Most Popular Baby Names in 1951

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	James	87,257
2	Robert	86,355
3	John	81,570
4	Michael	72,805
5	David	64,789
6	William	62,783
7	Richard	54,539
8	Thomas	48,275
9	Charles	39,408
10	Gary	38,161
11	Larry	30,559
12	Ronald	29,048
13	Steven	28,363
14	Joseph	28,148
15	Donald	27,915
16	Kenneth	25,843
17	Dennis	24,265
18	Paul	22,852
19	Stephen	22,472
20	Mark	21,202
21	Daniel	21,121
22	George	20,213
23	Edward	19,913
24	Jerry	15,165
25	Gregory	14,103
26	Bruce	14,090
27	Douglas	13,902
28	Timothy	12,704
29	Roger	12,425
30	Terry	12,216
31	Frank	11,477
32	Raymond	11,228
33	Lawrence	10,265
34	Anthony	9,838
35	Jeffrey	9,715
36	Gerald	9,539
37	Wayne	9,327
38	Peter	8,999
39	Patrick	8,752
40	Alan	8,408
41	Danny	8,179
42	Walter	8,037
43	Carl	7,640
44	Arthur	7,414
45	Willie	7,224
46	Harold	7,178
47	Henry	7,118
48	Jack	7,004
49	Dale	6,964
50	Johnny	6,700

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Linda	73,982
2	Mary	65,722
3	Patricia	56,446
4	Deborah	42,053
5	Barbara	40,619
6	Susan	40,228
7	Nancy	30,346
8	Karen	27,998
9	Sandra	27,666
10	Kathleen	26,716
11	Carol	24,781
12	Donna	24,075
13	Sharon	23,921
14	Brenda	21,717
15	Diane	19,841
16	Pamela	18,570
17	Margaret	17,692
18	Debra	17,065
19	Janet	16,947
20	Cynthia	16,295
21	Janice	15,959
22	Carolyn	15,208
23	Elizabeth	15,118
24	Christine	15,018
25	Judith	14,936
26	Judy	14,016
27	Shirley	13,918
28	Joyce	13,472
29	Betty	12,822
30	Cheryl	11,986
31	Gloria	10,952
32	Rebecca	10,931
33	Beverly	10,858
34	Catherine	10,566
35	Kathy	10,406
36	Gail	9,886
37	Bonnie	9,706
38	Martha	9,605
39	Joan	9,403
40	Peggy	9,208
41	Marilyn	9,148
42	Dorothy	9,090
43	Jane	8,942
44	Connie	8,722
45	Kathryn	8,460
46	Ann	8,423
47	Virginia	8,180
48	Denise	8,116
49	Jean	7,627
50	Diana	7,396