Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Pennsylvania, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,905
2	Mary	4,213
3	Patricia	4,195
4	Barbara	3,002
5	Deborah	2,963
6	Susan	2,921
7	Kathleen	2,497
8	Karen	2,191
9	Carol	2,161
10	Nancy	2,127
11	Donna	2,028
12	Sandra	1,727
13	Diane	1,605
14	Sharon	1,542
15	Margaret	1,454
16	Judith	1,351
17	Janet	1,211
18	Christine	1,154
19	Elizabeth	1,087
20	Debra	1,032
21	Cynthia	999
22	Joyce	901
23	Janice	853
24	Joan	816
25	Bonnie	805
26	Catherine	801
27	Cheryl	798
28	Beverly	795
29	Denise	758
30	Shirley	725
31	Pamela	711
32	Jane	689
33	Brenda	683
34	Ruth	652
35	Ann	648
36	Joanne	632
37	Gail	630
38	Kathy	620
39	Dorothy	606
40	Elaine	601
41	Kathryn	566
42	Jean	564
43	Darlene	551
44	Eileen	544
45	Theresa	543
46	Helen	540
47	Jacqueline	533
48	Marilyn	528
49	Gloria	515
50	Carolyn	510

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	7,039
2	Robert	6,895
3	James	5,716
4	William	5,290
5	David	4,603
6	Thomas	4,161
7	Richard	4,120
8	Michael	4,084
9	Joseph	3,490
10	Charles	2,591
11	Gary	2,294
12	Dennis	2,194
13	Ronald	2,103
14	Edward	2,043
15	Donald	1,901
16	George	1,711
17	Paul	1,695
18	Kenneth	1,640
19	Daniel	1,607
20	Stephen	1,466
21	Larry	1,162
22	Mark	1,109
23	Steven	1,011
24	Frank	982
25	Bruce	965
26	Anthony	940
27	Raymond	922
28	Jeffrey	875
29	Gregory	850
30	Lawrence	800
31	Timothy	778
32	Barry	763
33	Francis	744
34	Gerald	739
35	Harry	710
36	Wayne	658
37	Terry	620
38	Douglas	603
39	Walter	587
40	Carl	565
41	Patrick	555
42	Albert	531
43	Alan	524
44	Peter	509
45	Eugene	507
46	Samuel	506
47	Andrew	478
48	Frederick	469
49	Dale	465
50	Ralph	457