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Top 1000 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1952

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1952 Popular Names U.S. - Top 1000 Baby Names
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Girls Number
of Girls
% Rank Number Boys Number
of Boys
% Rank Number
1 Linda 67,082 3.527 0 -6,896 1 James 87,063 4.412 0 -198
2 Mary 65,634 3.451 0 -87 2 Robert 86,604 4.388 0 253
3 Patricia 53,098 2.792 0 -3,344 3 John 83,138 4.213 0 1,564
4 Deborah 49,814 2.619 0 7,762 4 Michael 79,049 4.006 0 6,252
5 Susan 41,350 2.174 1 1,122 5 David 71,750 3.636 0 6,958
6 Barbara 39,865 2.096 -1 -755 6 William 63,047 3.195 0 265
7 Nancy 31,740 1.669 0 1,393 7 Richard 58,350 2.957 0 3,801
8 Karen 28,959 1.523 0 961 8 Thomas 48,652 2.465 0 368
9 Debra 26,832 1.411 9 9,766 9 Charles 38,869 1.970 0 -528
10 Sandra 26,101 1.372 -1 -1,566 10 Gary 38,756 1.964 0 593
11 Kathleen 25,767 1.355 -1 -948 11 Steven 32,032 1.623 2 3,669
12 Carol 23,993 1.261 -1 -786 12 Joseph 28,518 1.445 2 363
13 Donna 23,714 1.247 -1 -361 13 Donald 28,283 1.433 2 365
14 Sharon 23,386 1.230 -1 -536 14 Larry 28,239 1.431 -3 -2,322
15 Brenda 21,444 1.127 -1 -272 15 Ronald 27,798 1.409 -3 -1,252
16 Diane 21,064 1.107 -1 1,224 16 Kenneth 25,904 1.313 0 59
17 Pamela 20,880 1.098 -1 2,311 17 Mark 25,680 1.301 3 4,473
18 Cynthia 19,883 1.045 2 3,590 18 Dennis 24,557 1.244 -1 294
19 Janet 17,923 0.942 0 975 19 Paul 24,301 1.231 -1 1,455
20 Christine 17,548 0.923 4 2,530 20 Daniel 23,424 1.187 1 2,303
21 Margaret 17,097 0.899 -4 -595 21 Stephen 23,049 1.168 -2 575
22 Elizabeth 16,022 0.842 1 902 22 George 19,821 1.004 0 -393
23 Janice 14,979 0.788 -2 -976 23 Edward 19,510 0.989 0 -402
24 Carolyn 14,271 0.750 -2 -939 24 Gregory 15,197 0.770 1 1,093
25 Judith 14,062 0.739 0 -873 25 Bruce 14,485 0.734 1 400
26 Judy 13,633 0.717 0 -384 26 Jerry 14,443 0.732 -2 -720
27 Joyce 13,126 0.690 1 -345 27 Timothy 14,169 0.718 1 1,467
28 Shirley 12,530 0.659 -1 -1,390 28 Douglas 13,684 0.693 -1 -214
29 Kathy 12,370 0.650 6 1,961 29 Terry 12,442 0.630 1 222
30 Rebecca 12,226 0.643 2 1,295 30 Roger 12,127 0.614 -1 -297
31 Cheryl 12,199 0.641 -1 212 31 Jeffrey 12,013 0.609 4 2,298
32 Betty 12,131 0.638 -3 -694 32 Frank 11,277 0.571 -1 -192
33 Denise 11,655 0.613 15 3,537 33 Raymond 11,238 0.569 -1 11
34 Catherine 11,052 0.581 0 486 34 Anthony 11,188 0.567 0 1,342
35 Beverly 10,547 0.555 -2 -310 35 Lawrence 10,306 0.522 -2 45
36 Gloria 10,461 0.550 -5 -491 36 Peter 9,583 0.486 2 580
37 Joan 10,277 0.540 2 873 37 Patrick 9,176 0.465 2 425
38 Marilyn 9,800 0.515 3 651 38 Wayne 9,092 0.461 -1 -237
39 Gail 9,765 0.513 -3 -119 39 Gerald 9,029 0.458 -3 -512
40 Martha 9,697 0.510 -2 94 40 Danny 8,823 0.447 1 645
41 Bonnie 9,387 0.494 -4 -320 41 Randy 8,651 0.438 15 2,618
42 Jane 9,323 0.490 1 381 42 Alan 8,306 0.421 -2 -105
43 Peggy 8,992 0.473 -3 -219 43 Kevin 7,919 0.401 10 1,567
44 Connie 8,758 0.460 0 36 44 Walter 7,901 0.400 -2 -139
45 Ann 8,654 0.455 1 233 45 Carl 7,823 0.396 -2 182
46 Dorothy 8,613 0.453 -4 -477 46 Dale 7,415 0.376 3 449
47 Paula 8,566 0.450 4 1,272 47 Arthur 7,234 0.367 -3 -180
48 Kathryn 8,504 0.447 -3 43 48 Willie 7,196 0.365 -3 -33
49 Virginia 8,162 0.429 -2 -18 49 Keith 7,172 0.363 10 1,403
50 Jean 7,510 0.395 -1 -116 50 Henry 6,978 0.354 -3 -142

 

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.