Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	5,679
2	Linda	5,431
3	Mary	4,732
4	Susan	4,550
5	Barbara	4,304
6	Kathleen	3,286
7	Deborah	3,230
8	Nancy	2,729
9	Diane	2,556
10	Karen	2,495
11	Carol	2,446
12	Donna	2,044
13	Christine	2,030
14	Margaret	1,890
15	Sharon	1,760
16	Elizabeth	1,669
17	Sandra	1,634
18	Judith	1,421
19	Janet	1,410
20	Joan	1,380
21	Denise	1,378
22	Gail	1,285
23	Ellen	1,205
24	Catherine	1,193
25	Pamela	1,083
26	Ann	1,072
27	Joanne	1,033
28	Cynthia	1,031
29	Debra	974
30	Eileen	943
31	Jane	906
32	Janice	904
33	Theresa	873
34	Lorraine	860
35	Maureen	844
36	Jean	843
37	Joyce	837
38	Cheryl	814
39	Marie	808
40	Anne	803
41	Bonnie	795
42	Laura	781
43	Virginia	760
44	Maria	759
45	Elaine	753
46	Frances	747
47	Marilyn	732
48	Jacqueline	684
49	Rose	671
50	Brenda	653

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	9,049
2	John	8,648
3	Michael	6,932
4	James	6,523
5	Richard	6,009
6	William	5,551
7	Thomas	5,314
8	David	4,824
9	Joseph	4,301
10	Gary	2,981
11	Charles	2,698
12	Paul	2,570
13	Steven	2,560
14	Edward	2,419
15	Stephen	2,330
16	Peter	2,287
17	Kenneth	2,147
18	Ronald	2,125
19	Donald	2,063
20	Daniel	2,030
21	George	2,022
22	Mark	1,996
23	Anthony	1,858
24	Dennis	1,853
25	Frank	1,676
26	Bruce	1,501
27	Lawrence	1,362
28	Jeffrey	1,337
29	Douglas	1,285
30	Kevin	1,264
31	Raymond	1,247
32	Alan	1,139
33	Gregory	1,017
34	Philip	965
35	Arthur	961
36	Timothy	929
37	Louis	917
38	Andrew	873
39	Patrick	863
40	Christopher	841
41	Larry	824
42	Vincent	820
43	Brian	768
44	Gerald	757
45	Francis	733
46	Wayne	732
47	Howard	731
48	Martin	716
49	Barry	714
50	Ralph	658