Popular baby names in Indiana, 1952

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,846 babies) and Michael for boys (2,591). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,972 babies born in Indiana in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1952

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

Girls

Cinda: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Madonna: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tamara: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beth: 154 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jana: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rebecca: 728 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diana: 437 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sue: 204 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Becky: 90 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dianna: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Max: 69 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rex: 133 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rick: 208 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rickie: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Garry: 120 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brent: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Monte: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kent: 85 babies, 2× the national rate
Kerry: 62 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,846	–	1
2	Mary	1,540	–	2
3	Deborah	1,528	–	4
4	Patricia	1,187	–	3
5	Susan	1,076	–	5
6	Debra	1,048	↑5	9
7	Karen	989	↓1	8
8	Nancy	951	–	7
9	Barbara	932	↓2	6
10	Pamela	881	↓1	17
11	Rebecca	728	↑4	30
12	Brenda	725	↑1	15
13	Sharon	719	↓1	14
14	Carol	718	–	12
15	Sandra	714	↓5	10
16	Janet	662	↑1	19
17	Cynthia	655	↑1	18
18	Donna	642	↓2	13
19	Kathy	569	↑1	29
20	Kathleen	549	↓1	11
21	Connie	469	↑1	44
22	Diana	437	↑2	51
23	Judith	435	↑3	25
24	Diane	428	↑7	16
25	Cheryl	420	↓4	31
26	Carolyn	405	↓3	24
27	Joyce	396	–	27
28	Peggy	392	↑1	43
29	Janice	378	↓4	23
30	Vicki	357	–	61
31	Cathy	350	↑12	56
32	Margaret	334	↓4	21
33	Beverly	327	↓1	35
34	Judy	324	↓1	26
35	Elizabeth	323	–	22
36	Jane	320	↑1	42
37	Christine	319	↑1	20
38	Shirley	318	↓2	28
39	Teresa	291	–	52
40	Marsha	288	↑7	75
41	Betty	286	↓1	32
42	Paula	286	↑3	47
43	Marilyn	280	↓9	38
44	Rita	263	↓3	66
45	Catherine	259	↑5	34
46	Vickie	258	new	76
47	Denise	253	new	33
48	Martha	251	↓2	40
49	Marcia	249	↓5	80
50	Kathryn	243	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	2,591	–	4
2	James	2,325	–	1
3	David	2,252	–	5
4	Robert	2,160	–	2
5	John	2,141	–	3
6	William	1,576	–	6
7	Richard	1,535	–	7
8	Thomas	1,376	–	8
9	Steven	1,268	–	11
10	Gary	1,208	–	10
11	Charles	1,120	–	9
12	Mark	1,039	↑2	17
13	Larry	960	↓1	14
14	Dennis	910	↑2	18
15	Donald	832	–	13
16	Ronald	823	↓3	15
17	Stephen	776	–	21
18	Daniel	725	↑1	20
19	Kenneth	678	↓1	16
20	Paul	654	–	19
21	Terry	596	–	29
22	Gregory	588	↑3	24
23	Joseph	587	↑1	12
24	Timothy	562	↓1	27
25	Jerry	545	↓3	26
26	Bruce	457	↑1	25
27	Roger	437	↑2	30
28	Jeffrey	416	↑5	31
29	Edward	397	↑1	23
30	Douglas	396	↓4	28
31	George	386	↓3	22
32	Danny	353	↓1	40
33	Jack	310	↓1	52
34	Randall	285	–	63
35	Randy	279	↑3	41
36	Dale	270	–	46
37	Patrick	270	↓2	37
38	Kevin	260	↑11	43
39	Keith	249	↓2	49
40	Raymond	240	↑5	33
41	Anthony	225	↑9	34
42	Carl	219	↓1	45
43	Gerald	211	↓3	39
44	Alan	208	↓5	42
45	Rick	208	new	>100
46	Philip	207	↑1	60
47	Ricky	207	new	81
48	Stanley	200	–	58
49	Phillip	195	↓6	74
50	Lawrence	191	↓6	35

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