Popular baby names in Washington, 1952

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,022 babies) and Michael for boys (1,468). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,322 babies born in Washington in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1952

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

Girls

Shannon: 43 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Leanne: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cheri: 61 babies, 6× the national rate
Marilee: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mari: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Christie: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristy: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Robyn: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lori: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tracy: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Christophe: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelly: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Loren: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monty: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rick: 119 babies, 3× the national rate
Dan: 104 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brad: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rocky: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,022	–	1
2	Susan	832	–	5
3	Mary	828	↑1	2
4	Patricia	698	↓1	3
5	Deborah	691	↑3	4
6	Karen	599	↓1	8
7	Barbara	597	–	6
8	Kathleen	586	↓2	11
9	Debra	564	↑7	9
10	Nancy	499	↓1	7
11	Pamela	469	↑2	17
12	Sandra	461	↓2	10
13	Carol	406	↓2	12
14	Christine	391	–	20
15	Sharon	378	↓3	14
16	Cynthia	364	↑3	18
17	Janet	344	↓2	19
18	Cheryl	301	↑2	31
19	Diane	301	↓2	16
20	Donna	268	↓2	13
21	Margaret	253	↑1	21
22	Janice	243	↓1	23
23	Rebecca	217	↑5	30
24	Judith	216	↓1	25
25	Judy	216	↓1	26
26	Elizabeth	209	↑4	22
27	Kathryn	207	↓2	48
28	Teresa	204	↑4	52
29	Marilyn	192	↑4	38
30	Vicki	187	↓1	61
31	Bonnie	178	↑4	41
32	Denise	176	new	33
33	Gail	176	↓2	39
34	Connie	173	–	44
35	Catherine	169	↓9	34
36	Carolyn	168	↑2	24
37	Kathy	167	↓10	29
38	Joan	161	↑4	37
39	Paula	150	new	47
40	Peggy	148	↑1	43
41	Laurie	147	new	>100
42	Julie	145	↑2	85
43	Colleen	144	–	>100
44	Diana	144	↑4	51
45	Ann	140	new	45
46	Laura	140	↑1	53
47	Katherine	138	↓10	59
48	Beverly	134	↓2	35
49	Vickie	130	new	76
50	Jane	128	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	1,468	–	4
2	Robert	1,377	↑1	2
3	David	1,238	↑2	5
4	James	1,231	–	1
5	John	1,214	↓3	3
6	Richard	1,052	–	7
7	Steven	932	↑1	11
8	William	826	↓1	6
9	Gary	684	–	10
10	Thomas	674	–	8
11	Mark	586	–	17
12	Daniel	540	↑2	20
13	Ronald	512	↓1	15
14	Donald	498	↓1	13
15	Kenneth	466	↑1	16
16	Charles	464	↑1	9
17	Stephen	427	↑1	21
18	Dennis	409	↓3	18
19	Paul	403	↑3	19
20	Douglas	396	↓1	28
21	Larry	390	↓1	14
22	Gregory	361	↓1	24
23	Timothy	351	↑1	27
24	Bruce	332	↓1	25
25	Patrick	294	–	37
26	Jeffrey	260	↑6	31
27	Joseph	248	↓1	12
28	Randy	246	↑1	41
29	Scott	238	↑1	54
30	Terry	236	↓3	29
31	Jerry	220	↓3	26
32	Edward	216	↑2	23
33	Dale	212	–	46
34	Craig	197	↑2	59
35	Brian	195	↑2	64
36	Roger	189	↑2	30
37	George	188	↓6	22
38	Gerald	180	↓3	39
39	Wayne	176	↑3	38
40	Lawrence	164	↑1	35
41	Jack	155	↓2	52
42	Alan	148	↓2	42
43	Raymond	143	–	33
44	Peter	142	↑4	36
45	Keith	138	new	49
46	Frank	135	↓2	32
47	Kevin	135	new	43
48	Christopher	121	↓2	57
49	Rick	119	new	>100
50	Stanley	119	↓1	58

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