California ★ 1951

Top names in California, 1951

Linda led for girls with 4,884 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,192. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,884
2	Patricia	3,546
3	Susan	3,346
4	Mary	3,186
5	Deborah	2,736
6	Kathleen	2,417
7	Karen	2,155
8	Barbara	2,137
9	Nancy	2,044
10	Sandra	1,816
11	Sharon	1,754
12	Christine	1,736
13	Carol	1,734
14	Debra	1,510
15	Pamela	1,505
16	Donna	1,448
17	Diane	1,357
18	Cynthia	1,240
19	Janet	1,234
20	Margaret	1,028
21	Janice	1,021
22	Cheryl	993
23	Elizabeth	951
24	Catherine	874
25	Judith	870
26	Judy	808
27	Gloria	799
28	Denise	749
29	Gail	746
30	Rebecca	728
31	Carolyn	722
32	Shirley	702
33	Kathryn	699
34	Brenda	681
35	Katherine	667
36	Diana	651
37	Victoria	648
38	Marilyn	646
39	Maria	623
40	Teresa	619
41	Laura	614
42	Virginia	595
43	Kathy	583
44	Beverly	576
45	Joyce	565
46	Joan	550
47	Peggy	548
48	Martha	544
49	Bonnie	541
50	Paula	510
51	Lynn	490
52	Betty	475
53	Ann	474
54	Theresa	470
55	Robin	464
56	Vicki	456
57	Sally	431
58	Jacqueline	429
59	Irene	426
60	Suzanne	418
61	Helen	415
62	Alice	409
63	Laurie	407
64	Rose	398
65	Jane	394
65	Julie	394
67	Rita	393
68	Frances	392
69	Valerie	386
70	Jean	385
71	Sylvia	384
72	Connie	379
73	Ruth	378
74	Marsha	373
75	Cathy	371
76	Terry	366
77	Dorothy	358
78	Joanne	356
78	Yolanda	356
80	Christina	352
81	Elaine	350
82	Leslie	347
83	Darlene	342
84	Sheila	341
85	Sherry	340
86	Anita	334
87	Ellen	330
87	Wendy	330
89	Marie	325
90	Yvonne	323
91	Anne	322
92	Jo	318
93	Phyllis	317
94	Claudia	309
94	Marcia	309
96	Michele	306
97	Lorraine	305
98	Stephanie	298
99	Gayle	295
100	Jeanne	290

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,192
2	Robert	6,167
3	John	5,581
4	David	4,943
5	James	4,758
6	Richard	4,510
7	William	3,712
8	Steven	3,323
9	Gary	2,956
10	Thomas	2,751
11	Mark	2,038
12	Ronald	2,025
13	Charles	2,005
14	Stephen	1,892
15	Daniel	1,818
16	Donald	1,810
17	Dennis	1,712
18	Kenneth	1,703
19	Larry	1,652
20	Paul	1,624
21	Gregory	1,367
22	Joseph	1,300
23	Edward	1,216
24	Timothy	1,169
25	George	1,161
26	Bruce	1,159
27	Douglas	1,034
28	Frank	966
29	Jeffrey	920
30	Patrick	827
31	Christopher	811
32	Anthony	791
33	Raymond	768
34	Lawrence	765
35	Jerry	740
36	Craig	703
37	Peter	695
38	Alan	658
39	Terry	654
40	Roger	644
41	Jack	586
42	Scott	570
43	Arthur	569
44	Gerald	555
45	Brian	530
46	Randy	519
46	Wayne	519
48	Danny	500
49	Joe	496
50	Dale	495
51	Stanley	483
52	Randall	473
53	Steve	469
54	Ralph	449
55	Henry	444
56	Philip	436
57	Glenn	435
58	Phillip	420
59	Eric	411
60	Keith	410
61	Albert	404
62	Martin	401
63	Kevin	390
64	Russell	387
65	Rodney	384
66	Walter	378
67	Manuel	377
68	Jose	374
69	Carl	360
70	Roy	356
71	Leonard	352
72	Andrew	348
73	Fred	339
73	Harold	339
75	Gilbert	328
76	Mike	326
77	Barry	317
78	Allen	316
79	Ernest	314
80	Victor	312
81	Louis	311
82	Eugene	299
83	Howard	294
84	Frederick	291
85	Norman	282
86	Johnny	277
87	Alfred	267
88	Lee	260
89	Samuel	255
90	Don	251
90	Harry	251
92	Clifford	247
93	Dean	245
94	Gordon	243
95	Rick	240
96	Ruben	239
97	Jesse	238
98	Micheal	236
99	Carlos	229
100	Dan	226