100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1951

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 87,272
2 Robert 0 86,361
3 John 0 81,577
4 Michael 0 72,799
5 David 0 64,801
6 William 0 62,780
7 Richard 0 54,551
8 Thomas 0 48,278
9 Charles 0 39,405
10 Gary 0 38,157
11 Larry 0 30,558
12 Ronald 0 29,044
13 Steven +3 28,360
14 Joseph -1 28,156
15 Donald -1 27,918
16 Kenneth -1 25,842
17 Dennis 0 24,262
18 Paul 0 22,851
19 Stephen 0 22,478
20 Mark +3 21,210
21 Daniel 0 21,125
22 George -2 20,216
23 Edward -1 19,912
24 Jerry 0 15,165
25 Gregory 0 14,102
26 Bruce 0 14,083
27 Douglas +1 13,898
28 Timothy +4 12,706
29 Roger -2 12,423
30 Terry 0 12,221
31 Frank -2 11,469
32 Raymond -1 11,228
33 Lawrence 0 10,262
34 Anthony +2 9,844
35 Jeffrey +8 9,715
36 Gerald -2 9,540
37 Wayne -2 9,331
38 Peter -1 9,008
39 Patrick -1 8,753
40 Alan +1 8,413
41 Danny -2 8,177
42 Walter -2 8,042
43 Carl +1 7,641
44 Arthur +2 7,416
45 Willie -3 7,228
46 Harold -1 7,174
47 Henry 0 7,120
48 Jack 0 7,004
49 Dale 0 6,968
50 Johnny 0 6,696
51 Ralph +1 6,526
52 Roy -1 6,466
53 Kevin +20 6,352
54 Stanley +6 6,203
55 Philip -2 6,095
56 Randy +24 6,033
57 Joe -3 5,826
58 Glenn +1 5,801
59 Keith +19 5,770
60 Albert -4 5,760
61 Christopher +11 5,732
62 Jimmy -7 5,687
63 Craig +6 5,624
64 Billy -7 5,605
65 Eugene -7 5,580
66 Randall +4 5,534
67 Samuel -5 5,476
68 Scott +14 5,382
69 Andrew -1 5,378
70 Harry -9 5,303
71 Barry +3 5,283
72 Allen -1 5,182
73 Russell -6 5,177
74 Howard -11 5,104
75 Brian +4 5,102
76 Louis -10 5,087
77 Bobby -12 5,006
78 Frederick -3 4,987
79 Phillip -15 4,907
80 Leonard -3 4,736
81 Martin +4 4,601
82 Ronnie -6 4,534
83 Ernest -2 4,385
84 Rodney +4 4,297
85 Francis +1 4,203
86 Steve -3 4,050
87 Fred -3 3,993
88 Melvin -1 3,835
89 Eddie 0 3,748
90 Norman 0 3,735
91 Curtis +6 3,714
92 Lee -1 3,685
93 Eric +5 3,665
94 Tommy 0 3,582
95 Earl -3 3,567
96 Marvin -3 3,555
97 Micheal +7 3,278
98 Clarence -3 3,231
99 Theodore 0 3,218
100 Alfred -4 3,198
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Linda 0 73,972
2 Mary 0 65,726
3 Patricia 0 56,441
4 Deborah +3 42,050
5 Barbara -1 40,621
6 Susan -1 40,227
7 Nancy -1 30,346
8 Karen +4 28,001
9 Sandra -1 27,664
10 Kathleen 0 26,714
11 Carol -2 24,780
12 Donna +1 24,074
13 Sharon -2 23,924
14 Brenda 0 21,716
15 Diane +1 19,841
16 Pamela +1 18,572
17 Margaret -2 17,693
18 Debra +41 17,066
19 Janet -1 16,948
20 Cynthia +3 16,296
21 Janice +1 15,956
22 Carolyn -2 15,210
23 Elizabeth +1 15,120
24 Christine +4 15,018
25 Judith -4 14,933
26 Judy -1 14,018
27 Shirley -8 13,918
28 Joyce -1 13,472
29 Betty -3 12,824
30 Cheryl -1 11,987
31 Gloria -1 10,952
32 Rebecca +4 10,931
33 Beverly -2 10,857
34 Catherine 0 10,567
35 Kathy +3 10,409
36 Gail +6 9,885
37 Bonnie -4 9,706
38 Martha -6 9,604
39 Joan +1 9,404
40 Peggy +1 9,211
41 Marilyn -4 9,150
42 Dorothy -7 9,090
43 Jane -4 8,941
44 Connie 0 8,722
45 Kathryn +1 8,461
46 Ann -1 8,422
47 Virginia -4 8,179
48 Denise +34 8,119
49 Jean -1 7,626
50 Diana -3 7,396
51 Paula +3 7,296
52 Wanda 0 7,235
53 Ruth -4 7,075
54 Helen -4 6,949
55 Katherine +3 6,927
56 Jacqueline -1 6,918
57 Phyllis -4 6,792
58 Vicki +3 6,630
59 Frances -8 6,586
60 Laura +3 6,467
61 Rita -5 6,417
62 Alice -5 6,313
63 Teresa +18 6,216
64 Theresa +1 6,193
65 Rose +4 6,186
66 Elaine -6 6,070
67 Jo -3 6,001
68 Ellen -2 5,944
69 Sheila +1 5,897
70 Sherry -8 5,892
71 Cathy +4 5,698
72 Lynn +4 5,628
73 Joanne -6 5,359
74 Marcia +3 5,299
75 Maria -2 5,232
76 Marsha -8 5,188
77 Sally +1 5,139
78 Marie -6 5,048
79 Darlene 0 5,027
80 Doris -6 5,024
81 Victoria +13 4,907
82 Anne +2 4,873
83 Suzanne -12 4,828
84 Charlotte -4 4,648
85 Lois -2 4,534
86 Constance -1 4,366
87 Vickie +21 4,320
88 Evelyn -2 4,232
89 Glenda -2 4,136
90 Dianne 0 4,035
91 Sarah -3 4,029
92 Roberta +4 3,979
93 Maureen -4 3,878
94 Anna -1 3,868
95 Eileen -4 3,815
96 Anita +3 3,786
97 Sylvia 0 3,776
98 Jeanne -3 3,770
99 Julie +12 3,688
100 Valerie +16 3,557