California ★ 1952

Top names in California, 1952

Linda led for girls with 4,775 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,062. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,775
2	Patricia	3,481
3	Deborah	3,447
4	Susan	3,424
5	Mary	3,421
6	Kathleen	2,388
7	Karen	2,374
8	Debra	2,351
9	Nancy	2,268
10	Barbara	2,161
11	Christine	1,936
12	Sandra	1,851
13	Pamela	1,813
14	Carol	1,728
15	Cynthia	1,708
16	Sharon	1,647
17	Diane	1,535
18	Donna	1,389
19	Janet	1,364
20	Margaret	1,091
21	Elizabeth	1,053
22	Janice	995
23	Cheryl	955
24	Denise	933
25	Catherine	915
26	Judith	865
27	Judy	844
28	Gloria	805
29	Rebecca	772
30	Marilyn	768
31	Laura	755
32	Carolyn	743
33	Kathryn	742
34	Brenda	738
35	Teresa	723
36	Gail	721
37	Victoria	716
38	Kathy	689
39	Diana	684
40	Katherine	682
41	Maria	673
41	Paula	673
43	Virginia	669
44	Joan	652
45	Shirley	643
46	Joyce	641
47	Martha	634
48	Robin	580
49	Bonnie	554
50	Peggy	550
51	Beverly	548
52	Leslie	546
53	Theresa	538
54	Cathy	506
54	Vicki	506
56	Laurie	490
57	Connie	489
58	Ann	485
59	Lynn	482
60	Suzanne	457
61	Julie	451
62	Betty	448
63	Rose	446
64	Jacqueline	443
65	Sally	441
66	Jane	435
67	Roberta	434
68	Valerie	422
69	Sherry	421
70	Lisa	410
71	Jean	404
72	Christina	401
72	Michele	401
74	Dorothy	395
75	Yolanda	391
76	Alice	390
77	Michelle	387
77	Sheila	387
79	Anita	380
79	Frances	380
81	Marsha	379
82	Ruth	374
82	Terry	374
84	Jo	372
85	Stephanie	370
86	Anne	369
86	Sylvia	369
88	Elaine	366
88	Helen	366
88	Irene	366
88	Wendy	366
92	Darlene	362
93	Claudia	353
94	Jennifer	350
95	Rita	348
96	Yvonne	339
97	Vickie	330
98	Marie	328
99	Jeanne	319
100	Joanne	315

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,062
2	Robert	6,576
3	John	5,900
4	David	5,847
5	James	5,151
6	Richard	5,022
7	William	3,803
8	Steven	3,643
9	Gary	3,130
10	Thomas	2,895
11	Mark	2,444
12	Charles	2,118
13	Daniel	2,088
14	Ronald	2,024
15	Stephen	1,968
16	Dennis	1,915
17	Donald	1,881
18	Kenneth	1,817
19	Paul	1,721
20	Larry	1,629
21	Gregory	1,580
22	Timothy	1,329
23	Joseph	1,326
24	Edward	1,256
25	Bruce	1,253
26	George	1,233
27	Jeffrey	1,205
28	Douglas	1,032
29	Frank	1,002
30	Patrick	892
31	Anthony	883
32	Christopher	849
33	Lawrence	840
34	Raymond	803
35	Craig	782
36	Randy	767
37	Peter	747
38	Jerry	723
39	Scott	686
40	Alan	668
41	Terry	654
42	Roger	619
43	Arthur	601
44	Jack	596
45	Danny	571
46	Gerald	562
47	Wayne	552
48	Brian	541
49	Dale	530
50	Kevin	529
51	Randall	523
52	Keith	517
53	Joe	486
54	Ralph	481
55	Stanley	479
56	Eric	478
57	Albert	459
58	Martin	456
59	Philip	451
60	Steve	436
61	Henry	433
62	Phillip	428
63	Glenn	415
64	Russell	409
65	Carl	403
66	Andrew	402
67	Victor	397
68	Manuel	385
69	Jose	370
70	Roy	358
71	Johnny	355
72	Walter	351
73	Rodney	339
74	Leonard	334
75	Harold	332
76	Allen	318
76	Ernest	318
78	Louis	312
78	Micheal	312
80	Fred	308
81	Rick	307
82	Gilbert	306
83	Frederick	301
84	Howard	300
85	Barry	295
86	Eugene	286
87	Samuel	283
88	Clifford	282
89	Jay	274
90	Mike	272
91	Norman	268
92	Lee	261
93	Dan	255
94	Jon	254
94	Ricky	254
96	Don	252
97	Alfred	250
98	Ruben	246
99	Glen	241
100	Chris	240