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Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1951
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1951 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names | |||||||||||||
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Girls | Number of Girls |
% | Rank | Number | Boys | Number of Boys |
% | Rank | Number | ||||
1 | Linda | 73,978 | 4.005 | 0 | -6,453 | 1 | James | 87,261 | 4.565 | 0 | 1,037 | ||
2 | Mary | 65,721 | 3.558 | 0 | 240 | 2 | Robert | 86,351 | 4.517 | 0 | 2,792 | ||
3 | Patricia | 56,442 | 3.055 | 0 | 8,497 | 3 | John | 81,574 | 4.267 | 0 | 2,150 | ||
4 | Deborah | 42,052 | 2.276 | 3 | 12,989 | 4 | Michael | 72,797 | 3.808 | 0 | 7,653 | ||
5 | Barbara | 40,620 | 2.199 | -1 | -932 | 5 | David | 64,792 | 3.389 | 0 | 4,065 | ||
6 | Susan | 40,228 | 2.178 | -1 | 2,211 | 6 | William | 62,782 | 3.284 | 0 | 2,093 | ||
7 | Nancy | 30,347 | 1.643 | -1 | 731 | 7 | Richard | 54,549 | 2.853 | 0 | 3,549 | ||
8 | Karen | 27,998 | 1.516 | 4 | 3,862 | 8 | Thomas | 48,284 | 2.526 | 0 | 2,685 | ||
9 | Sandra | 27,667 | 1.498 | -1 | -1,229 | 9 | Charles | 39,397 | 2.061 | 0 | 295 | ||
10 | Kathleen | 26,715 | 1.446 | 0 | 1,011 | 10 | Gary | 38,163 | 1.996 | 0 | 4,414 | ||
11 | Carol | 24,779 | 1.341 | -2 | -1,385 | 11 | Larry | 30,561 | 1.599 | 0 | -923 | ||
12 | Donna | 24,075 | 1.303 | 1 | 2,446 | 12 | Ronald | 29,050 | 1.520 | 0 | -864 | ||
13 | Sharon | 23,922 | 1.295 | -2 | -691 | 13 | Steven | 28,363 | 1.484 | 3 | 5,111 | ||
14 | Brenda | 21,716 | 1.176 | 0 | 921 | 14 | Joseph | 28,155 | 1.473 | -1 | 1,132 | ||
15 | Diane | 19,840 | 1.074 | 1 | 2,205 | 15 | Donald | 27,918 | 1.460 | -1 | 916 | ||
16 | Pamela | 18,569 | 1.005 | 1 | 2,368 | 16 | Kenneth | 25,845 | 1.352 | -1 | 2,025 | ||
17 | Margaret | 17,692 | 0.958 | -2 | -417 | 17 | Dennis | 24,263 | 1.269 | 0 | 1,403 | ||
18 | Debra | 17,066 | 0.924 | 41 | 10,886 | 18 | Paul | 22,846 | 1.195 | 0 | 1,096 | ||
19 | Janet | 16,948 | 0.917 | -1 | 756 | 19 | Stephen | 22,474 | 1.176 | 0 | 1,964 | ||
20 | Cynthia | 16,293 | 0.882 | 3 | 1,847 | 20 | Mark | 21,207 | 1.109 | 3 | 4,603 | ||
21 | Janice | 15,955 | 0.864 | 1 | 942 | 21 | Daniel | 21,121 | 1.105 | 0 | 1,930 | ||
22 | Carolyn | 15,210 | 0.823 | -2 | -377 | 22 | George | 20,214 | 1.057 | -2 | 38 | ||
23 | Elizabeth | 15,120 | 0.819 | 1 | 785 | 23 | Edward | 19,912 | 1.042 | -1 | 1,198 | ||
24 | Christine | 15,018 | 0.813 | 4 | 2,344 | 24 | Jerry | 15,163 | 0.793 | 0 | -103 | ||
25 | Judith | 14,935 | 0.808 | -4 | -418 | 25 | Gregory | 14,104 | 0.738 | 0 | 793 | ||
26 | Judy | 14,017 | 0.759 | -1 | -189 | 26 | Bruce | 14,085 | 0.737 | 0 | 1,408 | ||
27 | Shirley | 13,920 | 0.754 | -8 | -1,970 | 27 | Douglas | 13,898 | 0.727 | 1 | 1,634 | ||
28 | Joyce | 13,471 | 0.729 | -1 | 55 | 28 | Timothy | 12,702 | 0.664 | 4 | 2,197 | ||
29 | Betty | 12,825 | 0.694 | -3 | -788 | 29 | Roger | 12,424 | 0.650 | -2 | -125 | ||
30 | Cheryl | 11,987 | 0.649 | -1 | 163 | 30 | Terry | 12,220 | 0.639 | 0 | 786 | ||
31 | Gloria | 10,952 | 0.593 | -1 | -86 | 31 | Frank | 11,469 | 0.600 | -2 | -141 | ||
32 | Rebecca | 10,931 | 0.592 | 4 | 1,504 | 32 | Raymond | 11,227 | 0.587 | -1 | 47 | ||
33 | Beverly | 10,857 | 0.588 | -2 | 354 | 33 | Lawrence | 10,261 | 0.537 | 0 | 87 | ||
34 | Catherine | 10,566 | 0.572 | 0 | 910 | 34 | Anthony | 9,846 | 0.515 | 2 | 1,228 | ||
35 | Kathy | 10,409 | 0.563 | 3 | 1,320 | 35 | Jeffrey | 9,715 | 0.508 | 8 | 2,068 | ||
36 | Gail | 9,884 | 0.535 | 6 | 1,536 | 36 | Gerald | 9,541 | 0.499 | -2 | -181 | ||
37 | Bonnie | 9,707 | 0.525 | -4 | -41 | 37 | Wayne | 9,329 | 0.488 | -2 | 66 | ||
38 | Martha | 9,603 | 0.520 | -6 | -234 | 38 | Peter | 9,003 | 0.471 | -1 | 639 | ||
39 | Joan | 9,404 | 0.509 | 1 | 542 | 39 | Patrick | 8,751 | 0.458 | -1 | 570 | ||
40 | Peggy | 9,211 | 0.499 | 1 | 678 | 40 | Alan | 8,411 | 0.440 | 1 | 673 | ||
41 | Marilyn | 9,149 | 0.495 | -4 | -137 | 41 | Danny | 8,178 | 0.428 | -2 | 33 | ||
42 | Dorothy | 9,090 | 0.492 | -7 | -462 | 42 | Walter | 8,040 | 0.421 | -2 | 247 | ||
43 | Jane | 8,942 | 0.484 | -4 | -21 | 43 | Carl | 7,641 | 0.400 | 1 | 353 | ||
44 | Connie | 8,722 | 0.472 | 0 | 576 | 44 | Arthur | 7,414 | 0.388 | 2 | 253 | ||
45 | Kathryn | 8,461 | 0.458 | 1 | 597 | 45 | Willie | 7,229 | 0.378 | -3 | -490 | ||
46 | Ann | 8,421 | 0.456 | -1 | 499 | 46 | Harold | 7,174 | 0.375 | -1 | -45 | ||
47 | Virginia | 8,180 | 0.443 | -4 | -133 | 47 | Henry | 7,120 | 0.372 | 0 | 156 | ||
48 | Denise | 8,118 | 0.439 | 34 | 3,603 | 48 | Jack | 7,003 | 0.366 | 0 | 165 | ||
49 | Jean | 7,626 | 0.413 | -1 | 194 | 49 | Dale | 6,966 | 0.364 | 0 | 180 | ||
50 | Diana | 7,396 | 0.400 | -3 | -48 | 50 | Johnny | 6,696 | 0.350 | 0 | 113 |