Names that fell through the 1950s

Names whose ranking fell by at least a quarter between the start and the end of the 1950s, within one official list.

Measured inside the decade itself: the earliest and latest ranked years within 1950s in the same published list, requiring data near both ends of the decade so a name present for only two years never stands in for the whole of it.

60 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

• Christine

  Ranked #1 in 1952 and #8 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Judith

  Ranked #4 in 1952 and #25 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• John

  Ranked #1 in 1952 and #5 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Karin

  Ranked #10 in 1950 and #42 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Gerd

  Ranked #12 in 1950 and #47 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Margaret

  Ranked #3 in 1952 and #11 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Gail

  Ranked #15 in 1952 and #53 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Patricia

  Ranked #8 in 1952 and #28 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Bjørg

  Ranked #7 in 1950 and #23 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Lynette

  Ranked #6 in 1952 and #19 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Aud

  Ranked #11 in 1950 and #34 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Else

  Ranked #19 in 1950 and #58 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Solveig

  Ranked #14 in 1950 and #39 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Reidun

  Ranked #20 in 1950 and #55 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Gunnar

  Ranked #11 in 1950 and #30 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Robert

  Ranked #3 in 1952 and #8 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Barbara

  Ranked #18 in 1952 and #47 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Arne

  Ranked #6 in 1950 and #15 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Dianne

  Ranked #14 in 1952 and #35 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Astrid

  Ranked #15 in 1950 and #36 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Pamela

  Ranked #20 in 1952 and #48 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Harald

  Ranked #15 in 1950 and #34 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Gustav

  Ranked #169 in 1950 and #383 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Liv

  Ranked #4 in 1950 and #9 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Kenneth

  Ranked #16 in 1952 and #35 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Alfred

  Ranked #172 in 1950 and #376 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Berit

  Ranked #6 in 1950 and #13 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Kåre

  Ranked #25 in 1950 and #54 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Randi

  Ranked #8 in 1950 and #17 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Lorraine

  Ranked #27 in 1952 and #57 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Kirsten

  Ranked #27 in 1950 and #56 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Ella

  Ranked #151 in 1950 and #305 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Inger

  Ranked #2 in 1950 and #4 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Janice

  Ranked #32 in 1952 and #63 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Torill

  Ranked #21 in 1950 and #40 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Henry

  Ranked #101 in 1950 and #191 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Odd

  Ranked #9 in 1950 and #17 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Denise

  Ranked #24 in 1952 and #45 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Gary

  Ranked #8 in 1952 and #15 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Robyn

  Ranked #7 in 1952 and #13 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Ragnhild

  Ranked #29 in 1950 and #53 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Raymond

  Ranked #17 in 1952 and #31 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Turid

  Ranked #17 in 1950 and #31 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Diane

  Ranked #21 in 1952 and #38 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Vigdis

  Ranked #28 in 1950 and #50 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Helen

  Ranked #9 in 1952 and #16 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Anne

  Ranked #13 in 1952 and #23 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Svein

  Ranked #4 in 1950 and #7 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• William

  Ranked #12 in 1952 and #21 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Leif

  Ranked #19 in 1950 and #33 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Eileen

  Ranked #260 in 1950 and #450 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Jorunn

  Ranked #22 in 1950 and #37 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Rhonda

  Ranked #22 in 1952 and #37 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Marit

  Ranked #3 in 1950 and #5 in 1959 among girls in Norway.

• Carol

  Ranked #26 in 1952 and #43 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Phillip

  Ranked #14 in 1952 and #23 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Isak

  Ranked #281 in 1950 and #460 in 1959 among boys in Norway.

• Selma

  Ranked #267 in 1950 and #433 in 1957 among girls in Norway.

• Sandra

  Ranked #17 in 1952 and #27 in 1959 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Ronald

  Ranked #24 in 1952 and #38 in 1959 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.