Names That Sound Middle-Aged: Gen X and Late Boomer Names

Somewhere between a grandma name and a millennial name are the names of today's fifty-somethings. Each of these names has a typical owner between 50 and 60; across the list the average is 55.

Most of them peaked between 1946 and 1968, and stayed common long enough afterward that their typical owner now lands in late middle age.

Names That Sound Middle-Aged: Gen X and Late Boomer Names
#	Name	Average age	Peak year	Alive
1	James	54	1947	2.88M
2	John	55	1947	2.69M
3	David	52	1955	2.67M
4	Robert	58	1947	2.53M
5	William	51	1947	2.15M
6	Thomas	53	1952	1.43M
7	Richard	60	1946	1.41M
8	Charles	54	1947	1.18M
9	Mark	56	1960	1.08M
10	Steven	52	1956	1.04M
11	Lisa	56	1965	872K
12	Jeffrey	53	1962	812K
13	Paul	57	1957	798K
14	Kenneth	57	1957	765K
15	Scott	53	1971	649K
16	Stephen	54	1952	637K
17	Laura	51	1964	604K
18	Edward	56	1924	578K
19	Gregory	54	1962	570K
20	George	57	1921	534K
21	Christine	57	1952	457K
22	Julie	55	1958	449K
23	Peter	51	1957	384K
24	Douglas	59	1957	381K
25	Catherine	54	1956	375K

Names That Sound Middle-Aged: Gen X and Late Boomer Names, continued
#	Name	Average age	Peak year	Alive
26	Raymond	56	1924	351K
27	Teresa	59	1961	338K
28	Frank	59	1918	335K
29	Keith	54	1957	335K
30	Jacqueline	51	1964	334K
31	Denise	59	1961	322K
32	Kathryn	51	1952	312K
33	Diana	52	1957	306K
34	Lori	58	1963	304K
35	Tammy	58	1963	299K
36	Leslie	50	1957	289K
37	Robin	58	1961	288K
38	Tracy	55	1970	278K
39	Randy	57	1956	261K
40	Tina	56	1968	259K
41	Dawn	57	1970	254K
42	Todd	54	1964	241K
43	Craig	56	1960	238K
44	Wendy	55	1967	234K
45	Cindy	57	1957	224K
46	Phillip	51	1960	224K
47	Carl	60	1956	221K
48	Dana	51	1971	213K
49	Johnny	54	1947	213K
50	Walter	58	1918	209K

How this list works

Names with 50,000+ estimated alive and an average age from 50 to 60, ranked by number alive. Ages are estimates for people alive in 2026, from Social Security baby-name records and SSA life tables. How we calculate this

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