Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1951
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1950.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1950 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 87,256 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 86,353 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 81,569 | 0 |
| 4 | Michael | 72,807 | 0 |
| 5 | David | 64,788 | 0 |
| 6 | William | 62,781 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 54,541 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 48,275 | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 39,406 | 0 |
| 10 | Gary | 38,160 | 0 |
| 11 | Larry | 30,558 | 0 |
| 12 | Ronald | 29,049 | 0 |
| 13 | Steven | 28,363 | +3 |
| 14 | Joseph | 28,147 | -1 |
| 15 | Donald | 27,916 | -1 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 25,841 | -1 |
| 17 | Dennis | 24,264 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul | 22,853 | 0 |
| 19 | Stephen | 22,474 | 0 |
| 20 | Mark | 21,201 | +3 |
| 21 | Daniel | 21,121 | 0 |
| 22 | George | 20,212 | -2 |
| 23 | Edward | 19,913 | -1 |
| 24 | Jerry | 15,164 | 0 |
| 25 | Gregory | 14,102 | 0 |
| 26 | Bruce | 14,090 | 0 |
| 27 | Douglas | 13,902 | +1 |
| 28 | Timothy | 12,705 | +4 |
| 29 | Roger | 12,425 | -2 |
| 30 | Terry | 12,216 | 0 |
| 31 | Frank | 11,477 | -2 |
| 32 | Raymond | 11,227 | -1 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 10,266 | 0 |
| 34 | Anthony | 9,836 | +2 |
| 35 | Jeffrey | 9,713 | +8 |
| 36 | Gerald | 9,539 | -2 |
| 37 | Wayne | 9,327 | -2 |
| 38 | Peter | 8,999 | -1 |
| 39 | Patrick | 8,751 | -1 |
| 40 | Alan | 8,408 | +1 |
| 41 | Danny | 8,179 | -2 |
| 42 | Walter | 8,038 | -2 |
| 43 | Carl | 7,641 | +1 |
| 44 | Arthur | 7,414 | +2 |
| 45 | Willie | 7,226 | -3 |
| 46 | Harold | 7,178 | -1 |
| 47 | Henry | 7,120 | 0 |
| 48 | Jack | 7,004 | 0 |
| 49 | Dale | 6,963 | 0 |
| 50 | Johnny | 6,700 | 0 |
| 51 | Ralph | 6,525 | +1 |
| 52 | Roy | 6,466 | -1 |
| 53 | Kevin | 6,349 | +20 |
| 54 | Stanley | 6,205 | +6 |
| 55 | Philip | 6,098 | -2 |
| 56 | Randy | 6,034 | +24 |
| 57 | Joe | 5,824 | -3 |
| 58 | Glenn | 5,803 | +1 |
| 59 | Keith | 5,767 | +19 |
| 60 | Albert | 5,758 | -4 |
| 61 | Christopher | 5,734 | +11 |
| 62 | Jimmy | 5,687 | -7 |
| 63 | Craig | 5,623 | +6 |
| 64 | Billy | 5,610 | -7 |
| 65 | Eugene | 5,580 | -7 |
| 66 | Randall | 5,532 | +4 |
| 67 | Samuel | 5,476 | -5 |
| 68 | Scott | 5,381 | +14 |
| 69 | Andrew | 5,373 | -1 |
| 70 | Harry | 5,303 | -9 |
| 71 | Barry | 5,284 | +3 |
| 72 | Allen | 5,179 | -1 |
| 73 | Russell | 5,175 | -6 |
| 74 | Howard | 5,108 | -11 |
| 75 | Brian | 5,101 | +4 |
| 76 | Louis | 5,089 | -10 |
| 77 | Bobby | 5,006 | -12 |
| 78 | Frederick | 4,984 | -3 |
| 79 | Phillip | 4,910 | -15 |
| 80 | Leonard | 4,738 | -3 |
| 81 | Martin | 4,596 | +4 |
| 82 | Ronnie | 4,530 | -6 |
| 83 | Ernest | 4,382 | -2 |
| 84 | Rodney | 4,296 | +4 |
| 85 | Francis | 4,199 | +1 |
| 86 | Steve | 4,053 | -3 |
| 87 | Fred | 3,994 | -3 |
| 88 | Melvin | 3,837 | -1 |
| 89 | Eddie | 3,748 | 0 |
| 90 | Norman | 3,729 | 0 |
| 91 | Curtis | 3,716 | +6 |
| 92 | Lee | 3,682 | -1 |
| 93 | Eric | 3,664 | +5 |
| 94 | Tommy | 3,582 | 0 |
| 95 | Earl | 3,571 | -3 |
| 96 | Marvin | 3,557 | -3 |
| 97 | Micheal | 3,276 | +7 |
| 98 | Clarence | 3,232 | -3 |
| 99 | Theodore | 3,216 | 0 |
| 100 | Alfred | 3,203 | -4 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.