Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	516
2	Linda	490
3	Patricia	482
4	Deborah	456
5	Barbara	350
6	Susan	288
7	Karen	244
8	Sharon	232
9	Brenda	228
10	Nancy	202
11	Kathleen	195
12	Donna	187
13	Diane	183
14	Margaret	175
15	Elizabeth	172
16	Sandra	165
17	Denise	160
18	Carol	150
19	Joyce	147
20	Christine	143
21	Pamela	140
22	Cynthia	138
23	Debra	131
24	Carolyn	128
25	Janet	116
25	Sheila	116
27	Catherine	114
28	Gail	112
29	Joan	111
30	Jacqueline	110
31	Judith	96
32	Ann	94
33	Janice	93
34	Beverly	92
35	Gloria	85
36	Shirley	84
37	Anne	80
38	Martha	76
38	Paula	76
40	Katherine	73
40	Teresa	73
42	Cheryl	71
42	Robin	71
44	Kathryn	69
44	Lynn	69
46	Joanne	65
46	Suzanne	65
48	Theresa	64
49	Laura	63
49	Ruth	63

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	843
2	James	755
3	Michael	748
4	Robert	699
5	William	617
6	David	513
7	Richard	421
8	Thomas	403
9	Charles	384
10	Joseph	261
11	Stephen	255
12	Ronald	247
13	Gary	224
14	Steven	217
15	Paul	208
16	Gregory	199
17	Donald	194
18	George	189
19	Larry	179
20	Mark	172
21	Edward	161
22	Kenneth	159
23	Daniel	141
24	Anthony	136
25	Lawrence	115
26	Jeffrey	112
27	Dennis	109
28	Bruce	102
29	Patrick	95
30	Kevin	94
31	Christopher	93
32	Timothy	92
33	Douglas	88
34	Eric	86
35	Wayne	83
36	Peter	82
37	Frank	79
38	Raymond	78
39	Alan	74
40	Arthur	70
40	Gerald	70
42	Frederick	69
43	Roger	65
44	Jerome	62
44	Reginald	62
44	Walter	62
47	Carl	61
48	Andrew	60
49	Stanley	59
50	Howard	56