Popular baby names in Maine, 1952

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1952 were Linda for girls (387 babies) and David for boys (496). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,846 babies born in Maine in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1952

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

Girls

Claudette: 22 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Carlene: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Rachel: 48 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Pauline: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Claire: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Priscilla: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeannette: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeanne: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Louise: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 18 babies, 44.7× the national rate
Linwood: 16 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Dana: 81 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Roland: 47 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Carroll: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Maurice: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Denis: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Malcolm: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Everett: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gerard: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	387	–	1
2	Deborah	280	↑2	4
3	Susan	273	↓1	5
4	Nancy	225	↑2	7
5	Patricia	225	↓2	3
6	Mary	220	↓1	2
7	Barbara	198	↑1	6
8	Diane	188	↑2	16
9	Donna	174	↓2	13
10	Brenda	164	↓1	15
11	Pamela	151	↑3	17
12	Sharon	149	–	14
13	Kathleen	146	↑3	11
14	Sandra	136	↓1	10
15	Cynthia	133	–	18
16	Carol	128	↓5	12
17	Karen	127	–	8
18	Gail	110	↑1	39
19	Debra	104	↑10	9
20	Judith	102	↓2	25
21	Margaret	98	↓1	21
22	Jane	92	↑2	42
23	Janice	89	↓1	23
24	Elizabeth	88	↑3	22
25	Cheryl	86	↓4	31
26	Catherine	83	↑6	34
27	Paula	83	↓1	47
28	Ann	72	–	45
29	Elaine	70	↑4	73
30	Jean	70	↑4	50
31	Joan	69	↑7	37
32	Rebecca	69	↑10	30
33	Christine	67	↑3	20
34	Joyce	65	↓9	27
35	Bonnie	62	↓12	41
36	Gloria	60	↓5	36
37	Judy	57	new	26
38	Carolyn	56	↑1	24
39	Katherine	56	↑6	59
40	Kathryn	56	new	48
41	Beverly	55	↓4	35
42	Kathy	55	new	29
43	Denise	54	new	33
44	Sally	52	↑4	81
45	Sheila	51	↓15	64
46	Betty	50	new	32
47	Martha	50	new	40
48	Shirley	50	↓13	28
49	Dorothy	49	new	46
50	Jeanne	49	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	David	496	↑2	5
2	Michael	491	↓1	4
3	Robert	452	↓1	2
4	Richard	394	–	7
5	John	389	–	3
6	James	357	–	1
7	Stephen	269	–	21
8	William	254	–	6
9	Gary	241	↑2	10
10	Paul	213	↓1	19
11	Daniel	194	↑2	20
12	Thomas	193	–	8
13	Donald	185	↓3	13
14	Mark	173	↑6	17
15	Ronald	155	↓1	15
16	Peter	150	↑1	36
17	Steven	149	↑1	11
18	Charles	146	↓3	9
19	Bruce	145	↓3	25
20	Dennis	120	↑1	18
21	Kenneth	119	↓2	16
22	Timothy	119	↑8	27
23	Roger	115	↑1	30
24	Raymond	106	↑5	33
25	Joseph	104	↓3	12
26	George	94	↓3	22
27	Wayne	94	↓2	38
28	Jeffrey	90	↑8	31
29	Larry	88	↓1	14
30	Brian	87	↑1	64
31	Douglas	87	↑1	28
32	Edward	86	↓5	23
33	Alan	84	↑2	42
34	Gregory	82	↓8	24
35	Lawrence	82	↑5	35
36	Dana	81	↑3	>100
37	Philip	75	↓3	60
38	Scott	66	↑5	54
39	Dale	63	↓1	46
40	Gerald	61	↓7	39
41	Frank	51	↑1	32
42	Arthur	48	↓5	47
43	Barry	48	↑1	69
44	Frederick	48	↑4	76
45	Ralph	48	new	56
46	Roland	47	–	>100
47	Harold	46	↓2	51
48	Kevin	46	new	43
49	Norman	44	new	96
50	Rodney	44	↓1	84

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