Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1951

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1951 were Linda for girls (538 babies) and Robert for boys (740). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,566 babies born in District of Columbia in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1951

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Cecelia: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Laverne: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Cassandra: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Veronica: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lisa: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francine: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marguerite: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Dale: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Renee: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Yvonne: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 56 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Andre: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Reginald: 70 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ricardo: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carlton: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maurice: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alexander: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathan: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rudolph: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	538	–	1
2	Mary	535	–	2
3	Patricia	490	–	3
4	Deborah	401	↑2	4
5	Barbara	353	↓1	5
6	Susan	302	↓1	6
7	Sharon	262	–	13
8	Karen	251	↑3	8
9	Kathleen	229	↓1	10
10	Nancy	204	↓1	7
11	Diane	197	↓1	15
12	Sandra	197	↑1	9
13	Brenda	180	↑2	14
14	Margaret	175	↓2	17
15	Donna	168	↑2	12
16	Carolyn	159	–	22
17	Carol	155	↓3	11
18	Joyce	147	↑3	28
19	Elizabeth	140	↓1	23
20	Cynthia	128	↓1	20
21	Denise	128	↑23	48
22	Judith	121	↑3	25
23	Pamela	119	–	16
24	Janet	117	↓4	19
25	Janice	112	↓3	21
26	Catherine	108	↑2	34
27	Gail	105	↑6	36
28	Christine	104	↓2	24
29	Jacqueline	101	↑3	56
30	Joan	101	↓3	39
31	Gloria	99	↑4	31
32	Shirley	91	↓8	27
33	Cheryl	88	↓3	30
34	Debra	84	new	18
35	Sheila	79	↓1	69
36	Jean	76	↑9	49
37	Ann	75	↓1	46
38	Anne	73	↑3	82
39	Beverly	72	↓10	33
40	Bonnie	68	↓3	37
41	Jane	68	↑5	43
42	Ellen	66	↑8	68
43	Paula	66	new	51
44	Yvonne	65	↓4	>100
45	Helen	64	↓2	54
46	Martha	64	new	38
47	Dorothy	61	↑2	42
48	Katherine	61	↓17	55
49	Phyllis	61	new	57
50	Betty	57	↓2	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	740	↑2	2
2	John	735	↓1	3
3	James	711	↓1	1
4	Michael	688	–	4
5	William	635	–	6
6	David	414	–	5
7	Thomas	398	↑1	8
8	Richard	391	↓1	7
9	Charles	367	–	9
10	Joseph	292	–	14
11	Stephen	277	↑1	19
12	Ronald	258	↓1	12
13	Gary	224	↑4	10
14	Donald	220	–	15
15	Paul	218	↓2	18
16	George	201	↓1	22
17	Gregory	190	↑4	25
18	Kenneth	176	↑2	16
19	Edward	171	↓3	23
20	Steven	170	↓2	13
21	Larry	166	↓2	11
22	Mark	166	↑1	20
23	Daniel	139	↑3	21
24	Anthony	125	↑3	34
25	Dennis	125	↓3	17
26	Lawrence	124	↓2	33
27	Bruce	118	↓2	26
28	Christopher	89	↑5	61
29	Timothy	87	↑11	28
30	Wayne	86	↑9	37
31	Alan	85	↑4	40
32	Peter	84	↓2	38
33	Jeffrey	83	↑14	35
34	Patrick	81	↓3	39
35	Raymond	80	↓7	32
36	Douglas	78	↓7	27
37	Roger	76	↑4	29
38	Andrew	73	↑7	69
39	Walter	73	↓3	42
40	Carl	70	↑6	43
41	Reginald	70	new	>100
42	Kevin	68	new	53
43	Frank	66	↓5	31
44	Gerald	66	↓12	36
45	Brian	63	new	75
46	Arthur	62	↓12	44
47	Eugene	59	new	65
48	Stanley	58	new	54
49	Frederick	57	new	78
50	Eric	56	↓13	93

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