Most Popular Baby Names of 1951
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Linda | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Mary | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | Michael | 0 | 4 | Deborah | +3 |
| 5 | David | 0 | 5 | Barbara | -1 |
| 6 | William | 0 | 6 | Susan | -1 |
| 7 | Richard | 0 | 7 | Nancy | -1 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Karen | +4 |
| 9 | Charles | 0 | 9 | Sandra | -1 |
| 10 | Gary | 0 | 10 | Kathleen | 0 |
| 11 | Larry | 0 | 11 | Carol | -2 |
| 12 | Ronald | 0 | 12 | Donna | +1 |
| 13 | Steven | +3 | 13 | Sharon | -2 |
| 14 | Joseph | -1 | 14 | Brenda | 0 |
| 15 | Donald | -1 | 15 | Diane | +1 |
| 16 | Kenneth | -1 | 16 | Pamela | +1 |
| 17 | Dennis | 0 | 17 | Margaret | -2 |
| 18 | Paul | 0 | 18 | Debra | +41 |
| 19 | Stephen | 0 | 19 | Janet | -1 |
| 20 | Mark | +3 | 20 | Cynthia | +3 |
| 21 | Daniel | 0 | 21 | Janice | +1 |
| 22 | George | -2 | 22 | Carolyn | -2 |
| 23 | Edward | -1 | 23 | Elizabeth | +1 |
| 24 | Jerry | 0 | 24 | Christine | +4 |
| 25 | Gregory | 0 | 25 | Judith | -4 |
| 26 | Bruce | 0 | 26 | Judy | -1 |
| 27 | Douglas | +1 | 27 | Shirley | -8 |
| 28 | Timothy | +4 | 28 | Joyce | -1 |
| 29 | Roger | -2 | 29 | Betty | -3 |
| 30 | Terry | 0 | 30 | Cheryl | -1 |
| 31 | Frank | -2 | 31 | Gloria | -1 |
| 32 | Raymond | -1 | 32 | Rebecca | +4 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 0 | 33 | Beverly | -2 |
| 34 | Anthony | +2 | 34 | Catherine | 0 |
| 35 | Jeffrey | +8 | 35 | Kathy | +3 |
| 36 | Gerald | -2 | 36 | Gail | +6 |
| 37 | Wayne | -2 | 37 | Bonnie | -4 |
| 38 | Peter | -1 | 38 | Martha | -6 |
| 39 | Patrick | -1 | 39 | Joan | +1 |
| 40 | Alan | +1 | 40 | Peggy | +1 |
| 41 | Danny | -2 | 41 | Marilyn | -4 |
| 42 | Walter | -2 | 42 | Dorothy | -7 |
| 43 | Carl | +1 | 43 | Jane | -4 |
| 44 | Arthur | +2 | 44 | Connie | 0 |
| 45 | Willie | -3 | 45 | Kathryn | +1 |
| 46 | Harold | -1 | 46 | Ann | -1 |
| 47 | Henry | 0 | 47 | Virginia | -4 |
| 48 | Jack | 0 | 48 | Denise | +34 |
| 49 | Dale | 0 | 49 | Jean | -1 |
| 50 | Johnny | 0 | 50 | Diana | -3 |
| 51 | Ralph | +1 | 51 | Paula | +3 |
| 52 | Roy | -1 | 52 | Wanda | 0 |
| 53 | Kevin | +20 | 53 | Ruth | -4 |
| 54 | Stanley | +6 | 54 | Helen | -4 |
| 55 | Philip | -2 | 55 | Katherine | +3 |
| 56 | Randy | +24 | 56 | Jacqueline | -1 |
| 57 | Christopher | +9 | 57 | Phyllis | -4 |
| 58 | Joe | -4 | 58 | Vicki | +3 |
| 59 | Glenn | 0 | 59 | Frances | -8 |
| 60 | Keith | +18 | 60 | Laura | +3 |
| 61 | Albert | -5 | 61 | Rita | -5 |
| 62 | Jimmy | -7 | 62 | Alice | -5 |
| 63 | Craig | +7 | 63 | Teresa | +18 |
| 64 | Billy | -7 | 64 | Rose | +5 |
| 65 | Eugene | -7 | 65 | Theresa | 0 |
| 66 | Randall | +5 | 66 | Elaine | -6 |
| 67 | Samuel | -5 | 67 | Jo | -3 |
| 68 | Scott | +14 | 68 | Ellen | -2 |
| 69 | Andrew | -2 | 69 | Sherry | -7 |
| 70 | Harry | -9 | 70 | Sheila | 0 |
| 71 | Barry | +3 | 71 | Cathy | +4 |
| 72 | Russell | -3 | 72 | Lynn | +4 |
| 73 | Allen | -1 | 73 | Joanne | -6 |
| 74 | Brian | +5 | 74 | Marcia | +3 |
| 75 | Howard | -12 | 75 | Maria | -2 |
| 76 | Louis | -8 | 76 | Marsha | -8 |
| 77 | Frederick | -2 | 77 | Sally | +1 |
| 78 | Bobby | -13 | 78 | Marie | -6 |
| 79 | Phillip | -15 | 79 | Darlene | 0 |
| 80 | Leonard | -3 | 80 | Doris | -6 |
| 81 | Martin | +4 | 81 | Victoria | +13 |
| 82 | Ronnie | -6 | 82 | Anne | +2 |
| 83 | Ernest | -2 | 83 | Suzanne | -12 |
| 84 | Rodney | +4 | 84 | Charlotte | -4 |
| 85 | Francis | +1 | 85 | Lois | -2 |
| 86 | Steve | -2 | 86 | Constance | -1 |
| 87 | Fred | -4 | 87 | Vickie | +21 |
| 88 | Melvin | -1 | 88 | Evelyn | -2 |
| 89 | Eddie | 0 | 89 | Glenda | -2 |
| 90 | Norman | 0 | 90 | Dianne | 0 |
| 91 | Curtis | +6 | 91 | Sarah | -3 |
| 92 | Lee | -1 | 92 | Roberta | +4 |
| 93 | Eric | +5 | 93 | Maureen | -4 |
| 94 | Tommy | 0 | 94 | Anna | -1 |
| 95 | Earl | -3 | 95 | Eileen | -4 |
| 96 | Marvin | -3 | 96 | Anita | +3 |
| 97 | Micheal | +7 | 97 | Sylvia | 0 |
| 98 | Clarence | -3 | 98 | Jeanne | -3 |
| 99 | Theodore | 0 | 99 | Julie | +12 |
| 100 | Alfred | -4 | 100 | Valerie | +15 |