Top Names of 1952
The most popular names recorded in 1952 were Linda for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |