Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Michigan, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	3,653
2	Mary	3,090
3	Patricia	2,652
4	Susan	2,298
5	Deborah	2,032
6	Barbara	1,870
7	Karen	1,668
7	Nancy	1,668
9	Kathleen	1,620
10	Sandra	1,470
11	Carol	1,421
12	Diane	1,335
13	Sharon	1,295
14	Christine	1,098
15	Pamela	1,079
16	Janet	962
17	Debra	914
18	Cynthia	899
19	Janice	884
20	Judith	848
21	Donna	821
22	Cheryl	752
23	Margaret	712
24	Denise	675
25	Brenda	667
26	Judy	589
27	Gail	577
28	Bonnie	524
29	Catherine	523
30	Carolyn	519
31	Shirley	518
32	Elizabeth	514
33	Beverly	493
33	Kathy	493
33	Marilyn	493
36	Joyce	458
37	Kathryn	448
38	Ann	442
39	Gloria	431
40	Joan	428
41	Suzanne	412
42	Jane	406
43	Ruth	396
44	Connie	389
45	Sally	384
46	Peggy	383
47	Jean	375
48	Darlene	373
48	Marcia	373
50	Jacqueline	369

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,218
2	Michael	4,205
3	James	3,963
4	David	3,634
5	John	3,535
6	Richard	2,789
7	Thomas	2,772
8	William	2,736
9	Gary	2,336
10	Dennis	1,751
11	Ronald	1,543
12	Charles	1,537
13	Mark	1,457
14	Kenneth	1,456
15	Donald	1,434
16	Daniel	1,380
17	Steven	1,294
18	Larry	1,288
19	Paul	1,160
20	Joseph	1,108
21	Douglas	1,001
22	Gregory	955
23	Timothy	880
24	Stephen	817
25	Edward	801
26	George	778
27	Bruce	739
28	Terry	696
29	Gerald	695
30	Patrick	614
31	Lawrence	599
32	Roger	598
33	Dale	538
34	Raymond	528
35	Jerry	523
36	Jack	457
37	Frank	442
38	Alan	424
38	Jeffrey	424
40	Anthony	409
41	Keith	405
42	Brian	372
42	Peter	372
44	Craig	366
45	Christopher	363
46	Randy	343
47	Walter	338
48	Carl	336
49	Arthur	328
50	Wayne	327