Top baby names of 1951
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4Linda80,066
- 5Michael76,244
- 6Mary71,122
- 7David67,832
- 8William65,662
- 9Patricia61,134
- 10Richard57,084
- 11Thomas50,522
- 12Deborah45,550
- 13Barbara43,934
- 14Susan43,578
- 15Charles41,200
- 16Gary39,926
- 17Nancy32,862
- 18Larry31,944
- 19Ronald30,376
- 20Karen30,320
- 21Sandra29,956
- 22Steven29,666
- 23Joseph29,466
- 24Donald29,202
- 25Kathleen28,926
- 26Kenneth27,062
- 27Carol26,834
- 28Donna26,072
- 29Sharon25,922
- 30Dennis25,372
- 31Paul23,882
- 32Stephen23,508
- 33Brenda23,500
- 34Mark22,196
- 35Daniel22,088
- 36Diane21,490
- 37George21,154
- 38Edward20,800
- 39Pamela20,120
- 40Margaret19,152
- 41Debra18,482
- 42Janet18,346
- 43Cynthia17,646
- 44Janice17,272
- 45Carolyn16,456
- 46Elizabeth16,352
- 47Christine16,270
- 48Judith16,174
- 49Jerry15,844
- 50Judy15,166
- 51Shirley15,050
- 52Gregory14,762
- 53Bruce14,738
- 54Joyce14,582
- 55Douglas14,542
- 56Betty13,874
- 57Timothy13,316
- 58Roger13,012
- 59Cheryl12,994
- 60Terry12,762
- 61Frank11,962
- 62Gloria11,860
- 63Rebecca11,844
- 64Raymond11,766
- 65Beverly11,748
- 66Catherine11,448
- 67Kathy11,266
- 68Lawrence10,742
- 69Gail10,712
- 70Bonnie10,512
- 71Martha10,414
- 72Anthony10,318
- 73Joan10,182
- 74Jeffrey10,178
- 75Gerald9,980
- 76Peggy9,980
- 77Marilyn9,908
- 78Dorothy9,818
- 79Wayne9,766
- 80Jane9,678
- 81Peter9,446
- 82Connie9,432
- 83Patrick9,164
- 84Kathryn9,162
- 85Ann9,110
- 86Virginia8,854
- 87Alan8,796
- 88Denise8,788
- 89Danny8,550
- 90Walter8,378
- 91Jean8,256
- 92Diana8,016
- 93Carl8,002
- 94Arthur7,732
- 95Willie7,536
- 96Harold7,508
- 97Henry7,434
- 98Jack7,320
- 99Dale7,292
- 100Johnny7,014