Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	538
2	Mary	535
3	Patricia	490
4	Deborah	401
5	Barbara	353
6	Susan	302
7	Sharon	262
8	Karen	251
9	Kathleen	229
10	Nancy	204
11	Diane	197
11	Sandra	197
13	Brenda	180
14	Margaret	175
15	Donna	168
16	Carolyn	159
17	Carol	155
18	Joyce	147
19	Elizabeth	140
20	Cynthia	128
20	Denise	128
22	Judith	121
23	Pamela	119
24	Janet	117
25	Janice	112
26	Catherine	108
27	Gail	105
28	Christine	104
29	Jacqueline	101
29	Joan	101
31	Gloria	99
32	Shirley	91
33	Cheryl	88
34	Debra	84
35	Sheila	79
36	Jean	76
37	Ann	75
38	Anne	73
39	Beverly	72
40	Bonnie	68
40	Jane	68
42	Ellen	66
42	Paula	66
44	Yvonne	65
45	Helen	64
45	Martha	64
47	Dorothy	61
47	Katherine	61
47	Phyllis	61
50	Betty	57

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	740
2	John	735
3	James	711
4	Michael	688
5	William	635
6	David	414
7	Thomas	398
8	Richard	391
9	Charles	367
10	Joseph	292
11	Stephen	277
12	Ronald	258
13	Gary	224
14	Donald	220
15	Paul	218
16	George	201
17	Gregory	190
18	Kenneth	176
19	Edward	171
20	Steven	170
21	Larry	166
21	Mark	166
23	Daniel	139
24	Anthony	125
24	Dennis	125
26	Lawrence	124
27	Bruce	118
28	Christopher	89
29	Timothy	87
30	Wayne	86
31	Alan	85
32	Peter	84
33	Jeffrey	83
34	Patrick	81
35	Raymond	80
36	Douglas	78
37	Roger	76
38	Andrew	73
38	Walter	73
40	Carl	70
40	Reginald	70
42	Kevin	68
43	Frank	66
43	Gerald	66
45	Brian	63
46	Arthur	62
47	Eugene	59
48	Stanley	58
49	Frederick	57
50	Eric	56