Popular baby names in Washington, 1951

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,104 babies) and Michael for boys (1,435). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,863 babies born in Washington in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1951

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

Girls

Kristi: 30 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Leanne: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Randi: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Christie: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kristie: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shannon: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Candy: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Robyn: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jody: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Monte: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rick: 93 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Monty: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kirk: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Greg: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loren: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Merle: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gale: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelly: 31 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,104	–	1
2	Susan	870	↑1	6
3	Patricia	792	↑1	3
4	Mary	737	↓2	2
5	Karen	592	↑3	8
6	Kathleen	578	↓1	10
7	Barbara	570	↓1	5
8	Deborah	529	↑5	4
9	Nancy	494	↓2	7
10	Sandra	450	–	9
11	Carol	414	↓2	11
12	Sharon	385	↓1	13
13	Pamela	381	↓1	16
14	Christine	355	↑4	24
15	Janet	350	↑1	19
16	Debra	317	new	18
17	Diane	306	↑3	15
18	Donna	278	↓4	12
19	Cynthia	255	↑3	20
20	Cheryl	246	↓1	30
21	Janice	241	↓4	21
22	Margaret	239	↑1	17
23	Judith	237	↓8	25
24	Judy	229	↓3	26
25	Kathryn	202	↑2	45
26	Catherine	192	↑2	34
27	Kathy	190	↓2	35
28	Rebecca	187	↑13	32
29	Vicki	186	↓3	58
30	Elizabeth	185	↓1	23
31	Gail	176	↑1	36
32	Teresa	171	↑5	63
33	Marilyn	170	↓9	41
34	Connie	169	↓1	44
35	Bonnie	165	–	37
36	Shirley	159	↓2	27
37	Katherine	156	↓7	55
38	Carolyn	154	↑1	22
39	Joyce	151	↓3	28
40	Marcia	146	↑6	74
41	Peggy	142	↓3	40
42	Joan	140	↑5	39
43	Colleen	139	new	>100
44	Julie	138	↑4	99
45	Sally	138	↓3	77
46	Beverly	130	↓3	33
47	Laura	130	new	60
48	Diana	129	↓17	50
49	Lynn	123	↓9	72
50	Sherry	121	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Michael	1,435	–	4
2	John	1,260	↑2	3
3	Robert	1,235	↓1	2
4	James	1,116	↓1	1
5	David	1,109	–	5
6	Richard	1,002	–	7
7	William	880	–	6
8	Steven	818	↑1	13
9	Gary	736	↓1	10
10	Thomas	624	–	8
11	Mark	530	↑5	20
12	Ronald	498	↓1	12
13	Donald	495	↓1	15
14	Daniel	450	↑5	21
15	Dennis	438	↑3	17
16	Kenneth	433	↓2	16
17	Charles	405	↓2	9
18	Stephen	404	↓1	19
19	Douglas	401	↑1	27
20	Larry	400	↓7	11
21	Gregory	337	–	25
22	Paul	327	↑1	18
23	Bruce	322	↓1	26
24	Timothy	298	↑3	28
25	Patrick	266	↓1	39
26	Joseph	223	–	14
27	Terry	222	↓2	30
28	Jerry	208	↑1	24
29	Randy	206	↑14	56
30	Scott	206	↑6	68
31	George	204	↓3	22
32	Jeffrey	203	↑3	35
33	Dale	202	↑4	49
34	Edward	193	↓1	23
35	Gerald	179	↓3	36
36	Craig	178	↑8	63
37	Brian	169	↑1	75
38	Roger	169	↓8	29
39	Jack	163	↓8	48
40	Alan	160	–	40
41	Lawrence	154	↓2	33
42	Wayne	138	↓8	37
43	Raymond	136	↓1	32
44	Frank	133	↓3	31
45	Randall	126	–	66
46	Christopher	125	↑2	61
47	Gordon	117	new	>100
48	Peter	103	↓1	38
49	Stanley	103	new	54
50	Steve	102	↓4	86

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