Popular baby names in California, 1952

The most popular baby names in California in 1952 were Linda for girls (4,775 babies) and Michael for boys (7,062). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 271,672 babies born in California in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1952

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lupe: 80 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Elena: 66 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Yolanda: 391 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 141 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Teri: 134 babies, 3× the national rate
Lori: 184 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Heidi: 78 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christina: 401 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sheri: 97 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Melinda: 272 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 104 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Christophe: 89 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jess: 75 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rudy: 176 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Manuel: 385 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Raul: 163 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ruben: 246 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Louie: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Armando: 116 babies, 3× the national rate
Mario: 200 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	4,775	–	1
2	Patricia	3,481	–	3
3	Deborah	3,447	↑2	4
4	Susan	3,424	↓1	5
5	Mary	3,421	↓1	2
6	Kathleen	2,388	–	11
7	Karen	2,374	–	8
8	Debra	2,351	↑6	9
9	Nancy	2,268	–	7
10	Barbara	2,161	↓2	6
11	Christine	1,936	↑1	20
12	Sandra	1,851	↓2	10
13	Pamela	1,813	↑2	17
14	Carol	1,728	↓1	12
15	Cynthia	1,708	↑3	18
16	Sharon	1,647	↓5	14
17	Diane	1,535	–	16
18	Donna	1,389	↓2	13
19	Janet	1,364	–	19
20	Margaret	1,091	–	21
21	Elizabeth	1,053	↑2	22
22	Janice	995	↓1	23
23	Cheryl	955	↓1	31
24	Denise	933	↑4	33
25	Catherine	915	↓1	34
26	Judith	865	↓1	25
27	Judy	844	↓1	26
28	Gloria	805	↓1	36
29	Rebecca	772	↑1	30
30	Marilyn	768	↑8	38
31	Laura	755	↑10	53
32	Carolyn	743	↓1	24
33	Kathryn	742	–	48
34	Brenda	738	–	15
35	Teresa	723	↑5	52
36	Gail	721	↓7	39
37	Victoria	716	–	74
38	Kathy	689	↑5	29
39	Diana	684	↓3	51
40	Katherine	682	↓5	59
41	Maria	673	↓2	72
42	Paula	673	↑8	47
43	Virginia	669	↓1	49
44	Joan	652	↑2	37
45	Shirley	643	↓13	28
46	Joyce	641	↓1	27
47	Martha	634	↑1	40
48	Robin	580	new	>100
49	Bonnie	554	–	41
50	Peggy	550	↓3	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	7,062	–	4
2	Robert	6,576	–	2
3	John	5,900	–	3
4	David	5,847	–	5
5	James	5,151	–	1
6	Richard	5,022	–	7
7	William	3,803	–	6
8	Steven	3,643	–	11
9	Gary	3,130	–	10
10	Thomas	2,895	–	8
11	Mark	2,444	–	17
12	Charles	2,118	↑1	9
13	Daniel	2,088	↑2	20
14	Ronald	2,024	↓2	15
15	Stephen	1,968	↓1	21
16	Dennis	1,915	↑1	18
17	Donald	1,881	↓1	13
18	Kenneth	1,817	–	16
19	Paul	1,721	↑1	19
20	Larry	1,629	↓1	14
21	Gregory	1,580	–	24
22	Timothy	1,329	↑2	27
23	Joseph	1,326	↓1	12
24	Edward	1,256	↓1	23
25	Bruce	1,253	↑1	25
26	George	1,233	↓1	22
27	Jeffrey	1,205	↑2	31
28	Douglas	1,032	↓1	28
29	Frank	1,002	↓1	32
30	Patrick	892	–	37
31	Anthony	883	↑1	34
32	Christopher	849	↓1	57
33	Lawrence	840	↑1	35
34	Raymond	803	↓1	33
35	Craig	782	↑1	59
36	Randy	767	↑10	41
37	Peter	747	–	36
38	Jerry	723	↓3	26
39	Scott	686	↑3	54
40	Alan	668	↓2	42
41	Terry	654	↓2	29
42	Roger	619	↓2	30
43	Arthur	601	–	47
44	Jack	596	↓3	52
45	Danny	571	↑3	40
46	Gerald	562	↓2	39
47	Wayne	552	–	38
48	Brian	541	↓3	64
49	Dale	530	↑1	46
50	Kevin	529	new	43

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