The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1951
4,253 different boys’ names were recorded in 1951, covering 1,882,837 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 87,256 |
| 2 | Robert | 86,353 |
| 3 | John | 81,569 |
| 4 | Michael | 72,807 |
| 5 | David | 64,788 |
| 6 | William | 62,781 |
| 7 | Richard | 54,541 |
| 8 | Thomas | 48,275 |
| 9 | Charles | 39,406 |
| 10 | Gary | 38,160 |
| 11 | Larry | 30,558 |
| 12 | Ronald | 29,049 |
| 13 | Steven | 28,363 |
| 14 | Joseph | 28,147 |
| 15 | Donald | 27,916 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 25,841 |
| 17 | Dennis | 24,264 |
| 18 | Paul | 22,853 |
| 19 | Stephen | 22,474 |
| 20 | Mark | 21,201 |
| 21 | Daniel | 21,121 |
| 22 | George | 20,212 |
| 23 | Edward | 19,913 |
| 24 | Jerry | 15,164 |
| 25 | Gregory | 14,102 |
| 26 | Bruce | 14,090 |
| 27 | Douglas | 13,902 |
| 28 | Timothy | 12,705 |
| 29 | Roger | 12,425 |
| 30 | Terry | 12,216 |
| 31 | Frank | 11,477 |
| 32 | Raymond | 11,227 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 10,266 |
| 34 | Anthony | 9,836 |
| 35 | Jeffrey | 9,713 |
| 36 | Gerald | 9,539 |
| 37 | Wayne | 9,327 |
| 38 | Peter | 8,999 |
| 39 | Patrick | 8,751 |
| 40 | Alan | 8,408 |
| 41 | Danny | 8,179 |
| 42 | Walter | 8,038 |
| 43 | Carl | 7,641 |
| 44 | Arthur | 7,414 |
| 45 | Willie | 7,226 |
| 46 | Harold | 7,178 |
| 47 | Henry | 7,120 |
| 48 | Jack | 7,004 |
| 49 | Dale | 6,963 |
| 50 | Johnny | 6,700 |
| 51 | Ralph | 6,525 |
| 52 | Roy | 6,466 |
| 53 | Kevin | 6,349 |
| 54 | Stanley | 6,205 |
| 55 | Philip | 6,098 |
| 56 | Randy | 6,034 |
| 57 | Joe | 5,824 |
| 58 | Glenn | 5,803 |
| 59 | Keith | 5,767 |
| 60 | Albert | 5,758 |
| 61 | Christopher | 5,734 |
| 62 | Jimmy | 5,687 |
| 63 | Craig | 5,623 |
| 64 | Billy | 5,610 |
| 65 | Eugene | 5,580 |
| 66 | Randall | 5,532 |
| 67 | Samuel | 5,476 |
| 68 | Scott | 5,381 |
| 69 | Andrew | 5,373 |
| 70 | Harry | 5,303 |
| 71 | Barry | 5,284 |
| 72 | Allen | 5,179 |
| 73 | Russell | 5,175 |
| 74 | Howard | 5,108 |
| 75 | Brian | 5,101 |
| 76 | Louis | 5,089 |
| 77 | Bobby | 5,006 |
| 78 | Frederick | 4,984 |
| 79 | Phillip | 4,910 |
| 80 | Leonard | 4,738 |
| 81 | Martin | 4,596 |
| 82 | Ronnie | 4,530 |
| 83 | Ernest | 4,382 |
| 84 | Rodney | 4,296 |
| 85 | Francis | 4,199 |
| 86 | Steve | 4,053 |
| 87 | Fred | 3,994 |
| 88 | Melvin | 3,837 |
| 89 | Eddie | 3,748 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,729 |
| 91 | Curtis | 3,716 |
| 92 | Lee | 3,682 |
| 93 | Eric | 3,664 |
| 94 | Tommy | 3,582 |
| 95 | Earl | 3,571 |
| 96 | Marvin | 3,557 |
| 97 | Micheal | 3,276 |
| 98 | Clarence | 3,232 |
| 99 | Theodore | 3,216 |
| 100 | Alfred | 3,203 |
| 101 | Clifford | 3,160 |
| 102 | Ricky | 3,073 |
| 103 | Jerome | 2,991 |
| 104 | Vincent | 2,927 |
| 105 | Dean | 2,892 |
| 106 | Calvin | 2,843 |
| 107 | Bernard | 2,772 |
| 108 | Gordon | 2,759 |
| 109 | Darrell | 2,746 |
| 110 | Victor | 2,733 |
| 111 | Leroy | 2,717 |
| 112 | Herbert | 2,703 |
| 113 | Jose | 2,683 |
| 114 | Ray | 2,678 |
| 115 | Jesse | 2,670 |
| 116 | Jay | 2,637 |
| 117 | Don | 2,619 |
| 118 | Warren | 2,604 |
| 119 | Edwin | 2,569 |
| 120 | Nicholas | 2,388 |
| 121 | Alvin | 2,385 |
| 122 | Leon | 2,366 |
| 123 | Benjamin | 2,345 |
| 124 | Leslie | 2,298 |
| 124 | Lloyd | 2,298 |
| 126 | Gene | 2,231 |
| 127 | Glen | 2,220 |
| 128 | Mike | 2,198 |
| 129 | Joel | 2,162 |
| 130 | Duane | 2,146 |
| 131 | Vernon | 2,104 |
| 132 | Clyde | 2,054 |
| 133 | Jackie | 2,053 |
| 134 | Dwight | 2,050 |
| 135 | Lewis | 1,997 |
| 136 | Dan | 1,992 |
| 137 | Allan | 1,970 |
| 138 | Jon | 1,961 |
| 139 | Lonnie | 1,946 |
| 140 | Floyd | 1,935 |
| 141 | Tony | 1,931 |
| 142 | Gilbert | 1,917 |
| 143 | Rick | 1,896 |
| 144 | Juan | 1,838 |
| 145 | Jimmie | 1,811 |
| 146 | Bradley | 1,810 |
| 147 | Jonathan | 1,775 |
| 147 | Marc | 1,775 |
| 149 | Neil | 1,755 |
| 150 | Donnie | 1,732 |
| 151 | Lester | 1,722 |
| 152 | Franklin | 1,695 |
| 153 | Charlie | 1,686 |
| 154 | Garry | 1,670 |
| 155 | Lynn | 1,669 |
| 156 | Leo | 1,658 |
| 157 | Bill | 1,653 |
| 158 | Manuel | 1,643 |
| 159 | Harvey | 1,642 |
| 160 | Randolph | 1,637 |
| 161 | Jeffery | 1,631 |
| 162 | Johnnie | 1,627 |
| 163 | Matthew | 1,605 |
| 164 | Jim | 1,595 |
| 165 | Freddie | 1,560 |
| 166 | Rickey | 1,543 |
| 167 | Herman | 1,541 |
| 168 | Tom | 1,522 |
| 169 | Milton | 1,520 |
| 170 | Rex | 1,503 |
| 171 | Wesley | 1,500 |
| 172 | Kim | 1,474 |
| 173 | Chris | 1,473 |
| 174 | Reginald | 1,467 |
| 175 | Mitchell | 1,439 |
| 175 | Karl | 1,439 |
| 177 | Arnold | 1,428 |
| 178 | Chester | 1,401 |
| 179 | Guy | 1,400 |
| 180 | Ted | 1,387 |
| 181 | Cecil | 1,323 |
| 181 | Kent | 1,323 |
| 183 | Gerard | 1,303 |
| 184 | Roland | 1,295 |
| 185 | Dana | 1,284 |
| 186 | Stuart | 1,250 |
| 187 | Nathaniel | 1,247 |
| 188 | Claude | 1,239 |
| 189 | Carlos | 1,233 |
| 190 | Alexander | 1,212 |
| 191 | Kerry | 1,183 |
| 192 | Perry | 1,176 |
| 193 | Terrence | 1,171 |
| 194 | Fredrick | 1,166 |
| 195 | Maurice | 1,121 |
| 196 | Daryl | 1,117 |
| 197 | Marshall | 1,080 |
| 198 | Darryl | 1,074 |
| 199 | Oscar | 1,067 |
| 200 | Ruben | 1,040 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1951 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.