Popular baby names in Ohio, 1952

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1952 were Linda for girls (3,585 babies) and James for boys (5,064). Social Security records list 196,449 babies born in Ohio in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1952

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

Girls

Randi: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Molly: 66 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darla: 64 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Tim: 84 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrence: 135 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dave: 82 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	3,585	–	1
2	Mary	3,557	–	2
3	Deborah	3,422	↑1	4
4	Patricia	3,026	↓1	3
5	Susan	2,308	–	5
6	Barbara	2,293	–	6
7	Karen	2,098	–	8
8	Nancy	1,888	–	7
9	Debra	1,721	↑10	9
10	Sandra	1,568	↓1	10
11	Pamela	1,559	↑2	17
12	Kathleen	1,526	↓1	11
13	Sharon	1,455	↓1	14
14	Carol	1,447	↓4	12
15	Cynthia	1,241	↑2	18
16	Diane	1,210	↓1	16
17	Donna	1,136	↓3	13
18	Janet	1,099	↓2	19
19	Brenda	1,085	↓1	15
20	Christine	1,063	↑4	20
21	Rebecca	1,057	–	30
22	Judith	982	↓2	25
23	Kathy	883	↑3	29
24	Margaret	875	↓2	21
25	Cheryl	873	↓2	31
26	Joyce	843	↓1	27
27	Denise	796	↑10	33
28	Beverly	759	↓1	35
29	Janice	677	↓1	23
30	Elizabeth	671	↓1	22
31	Bonnie	656	–	41
32	Connie	640	↑1	44
33	Jane	626	↑2	42
34	Marilyn	625	↑2	38
35	Carolyn	623	↓5	24
36	Judy	587	↑3	26
37	Diana	585	↓3	51
38	Shirley	564	↓6	28
39	Cathy	544	↑8	56
40	Catherine	534	–	34
41	Vicki	532	↓3	61
42	Peggy	522	↓1	43
43	Paula	500	new	47
44	Joan	487	new	37
45	Martha	479	↓3	40
46	Betty	476	↓2	32
47	Kathryn	470	↓4	48
48	Gail	463	↓2	39
49	Teresa	445	new	52
50	Marcia	432	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	5,064	↑1	1
2	Robert	4,997	↓1	2
3	John	4,833	–	3
4	Michael	4,816	–	4
5	David	4,648	–	5
6	Richard	3,667	↑2	7
7	William	3,574	↓1	6
8	Thomas	3,361	↓1	8
9	Gary	2,449	–	10
10	Charles	2,128	–	9
11	Mark	1,807	↑6	17
12	Donald	1,746	–	13
13	Ronald	1,721	↓2	15
14	Steven	1,705	↑2	11
15	Daniel	1,608	↑4	20
16	Dennis	1,597	↓3	18
17	Kenneth	1,501	↓2	16
18	Joseph	1,465	–	12
19	Paul	1,363	↑2	19
20	Larry	1,327	↓6	14
21	Timothy	1,319	↓1	27
22	Stephen	1,233	–	21
23	Gregory	1,161	–	24
24	Jeffrey	1,101	↑2	31
25	Edward	1,019	↓1	23
26	George	949	↓1	22
27	Douglas	899	–	28
28	Terry	894	–	29
29	Bruce	823	–	25
30	Roger	775	↑1	30
31	Jerry	729	↓1	26
32	Dale	697	–	46
33	Anthony	618	↑5	34
34	Raymond	609	–	33
35	Lawrence	603	↓2	35
36	Frank	589	↓1	32
37	Jack	540	↓1	52
38	Keith	528	↑4	49
39	Patrick	488	↓2	37
40	Randy	487	new	41
41	Gerald	460	↓2	39
42	Carl	459	↓2	45
43	Danny	429	↑2	40
44	Kevin	403	new	43
45	Scott	400	↑4	54
46	Philip	391	↑4	60
47	Ralph	386	↓1	56
48	Craig	379	↓1	59
49	Walter	377	new	44
50	Wayne	376	↓7	38

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