Having one of the most popular names can be a good and bad thing. Everyone will know how to spell your name, but the chances that you have at least one other person in your class or at your job with the same name are pretty high. We gathered the top three names for every year, 1950-2010, from the Social Security Administration. Check out your birth year below to see if your name made the list or if any names from decades ago made our vintage baby names list. Also, check out the most popular toy the year you were born.
1952
Girls
- Linda
- Mary
- Patricia
Boys
- James
- Robert
- John
These are the most popular cities in the world today. We wonder how many of their occupants are named Linda!
1958
Girls
- Mary
- Susan
- Linda
Boys
- Michael
- David
- James
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1970
Girls
- Jennifer
- Lisa
- Kimberly
Boys
- Michael
- James
- David
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1981
Girls
- Jennifer
- Jessica
- Amanda
Boys
- Michael
- Christopher
- Matthew
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1995
Girls
- Jessica
- Ashley
- Emily
Boys
- Michael
- Matthew
- Christopher
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2010
Girls
- Isabella
- Sophia
- Emma
Boys
- Jacob
- Ethan
- Michael
Now, check out these vintage photos of what life was like in the 1950s.