100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1952

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 87,060
2 Robert 0 86,566
3 John 0 83,077
4 Michael 0 78,988
5 David 0 71,741
6 William 0 62,993
7 Richard 0 58,326
8 Thomas 0 48,599
9 Charles 0 38,857
10 Gary 0 38,715
11 Steven +2 32,017
12 Joseph +2 28,527
13 Donald +2 28,266
14 Larry -3 28,251
15 Ronald -3 27,778
16 Kenneth 0 25,875
17 Mark +3 25,676
18 Dennis -1 24,540
19 Paul -1 24,303
20 Daniel +1 23,419
21 Stephen -2 23,049
22 George 0 19,792
23 Edward 0 19,534
24 Gregory +1 15,201
25 Bruce +1 14,478
26 Jerry -2 14,447
27 Timothy +1 14,168
28 Douglas -1 13,670
29 Terry +1 12,434
30 Roger -1 12,120
31 Jeffrey +4 12,023
32 Frank -1 11,290
33 Raymond -1 11,227
34 Anthony 0 11,213
35 Lawrence -2 10,282
36 Peter +2 9,581
37 Patrick +2 9,169
38 Wayne -1 9,086
39 Gerald -3 9,028
40 Danny +1 8,822
41 Randy +15 8,664
42 Alan -2 8,308
43 Kevin +10 7,931
44 Walter -2 7,911
45 Carl -2 7,805
46 Dale +3 7,413
47 Arthur -3 7,240
48 Willie -3 7,212
49 Keith +10 7,163
50 Henry -3 6,976
51 Harold -5 6,961
52 Jack -4 6,933
53 Johnny -3 6,776
54 Scott +14 6,539
55 Roy -3 6,519
56 Ralph -5 6,469
57 Christopher +4 6,287
58 Stanley -4 6,228
59 Craig +4 6,182
60 Philip -5 6,149
61 Glenn -3 5,955
62 Joe -5 5,896
63 Randall +3 5,895
64 Brian +11 5,744
65 Billy -1 5,700
66 Samuel +1 5,665
67 Albert -7 5,662
68 Andrew +1 5,576
69 Barry +2 5,501
70 Russell +2 5,340
71 Eugene -6 5,323
72 Jimmy -10 5,313
73 Howard +1 5,228
74 Phillip +5 4,999
75 Harry -5 4,983
76 Frederick +1 4,975
77 Bobby +1 4,962
78 Allen -5 4,957
79 Louis -3 4,905
80 Martin +1 4,720
81 Ricky +21 4,655
82 Ronnie 0 4,638
83 Leonard -3 4,616
84 Rodney 0 4,405
85 Steve +1 4,301
86 Curtis +5 4,174
87 Ernest -4 4,123
88 Eric +5 3,984
89 Francis -4 3,974
90 Fred -3 3,970
91 Melvin -3 3,919
92 Lee 0 3,647
93 Eddie -4 3,644
94 Micheal +3 3,614
95 Marvin +1 3,577
96 Norman -6 3,574
97 Tommy -3 3,519
98 Earl -3 3,464
99 Clifford +2 3,326
100 Theodore -1 3,259
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Linda 0 67,071
2 Mary 0 65,699
3 Patricia 0 53,083
4 Deborah 0 49,796
5 Susan +1 41,343
6 Barbara -1 39,890
7 Nancy 0 31,724
8 Karen 0 28,967
9 Debra +9 26,827
10 Sandra -1 26,076
11 Kathleen -1 25,763
12 Carol -1 24,002
13 Donna -1 23,714
14 Sharon -1 23,379
15 Brenda -1 21,443
16 Diane -1 21,048
17 Pamela -1 20,866
18 Cynthia +2 19,889
19 Janet 0 17,921
20 Christine +4 17,531
21 Margaret -4 17,080
22 Elizabeth +1 16,026
23 Janice -2 14,982
24 Carolyn -2 14,273
25 Judith 0 14,070
26 Judy 0 13,647
27 Joyce +1 13,126
28 Shirley -1 12,530
29 Kathy +6 12,380
30 Rebecca +2 12,222
31 Cheryl -1 12,193
32 Betty -3 12,132
33 Denise +15 11,651
34 Catherine 0 11,049
35 Beverly -2 10,550
36 Gloria -5 10,461
37 Joan +2 10,261
38 Marilyn +3 9,802
39 Gail -3 9,765
40 Martha -2 9,700
41 Bonnie -4 9,392
42 Jane +1 9,321
43 Peggy -3 8,987
44 Connie 0 8,753
45 Ann +1 8,660
46 Dorothy -4 8,624
47 Paula +4 8,569
48 Kathryn -3 8,495
49 Virginia -2 8,171
50 Jean -1 7,510
51 Diana -1 7,388
52 Teresa +11 7,297
53 Laura +7 7,191
54 Wanda -2 7,165
55 Jo +12 7,103
56 Cathy +15 7,007
57 Jacqueline -2 6,940
58 Ruth -5 6,936
59 Katherine -3 6,889
60 Theresa +4 6,813
61 Vicki -3 6,779
62 Rose +3 6,556
63 Helen -9 6,470
64 Sheila +6 6,217
65 Phyllis -8 6,149
66 Rita -5 6,140
67 Frances -8 6,077
68 Sherry +1 5,951
69 Alice -7 5,907
70 Ellen -2 5,841
71 Lynn +1 5,814
72 Maria +3 5,692
73 Elaine -7 5,648
74 Victoria +7 5,594
75 Marsha +1 5,579
76 Vickie +11 5,485
77 Darlene +2 5,425
78 Joanne -5 5,352
79 Anne +3 5,257
80 Marcia -6 5,203
81 Sally -4 5,037
82 Marie -4 4,968
83 Doris -3 4,953
84 Suzanne -1 4,907
85 Julie +14 4,500
86 Lois -1 4,358
87 Valerie +13 4,263
88 Roberta +4 4,232
89 Charlotte -5 4,204
90 Evelyn -2 4,153
91 Anita +5 4,132
92 Constance -6 4,118
93 Maureen 0 4,039
94 Sarah -3 4,038
95 Rhonda +16 3,965
96 Dianne -6 3,895
97 Glenda -8 3,880
98 Jeanne -1 3,824
99 Sylvia -1 3,789
100 Eileen -5 3,737