Popular baby names in Virginia, 1952

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,662 babies) and James for boys (2,337). Social Security records list 79,748 babies born in Virginia in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1952

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

Girls

Dreama: 26 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Nannie: 23 babies, 14× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vanessa: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Laverne: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jewel: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deloris: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shelia: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Pearl: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Daisy: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Beverly: 23 babies, 13× the national rate
Linwood: 55 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Garland: 49 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Carroll: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aubrey: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carlton: 57 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Irvin: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cecil: 90 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clifton: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dewey: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,662	–	1
2	Mary	1,384	–	2
3	Deborah	1,257	↑3	4
4	Patricia	1,231	↓1	3
5	Brenda	1,053	↓1	15
6	Barbara	963	↓1	6
7	Sandra	676	–	10
8	Nancy	665	–	7
9	Susan	664	↑1	5
10	Carolyn	640	↓1	24
11	Sharon	559	↑1	14
12	Joyce	524	↓1	27
13	Donna	497	↑1	13
14	Betty	493	↓1	32
15	Elizabeth	454	↑2	22
16	Debra	452	↑14	9
17	Karen	447	↑1	8
18	Judy	429	↑1	26
19	Margaret	421	↓3	21
20	Shirley	403	↓5	28
21	Cynthia	393	↑3	18
22	Pamela	378	–	17
23	Rebecca	367	–	30
24	Carol	365	↓4	12
25	Janet	349	↑3	19
26	Wanda	349	↓5	54
27	Gloria	344	↓1	36
28	Diane	316	↑5	16
29	Bonnie	315	↑2	41
30	Martha	295	↑2	40
31	Janice	294	↓2	23
32	Dorothy	273	↑6	46
33	Phyllis	267	↑1	65
34	Kathy	265	↑3	29
35	Virginia	256	↓8	49
36	Peggy	239	↓11	43
37	Frances	238	↓2	67
38	Catherine	235	↑3	34
39	Joan	226	↑3	37
40	Ann	217	↑6	45
41	Judith	217	↓5	25
42	Katherine	207	↑2	59
43	Beverly	204	–	35
44	Jacqueline	203	↑1	58
45	Connie	202	new	44
46	Doris	198	↓6	83
47	Helen	192	↑2	63
48	Jo	192	new	55
49	Kathleen	189	↑1	11
50	Alice	186	↓11	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	2,337	–	1
2	William	1,925	–	6
3	Robert	1,748	–	2
4	John	1,603	–	3
5	Michael	1,516	–	4
6	David	1,374	–	5
7	Charles	1,117	–	9
8	Richard	995	↑2	7
9	Thomas	920	–	8
10	Larry	899	↓2	14
11	Gary	756	–	10
12	Donald	680	↑2	13
13	Ronald	658	–	15
14	George	602	↓2	22
15	Joseph	557	↑1	12
16	Kenneth	540	↓1	16
17	Edward	449	↑1	23
18	Jerry	442	↓1	26
19	Dennis	421	↑1	18
20	Stephen	421	↑1	21
21	Steven	417	↑2	11
22	Roger	387	↓3	30
23	Paul	351	↓1	19
24	Douglas	307	–	28
25	Daniel	302	↑4	20
26	Mark	274	↑5	17
27	Danny	271	–	40
28	Walter	259	↓3	44
29	Wayne	251	↓3	38
30	Raymond	235	↓2	33
31	Bruce	226	↑4	25
32	Samuel	225	↓2	67
33	Henry	221	↑6	50
34	Harold	219	↓1	51
35	Roy	215	↓3	55
36	Harry	214	↑4	75
37	Ronnie	211	↓1	82
38	Frank	210	↓4	32
39	Gregory	201	new	24
40	Willie	200	↓2	48
41	Terry	194	↑6	29
42	Bobby	193	↓5	77
43	Carl	190	↓2	45
44	Timothy	186	new	27
45	Lawrence	185	–	35
46	Howard	180	new	73
47	Melvin	179	↓3	91
48	Clarence	176	↓5	>100
49	Ralph	176	↓3	56
50	Earl	174	↓1	98

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