Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1951
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda | 1,973 |
| 2 | Patricia | 1,893 |
| 3 | Susan | 1,743 |
| 4 | Mary | 1,703 |
| 5 | Kathleen | 1,362 |
| 6 | Nancy | 1,257 |
| 7 | Deborah | 1,214 |
| 8 | Donna | 1,191 |
| 9 | Karen | 1,056 |
| 10 | Barbara | 953 |
| 11 | Diane | 888 |
| 12 | Carol | 848 |
| 13 | Christine | 827 |
| 14 | Judith | 736 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 677 |
| 16 | Sandra | 652 |
| 17 | Janet | 575 |
| 18 | Gail | 559 |
| 19 | Margaret | 552 |
| 20 | Janice | 549 |
| 21 | Ann | 540 |
| 22 | Joan | 508 |
| 23 | Sharon | 493 |
| 24 | Denise | 492 |
| 25 | Cynthia | 480 |
| 26 | Jane | 478 |
| 27 | Maureen | 466 |
| 28 | Joanne | 448 |
| 29 | Anne | 432 |
| 30 | Pamela | 430 |
| 31 | Cheryl | 428 |
| 32 | Elaine | 418 |
| 33 | Jean | 416 |
| 34 | Paula | 413 |
| 35 | Ellen | 386 |
| 36 | Catherine | 366 |
| 37 | Joyce | 344 |
| 38 | Debra | 337 |
| 39 | Marie | 298 |
| 40 | Marilyn | 265 |
| 41 | Eileen | 253 |
| 42 | Beverly | 250 |
| 43 | Dorothy | 245 |
| 44 | Martha | 237 |
| 45 | Virginia | 232 |
| 46 | Jeanne | 230 |
| 47 | Dianne | 228 |
| 48 | Sheila | 210 |
| 49 | Theresa | 202 |
| 50 | Brenda | 198 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,335 |
| 2 | John | 3,257 |
| 3 | Richard | 2,378 |
| 4 | James | 2,192 |
| 5 | Michael | 2,076 |
| 6 | William | 2,053 |
| 7 | David | 2,034 |
| 8 | Paul | 1,763 |
| 9 | Thomas | 1,629 |
| 10 | Stephen | 1,533 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1,326 |
| 12 | Edward | 898 |
| 13 | Peter | 881 |
| 14 | Charles | 879 |
| 15 | Steven | 780 |
| 16 | Gary | 767 |
| 17 | Donald | 761 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 751 |
| 19 | Mark | 710 |
| 20 | George | 705 |
| 21 | Dennis | 701 |
| 22 | Ronald | 687 |
| 23 | Daniel | 677 |
| 24 | Kevin | 581 |
| 25 | Bruce | 533 |
| 26 | Francis | 446 |
| 27 | Alan | 427 |
| 28 | Wayne | 414 |
| 29 | Brian | 376 |
| 30 | Raymond | 369 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 362 |
| 32 | Anthony | 353 |
| 33 | Arthur | 337 |
| 33 | Douglas | 337 |
| 35 | Jeffrey | 333 |
| 36 | Frank | 303 |
| 36 | Philip | 303 |
| 38 | Frederick | 279 |
| 39 | Gerald | 275 |
| 40 | Christopher | 272 |
| 41 | Walter | 263 |
| 42 | Roger | 240 |
| 43 | Timothy | 236 |
| 44 | Gregory | 222 |
| 45 | Ralph | 212 |
| 46 | Albert | 201 |
| 47 | Russell | 200 |
| 48 | Andrew | 192 |
| 49 | Barry | 189 |
| 50 | Henry | 181 |