Popular baby names of 1952

In 1952, the most popular baby names in the United States were Linda for girls (67,082 babies) and James for boys (87,065). Social Security records show 3,797,968 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 6,389 girls' names and 4,257 boys' names.

1952 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Rhonda.
New in the boys' top 100: Ricky, Clifford.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951
1	Linda	67,082	–
2	Mary	65,629	–
3	Patricia	53,101	–
4	Deborah	49,811	–
5	Susan	41,348	↑1
6	Barbara	39,864	↓1
7	Nancy	31,739	–
8	Karen	28,956	–
9	Debra	26,832	↑9
10	Sandra	26,097	↓1
11	Kathleen	25,767	↓1
12	Carol	24,000	↓1
13	Donna	23,718	↓1
14	Sharon	23,386	↓1
15	Brenda	21,439	↓1
16	Diane	21,063	↓1
17	Pamela	20,879	↓1
18	Cynthia	19,878	↑2
19	Janet	17,921	–
20	Christine	17,548	↑4
21	Margaret	17,102	↓4
22	Elizabeth	16,022	↑1
23	Janice	14,978	↓2
24	Carolyn	14,272	↓2
25	Judith	14,064	–
26	Judy	13,632	–
27	Joyce	13,126	↑1
28	Shirley	12,529	↓1
29	Kathy	12,369	↑6
30	Rebecca	12,227	↑2
31	Cheryl	12,201	↓1
32	Betty	12,129	↓3
33	Denise	11,652	↑15
34	Catherine	11,053	–
35	Beverly	10,547	↓2
36	Gloria	10,458	↓5
37	Joan	10,278	↑2
38	Marilyn	9,803	↑3
39	Gail	9,760	↓3
40	Martha	9,696	↓2
41	Bonnie	9,383	↓4
42	Jane	9,322	↑1
43	Peggy	8,990	↓3
44	Connie	8,756	–
45	Ann	8,653	↑1
46	Dorothy	8,609	↓4
47	Paula	8,567	↑4
48	Kathryn	8,504	↓3
49	Virginia	8,161	↓2
50	Jean	7,511	↓1
51	Diana	7,392	↓1
52	Teresa	7,294	↑11
53	Laura	7,188	↑7
54	Wanda	7,164	↓2
55	Jo	7,092	↑12
56	Cathy	7,011	↑15
57	Ruth	6,953	↓4
58	Jacqueline	6,938	↓2
59	Katherine	6,891	↓4
60	Theresa	6,809	↑4
61	Vicki	6,775	↓3
62	Rose	6,553	↑3
63	Helen	6,464	↓9
64	Sheila	6,217	↑5
65	Phyllis	6,151	↓8
66	Rita	6,148	↓5
67	Frances	6,079	↓8
68	Sherry	5,956	↑2
69	Alice	5,908	↓7
70	Ellen	5,842	↓2
71	Lynn	5,818	↑1
72	Maria	5,695	↑3
73	Elaine	5,650	↓7
74	Victoria	5,603	↑7
75	Marsha	5,583	↑1
76	Vickie	5,482	↑11
77	Darlene	5,427	↑2
78	Joanne	5,351	↓5
79	Anne	5,257	↑3
80	Marcia	5,210	↓6
81	Sally	5,037	↓4
82	Marie	4,977	↓4
83	Doris	4,950	↓3
84	Suzanne	4,909	↓1
85	Julie	4,497	↑14
86	Lois	4,361	↓1
87	Valerie	4,263	↑13
88	Roberta	4,228	↑4
89	Charlotte	4,204	↓5
90	Evelyn	4,155	↓2
91	Anita	4,134	↑5
92	Constance	4,117	↓6
93	Sarah	4,046	↓2
94	Maureen	4,039	↓1
95	Rhonda	3,963	new
96	Dianne	3,895	↓6
97	Glenda	3,880	↓8
98	Jeanne	3,827	–
99	Sylvia	3,789	↓2
100	Eileen	3,742	↓5

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951
1	James	87,065	–
2	Robert	86,588	–
3	John	83,140	–
4	Michael	79,037	–
5	David	71,752	–
6	William	63,039	–
7	Richard	58,350	–
8	Thomas	48,647	–
9	Charles	38,866	–
10	Gary	38,754	–
11	Steven	32,037	↑2
12	Joseph	28,510	↑2
13	Donald	28,269	↑2
14	Larry	28,239	↓3
15	Ronald	27,800	↓3
16	Kenneth	25,909	–
17	Mark	25,678	↑3
18	Dennis	24,552	↓1
19	Paul	24,292	↓1
20	Daniel	23,418	↑1
21	Stephen	23,055	↓2
22	George	19,821	–
23	Edward	19,501	–
24	Gregory	15,191	↑1
25	Bruce	14,480	↑1
26	Jerry	14,438	↓2
27	Timothy	14,167	↑1
28	Douglas	13,680	↓1
29	Terry	12,438	↑1
30	Roger	12,132	↓1
31	Jeffrey	12,006	↑4
32	Frank	11,268	↓1
33	Raymond	11,235	↓1
34	Anthony	11,188	–
35	Lawrence	10,302	↓2
36	Peter	9,586	↑2
37	Patrick	9,175	↑2
38	Wayne	9,087	↓1
39	Gerald	9,031	↓3
40	Danny	8,821	↑1
41	Randy	8,646	↑15
42	Alan	8,310	↓2
43	Kevin	7,916	↑10
44	Walter	7,897	↓2
45	Carl	7,823	↓2
46	Dale	7,417	↑3
47	Arthur	7,236	↓3
48	Willie	7,197	↓3
49	Keith	7,174	↑10
50	Henry	6,974	↓3
51	Harold	6,957	↓5
52	Jack	6,937	↓4
53	Johnny	6,771	↓3
54	Scott	6,538	↑14
55	Roy	6,524	↓3
56	Ralph	6,469	↓5
57	Christopher	6,302	↑4
58	Stanley	6,226	↓4
59	Craig	6,187	↑4
60	Philip	6,154	↓5
61	Glenn	5,945	↓3
62	Joe	5,892	↓5
63	Randall	5,892	↑3
64	Brian	5,741	↑11
65	Billy	5,708	↓1
66	Albert	5,660	↓6
67	Samuel	5,647	–
68	Andrew	5,572	↑1
69	Barry	5,504	↑2
70	Russell	5,349	↑3
71	Eugene	5,314	↓6
72	Jimmy	5,311	↓10
73	Howard	5,244	↑1
74	Phillip	5,001	↑5
75	Harry	4,993	↓5
76	Frederick	4,979	↑2
77	Bobby	4,960	–
78	Allen	4,956	↓6
79	Louis	4,924	↓3
80	Martin	4,735	↑1
81	Ricky	4,655	new
82	Ronnie	4,636	–
83	Leonard	4,619	↓3
84	Rodney	4,403	–
85	Steve	4,313	↑1
86	Curtis	4,175	↑5
87	Ernest	4,123	↓4
88	Eric	3,989	↑5
89	Francis	3,979	↓4
90	Fred	3,960	↓3
91	Melvin	3,920	↓3
92	Lee	3,655	–
93	Eddie	3,643	↓4
94	Micheal	3,613	↑3
95	Marvin	3,575	↑1
96	Norman	3,572	↓6
97	Tommy	3,512	↓3
98	Earl	3,456	↓3
99	Clifford	3,317	new
100	Theodore	3,270	↓1

Every name given in 1952

All 10,646 names Social Security recorded for 1952, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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