Top Baby Names of 1952
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
1
Linda 67,081 2
Mary 65,627 3
Patricia 53,098 4
Deborah 49,812 5
Susan 41,348 6
Barbara 39,863 7
Nancy 31,739 8
Karen 28,957 9
Debra 26,832 10
Sandra 26,097 11
Kathleen 25,767 12
Carol 23,999 13
Donna 23,716 14
Sharon 23,387 15
Brenda 21,439 16
Diane 21,063 17
Pamela 20,880 18
Cynthia 19,879 19
Janet 17,921 20
Christine 17,548 21
Margaret 17,101 22
Elizabeth 16,023 23
Janice 14,978 24
Carolyn 14,272 25
Judith 14,064 26
Judy 13,632 27
Joyce 13,125 28
Shirley 12,529 29
Kathy 12,369 30
Rebecca 12,226 31
Cheryl 12,201 32
Betty 12,129 33
Denise 11,652 34
Catherine 11,053 35
Beverly 10,547 36
Gloria 10,458 37
Joan 10,277 38
Marilyn 9,803 39
Gail 9,760 40
Martha 9,696 41
Bonnie 9,382 42
Jane 9,322 43
Peggy 8,990 44
Connie 8,756 45
Ann 8,652 46
Dorothy 8,608 47
Paula 8,566 48
Kathryn 8,504 49
Virginia 8,161 50
Jean 7,511 👦
Boy Names
1
James 87,066 2
Robert 86,588 3
John 83,138 4
Michael 79,039 5
David 71,753 6
William 63,039 7
Richard 58,353 8
Thomas 48,650 9
Charles 38,865 10
Gary 38,753 11
Steven 32,037 12
Joseph 28,510 13
Donald 28,269 14
Larry 28,241 15
Ronald 27,801 16
Kenneth 25,910 17
Mark 25,678 18
Dennis 24,552 19
Paul 24,293 20
Daniel 23,420 21
Stephen 23,054 22
George 19,820 23
Edward 19,504 24
Gregory 15,190 25
Bruce 14,480 26
Jerry 14,438 27
Timothy 14,167 28
Douglas 13,680 29
Terry 12,438 30
Roger 12,132 31
Jeffrey 12,008 32
Frank 11,268 33
Raymond 11,235 34
Anthony 11,186 35
Lawrence 10,302 36
Peter 9,586 37
Patrick 9,175 38
Wayne 9,088 39
Gerald 9,031 40
Danny 8,821 41
Randy 8,646 42
Alan 8,310 43
Kevin 7,916 44
Walter 7,899 45
Carl 7,825 46
Dale 7,415 47
Arthur 7,236 48
Willie 7,196 49
Keith 7,174 50
Henry 6,974 About 1952 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1952, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.