Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,136
2	Mary	1,063
3	Patricia	1,028
4	Deborah	886
5	Barbara	721
6	Susan	586
7	Sharon	568
8	Nancy	468
9	Donna	382
9	Sandra	382
11	Carol	370
12	Kathleen	350
13	Margaret	349
14	Karen	346
15	Diane	325
16	Brenda	315
17	Joyce	258
18	Elizabeth	238
19	Carolyn	235
20	Shirley	224
21	Cynthia	220
22	Bonnie	215
22	Christine	215
24	Pamela	212
25	Janet	210
26	Janice	209
27	Beverly	202
28	Joan	193
29	Judith	191
30	Catherine	184
31	Gail	172
32	Denise	170
33	Betty	166
34	Dorothy	160
35	Debra	156
36	Darlene	155
36	Jacqueline	155
38	Gloria	148
39	Sheila	139
40	Frances	138
41	Ann	133
41	Cheryl	133
43	Peggy	131
44	Ruth	128
45	Jane	127
46	Helen	126
47	Phyllis	125
48	Jean	120
49	Judy	119
50	Ellen	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,407
2	John	1,383
3	James	1,334
4	William	1,281
5	Michael	1,066
6	David	854
7	Charles	841
8	Richard	806
9	Thomas	769
10	Joseph	584
11	Gary	503
12	George	478
13	Ronald	476
14	Donald	419
15	Stephen	379
16	Edward	377
17	Larry	371
18	Kenneth	364
19	Paul	346
20	Steven	324
21	Dennis	302
22	Bruce	256
23	Daniel	254
24	Gregory	239
25	Mark	238
26	Wayne	217
27	Douglas	207
28	Frank	194
29	Raymond	192
30	Lawrence	175
31	Timothy	170
32	Walter	169
33	Harry	165
34	Howard	150
35	Anthony	145
36	Jeffrey	142
37	Melvin	131
38	Frederick	128
39	Jerry	127
40	Francis	126
41	Albert	124
42	Henry	123
42	Patrick	123
44	Philip	120
45	Stanley	119
46	Roger	118
47	Arthur	117
47	Ralph	117
49	Louis	111
49	Terry	111