Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1952

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1952 were Mary for girls (516 babies) and John for boys (843). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,481 babies born in District of Columbia in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1952

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

Girls

Laverne: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Cassandra: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Saundra: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cecelia: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Veronica: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vanessa: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Robin: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angela: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Renee: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sheila: 116 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 52 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Reginald: 62 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ricardo: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maurice: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nathaniel: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Geoffrey: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carlton: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roland: 28 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	516	↑1	2
2	Linda	490	↓1	1
3	Patricia	482	–	3
4	Deborah	456	–	4
5	Barbara	350	–	6
6	Susan	288	–	5
7	Karen	244	↑1	8
8	Sharon	232	↓1	14
9	Brenda	228	↑4	15
10	Nancy	202	–	7
11	Kathleen	195	↓2	11
12	Donna	187	↑3	13
13	Diane	183	↓2	16
14	Margaret	175	–	21
15	Elizabeth	172	↑4	22
16	Sandra	165	↓4	10
17	Denise	160	↑4	33
18	Carol	150	↓1	12
19	Joyce	147	↓1	27
20	Christine	143	↑8	20
21	Pamela	140	↑2	17
22	Cynthia	138	↓2	18
23	Debra	131	↑11	9
24	Carolyn	128	↓8	24
25	Janet	116	↓1	19
26	Sheila	116	↑9	64
27	Catherine	114	↓1	34
28	Gail	112	↓1	39
29	Joan	111	↑1	37
30	Jacqueline	110	↓1	58
31	Judith	96	↓9	25
32	Ann	94	↑5	45
33	Janice	93	↓8	23
34	Beverly	92	↑5	35
35	Gloria	85	↓4	36
36	Shirley	84	↓4	28
37	Anne	80	↑1	79
38	Martha	76	↑8	40
39	Paula	76	↑4	47
40	Katherine	73	↑8	59
41	Teresa	73	new	52
42	Cheryl	71	↓9	31
43	Robin	71	new	>100
44	Kathryn	69	new	48
45	Lynn	69	new	71
46	Joanne	65	new	78
47	Suzanne	65	new	84
48	Theresa	64	new	60
49	Laura	63	new	53
50	Ruth	63	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	John	843	↑1	3
2	James	755	↑1	1
3	Michael	748	↑1	4
4	Robert	699	↓3	2
5	William	617	–	6
6	David	513	–	5
7	Richard	421	↑1	7
8	Thomas	403	↓1	8
9	Charles	384	–	9
10	Joseph	261	–	12
11	Stephen	255	–	21
12	Ronald	247	–	15
13	Gary	224	–	10
14	Steven	217	↑6	11
15	Paul	208	–	19
16	Gregory	199	↑1	24
17	Donald	194	↓3	13
18	George	189	↓2	22
19	Larry	179	↑2	14
20	Mark	172	↑2	17
21	Edward	161	↓2	23
22	Kenneth	159	↓4	16
23	Daniel	141	–	20
24	Anthony	136	–	34
25	Lawrence	115	↑1	35
26	Jeffrey	112	↑7	31
27	Dennis	109	↓2	18
28	Bruce	102	↓1	25
29	Patrick	95	↑5	37
30	Kevin	94	↑12	43
31	Christopher	93	↓3	57
32	Timothy	92	↓3	27
33	Douglas	88	↑3	28
34	Eric	86	↑16	88
35	Wayne	83	↓5	38
36	Peter	82	↓4	36
37	Frank	79	↑6	32
38	Raymond	78	↓3	33
39	Alan	74	↓8	42
40	Arthur	70	↑6	47
41	Gerald	70	↑3	39
42	Frederick	69	↑7	76
43	Roger	65	↓6	30
44	Jerome	62	new	>100
45	Reginald	62	↓4	>100
46	Walter	62	↓7	44
47	Carl	61	↓7	45
48	Andrew	60	↓10	68
49	Stanley	59	↓1	58
50	Howard	56	new	73

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