Year rank 1951

Names picked for kids in 1951

For a girl

1. linda

73981

2. mary

65723

3. patricia

56446

4. deborah

42055

5. barbara

40619

6. susan

40229

7. nancy

30348

8. karen

27999

9. sandra

27665

10. kathleen

26714

11. carol

24781

12. donna

24075

13. sharon

23922

14. brenda

21716

15. diane

19841

16. pamela

18570

17. margaret

17693

18. debra

17065

19. janet

16948

20. cynthia

16295

21. janice

15958

22. carolyn

15208

23. elizabeth

15120

24. christine

15019

25. judith

14937

26. judy

14017

27. shirley

13917

28. joyce

13470

29. betty

12820

30. cheryl

11987

31. gloria

10952

32. rebecca

10931

33. beverly

10858

34. catherine

10566

35. kathy

10407

36. gail

9886

37. bonnie

9706

38. martha

9604

39. joan

9403

40. peggy

9208

41. marilyn

9149

42. dorothy

9089

43. jane

8943

44. connie

8723

45. kathryn

8460

46. ann

8422

47. virginia

8180

48. denise

8117

49. jean

7627

50. diana

7396

51. paula

7291

52. wanda

7234

53. ruth

7077

54. helen

6950

55. katherine

6930

56. jacqueline

6917

57. phyllis

6791

58. vicki

6630

59. frances

6583

60. laura

6467

61. rita

6416

62. alice

6314

63. teresa

6213

64. theresa

6190

65. rose

6185

66. elaine

6069

67. jo

6001

68. ellen

5945

69. sheila

5896

70. sherry

5889

71. cathy

5698

72. lynn

5628

73. joanne

5358

74. marcia

5299

75. maria

5235

76. marsha

5188

77. sally

5138

78. marie

5046

79. darlene

5030

80. doris

5025

81. victoria

4907

82. anne

4872

83. suzanne

4827

84. charlotte

4649

85. lois

4534

86. constance

4367

87. vickie

4320

88. evelyn

4232

89. glenda

4135

90. dianne

4033

91. sarah

4028

92. roberta

3979

93. maureen

3878

94. anna

3870

95. eileen

3816

96. anita

3785

97. sylvia

3777

98. jeanne

3768

99. julie

3686

100. valerie

3557

For a boy

1. james

87251

2. robert

86352

3. john

81569

4. michael

72804

5. david

64789

6. william

62784

7. richard

54546

8. thomas

48279

9. charles

39408

10. gary

38161

11. larry

30557

12. ronald

29046

13. steven

28366

14. joseph

28151

15. donald

27917

16. kenneth

25842

17. dennis

24263

18. paul

22852

19. stephen

22474

20. mark

21206

21. daniel

21119

22. george

20216

23. edward

19913

24. jerry

15164

25. gregory

14104

26. bruce

14089

27. douglas

13900

28. timothy

12704

29. roger

12424

30. terry

12217

31. frank

11474

32. raymond

11229

33. lawrence

10264

34. anthony

9843

35. jeffrey

9715

36. gerald

9541

37. wayne

9328

38. peter

9001

39. patrick

8751

40. alan

8409

41. danny

8178

42. walter

8038

43. carl

7642

44. arthur

7414

45. willie

7224

46. harold

7177

47. henry

7118

48. jack

7003

49. dale

6963

50. johnny

6698

51. ralph

6524

52. roy

6468

53. kevin

6351

54. stanley

6205

55. philip

6097

56. randy

6033

57. joe

5825

58. glenn

5800

59. keith

5767

60. albert

5761

61. christopher

5734

62. jimmy

5686

63. craig

5623

64. billy

5608

65. eugene

5579

66. randall

5534

67. samuel

5476

68. scott

5381

69. andrew

5374

70. harry

5305

71. barry

5286

72. allen

5180

73. russell

5177

74. howard

5106

75. brian

5101

76. louis

5089

77. bobby

5006

78. frederick

4984

79. phillip

4910

80. leonard

4737

81. martin

4597

82. ronnie

4530

83. ernest

4383

84. rodney

4297

85. francis

4200

86. steve

4053

87. fred

3994

88. melvin

3838

89. eddie

3747

90. norman

3731

91. curtis

3716

92. lee

3682

93. eric

3664

94. tommy

3582

95. earl

3569

96. marvin

3556

97. micheal

3277

98. clarence

3232

99. theodore

3217

100. alfred

3201