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Top Baby Names 1951

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,800,878 · Total Boys: 1,882,861

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Linda	73,982	4.108%
2	Mary	65,722	3.649%
3	Patricia	56,446	3.134%
4	Deborah	42,053	2.335%
5	Barbara	40,619	2.256%
6	Susan	40,228	2.234%
7	Nancy	30,346	1.685%
8	Karen	27,998	1.555%
9	Sandra	27,666	1.536%
10	Kathleen	26,716	1.484%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Carol	24,781	1.376%
12	Donna	24,075	1.337%
13	Sharon	23,921	1.328%
14	Brenda	21,717	1.206%
15	Diane	19,841	1.102%
16	Pamela	18,570	1.031%
17	Margaret	17,692	0.982%
18	Debra	17,065	0.948%
19	Janet	16,947	0.941%
20	Cynthia	16,295	0.905%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Janice	15,959	0.886%
22	Carolyn	15,208	0.844%
23	Elizabeth	15,118	0.839%
24	Christine	15,018	0.834%
25	Judith	14,936	0.829%
26	Judy	14,016	0.778%
27	Shirley	13,918	0.773%
28	Joyce	13,472	0.748%
29	Betty	12,822	0.712%
30	Cheryl	11,986	0.666%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Gloria	10,952	0.608%
32	Rebecca	10,931	0.607%
33	Beverly	10,858	0.603%
34	Catherine	10,566	0.587%
35	Kathy	10,406	0.578%
36	Gail	9,886	0.549%
37	Bonnie	9,706	0.539%
38	Martha	9,605	0.533%
39	Joan	9,403	0.522%
40	Peggy	9,208	0.511%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Marilyn	9,148	0.508%
42	Dorothy	9,090	0.505%
43	Jane	8,942	0.497%
44	Connie	8,722	0.484%
45	Kathryn	8,460	0.470%
46	Ann	8,423	0.468%
47	Virginia	8,180	0.454%
48	Denise	8,116	0.451%
49	Jean	7,627	0.424%
50	Diana	7,396	0.411%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Paula	7,291	0.405%
52	Wanda	7,232	0.402%
53	Ruth	7,076	0.393%
54	Helen	6,950	0.386%
55	Katherine	6,930	0.385%
56	Jacqueline	6,917	0.384%
57	Phyllis	6,791	0.377%
58	Vicki	6,631	0.368%
59	Frances	6,584	0.366%
60	Laura	6,466	0.359%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Rita	6,415	0.356%
62	Alice	6,315	0.351%
63	Teresa	6,214	0.345%
64	Theresa	6,190	0.344%
65	Rose	6,185	0.343%
66	Elaine	6,069	0.337%
67	Jo	6,001	0.333%
68	Ellen	5,945	0.330%
69	Sheila	5,897	0.327%
70	Sherry	5,889	0.327%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Cathy	5,697	0.316%
72	Lynn	5,628	0.313%
73	Joanne	5,358	0.298%
74	Marcia	5,299	0.294%
75	Maria	5,236	0.291%
76	Marsha	5,188	0.288%
77	Sally	5,138	0.285%
78	Marie	5,046	0.280%
79	Darlene	5,030	0.279%
80	Doris	5,025	0.279%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Victoria	4,907	0.272%
82	Anne	4,873	0.271%
83	Suzanne	4,827	0.268%
84	Charlotte	4,649	0.258%
85	Lois	4,533	0.252%
86	Constance	4,367	0.242%
87	Vickie	4,320	0.240%
88	Evelyn	4,232	0.235%
89	Glenda	4,135	0.230%
90	Dianne	4,034	0.224%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Sarah	4,028	0.224%
92	Roberta	3,979	0.221%
93	Maureen	3,878	0.215%
94	Anna	3,870	0.215%
95	Eileen	3,816	0.212%
96	Anita	3,785	0.210%
97	Sylvia	3,777	0.210%
98	Jeanne	3,768	0.209%
99	Julie	3,686	0.205%
100	Valerie	3,559	0.198%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	87,257	4.634%
2	Robert	86,355	4.586%
3	John	81,570	4.332%
4	Michael	72,805	3.867%
5	David	64,789	3.441%
6	William	62,783	3.334%
7	Richard	54,539	2.897%
8	Thomas	48,275	2.564%
9	Charles	39,408	2.093%
10	Gary	38,161	2.027%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Larry	30,559	1.623%
12	Ronald	29,048	1.543%
13	Steven	28,363	1.506%
14	Joseph	28,148	1.495%
15	Donald	27,915	1.483%
16	Kenneth	25,843	1.373%
17	Dennis	24,265	1.289%
18	Paul	22,852	1.214%
19	Stephen	22,472	1.194%
20	Mark	21,202	1.126%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Daniel	21,121	1.122%
22	George	20,213	1.074%
23	Edward	19,913	1.058%
24	Jerry	15,165	0.805%
25	Gregory	14,103	0.749%
26	Bruce	14,090	0.748%
27	Douglas	13,902	0.738%
28	Timothy	12,704	0.675%
29	Roger	12,425	0.660%
30	Terry	12,216	0.649%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Frank	11,477	0.610%
32	Raymond	11,228	0.596%
33	Lawrence	10,265	0.545%
34	Anthony	9,838	0.523%
35	Jeffrey	9,715	0.516%
36	Gerald	9,539	0.507%
37	Wayne	9,327	0.495%
38	Peter	8,999	0.478%
39	Patrick	8,752	0.465%
40	Alan	8,408	0.447%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Danny	8,179	0.434%
42	Walter	8,037	0.427%
43	Carl	7,640	0.406%
44	Arthur	7,414	0.394%
45	Willie	7,224	0.384%
46	Harold	7,178	0.381%
47	Henry	7,118	0.378%
48	Jack	7,004	0.372%
49	Dale	6,964	0.370%
50	Johnny	6,700	0.356%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Ralph	6,525	0.347%
52	Roy	6,466	0.343%
53	Kevin	6,350	0.337%
54	Stanley	6,205	0.330%
55	Philip	6,097	0.324%
56	Randy	6,033	0.320%
57	Joe	5,825	0.309%
58	Glenn	5,803	0.308%
59	Keith	5,767	0.306%
60	Albert	5,760	0.306%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Christopher	5,735	0.305%
62	Jimmy	5,687	0.302%
63	Craig	5,623	0.299%
64	Billy	5,609	0.298%
65	Eugene	5,579	0.296%
66	Randall	5,533	0.294%
67	Samuel	5,476	0.291%
68	Scott	5,381	0.286%
69	Andrew	5,372	0.285%
70	Harry	5,304	0.282%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Barry	5,284	0.281%
72	Allen	5,179	0.275%
73	Russell	5,175	0.275%
74	Howard	5,108	0.271%
75	Brian	5,100	0.271%
76	Louis	5,089	0.270%
77	Bobby	5,006	0.266%
78	Frederick	4,984	0.265%
79	Phillip	4,910	0.261%
80	Leonard	4,738	0.252%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Martin	4,596	0.244%
82	Ronnie	4,531	0.241%
83	Ernest	4,381	0.233%
84	Rodney	4,297	0.228%
85	Francis	4,200	0.223%
86	Steve	4,053	0.215%
87	Fred	3,994	0.212%
88	Melvin	3,837	0.204%
89	Eddie	3,747	0.199%
90	Norman	3,729	0.198%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Curtis	3,716	0.197%
92	Lee	3,682	0.196%
93	Eric	3,664	0.195%
94	Tommy	3,582	0.190%
95	Earl	3,571	0.190%
96	Marvin	3,557	0.189%
97	Micheal	3,276	0.174%
98	Clarence	3,232	0.172%
99	Theodore	3,217	0.171%
100	Alfred	3,203	0.170%

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