1951
Top Baby Names of 1951
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1951
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 51
Paula 7,291 52
Wanda 7,232 53
Ruth 7,076 54
Helen 6,950 55
Katherine 6,930 56
Jacqueline 6,917 57
Phyllis 6,791 58
Vicki 6,631 59
Frances 6,584 60
Laura 6,466 61
Rita 6,415 62
Alice 6,315 63
Teresa 6,214 64
Theresa 6,190 65
Rose 6,185 66
Elaine 6,069 67
Jo 6,001 68
Ellen 5,945 69
Sheila 5,897 70
Sherry 5,889 71
Cathy 5,697 72
Lynn 5,628 73
Joanne 5,358 74
Marcia 5,299 75
Maria 5,236 76
Marsha 5,188 77
Sally 5,138 78
Marie 5,046 79
Darlene 5,030 80
Doris 5,025 81
Victoria 4,907 82
Anne 4,873 83
Suzanne 4,827 84
Charlotte 4,649 85
Lois 4,533 86
Constance 4,367 87
Vickie 4,320 88
Evelyn 4,232 89
Glenda 4,135 90
Dianne 4,034 91
Sarah 4,028 92
Roberta 3,979 93
Maureen 3,878 94
Anna 3,870 95
Eileen 3,816 96
Anita 3,785 97
Sylvia 3,777 98
Jeanne 3,768 99
Julie 3,686 100
Valerie 3,559 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1951
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 51
Ralph 6,525 52
Roy 6,466 53
Kevin 6,350 54
Stanley 6,205 55
Philip 6,097 56
Randy 6,033 57
Joe 5,825 58
Glenn 5,803 59
Keith 5,767 60
Albert 5,760 61
Christopher 5,735 62
Jimmy 5,687 63
Craig 5,623 64
Billy 5,609 65
Eugene 5,579 66
Randall 5,533 67
Samuel 5,476 68
Scott 5,381 69
Andrew 5,372 70
Harry 5,304 71
Barry 5,284 72
Allen 5,179 73
Russell 5,175 74
Howard 5,108 75
Brian 5,100 76
Louis 5,089 77
Bobby 5,006 78
Frederick 4,984 79
Phillip 4,910 80
Leonard 4,738 81
Martin 4,596 82
Ronnie 4,531 83
Ernest 4,381 84
Rodney 4,297 85
Francis 4,200 86
Steve 4,053 87
Fred 3,994 88
Melvin 3,837 89
Eddie 3,747 90
Norman 3,729 91
Curtis 3,716 92
Lee 3,682 93
Eric 3,664 94
Tommy 3,582 95
Earl 3,571 96
Marvin 3,557 97
Micheal 3,276 98
Clarence 3,232 99
Theodore 3,217 100
Alfred 3,203
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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.
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