One-Hit Wonder Baby Names from the 1950s

Not pop songs, but baby names! Many baby names have only managed to rank among the most popular in the U.S. a single time. The following names are one-hit wonders from the 1950s.

Girl Names:

• Debera – #998 in 1952
• Debroah – #898 in 1955
• Denese – #983 in 1954
• Doretta – #899 in 1953 (possible influence: Doretta Morrow)
• Ellyn – #993 in 1952
• Gaylene – #930 in 1956
• Jacqulyn – #970 in 1952
• Jeryl – #770 in 1955
• Kathey – #890 in 1956
• Lanita – #968 in 1958
• Melodee – #994 in 1955
• Nilda – #959 in 1957
• Pandora – #785 in 1952
• Perri – #949 in 1958
• Rhona – #992 in 1951
• Sharleen – #767 in 1951
• Sheilah – #665 in 1955 (possible influence: Sheilah Graham)
• Sheryll – #997 in 1955
• Tambra – #916 in 1958
• Tari – #972 in 1959
• Valinda – #809 in 1954

Boy Names:

• Danniel – #978 in 1950
• Deryl – #993 in 1950
• Erasmo – #926 in 1951
• Kem – #922 in 1956
• Kennard – #999 in 1954
• Mikeal – #909 in 1952
• Rahn – #913 in 1954 (influence: Helmut Rahn)
• Ricci – #742 in 1954

I’ll post one-hit wonder names from other decades in the coming weeks…