Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1952

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1952 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Linda	67,082	3.527	-725	-66,693	1	James	87,063	4.412	-3	-73,538
2	Mary	65,634	3.451	-124	-63,307	2	Robert	86,604	4.388	-69	-81,464
3	Patricia	53,098	2.792	-910	-52,805	3	John	83,138	4.213	-24	-74,019
4	Deborah	49,814	2.619	-775	-49,467	4	Michael	79,049	4.006	-10	-67,429
5	Susan	41,350	2.174	-1,074	-41,116	5	David	71,750	3.636	-17	-62,053
6	Barbara	39,865	2.096	-924	-39,580	6	William	63,047	3.195	3	-48,531
7	Nancy	31,740	1.669	-832	-31,418	7	Richard	58,350	2.957	-181	-56,231
8	Karen	28,959	1.523	-627	-28,491	8	Thomas	48,652	2.465	-41	-41,873
9	Debra	26,832	1.411	-3,188	-26,782	9	Charles	38,869	1.970	-43	-32,265
10	Sandra	26,101	1.372	-965	-25,832	10	Gary	38,756	1.964	-664	-38,389
11	Kathleen	25,767	1.355	-883	-25,466	11	Steven	32,032	1.623	-187	-30,010
12	Carol	23,993	1.261	-1,776	-23,880	12	Joseph	28,518	1.445	-11	-18,963
13	Donna	23,714	1.247	-1,554	-23,577	13	Donald	28,283	1.433	-513	-27,750
14	Sharon	23,386	1.230	-1,113	-23,170	14	Larry	28,239	1.431	-692	-27,900
15	Brenda	21,444	1.127	-997	-21,189	15	Ronald	27,798	1.409	-478	-27,220
16	Diane	21,064	1.107	-2,457	-20,993	16	Kenneth	25,904	1.313	-210	-24,249
17	Pamela	20,880	1.098	-1,567	-20,745	17	Mark	25,680	1.301	-193	-23,821
18	Cynthia	19,883	1.045	-675	-19,467	18	Dennis	24,557	1.244	-538	-24,064
19	Janet	17,923	0.942	-1,393	-17,766	19	Paul	24,301	1.231	-215	-22,676
20	Christine	17,548	0.923	-906	-17,261	20	Daniel	23,424	1.187	5	-12,251
21	Margaret	17,097	0.899	-106	-14,785	21	Stephen	23,049	1.168	-263	-21,813
22	Elizabeth	16,022	0.842	9	-7,509	22	George	19,821	1.004	-105	-16,762
23	Janice	14,979	0.788	-1,410	-14,826	23	Edward	19,510	0.989	-146	-17,242
24	Carolyn	14,271	0.750	-836	-13,959	24	Gregory	15,197	0.770	-384	-14,419
25	Judith	14,062	0.739	-825	-13,744	25	Bruce	14,485	0.734	-453	-13,878
26	Judy	13,633	0.717	-1,507	-13,492	26	Jerry	14,443	0.732	-575	-13,992
27	Joyce	13,126	0.690	-920	-12,848	27	Timothy	14,169	0.718	-138	-11,839
28	Shirley	12,530	0.659	-1,436	-12,380	28	Douglas	13,684	0.693	-644	-13,313
29	Kathy	12,370	0.650	-2,081	-12,280	29	Terry	12,442	0.630	-728	-12,133
30	Rebecca	12,226	0.643	-184	-10,784	30	Roger	12,127	0.614	-606	-11,716
31	Cheryl	12,199	0.641	-2,867	-12,142	31	Jeffrey	12,013	0.609	-300	-11,010
32	Betty	12,131	0.638	-1,096	-11,916	32	Frank	11,277	0.571	-360	-10,474
33	Denise	11,655	0.613	-1,036	-11,419	33	Raymond	11,238	0.569	-266	-10,089
34	Catherine	11,052	0.581	-170	-9,554	34	Anthony	11,188	0.567	-4	-3,185
35	Beverly	10,547	0.555	-1,258	-10,372	35	Lawrence	10,306	0.522	-463	-9,733
36	Gloria	10,461	0.550	-548	-9,940	36	Peter	9,583	0.486	-175	-7,771
37	Joan	10,277	0.540	-1,690	-10,159	37	Patrick	9,176	0.465	-152	-7,065
38	Marilyn	9,800	0.515	-572	-9,306	38	Wayne	9,092	0.461	-735	-8,793
39	Gail	9,765	0.513	-6,538	-9,747	39	Gerald	9,029	0.458	-855	-8,788
40	Martha	9,697	0.510	-757	-9,356	40	Danny	8,823	0.447	-500	-8,307
41	Bonnie	9,387	0.494	-650	-8,970	41	Randy	8,651	0.438	-632	-8,281
42	Jane	9,323	0.490	-249	-8,200	42	Alan	8,306	0.421	-130	-6,062
43	Peggy	8,992	0.473	-5,511	-8,969	43	Kevin	7,919	0.401	-82	-4,795
44	Connie	8,758	0.460	-2,386	-8,685	44	Walter	7,901	0.400	-227	-6,598
45	Ann	8,654	0.455	-938	-8,387	45	Carl	7,823	0.396	-655	-7,481
46	Dorothy	8,613	0.453	-540	-8,096	46	Dale	7,415	0.376	-1,342	-7,289
47	Paula	8,566	0.450	-746	-8,224	47	Arthur	7,234	0.367	-183	-5,592
48	Kathryn	8,504	0.447	-405	-7,812	48	Willie	7,196	0.365	-886	-6,972
49	Virginia	8,162	0.429	-491	-7,584	49	Keith	7,172	0.363	-455	-6,607
50	Jean	7,510	0.395	-2,343	-7,435	50	Henry	6,978	0.354	34	3,671

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.