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No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 1951 # Top Baby Names of 1951 The most popular baby names in the United States [ 2020s ](/decade/2020s)[ 2010s ](/decade/2010s)[ 2000s ](/decade/2000s)[ 1990s ](/decade/1990s)[ 1980s ](/decade/1980s)[ 1970s ](/decade/1970s)[ 1960s ](/decade/1960s)[ 1950s ](/decade/1950s)[ 1940s ](/decade/1940s)[ 1930s ](/decade/1930s)[ 1920s ](/decade/1920s)[ 1910s ](/decade/1910s)[ 1900s ](/decade/1900s)[ 1890s ](/decade/1890s)[ 1880s ](/decade/1880s) [ 1950 ](/year/1950)[ 1951 ](/year/1951)[ 1952 ](/year/1952)[ 1953 ](/year/1953)[ 1954 ](/year/1954)[ 1955 ](/year/1955)[ 1956 ](/year/1956)[ 1957 ](/year/1957)[ 1958 ](/year/1958)[ 1959 ](/year/1959) 👧 ## Girl Names Top 100 in 1951 [ 1 Linda 73,982 ](/linda)[ 2 Mary 65,722 ](/mary)[ 3 Patricia 56,446 ](/patricia)[ 4 Deborah 42,053 ](/deborah)[ 5 Barbara 40,619 ](/barbara)[ 6 Susan 40,228 ](/susan)[ 7 Nancy 30,346 ](/nancy)[ 8 Karen 27,998 ](/karen)[ 9 Sandra 27,666 ](/sandra)[ 10 Kathleen 26,716 ](/kathleen)[ 11 Carol 24,781 ](/carol)[ 12 Donna 24,075 ](/donna)[ 13 Sharon 23,921 ](/sharon)[ 14 Brenda 21,717 ](/brenda)[ 15 Diane 19,841 ](/diane)[ 16 Pamela 18,570 ](/pamela)[ 17 Margaret 17,692 ](/margaret)[ 18 Debra 17,065 ](/debra)[ 19 Janet 16,947 ](/janet)[ 20 Cynthia 16,295 ](/cynthia)[ 21 Janice 15,959 ](/janice)[ 22 Carolyn 15,208 ](/carolyn)[ 23 Elizabeth 15,118 ](/elizabeth)[ 24 Christine 15,018 ](/christine)[ 25 Judith 14,936 ](/judith)[ 26 Judy 14,016 ](/judy)[ 27 Shirley 13,918 ](/shirley)[ 28 Joyce 13,472 ](/joyce)[ 29 Betty 12,822 ](/betty)[ 30 Cheryl 11,986 ](/cheryl)[ 31 Gloria 10,952 ](/gloria)[ 32 Rebecca 10,931 ](/rebecca)[ 33 Beverly 10,858 ](/beverly)[ 34 Catherine 10,566 ](/catherine)[ 35 Kathy 10,406 ](/kathy)[ 36 Gail 9,886 ](/gail)[ 37 Bonnie 9,706 ](/bonnie)[ 38 Martha 9,605 ](/martha)[ 39 Joan 9,403 ](/joan)[ 40 Peggy 9,208 ](/peggy)[ 41 Marilyn 9,148 ](/marilyn)[ 42 Dorothy 9,090 ](/dorothy)[ 43 Jane 8,942 ](/jane)[ 44 Connie 8,722 ](/connie)[ 45 Kathryn 8,460 ](/kathryn)[ 46 Ann 8,423 ](/ann)[ 47 Virginia 8,180 ](/virginia)[ 48 Denise 8,116 ](/denise)[ 49 Jean 7,627 ](/jean)[ 50 Diana 7,396 ](/diana)[ 51 Paula 7,291 ](/paula)[ 52 Wanda 7,232 ](/wanda)[ 53 Ruth 7,076 ](/ruth)[ 54 Helen 6,950 ](/helen)[ 55 Katherine 6,930 ](/katherine)[ 56 Jacqueline 6,917 ](/jacqueline)[ 57 Phyllis 6,791 ](/phyllis)[ 58 Vicki 6,631 ](/vicki)[ 59 Frances 6,584 ](/frances)[ 60 Laura 6,466 ](/laura)[ 61 Rita 6,415 ](/rita)[ 62 Alice 6,315 ](/alice)[ 63 Teresa 6,214 ](/teresa)[ 64 Theresa 6,190 ](/theresa)[ 65 Rose 6,185 ](/rose)[ 66 Elaine 6,069 ](/elaine)[ 67 Jo 6,001 ](/jo)[ 68 Ellen 5,945 ](/ellen)[ 69 Sheila 5,897 ](/sheila)[ 70 Sherry 5,889 ](/sherry)[ 71 Cathy 5,697 ](/cathy)[ 72 Lynn 5,628 ](/lynn)[ 73 Joanne 5,358 ](/joanne)[ 74 Marcia 5,299 ](/marcia)[ 75 Maria 5,236 ](/maria)[ 76 Marsha 5,188 ](/marsha)[ 77 Sally 5,138 ](/sally)[ 78 Marie 5,046 ](/marie)[ 79 Darlene 5,030 ](/darlene)[ 80 Doris 5,025 ](/doris)[ 81 Victoria 4,907 ](/victoria)[ 82 Anne 4,873 ](/anne)[ 83 Suzanne 4,827 ](/suzanne)[ 84 Charlotte 4,649 ](/charlotte)[ 85 Lois 4,533 ](/lois)[ 86 Constance 4,367 ](/constance)[ 87 Vickie 4,320 ](/vickie)[ 88 Evelyn 4,232 ](/evelyn)[ 89 Glenda 4,135 ](/glenda)[ 90 Dianne 4,034 ](/dianne)[ 91 Sarah 4,028 ](/sarah)[ 92 Roberta 3,979 ](/roberta)[ 93 Maureen 3,878 ](/maureen)[ 94 Anna 3,870 ](/anna)[ 95 Eileen 3,816 ](/eileen)[ 96 Anita 3,785 ](/anita)[ 97 Sylvia 3,777 ](/sylvia)[ 98 Jeanne 3,768 ](/jeanne)[ 99 Julie 3,686 ](/julie)[ 100 Valerie 3,559 ](/valerie) 👦 ## Boy Names Top 100 in 1951 [ 1 James 87,257 ](/james)[ 2 Robert 86,355 ](/robert)[ 3 John 81,570 ](/john)[ 4 Michael 72,805 ](/michael)[ 5 David 64,789 ](/david)[ 6 William 62,783 ](/william)[ 7 Richard 54,539 ](/richard)[ 8 Thomas 48,275 ](/thomas)[ 9 Charles 39,408 ](/charles)[ 10 Gary 38,161 ](/gary)[ 11 Larry 30,559 ](/larry)[ 12 Ronald 29,048 ](/ronald)[ 13 Steven 28,363 ](/steven)[ 14 Joseph 28,148 ](/joseph)[ 15 Donald 27,915 ](/donald)[ 16 Kenneth 25,843 ](/kenneth)[ 17 Dennis 24,265 ](/dennis)[ 18 Paul 22,852 ](/paul)[ 19 Stephen 22,472 ](/stephen)[ 20 Mark 21,202 ](/mark)[ 21 Daniel 21,121 ](/daniel)[ 22 George 20,213 ](/george)[ 23 Edward 19,913 ](/edward)[ 24 Jerry 15,165 ](/jerry)[ 25 Gregory 14,103 ](/gregory)[ 26 Bruce 14,090 ](/bruce)[ 27 Douglas 13,902 ](/douglas)[ 28 Timothy 12,704 ](/timothy)[ 29 Roger 12,425 ](/roger)[ 30 Terry 12,216 ](/terry)[ 31 Frank 11,477 ](/frank)[ 32 Raymond 11,228 ](/raymond)[ 33 Lawrence 10,265 ](/lawrence)[ 34 Anthony 9,838 ](/anthony)[ 35 Jeffrey 9,715 ](/jeffrey)[ 36 Gerald 9,539 ](/gerald)[ 37 Wayne 9,327 ](/wayne)[ 38 Peter 8,999 ](/peter)[ 39 Patrick 8,752 ](/patrick)[ 40 Alan 8,408 ](/alan)[ 41 Danny 8,179 ](/danny)[ 42 Walter 8,037 ](/walter)[ 43 Carl 7,640 ](/carl)[ 44 Arthur 7,414 ](/arthur)[ 45 Willie 7,224 ](/willie)[ 46 Harold 7,178 ](/harold)[ 47 Henry 7,118 ](/henry)[ 48 Jack 7,004 ](/jack)[ 49 Dale 6,964 ](/dale)[ 50 Johnny 6,700 ](/johnny)[ 51 Ralph 6,525 ](/ralph)[ 52 Roy 6,466 ](/roy)[ 53 Kevin 6,350 ](/kevin)[ 54 Stanley 6,205 ](/stanley)[ 55 Philip 6,097 ](/philip)[ 56 Randy 6,033 ](/randy)[ 57 Joe 5,825 ](/joe)[ 58 Glenn 5,803 ](/glenn)[ 59 Keith 5,767 ](/keith)[ 60 Albert 5,760 ](/albert)[ 61 Christopher 5,735 ](/christopher)[ 62 Jimmy 5,687 ](/jimmy)[ 63 Craig 5,623 ](/craig)[ 64 Billy 5,609 ](/billy)[ 65 Eugene 5,579 ](/eugene)[ 66 Randall 5,533 ](/randall)[ 67 Samuel 5,476 ](/samuel)[ 68 Scott 5,381 ](/scott)[ 69 Andrew 5,372 ](/andrew)[ 70 Harry 5,304 ](/harry)[ 71 Barry 5,284 ](/barry)[ 72 Allen 5,179 ](/allen)[ 73 Russell 5,175 ](/russell)[ 74 Howard 5,108 ](/howard)[ 75 Brian 5,100 ](/brian)[ 76 Louis 5,089 ](/louis)[ 77 Bobby 5,006 ](/bobby)[ 78 Frederick 4,984 ](/frederick)[ 79 Phillip 4,910 ](/phillip)[ 80 Leonard 4,738 ](/leonard)[ 81 Martin 4,596 ](/martin)[ 82 Ronnie 4,531 ](/ronnie)[ 83 Ernest 4,381 ](/ernest)[ 84 Rodney 4,297 ](/rodney)[ 85 Francis 4,200 ](/francis)[ 86 Steve 4,053 ](/steve)[ 87 Fred 3,994 ](/fred)[ 88 Melvin 3,837 ](/melvin)[ 89 Eddie 3,747 ](/eddie)[ 90 Norman 3,729 ](/norman)[ 91 Curtis 3,716 ](/curtis)[ 92 Lee 3,682 ](/lee)[ 93 Eric 3,664 ](/eric)[ 94 Tommy 3,582 ](/tommy)[ 95 Earl 3,571 ](/earl)[ 96 Marvin 3,557 ](/marvin)[ 97 Micheal 3,276 ](/micheal)[ 98 Clarence 3,232 ](/clarence)[ 99 Theodore 3,217 ](/theodore)[ 100 Alfred 3,203 ](/alfred) [ 1950 ](/year/1950) 1951 [ 1952 ](/year/1952) ## About 1951 Baby Name Rankings These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1951, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA. Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states. ### Explore More [ 1950s Decade ](/decade/1950s) [Rankings Overview ](/rankings) [Trending Names ](/trends) [Browse All Names ](/names)