Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1951

Page of 2

1951 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Linda	73,978	4.005	-725	-73,589	1	James	87,261	4.565	-3	-73,736
2	Mary	65,721	3.558	-124	-63,394	2	Robert	86,351	4.517	-69	-81,211
3	Patricia	56,442	3.055	-910	-56,149	3	John	81,574	4.267	-24	-72,455
4	Deborah	42,052	2.276	-775	-41,705	4	Michael	72,797	3.808	-10	-61,177
5	Barbara	40,620	2.199	-925	-40,335	5	David	64,792	3.389	-17	-55,095
6	Susan	40,228	2.178	-1,073	-39,994	6	William	62,782	3.284	3	-48,266
7	Nancy	30,347	1.643	-832	-30,025	7	Richard	54,549	2.853	-181	-52,430
8	Karen	27,998	1.516	-627	-27,530	8	Thomas	48,284	2.526	-41	-41,505
9	Sandra	27,667	1.498	-966	-27,398	9	Charles	39,397	2.061	-43	-32,793
10	Kathleen	26,715	1.446	-884	-26,414	10	Gary	38,163	1.996	-664	-37,796
11	Carol	24,779	1.341	-1,777	-24,666	11	Larry	30,561	1.599	-695	-30,222
12	Donna	24,075	1.303	-1,555	-23,938	12	Ronald	29,050	1.520	-481	-28,472
13	Sharon	23,922	1.295	-1,114	-23,706	13	Steven	28,363	1.484	-185	-26,341
14	Brenda	21,716	1.176	-998	-21,461	14	Joseph	28,155	1.473	-9	-18,600
15	Diane	19,840	1.074	-2,458	-19,769	15	Donald	27,918	1.460	-511	-27,385
16	Pamela	18,569	1.005	-1,568	-18,434	16	Kenneth	25,845	1.352	-210	-24,190
17	Margaret	17,692	0.958	-110	-15,380	17	Dennis	24,263	1.269	-539	-23,770
18	Debra	17,066	0.924	-3,179	-17,016	18	Paul	22,846	1.195	-216	-21,221
19	Janet	16,948	0.917	-1,393	-16,791	19	Stephen	22,474	1.176	-265	-21,238
20	Cynthia	16,293	0.882	-673	-15,877	20	Mark	21,207	1.109	-190	-19,348
21	Janice	15,955	0.864	-1,412	-15,802	21	Daniel	21,121	1.105	6	-9,948
22	Carolyn	15,210	0.823	-838	-14,898	22	George	20,214	1.057	-105	-17,155
23	Elizabeth	15,120	0.819	10	-6,607	23	Edward	19,912	1.042	-146	-17,644
24	Christine	15,018	0.813	-902	-14,731	24	Jerry	15,163	0.793	-577	-14,712
25	Judith	14,935	0.808	-825	-14,617	25	Gregory	14,104	0.738	-383	-13,326
26	Judy	14,017	0.759	-1,507	-13,876	26	Bruce	14,085	0.737	-452	-13,478
27	Shirley	13,920	0.754	-1,437	-13,770	27	Douglas	13,898	0.727	-645	-13,527
28	Joyce	13,471	0.729	-919	-13,193	28	Timothy	12,702	0.664	-137	-10,372
29	Betty	12,825	0.694	-1,099	-12,610	29	Roger	12,424	0.650	-607	-12,013
30	Cheryl	11,987	0.649	-2,868	-11,930	30	Terry	12,220	0.639	-727	-11,911
31	Gloria	10,952	0.593	-553	-10,431	31	Frank	11,469	0.600	-361	-10,666
32	Rebecca	10,931	0.592	-182	-9,489	32	Raymond	11,227	0.587	-267	-10,078
33	Beverly	10,857	0.588	-1,260	-10,682	33	Lawrence	10,261	0.537	-465	-9,688
34	Catherine	10,566	0.572	-170	-9,068	34	Anthony	9,846	0.515	-4	-1,843
35	Kathy	10,409	0.563	-2,075	-10,319	35	Jeffrey	9,715	0.508	-296	-8,712
36	Gail	9,884	0.535	-6,541	-9,866	36	Gerald	9,541	0.499	-858	-9,300
37	Bonnie	9,707	0.525	-654	-9,290	37	Wayne	9,329	0.488	-736	-9,030
38	Martha	9,603	0.520	-759	-9,262	38	Peter	9,003	0.471	-173	-7,191
39	Joan	9,404	0.509	-1,688	-9,286	39	Patrick	8,751	0.458	-150	-6,640
40	Peggy	9,211	0.499	-5,514	-9,188	40	Alan	8,411	0.440	-132	-6,167
41	Marilyn	9,149	0.495	-569	-8,655	41	Danny	8,178	0.428	-499	-7,662
42	Dorothy	9,090	0.492	-544	-8,573	42	Walter	8,040	0.421	-229	-6,737
43	Jane	8,942	0.484	-248	-7,819	43	Carl	7,641	0.400	-657	-7,299
44	Connie	8,722	0.472	-2,386	-8,649	44	Arthur	7,414	0.388	-186	-5,772
45	Kathryn	8,461	0.458	-408	-7,769	45	Willie	7,229	0.378	-889	-7,005
46	Ann	8,421	0.456	-937	-8,154	46	Harold	7,174	0.375	-751	-6,893
47	Virginia	8,180	0.443	-493	-7,602	47	Henry	7,120	0.372	31	3,529
48	Denise	8,118	0.439	-1,021	-7,882	48	Jack	7,003	0.366	20	1,831
49	Jean	7,626	0.413	-2,344	-7,551	49	Dale	6,966	0.364	-1,339	-6,840
50	Diana	7,396	0.400	-134	-5,791	50	Johnny	6,696	0.350	-304	-5,767

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.