Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	73,982
2	Mary	65,721
3	Patricia	56,446
4	Deborah	42,053
5	Barbara	40,617
6	Susan	40,228
7	Nancy	30,346
8	Karen	27,998
9	Sandra	27,665
10	Kathleen	26,716
11	Carol	24,781
12	Donna	24,074
13	Sharon	23,920
14	Brenda	21,717
15	Diane	19,840
16	Pamela	18,570
17	Margaret	17,692
18	Debra	17,064
19	Janet	16,947
20	Cynthia	16,295
21	Janice	15,958
22	Carolyn	15,206
23	Elizabeth	15,118
24	Christine	15,017
25	Judith	14,935
26	Judy	14,017
27	Shirley	13,919
28	Joyce	13,472
29	Betty	12,822
30	Cheryl	11,986
31	Gloria	10,951
32	Rebecca	10,932
33	Beverly	10,860
34	Catherine	10,566
35	Kathy	10,406
36	Gail	9,886
37	Bonnie	9,706
38	Martha	9,605
39	Joan	9,403
40	Peggy	9,208
41	Marilyn	9,148
42	Dorothy	9,089
43	Jane	8,942
44	Connie	8,722
45	Kathryn	8,460
46	Ann	8,423
47	Virginia	8,180
48	Denise	8,116
49	Jean	7,627
50	Diana	7,396
51	Paula	7,290
52	Wanda	7,233
53	Ruth	7,076
54	Helen	6,949
55	Katherine	6,930
56	Jacqueline	6,915
57	Phyllis	6,791
58	Vicki	6,630
59	Frances	6,584
60	Laura	6,466
61	Rita	6,415
62	Alice	6,315
63	Teresa	6,213
64	Theresa	6,190
65	Rose	6,185
66	Elaine	6,069
67	Jo	6,001
68	Ellen	5,945
69	Sheila	5,897
70	Sherry	5,889
71	Cathy	5,697
72	Lynn	5,629
73	Joanne	5,358
74	Marcia	5,299
75	Maria	5,236
76	Marsha	5,188
77	Sally	5,138
78	Marie	5,046
79	Darlene	5,030
80	Doris	5,025
81	Victoria	4,907
82	Anne	4,873
83	Suzanne	4,828
84	Charlotte	4,649
85	Lois	4,533
86	Constance	4,367
87	Vickie	4,320
88	Evelyn	4,232
89	Glenda	4,135
90	Dianne	4,034
91	Sarah	4,028
92	Roberta	3,979
93	Maureen	3,878
94	Anna	3,870
95	Eileen	3,816
96	Anita	3,785
97	Sylvia	3,777
98	Jeanne	3,768
99	Julie	3,686
100	Valerie	3,559

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	87,256
2	Robert	86,353
3	John	81,569
4	Michael	72,807
5	David	64,788
6	William	62,781
7	Richard	54,541
8	Thomas	48,275
9	Charles	39,406
10	Gary	38,160
11	Larry	30,558
12	Ronald	29,049
13	Steven	28,363
14	Joseph	28,147
15	Donald	27,916
16	Kenneth	25,841
17	Dennis	24,264
18	Paul	22,853
19	Stephen	22,474
20	Mark	21,201
21	Daniel	21,121
22	George	20,212
23	Edward	19,913
24	Jerry	15,164
25	Gregory	14,102
26	Bruce	14,090
27	Douglas	13,902
28	Timothy	12,705
29	Roger	12,425
30	Terry	12,216
31	Frank	11,477
32	Raymond	11,227
33	Lawrence	10,266
34	Anthony	9,836
35	Jeffrey	9,713
36	Gerald	9,539
37	Wayne	9,327
38	Peter	8,999
39	Patrick	8,751
40	Alan	8,408
41	Danny	8,179
42	Walter	8,038
43	Carl	7,641
44	Arthur	7,414
45	Willie	7,226
46	Harold	7,178
47	Henry	7,120
48	Jack	7,004
49	Dale	6,963
50	Johnny	6,700
51	Ralph	6,525
52	Roy	6,466
53	Kevin	6,349
54	Stanley	6,205
55	Philip	6,098
56	Randy	6,034
57	Joe	5,824
58	Glenn	5,803
59	Keith	5,767
60	Albert	5,758
61	Christopher	5,734
62	Jimmy	5,687
63	Craig	5,623
64	Billy	5,610
65	Eugene	5,580
66	Randall	5,532
67	Samuel	5,476
68	Scott	5,381
69	Andrew	5,373
70	Harry	5,303
71	Barry	5,284
72	Allen	5,179
73	Russell	5,175
74	Howard	5,108
75	Brian	5,101
76	Louis	5,089
77	Bobby	5,006
78	Frederick	4,984
79	Phillip	4,910
80	Leonard	4,738
81	Martin	4,596
82	Ronnie	4,530
83	Ernest	4,382
84	Rodney	4,296
85	Francis	4,199
86	Steve	4,053
87	Fred	3,994
88	Melvin	3,837
89	Eddie	3,748
90	Norman	3,729
91	Curtis	3,716
92	Lee	3,682
93	Eric	3,664
94	Tommy	3,582
95	Earl	3,571
96	Marvin	3,557
97	Micheal	3,276
98	Clarence	3,232
99	Theodore	3,216
100	Alfred	3,203