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Top Baby Names 1952

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,854,340 · Total Boys: 1,943,665

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Linda	67,081	3.618%
2	Mary	65,627	3.539%
3	Patricia	53,098	2.863%
4	Deborah	49,812	2.686%
5	Susan	41,348	2.230%
6	Barbara	39,863	2.150%
7	Nancy	31,739	1.712%
8	Karen	28,957	1.562%
9	Debra	26,832	1.447%
10	Sandra	26,097	1.407%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Kathleen	25,767	1.390%
12	Carol	23,999	1.294%
13	Donna	23,716	1.279%
14	Sharon	23,387	1.261%
15	Brenda	21,439	1.156%
16	Diane	21,063	1.136%
17	Pamela	20,880	1.126%
18	Cynthia	19,879	1.072%
19	Janet	17,921	0.966%
20	Christine	17,548	0.946%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Margaret	17,101	0.922%
22	Elizabeth	16,023	0.864%
23	Janice	14,978	0.808%
24	Carolyn	14,272	0.770%
25	Judith	14,064	0.758%
26	Judy	13,632	0.735%
27	Joyce	13,125	0.708%
28	Shirley	12,529	0.676%
29	Kathy	12,369	0.667%
30	Rebecca	12,226	0.659%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Cheryl	12,201	0.658%
32	Betty	12,129	0.654%
33	Denise	11,652	0.628%
34	Catherine	11,053	0.596%
35	Beverly	10,547	0.569%
36	Gloria	10,458	0.564%
37	Joan	10,277	0.554%
38	Marilyn	9,803	0.529%
39	Gail	9,760	0.526%
40	Martha	9,696	0.523%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Bonnie	9,382	0.506%
42	Jane	9,322	0.503%
43	Peggy	8,990	0.485%
44	Connie	8,756	0.472%
45	Ann	8,652	0.467%
46	Dorothy	8,608	0.464%
47	Paula	8,566	0.462%
48	Kathryn	8,504	0.459%
49	Virginia	8,161	0.440%
50	Jean	7,511	0.405%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Diana	7,393	0.399%
52	Teresa	7,294	0.393%
53	Laura	7,188	0.388%
54	Wanda	7,163	0.386%
55	Jo	7,092	0.382%
56	Cathy	7,011	0.378%
57	Ruth	6,953	0.375%
58	Jacqueline	6,937	0.374%
59	Katherine	6,891	0.372%
60	Theresa	6,809	0.367%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Vicki	6,774	0.365%
62	Rose	6,553	0.353%
63	Helen	6,464	0.349%
64	Sheila	6,218	0.335%
65	Phyllis	6,151	0.332%
66	Rita	6,148	0.332%
67	Frances	6,079	0.328%
68	Sherry	5,956	0.321%
69	Alice	5,908	0.319%
70	Ellen	5,842	0.315%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Lynn	5,818	0.314%
72	Maria	5,694	0.307%
73	Elaine	5,650	0.305%
74	Victoria	5,603	0.302%
75	Marsha	5,583	0.301%
76	Vickie	5,482	0.296%
77	Darlene	5,427	0.293%
78	Joanne	5,351	0.289%
79	Anne	5,257	0.284%
80	Marcia	5,210	0.281%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Sally	5,037	0.272%
82	Marie	4,977	0.268%
83	Doris	4,950	0.267%
84	Suzanne	4,909	0.265%
85	Julie	4,497	0.243%
86	Lois	4,362	0.235%
87	Valerie	4,263	0.230%
88	Roberta	4,228	0.228%
89	Charlotte	4,204	0.227%
90	Evelyn	4,155	0.224%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Anita	4,134	0.223%
92	Constance	4,116	0.222%
93	Sarah	4,048	0.218%
94	Maureen	4,039	0.218%
95	Rhonda	3,963	0.214%
96	Dianne	3,895	0.210%
97	Glenda	3,880	0.209%
98	Jeanne	3,827	0.206%
99	Sylvia	3,789	0.204%
100	Eileen	3,742	0.202%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	87,066	4.479%
2	Robert	86,588	4.455%
3	John	83,138	4.277%
4	Michael	79,039	4.066%
5	David	71,753	3.692%
6	William	63,039	3.243%
7	Richard	58,353	3.002%
8	Thomas	48,650	2.503%
9	Charles	38,865	2.000%
10	Gary	38,753	1.994%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Steven	32,037	1.648%
12	Joseph	28,510	1.467%
13	Donald	28,269	1.454%
14	Larry	28,241	1.453%
15	Ronald	27,801	1.430%
16	Kenneth	25,910	1.333%
17	Mark	25,678	1.321%
18	Dennis	24,552	1.263%
19	Paul	24,293	1.250%
20	Daniel	23,420	1.205%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Stephen	23,054	1.186%
22	George	19,820	1.020%
23	Edward	19,504	1.003%
24	Gregory	15,190	0.782%
25	Bruce	14,480	0.745%
26	Jerry	14,438	0.743%
27	Timothy	14,167	0.729%
28	Douglas	13,680	0.704%
29	Terry	12,438	0.640%
30	Roger	12,132	0.624%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Jeffrey	12,008	0.618%
32	Frank	11,268	0.580%
33	Raymond	11,235	0.578%
34	Anthony	11,186	0.576%
35	Lawrence	10,302	0.530%
36	Peter	9,586	0.493%
37	Patrick	9,175	0.472%
38	Wayne	9,088	0.468%
39	Gerald	9,031	0.465%
40	Danny	8,821	0.454%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Randy	8,646	0.445%
42	Alan	8,310	0.428%
43	Kevin	7,916	0.407%
44	Walter	7,899	0.406%
45	Carl	7,825	0.403%
46	Dale	7,415	0.382%
47	Arthur	7,236	0.372%
48	Willie	7,196	0.370%
49	Keith	7,174	0.369%
50	Henry	6,974	0.359%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Harold	6,956	0.358%
52	Jack	6,938	0.357%
53	Johnny	6,772	0.348%
54	Scott	6,538	0.336%
55	Roy	6,524	0.336%
56	Ralph	6,469	0.333%
57	Christopher	6,301	0.324%
58	Stanley	6,226	0.320%
59	Craig	6,187	0.318%
60	Philip	6,154	0.317%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Glenn	5,944	0.306%
62	Randall	5,892	0.303%
63	Joe	5,891	0.303%
64	Brian	5,741	0.295%
65	Billy	5,707	0.294%
66	Albert	5,660	0.291%
67	Samuel	5,648	0.291%
68	Andrew	5,573	0.287%
69	Barry	5,505	0.283%
70	Russell	5,349	0.275%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Eugene	5,314	0.273%
72	Jimmy	5,311	0.273%
73	Howard	5,244	0.270%
74	Phillip	5,002	0.257%
75	Harry	4,992	0.257%
76	Frederick	4,979	0.256%
77	Bobby	4,960	0.255%
78	Allen	4,956	0.255%
79	Louis	4,922	0.253%
80	Martin	4,736	0.244%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Ricky	4,655	0.240%
82	Ronnie	4,636	0.239%
83	Leonard	4,619	0.238%
84	Rodney	4,403	0.227%
85	Steve	4,313	0.222%
86	Curtis	4,175	0.215%
87	Ernest	4,122	0.212%
88	Eric	3,990	0.205%
89	Francis	3,979	0.205%
90	Fred	3,960	0.204%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Melvin	3,920	0.202%
92	Lee	3,655	0.188%
93	Eddie	3,644	0.187%
94	Micheal	3,613	0.186%
95	Marvin	3,575	0.184%
96	Norman	3,572	0.184%
97	Tommy	3,512	0.181%
98	Earl	3,456	0.178%
99	Clifford	3,317	0.171%
100	Theodore	3,268	0.168%

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