Most Popular Baby Names of 1952
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Linda | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Mary | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | Michael | 0 | 4 | Deborah | 0 |
| 5 | David | 0 | 5 | Susan | +1 |
| 6 | William | 0 | 6 | Barbara | -1 |
| 7 | Richard | 0 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Karen | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 0 | 9 | Debra | +9 |
| 10 | Gary | 0 | 10 | Sandra | -1 |
| 11 | Steven | +2 | 11 | Kathleen | -1 |
| 12 | Joseph | +2 | 12 | Carol | -1 |
| 13 | Donald | +2 | 13 | Donna | -1 |
| 14 | Larry | -3 | 14 | Sharon | -1 |
| 15 | Ronald | -3 | 15 | Brenda | -1 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 0 | 16 | Diane | -1 |
| 17 | Mark | +3 | 17 | Pamela | -1 |
| 18 | Dennis | -1 | 18 | Cynthia | +2 |
| 19 | Paul | -1 | 19 | Janet | 0 |
| 20 | Daniel | +1 | 20 | Christine | +4 |
| 21 | Stephen | -2 | 21 | Margaret | -4 |
| 22 | George | 0 | 22 | Elizabeth | +1 |
| 23 | Edward | 0 | 23 | Janice | -2 |
| 24 | Gregory | +1 | 24 | Carolyn | -2 |
| 25 | Bruce | +1 | 25 | Judith | 0 |
| 26 | Jerry | -2 | 26 | Judy | 0 |
| 27 | Timothy | +1 | 27 | Joyce | +1 |
| 28 | Douglas | -1 | 28 | Shirley | -1 |
| 29 | Terry | +1 | 29 | Kathy | +6 |
| 30 | Roger | -1 | 30 | Rebecca | +2 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | +4 | 31 | Cheryl | -1 |
| 32 | Frank | -1 | 32 | Betty | -3 |
| 33 | Raymond | -1 | 33 | Denise | +15 |
| 34 | Anthony | 0 | 34 | Catherine | 0 |
| 35 | Lawrence | -2 | 35 | Beverly | -2 |
| 36 | Peter | +2 | 36 | Gloria | -5 |
| 37 | Patrick | +2 | 37 | Joan | +2 |
| 38 | Wayne | -1 | 38 | Marilyn | +3 |
| 39 | Gerald | -3 | 39 | Gail | -3 |
| 40 | Danny | +1 | 40 | Martha | -2 |
| 41 | Randy | +15 | 41 | Bonnie | -4 |
| 42 | Alan | -2 | 42 | Jane | +1 |
| 43 | Kevin | +10 | 43 | Peggy | -3 |
| 44 | Walter | -2 | 44 | Connie | 0 |
| 45 | Carl | -2 | 45 | Ann | +1 |
| 46 | Dale | +3 | 46 | Dorothy | -4 |
| 47 | Arthur | -3 | 47 | Paula | +4 |
| 48 | Willie | -3 | 48 | Kathryn | -3 |
| 49 | Keith | +11 | 49 | Virginia | -2 |
| 50 | Henry | -3 | 50 | Jean | -1 |
| 51 | Harold | -5 | 51 | Diana | -1 |
| 52 | Jack | -4 | 52 | Teresa | +11 |
| 53 | Johnny | -3 | 53 | Laura | +7 |
| 54 | Christopher | +3 | 54 | Wanda | -2 |
| 55 | Scott | +13 | 55 | Jo | +12 |
| 56 | Roy | -4 | 56 | Cathy | +15 |
| 57 | Ralph | -6 | 57 | Jacqueline | -1 |
| 58 | Stanley | -4 | 58 | Ruth | -5 |
| 59 | Craig | +4 | 59 | Katherine | -4 |
| 60 | Philip | -5 | 60 | Theresa | +5 |
| 61 | Glenn | -2 | 61 | Vicki | -3 |
| 62 | Joe | -4 | 62 | Rose | +2 |
| 63 | Randall | +3 | 63 | Helen | -9 |
| 64 | Brian | +10 | 64 | Sheila | +6 |
| 65 | Billy | -1 | 65 | Phyllis | -8 |
| 66 | Samuel | +1 | 66 | Rita | -5 |
| 67 | Albert | -6 | 67 | Frances | -8 |
| 68 | Andrew | +1 | 68 | Sherry | +1 |
| 69 | Barry | +2 | 69 | Alice | -7 |
| 70 | Russell | +2 | 70 | Ellen | -2 |
| 71 | Eugene | -6 | 71 | Lynn | +1 |
| 72 | Jimmy | -10 | 72 | Maria | +3 |
| 73 | Howard | +2 | 73 | Elaine | -7 |
| 74 | Phillip | +5 | 74 | Victoria | +7 |
| 75 | Harry | -5 | 75 | Marsha | +1 |
| 76 | Frederick | +1 | 76 | Vickie | +11 |
| 77 | Allen | -4 | 77 | Darlene | +2 |
| 78 | Bobby | 0 | 78 | Joanne | -5 |
| 79 | Louis | -3 | 79 | Anne | +3 |
| 80 | Martin | +1 | 80 | Marcia | -6 |
| 81 | Ricky | +21 | 81 | Sally | -4 |
| 82 | Ronnie | 0 | 82 | Marie | -4 |
| 83 | Leonard | -3 | 83 | Doris | -3 |
| 84 | Rodney | 0 | 84 | Suzanne | -1 |
| 85 | Steve | +1 | 85 | Julie | +14 |
| 86 | Curtis | +5 | 86 | Lois | -1 |
| 87 | Ernest | -4 | 87 | Valerie | +13 |
| 88 | Eric | +5 | 88 | Roberta | +4 |
| 89 | Francis | -4 | 89 | Charlotte | -5 |
| 90 | Fred | -3 | 90 | Evelyn | -2 |
| 91 | Melvin | -3 | 91 | Anita | +5 |
| 92 | Eddie | -3 | 92 | Constance | -6 |
| 93 | Lee | -1 | 93 | Sarah | -2 |
| 94 | Micheal | +3 | 94 | Maureen | -1 |
| 95 | Norman | -5 | 95 | Rhonda | +16 |
| 96 | Marvin | 0 | 96 | Dianne | -6 |
| 97 | Tommy | -3 | 97 | Glenda | -8 |
| 98 | Earl | -3 | 98 | Jeanne | 0 |
| 99 | Clifford | +2 | 99 | Sylvia | -2 |
| 100 | Theodore | -1 | 100 | Eileen | -5 |