100 Most popular boy names of 1951, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1951 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1951.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
87253
4.72
-
2
Robert
86351
4.67
-
3
John
81573
4.42
-
4
Michael
72800
3.94
-
5
David
64790
3.51
-
6
William
62783
3.4
-
7
Richard
54548
2.95
-
8
Thomas
48281
2.61
-
9
Charles
39404
2.13
-
10
Gary
38163
2.07
-
11
Larry
30558
1.65
-
12
Ronald
29045
1.57
-
13
Steven
28366
1.54
+3
14
Joseph
28156
1.52
-1
15
Donald
27919
1.51
-1
16
Kenneth
25844
1.4
-1
17
Dennis
24264
1.31
-
18
Paul
22854
1.24
-
19
Stephen
22475
1.22
-
20
Mark
21206
1.15
+3
21
Daniel
21120
1.14
-
22
George
20217
1.09
-2
23
Edward
19915
1.08
-1
24
Jerry
15163
0.82
-
25
Gregory
14106
0.76
-
26
Bruce
14090
0.76
-
27
Douglas
13901
0.75
+1
28
Timothy
12705
0.69
+4
29
Roger
12423
0.67
-2
30
Terry
12218
0.66
-
31
Frank
11473
0.62
-2
32
Raymond
11228
0.61
-1
33
Lawrence
10263
0.56
-
34
Anthony
9843
0.53
+2
35
Jeffrey
9715
0.53
+8
36
Gerald
9541
0.52
-2
37
Wayne
9330
0.51
-2
38
Peter
9001
0.49
-1
39
Patrick
8751
0.47
-1
40
Alan
8410
0.46
+1
41
Danny
8179
0.44
-2
42
Walter
8038
0.44
-2
43
Carl
7642
0.41
+1
44
Arthur
7416
0.4
+2
45
Willie
7221
0.39
-3
46
Harold
7177
0.39
-1
47
Henry
7118
0.39
-
48
Jack
7003
0.38
-
49
Dale
6963
0.38
-
50
Johnny
6696
0.36
-
51
Ralph
6523
0.35
+1
52
Roy
6467
0.35
-1
53
Kevin
6351
0.34
+20
54
Stanley
6205
0.34
+6
55
Philip
6096
0.33
-2
56
Randy
6034
0.33
+24
57
Joe
5825
0.32
-3
58
Glenn
5800
0.31
+1
59
Keith
5767
0.31
+19
60
Albert
5760
0.31
-4
61
Christopher
5735
0.31
+11
62
Jimmy
5685
0.31
-7
63
Craig
5623
0.3
+6
64
Billy
5607
0.3
-7
65
Eugene
5578
0.3
-7
66
Randall
5533
0.3
+4
67
Samuel
5476
0.3
-5
68
Scott
5382
0.29
+14
69
Andrew
5374
0.29
-1
70
Harry
5305
0.29
-9
71
Barry
5285
0.29
+3
72
Allen
5180
0.28
-1
73
Russell
5177
0.28
-6
74
Howard
5105
0.28
-11
75
Brian
5102
0.28
+4
76
Louis
5088
0.28
-10
77
Bobby
5007
0.27
-12
78
Frederick
4984
0.27
-3
79
Phillip
4910
0.27
-15
80
Leonard
4738
0.26
-3
81
Martin
4597
0.25
+4
82
Ronnie
4532
0.25
-6
83
Ernest
4384
0.24
-2
84
Rodney
4297
0.23
+4
85
Francis
4200
0.23
+1
86
Steve
4052
0.22
-3
87
Fred
3995
0.22
-3
88
Melvin
3836
0.21
-1
89
Eddie
3747
0.2
-
90
Norman
3731
0.2
-
91
Curtis
3715
0.2
+6
92
Lee
3682
0.2
-1
93
Eric
3664
0.2
+5
94
Tommy
3583
0.19
-
95
Earl
3569
0.19
-3
96
Marvin
3556
0.19
-3
97
Micheal
3277
0.18
+7
98
Clarence
3232
0.17
-3
99
Theodore
3217
0.17
-
100
Alfred
3201
0.17
-4
101
Clifford
3160
0.17
-1
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1951)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html