Popular baby names in Maryland, 1952

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1952 were Mary for girls (1,088 babies) and Robert for boys (1,462). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,687 babies born in Maryland in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1952

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

Girls

Vanessa: 52 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Roslyn: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rosalind: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katharine: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lenora: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cassandra: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Agnes: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darlene: 181 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cecelia: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Carroll: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 68 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cornell: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Linwood: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Irvin: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Andre: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Adrian: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maurice: 52 babies, 3× the national rate
Preston: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Wilbur: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	1,088	↑1	2
2	Deborah	1,075	↑2	4
3	Linda	1,069	↓2	1
4	Patricia	982	↓1	3
5	Barbara	715	–	6
6	Susan	653	–	5
7	Sharon	589	–	14
8	Nancy	488	–	7
9	Karen	412	↑5	8
10	Donna	403	↓1	13
11	Sandra	398	↓1	10
12	Brenda	368	↑4	15
13	Carol	357	↓2	12
14	Kathleen	346	↓2	11
15	Margaret	324	↓2	21
16	Diane	305	↓1	16
17	Cynthia	279	↑4	18
18	Denise	278	↑14	33
19	Debra	271	↑16	9
20	Pamela	271	↑4	17
21	Joyce	270	↓4	27
22	Elizabeth	267	↓4	22
23	Carolyn	245	↓4	24
24	Janet	245	↑1	19
25	Christine	235	↓2	20
26	Shirley	203	↓6	28
27	Joan	201	↑1	37
28	Judith	199	↑1	25
29	Catherine	191	↑1	34
30	Bonnie	188	↓8	41
31	Beverly	183	↓4	35
32	Darlene	181	↑4	77
33	Gail	181	↓2	39
34	Jacqueline	176	↑3	58
35	Betty	166	↓2	32
36	Gloria	163	↑2	36
37	Cheryl	153	↑5	31
38	Jane	145	↑7	42
39	Dorothy	141	↓5	46
40	Theresa	138	new	60
41	Wanda	138	new	54
42	Janice	137	↓16	23
43	Katherine	136	new	59
44	Ruth	136	–	57
45	Sheila	135	↓6	64
46	Paula	131	new	47
47	Kathy	128	new	29
48	Helen	122	↓2	63
49	Peggy	120	↓6	43
50	Virginia	119	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	1,462	–	2
2	John	1,443	–	3
3	James	1,345	–	1
4	William	1,311	–	6
5	Michael	1,250	–	4
6	David	951	–	5
7	Richard	902	↑1	7
8	Charles	892	↓1	9
9	Thomas	747	–	8
10	Joseph	592	–	12
11	Gary	563	–	10
12	Ronald	479	↑1	15
13	George	441	↓1	22
14	Donald	438	–	13
15	Stephen	405	–	21
16	Steven	390	↑4	11
17	Paul	372	↑2	19
18	Larry	364	↓1	14
19	Kenneth	362	↓1	16
20	Edward	346	↓4	23
21	Mark	327	↑4	17
22	Dennis	304	↓1	18
23	Daniel	270	–	20
24	Gregory	253	–	24
25	Bruce	232	↓3	25
26	Wayne	224	–	38
27	Raymond	207	↑2	33
28	Douglas	203	↓1	28
29	Lawrence	200	↑1	35
30	Timothy	191	↑1	27
31	Anthony	180	↑4	34
32	Jeffrey	168	↑4	31
33	Walter	163	↓1	44
34	Harry	155	↓1	75
35	Frank	145	↓7	32
36	Roger	138	↑10	30
37	Frederick	134	↑1	76
38	Howard	134	↓4	73
39	Patrick	125	↑4	37
40	Samuel	123	new	67
41	Terry	117	↑9	29
42	Glenn	115	new	61
43	Jerry	114	↓4	26
44	Carl	111	new	45
45	Ralph	109	↑3	56
46	Melvin	106	↓9	91
47	Henry	105	↓5	50
48	Francis	104	↓8	89
49	Louis	103	–	79
50	Gerald	102	new	39

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