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Most popular baby names of 1952

In 1952, the most popular names in the US were Linda for girls and James for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Linda67,082
  2. 2Mary65,629
  3. 3Patricia53,101
  4. 4Deborah49,811
  5. 5Susan41,348
  6. 6Barbara39,864
  7. 7Nancy31,739
  8. 8Karen28,956
  9. 9Debra26,832
  10. 10Sandra26,097
  11. 11Kathleen25,767
  12. 12Carol24,000
  13. 13Donna23,718
  14. 14Sharon23,386
  15. 15Brenda21,439
  16. 16Diane21,063
  17. 17Pamela20,879
  18. 18Cynthia19,878
  19. 19Janet17,921
  20. 20Christine17,548
  21. 21Margaret17,102
  22. 22Elizabeth16,022
  23. 23Janice14,978
  24. 24Carolyn14,272
  25. 25Judith14,064
  26. 26Judy13,632
  27. 27Joyce13,126
  28. 28Shirley12,529
  29. 29Kathy12,369
  30. 30Rebecca12,227
  31. 31Cheryl12,201
  32. 32Betty12,129
  33. 33Denise11,652
  34. 34Catherine11,053
  35. 35Beverly10,547
  36. 36Gloria10,458
  37. 37Joan10,278
  38. 38Marilyn9,803
  39. 39Gail9,760
  40. 40Martha9,696
  41. 41Bonnie9,383
  42. 42Jane9,322
  43. 43Peggy8,990
  44. 44Connie8,756
  45. 45Ann8,653
  46. 46Dorothy8,609
  47. 47Paula8,567
  48. 48Kathryn8,504
  49. 49Virginia8,161
  50. 50Jean7,511
  51. 51Diana7,392
  52. 52Teresa7,294
  53. 53Laura7,188
  54. 54Wanda7,164
  55. 55Jo7,092
  56. 56Cathy7,011
  57. 57Ruth6,953
  58. 58Jacqueline6,938
  59. 59Katherine6,891
  60. 60Theresa6,809
  61. 61Vicki6,775
  62. 62Rose6,553
  63. 63Helen6,464
  64. 64Sheila6,217
  65. 65Phyllis6,151
  66. 66Rita6,148
  67. 67Frances6,079
  68. 68Sherry5,956
  69. 69Alice5,908
  70. 70Ellen5,842
  71. 71Lynn5,818
  72. 72Maria5,695
  73. 73Elaine5,650
  74. 74Victoria5,603
  75. 75Marsha5,583
  76. 76Vickie5,482
  77. 77Darlene5,427
  78. 78Joanne5,351
  79. 79Anne5,257
  80. 80Marcia5,210
  81. 81Sally5,037
  82. 82Marie4,977
  83. 83Doris4,950
  84. 84Suzanne4,909
  85. 85Julie4,497
  86. 86Lois4,361
  87. 87Valerie4,263
  88. 88Roberta4,228
  89. 89Charlotte4,204
  90. 90Evelyn4,155
  91. 91Anita4,134
  92. 92Constance4,117
  93. 93Sarah4,046
  94. 94Maureen4,039
  95. 95Rhonda3,963
  96. 96Dianne3,895
  97. 97Glenda3,880
  98. 98Jeanne3,827
  99. 99Sylvia3,789
  100. 100Eileen3,742

Boys

  1. 1James87,065
  2. 2Robert86,588
  3. 3John83,140
  4. 4Michael79,037
  5. 5David71,752
  6. 6William63,039
  7. 7Richard58,350
  8. 8Thomas48,647
  9. 9Charles38,866
  10. 10Gary38,754
  11. 11Steven32,037
  12. 12Joseph28,510
  13. 13Donald28,269
  14. 14Larry28,239
  15. 15Ronald27,800
  16. 16Kenneth25,909
  17. 17Mark25,678
  18. 18Dennis24,552
  19. 19Paul24,292
  20. 20Daniel23,418
  21. 21Stephen23,055
  22. 22George19,821
  23. 23Edward19,501
  24. 24Gregory15,191
  25. 25Bruce14,480
  26. 26Jerry14,438
  27. 27Timothy14,167
  28. 28Douglas13,680
  29. 29Terry12,438
  30. 30Roger12,132
  31. 31Jeffrey12,006
  32. 32Frank11,268
  33. 33Raymond11,235
  34. 34Anthony11,188
  35. 35Lawrence10,302
  36. 36Peter9,586
  37. 37Patrick9,175
  38. 38Wayne9,087
  39. 39Gerald9,031
  40. 40Danny8,821
  41. 41Randy8,646
  42. 42Alan8,310
  43. 43Kevin7,916
  44. 44Walter7,897
  45. 45Carl7,823
  46. 46Dale7,417
  47. 47Arthur7,236
  48. 48Willie7,197
  49. 49Keith7,174
  50. 50Henry6,974
  51. 51Harold6,957
  52. 52Jack6,937
  53. 53Johnny6,771
  54. 54Scott6,538
  55. 55Roy6,524
  56. 56Ralph6,469
  57. 57Christopher6,302
  58. 58Stanley6,226
  59. 59Craig6,187
  60. 60Philip6,154
  61. 61Glenn5,945
  62. 62Joe5,892
  63. 63Randall5,892
  64. 64Brian5,741
  65. 65Billy5,708
  66. 66Albert5,660
  67. 67Samuel5,647
  68. 68Andrew5,572
  69. 69Barry5,504
  70. 70Russell5,349
  71. 71Eugene5,314
  72. 72Jimmy5,311
  73. 73Howard5,244
  74. 74Phillip5,001
  75. 75Harry4,993
  76. 76Frederick4,979
  77. 77Bobby4,960
  78. 78Allen4,956
  79. 79Louis4,924
  80. 80Martin4,735
  81. 81Ricky4,655
  82. 82Ronnie4,636
  83. 83Leonard4,619
  84. 84Rodney4,403
  85. 85Steve4,313
  86. 86Curtis4,175
  87. 87Ernest4,123
  88. 88Eric3,989
  89. 89Francis3,979
  90. 90Fred3,960
  91. 91Melvin3,920
  92. 92Lee3,655
  93. 93Eddie3,643
  94. 94Micheal3,613
  95. 95Marvin3,575
  96. 96Norman3,572
  97. 97Tommy3,512
  98. 98Earl3,456
  99. 99Clifford3,317
  100. 100Theodore3,270

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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