Top Names of 1951
The most popular names recorded in 1951 were Linda for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |