Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1952

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1952 were Susan for girls (1,880 babies) and Robert for boys (3,410). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 99,940 babies born in Massachusetts in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1952

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

Girls

Annmarie: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Maura: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maryellen: 38 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maureen: 484 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Claire: 126 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joanne: 509 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Doreen: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lesley: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Noreen: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 409 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Edmund: 64 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 922 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dana: 130 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Denis: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paul: 1,848 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerard: 104 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bradford: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brian: 427 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kevin: 578 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Susan	1,880	↑2	5
2	Linda	1,828	↓1	1
3	Mary	1,772	↑1	2
4	Patricia	1,716	↓2	3
5	Deborah	1,450	↑2	4
6	Kathleen	1,382	↓1	11
7	Nancy	1,274	↓1	7
8	Donna	1,158	–	13
9	Karen	1,020	–	8
10	Diane	1,004	↑1	16
11	Barbara	977	↓1	6
12	Christine	926	↑1	20
13	Carol	904	↓1	12
14	Elizabeth	703	↑1	22
15	Judith	694	↓1	25
16	Denise	650	↑8	33
17	Sandra	648	↓1	10
18	Cynthia	626	↑7	18
19	Janet	616	↓2	19
20	Gail	611	↓2	39
21	Joan	590	↑1	37
22	Margaret	590	↓3	21
23	Ann	574	↓2	45
24	Debra	554	↑14	9
25	Paula	529	↑9	47
26	Janice	514	↓6	23
27	Joanne	509	↑1	78
28	Pamela	494	↑2	17
29	Maureen	484	↓2	94
30	Sharon	469	↓7	14
31	Jane	459	↓5	42
32	Cheryl	451	↓1	31
33	Anne	413	↓4	79
34	Catherine	411	↑2	34
35	Elaine	376	↓3	73
36	Jean	376	↓3	50
37	Joyce	351	–	27
38	Ellen	334	↓3	70
39	Marie	281	–	82
40	Marilyn	255	–	38
41	Martha	246	↑3	40
42	Eileen	244	↓1	100
43	Beverly	235	↓1	35
44	Dorothy	232	↓1	46
45	Jeanne	232	↑1	98
46	Dianne	228	↑1	96
47	Sheila	226	↑1	64
48	Suzanne	224	new	84
49	Theresa	213	–	60
50	Virginia	203	↓5	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	3,410	–	2
2	John	3,389	–	3
3	Richard	2,557	–	7
4	Michael	2,434	↑1	4
5	David	2,315	↑2	5
6	James	2,268	↓2	1
7	William	2,151	↓1	6
8	Paul	1,848	–	19
9	Thomas	1,615	–	8
10	Stephen	1,523	–	21
11	Joseph	1,308	–	12
12	Steven	928	↑3	11
13	Peter	922	–	36
14	Edward	904	↓2	23
15	Charles	887	↓1	9
16	Mark	871	↑3	17
17	Gary	803	↓1	10
18	Daniel	789	↑5	20
19	Donald	781	↓2	13
20	Kenneth	757	↓2	16
21	Dennis	722	–	18
22	George	672	↓2	22
23	Ronald	657	↓1	15
24	Bruce	578	↑1	25
25	Kevin	578	↓1	43
26	Brian	427	↑3	64
27	Francis	409	↓1	89
28	Raymond	409	↑2	33
29	Alan	385	↓2	42
30	Wayne	385	↓2	38
31	Anthony	383	↑1	34
32	Lawrence	359	↓1	35
33	Philip	353	↑4	60
34	Jeffrey	352	↑1	31
35	Douglas	311	↓1	28
36	Arthur	305	↓3	47
37	Frank	303	↓1	32
38	Christopher	287	↑2	57
39	Gerald	285	–	39
40	Roger	267	↑2	30
41	Frederick	266	↓3	76
42	Timothy	247	↑1	27
43	Walter	244	↓2	44
44	Gregory	220	–	24
45	Russell	212	↑2	70
46	Scott	209	new	54
47	Barry	200	↑2	69
48	Albert	190	↓2	66
49	Ralph	190	↓4	56
50	Leonard	184	new	83

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