100 Most popular boy names of 1952, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1952 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1952.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
87065
4.58
-
2
Robert
86592
4.55
-
3
John
83134
4.37
-
4
Michael
79040
4.16
-
5
David
71754
3.77
-
6
William
63038
3.31
-
7
Richard
58348
3.07
-
8
Thomas
48649
2.56
-
9
Charles
38868
2.04
-
10
Gary
38753
2.04
-
11
Steven
32036
1.68
+2
12
Joseph
28507
1.5
+2
13
Donald
28272
1.49
+2
14
Larry
28237
1.48
-3
15
Ronald
27801
1.46
-3
16
Kenneth
25909
1.36
-
17
Mark
25682
1.35
+3
18
Dennis
24551
1.29
-1
19
Paul
24293
1.28
-1
20
Daniel
23426
1.23
+1
21
Stephen
23053
1.21
-2
22
George
19818
1.04
-
23
Edward
19505
1.03
-
24
Gregory
15192
0.8
+1
25
Bruce
14481
0.76
+1
26
Jerry
14439
0.76
-2
27
Timothy
14170
0.75
+1
28
Douglas
13681
0.72
-1
29
Terry
12442
0.65
+1
30
Roger
12130
0.64
-1
31
Jeffrey
12008
0.63
+4
32
Frank
11273
0.59
-1
33
Raymond
11234
0.59
-1
34
Anthony
11182
0.59
-
35
Lawrence
10304
0.54
-2
36
Peter
9584
0.5
+2
37
Patrick
9175
0.48
+2
38
Wayne
9088
0.48
-1
39
Gerald
9031
0.47
-3
40
Danny
8822
0.46
+1
41
Randy
8648
0.45
+15
42
Alan
8309
0.44
-2
43
Kevin
7916
0.42
+10
44
Walter
7901
0.42
-2
45
Carl
7823
0.41
-2
46
Dale
7416
0.39
+3
47
Arthur
7233
0.38
-3
48
Willie
7198
0.38
-3
49
Keith
7173
0.38
+10
50
Henry
6977
0.37
-3
51
Harold
6956
0.37
-5
52
Jack
6938
0.36
-4
53
Johnny
6775
0.36
-3
54
Scott
6540
0.34
+14
55
Roy
6523
0.34
-3
56
Ralph
6471
0.34
-5
57
Christopher
6300
0.33
+4
58
Stanley
6226
0.33
-4
59
Craig
6185
0.33
+4
60
Philip
6154
0.32
-5
61
Glenn
5946
0.31
-3
62
Joe
5892
0.31
-5
62
Randall
5892
0.31
+4
64
Brian
5741
0.3
+11
65
Billy
5707
0.3
-1
66
Albert
5660
0.3
-6
67
Samuel
5649
0.3
-
68
Andrew
5573
0.29
+1
69
Barry
5506
0.29
+2
70
Russell
5347
0.28
+3
71
Eugene
5313
0.28
-6
72
Jimmy
5312
0.28
-10
73
Howard
5244
0.28
+1
74
Phillip
5002
0.26
+5
75
Harry
4990
0.26
-5
76
Frederick
4979
0.26
+2
77
Bobby
4960
0.26
-
78
Allen
4958
0.26
-6
79
Louis
4920
0.26
-3
80
Martin
4736
0.25
+1
81
Ricky
4655
0.24
+21
82
Ronnie
4635
0.24
-
83
Leonard
4617
0.24
-3
84
Rodney
4404
0.23
-
85
Steve
4316
0.23
+1
86
Curtis
4177
0.22
+5
87
Ernest
4120
0.22
-4
88
Eric
3989
0.21
+5
89
Francis
3979
0.21
-4
90
Fred
3961
0.21
-3
91
Melvin
3919
0.21
-3
92
Lee
3654
0.19
-
93
Eddie
3646
0.19
-4
94
Micheal
3614
0.19
+3
95
Marvin
3576
0.19
+1
96
Norman
3571
0.19
-6
97
Tommy
3513
0.18
-3
98
Earl
3456
0.18
-3
99
Clifford
3317
0.17
+2
100
Theodore
3269
0.17
-1
101
Vincent
3170
0.17
+3
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1952)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html