Name.Baby Names by year 1950s 1952 Most Popular Baby Names of 1952 Social Security has card records for 3,875,305 people born in the U.S. in 1952. Linda was the top girl name (67,082 babies) and James the top boy name (87,065).
Top 100 names of 1952 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1952, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Linda 67,082 #902 2 Mary 65,629 #125 3 Patricia 53,101 #1,334 4 Deborah 49,811 #862 5 Susan 41,348 #1,085 6 Barbara 39,864 #968 7 Nancy 31,739 #965 8 Karen 28,956 #1,279 9 Debra 26,832 #4,460 10 Sandra 26,097 #1,207 11 Kathleen 25,767 #1,150 12 Carol 24,000 #2,239 13 Donna 23,718 #1,962 14 Sharon 23,386 #1,250 15 Brenda 21,439 #1,525 16 Diane 21,063 #2,607 17 Pamela 20,879 #2,239 18 Cynthia 19,878 #1,013 19 Janet 17,921 #2,778 20 Christine 17,548 #1,272 21 Margaret 17,102 #112 22 Elizabeth 16,022 #17 23 Janice 14,978 #2,514 24 Carolyn 14,272 #1,222 25 Judith 14,064 #788 26 Judy 13,632 #1,872 27 Joyce 13,126 #1,071 28 Shirley 12,529 #1,581 29 Kathy 12,369 #3,249 30 Rebecca 12,227 #349 31 Cheryl 12,201 #4,352 32 Betty 12,129 #1,113 33 Denise 11,652 #1,673 34 Catherine 11,053 #313 35 Beverly 10,547 #1,016 36 Gloria 10,458 #654 37 Joan 10,278 #1,085 38 Marilyn 9,803 #760 39 Gail 9,760 #8,362 40 Martha 9,696 #712 41 Bonnie 9,383 #396 42 Jane 9,322 #221 43 Peggy 8,990 #8,362 44 Connie 8,756 #3,067 45 Ann 8,653 #1,076 46 Dorothy 8,609 #421 47 Paula 8,567 #853 48 Kathryn 8,504 #729 49 Virginia 8,161 #525 50 Jean 7,511 #2,117
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1952, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Diana 7,392 #244 52 Teresa 7,294 #908 53 Laura 7,188 #379 54 Wanda 7,164 #5,917 55 Jo 7,092 #3,975 56 Cathy 7,011 #8,362 57 Ruth 6,953 #173 58 Jacqueline 6,938 #558 59 Katherine 6,891 #186 60 Theresa 6,809 #1,548 61 Vicki 6,775 – 62 Rose 6,553 #114 63 Helen 6,464 #461 64 Sheila 6,217 #2,645 65 Phyllis 6,151 #11,932 66 Rita 6,148 #1,285 67 Frances 6,079 #318 68 Sherry 5,956 #5,410 69 Alice 5,908 #65 70 Ellen 5,842 #1,062 71 Lynn 5,818 #2,542 72 Maria 5,695 #87 73 Elaine 5,650 #304 74 Victoria 5,603 #54 75 Marsha 5,583 #7,491 76 Vickie 5,482 – 77 Darlene 5,427 #1,844 78 Joanne 5,351 #2,607 79 Anne 5,257 #619 80 Marcia 5,210 #3,389 81 Sally 5,037 #1,150 82 Marie 4,977 #617 83 Doris 4,950 #2,895 84 Suzanne 4,909 #2,387 85 Julie 4,497 #872 86 Lois 4,361 #1,666 87 Valerie 4,263 #127 88 Roberta 4,228 #2,778 89 Charlotte 4,204 #2 90 Evelyn 4,155 #8 91 Anita 4,134 #1,341 92 Constance 4,117 #1,500 93 Sarah 4,046 #90 94 Maureen 4,039 #4,352 95 Rhonda 3,963 #6,116 96 Dianne 3,895 #5,722 97 Glenda 3,880 #5,917 98 Jeanne 3,827 #4,546 99 Sylvia 3,789 #300 100 Eileen 3,742 #654
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1952, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 87,065 #6 2 Robert 86,588 #92 3 John 83,140 #23 4 Michael 79,037 #21 5 David 71,752 #35 6 William 63,039 #9 7 Richard 58,350 #234 8 Thomas 48,647 #34 9 Charles 38,866 #48 10 Gary 38,754 #1,073 11 Steven 32,037 #271 12 Joseph 28,510 #29 13 Donald 28,269 #690 14 Larry 28,239 #1,084 15 Ronald 27,800 #637 16 Kenneth 25,909 #294 17 Mark 25,678 #244 18 Dennis 24,552 #707 19 Paul 24,292 #262 20 Daniel 23,418 #22 21 Stephen 23,055 #383 22 George 19,821 #126 23 Edward 19,501 #224 24 Gregory 15,191 #593 25 Bruce 14,480 #536 26 Jerry 14,438 #906 27 Timothy 14,167 #203 28 Douglas 13,680 #807 29 Terry 12,438 #1,115 30 Roger 12,132 #832 31 Jeffrey 12,006 #552 32 Frank 11,268 #513 33 Raymond 11,235 #394 34 Anthony 11,188 #46 35 Lawrence 10,302 #518 36 Peter 9,586 #187 37 Patrick 9,175 #235 38 Wayne 9,087 #652 39 Gerald 9,031 #1,204 40 Danny 8,821 #628 41 Randy 8,646 #1,084 42 Alan 8,310 #191 43 Kevin 7,916 #221 44 Walter 7,897 #251 45 Carl 7,823 #1,132 46 Dale 7,417 #1,409 47 Arthur 7,236 #87 48 Willie 7,197 #1,315 49 Keith 7,174 #800 50 Henry 6,974 #5
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1952, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Harold 6,957 #991 52 Jack 6,937 #15 53 Johnny 6,771 #457 54 Scott 6,538 #534 55 Roy 6,524 #525 56 Ralph 6,469 #1,046 57 Christopher 6,302 #68 58 Stanley 6,226 #863 59 Craig 6,187 #1,644 60 Philip 6,154 #527 61 Glenn 5,945 #1,443 62 Joe 5,892 #991 62 Randall 5,892 #1,499 64 Brian 5,741 #339 65 Billy 5,708 #1,068 66 Albert 5,660 #614 67 Samuel 5,647 #18 68 Andrew 5,572 #73 69 Barry 5,504 #1,520 70 Russell 5,349 #345 71 Eugene 5,314 #943 72 Jimmy 5,311 #846 73 Howard 5,244 #1,002 74 Phillip 5,001 #651 75 Harry 4,993 #775 76 Frederick 4,979 #435 77 Bobby 4,960 #1,097 78 Allen 4,956 #578 79 Louis 4,924 #249 80 Martin 4,735 #335 81 Ricky 4,655 #948 82 Ronnie 4,636 #1,064 83 Leonard 4,619 #637 84 Rodney 4,403 #1,091 85 Steve 4,313 #1,609 86 Curtis 4,175 #984 87 Ernest 4,123 #1,038 88 Eric 3,989 #273 89 Francis 3,979 #420 90 Fred 3,960 #1,932 91 Melvin 3,920 #958 92 Lee 3,655 #725 93 Eddie 3,643 #860 94 Micheal 3,613 #1,401 95 Marvin 3,575 #699 96 Norman 3,572 #1,196 97 Tommy 3,512 #657 98 Earl 3,456 #2,230 99 Clifford 3,317 #1,352 100 Theodore 3,270 #4
Entered the top 100 in 1952
