Names of the 1950s
3 of the seven official registrars Namewise holds published rankings across enough of the 1950sto rank the decade. Each covered a different span, so the lists below are not equally deep, and a position in one registrar's list is never comparable with a position in another's.
Who was publishing
- New South Wales, Australia in the 1950s
8 published years in this decade, 1952–1959. This registrar's record runs 1952–2025.
- Norway in the 1950s
10 published years in this decade, 1950–1959. This registrar's record runs 1945–2025.
- New Zealand in the 1950s
6 published years in this decade, 1954–1959. This registrar's record runs 1954–2023.
Names that reached their highest observed position in the 1950s
Names whose best recorded position — inside the top 200, with at least three recorded years either side of it — falls in the 1950s. Counted across every registrar together.
Names that first reached a top 100 in the 1950s
Names whose earliest top-100 ranking in Namewise's registrar data falls in the 1950s. An early entry partly reflects which registrars were publishing at all.