The Social Security Administration's data shows what parents were naming their newborns three-quarters of a century ago.

The decade of the '50s conjures up images of sock hops and hula hoops — and some 1950s names that, like poodle skirts, have fallen out of fashion. This is especially true of baby girl names of the ...

If you want to give your baby a classic name that’s also not common enough to be repeated in a classroom, there’s a new report listing several viable options that were moderately popular in the 1950s.

Joni James, a popular 1950s pop singer who topped the charts in 1952 with “Why Don’t You Believe Me?” died Feb. 20, her son said. She was 91. James died of natural causes in a hospital in West Palm ...

The 1950s were the launch pad into the second half of the 20th century. The post-World War II period saw the spark of the ...

You may associate Massachusetts with Boston cream pies or baked beans, but the city of Fall River was the birthplace of a ...

The popular 1950s character was played by a Napa County bakery owner. When Timbo the Clown showed up at the Sonoma County Fair, he wasn’t considered scary. He was friendly, exuberant and popular with ...