melvin).
  • Names ending in "erry" were still common (Terry, Barry, Gary, Larry).
  • New nickname-names gained traction (Rick, Tony, Jeff, Chris, Tim, Greg). 
  • Names ending in "ald" remained common (Gerald, Harold, Ronald, Donald).
  • Long names in the "ee" sound continued to trend (Jeffery). 
What was the most interesting change from the 1950s?

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