Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	860
2	Patricia	726
3	Susan	661
4	Mary	623
5	Deborah	562
6	Kathleen	488
7	Barbara	463
8	Nancy	440
9	Donna	411
10	Karen	387
11	Diane	370
12	Carol	323
13	Elizabeth	292
14	Sharon	289
15	Judith	265
16	Sandra	264
17	Christine	252
18	Margaret	245
19	Gail	220
19	Pamela	220
21	Janet	206
22	Janice	200
22	Joan	200
24	Cynthia	182
25	Denise	176
26	Catherine	157
27	Ann	154
28	Jane	146
29	Cheryl	144
30	Joanne	138
30	Lynn	138
32	Jean	137
33	Debra	134
34	Joyce	130
35	Maureen	126
36	Ellen	121
37	Paula	120
38	Laura	116
39	Katherine	111
40	Beverly	108
41	Elaine	107
42	Anne	106
43	Carolyn	101
44	Bonnie	99
45	Lorraine	94
46	Marie	93
47	Wendy	92
48	Jacqueline	89
48	Marilyn	89
50	Shirley	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,331
2	John	1,330
3	Richard	923
4	James	846
5	William	836
6	Michael	806
7	David	788
8	Thomas	786
9	Joseph	586
10	Gary	526
11	Paul	448
12	Peter	417
13	Edward	404
14	Mark	385
15	Charles	344
16	Stephen	321
17	George	297
18	Donald	288
19	Ronald	281
20	Kenneth	257
21	Bruce	253
22	Dennis	242
23	Anthony	227
24	Daniel	225
25	Frank	213
26	Steven	189
27	Raymond	181
28	Jeffrey	160
29	Gregory	159
30	Timothy	157
31	Douglas	153
32	Wayne	150
33	Francis	145
33	Lawrence	145
35	Brian	143
36	Kevin	142
37	Alan	141
38	Philip	133
39	Christopher	120
39	Walter	120
41	Frederick	117
42	Gerald	114
43	Roger	113
44	Andrew	109
45	Arthur	106
45	Louis	106
47	Stanley	97
48	Vincent	94
49	Henry	91
49	Ralph	91