The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1952

4,257 different boys’ names were recorded in 1952, covering 1,943,633 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	James	87,065
2	Robert	86,588
3	John	83,140
4	Michael	79,037
5	David	71,752
6	William	63,039
7	Richard	58,350
8	Thomas	48,647
9	Charles	38,866
10	Gary	38,754
11	Steven	32,037
12	Joseph	28,510
13	Donald	28,269
14	Larry	28,239
15	Ronald	27,800
16	Kenneth	25,909
17	Mark	25,678
18	Dennis	24,552
19	Paul	24,292
20	Daniel	23,418
21	Stephen	23,055
22	George	19,821
23	Edward	19,501
24	Gregory	15,191
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	12,006
32	Frank	11,268
33	Raymond	11,235
34	Anthony	11,188
35	Lawrence	10,302
36	Peter	9,586
37	Patrick	9,175
38	Wayne	9,087
39	Gerald	9,031
40	Danny	8,821
41	Randy	8,646
42	Alan	8,310
43	Kevin	7,916
44	Walter	7,897
45	Carl	7,823
46	Dale	7,417
47	Arthur	7,236
48	Willie	7,197
49	Keith	7,174
50	Henry	6,974
51	Harold	6,957
52	Jack	6,937
53	Johnny	6,771
54	Scott	6,538
55	Roy	6,524
56	Ralph	6,469
57	Christopher	6,302
58	Stanley	6,226
59	Craig	6,187
60	Philip	6,154
61	Glenn	5,945
62	Joe	5,892
62	Randall	5,892
64	Brian	5,741
65	Billy	5,708
66	Albert	5,660
67	Samuel	5,647
68	Andrew	5,572
69	Barry	5,504
70	Russell	5,349
71	Eugene	5,314
72	Jimmy	5,311
73	Howard	5,244
74	Phillip	5,001
75	Harry	4,993
76	Frederick	4,979
77	Bobby	4,960
78	Allen	4,956
79	Louis	4,924
80	Martin	4,735
81	Ricky	4,655
82	Ronnie	4,636
83	Leonard	4,619
84	Rodney	4,403
85	Steve	4,313
86	Curtis	4,175
87	Ernest	4,123
88	Eric	3,989
89	Francis	3,979
90	Fred	3,960
91	Melvin	3,920
92	Lee	3,655
93	Eddie	3,643
94	Micheal	3,613
95	Marvin	3,575
96	Norman	3,572
97	Tommy	3,512
98	Earl	3,456
99	Clifford	3,317
100	Theodore	3,270
101	Vincent	3,168
102	Clarence	3,157
103	Dean	3,155
104	Alfred	3,134
105	Jerome	3,045
106	Jay	3,028
107	Victor	2,996
108	Calvin	2,971
109	Darrell	2,868
110	Gordon	2,829
111	Bernard	2,748
112	Jesse	2,721
113	Ray	2,690
114	Jose	2,689
115	Herbert	2,656
116	Leroy	2,644
117	Warren	2,638
118	Edwin	2,631
119	Rick	2,583
120	Don	2,570
121	Glen	2,492
122	Benjamin	2,440
123	Dwight	2,407
124	Leon	2,377
125	Leslie	2,358
126	Kim	2,356
127	Nicholas	2,343
128	Alvin	2,336
129	Dan	2,311
130	Lloyd	2,277
131	Duane	2,231
132	Joel	2,228
133	Tony	2,185
134	Jeffery	2,183
135	Jon	2,151
136	Mike	2,101
137	Vernon	2,082
138	Gene	2,073
139	Jonathan	2,062
140	Rickey	2,052
141	Bradley	2,045
142	Matthew	2,032
143	Clyde	2,014
144	Jackie	2,009
145	Lewis	1,995
146	Allan	1,931
147	Neil	1,904
148	Lonnie	1,888
149	Floyd	1,860
150	Juan	1,856
151	Gilbert	1,847
152	Guy	1,843
153	Marc	1,838
154	Randolph	1,817
155	Garry	1,808
156	Donnie	1,805
157	Mitchell	1,758
158	Lester	1,724
159	Franklin	1,722
160	Chris	1,687
161	Charlie	1,663
162	Manuel	1,661
163	Jimmie	1,642
164	Kent	1,618
165	Harvey	1,594
165	Wesley	1,594
167	Lynn	1,592
168	Bill	1,588
169	Milton	1,576
170	Karl	1,564
171	Leo	1,558
172	Jim	1,523
173	Johnnie	1,520
174	Rex	1,498
175	Herman	1,497
176	Reginald	1,494
177	Freddie	1,490
178	Kurt	1,466
179	Arnold	1,463
180	Chester	1,456
181	Tom	1,439
182	Ted	1,412
183	Dana	1,378
184	Gerard	1,338
185	Cecil	1,327
186	Alexander	1,283
187	Roland	1,273
188	Nathaniel	1,258
188	Carlos	1,258
188	Stuart	1,258
191	Maurice	1,219
192	Fredrick	1,211
193	Daryl	1,183
194	Kerry	1,167
195	Terrence	1,164
196	Perry	1,153
197	Claude	1,144
198	Neal	1,143
199	Kirk	1,122
200	Darryl	1,099

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1952 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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