Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Maryland, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,088
2	Deborah	1,075
3	Linda	1,069
4	Patricia	982
5	Barbara	715
6	Susan	653
7	Sharon	589
8	Nancy	488
9	Karen	412
10	Donna	403
11	Sandra	398
12	Brenda	368
13	Carol	357
14	Kathleen	346
15	Margaret	324
16	Diane	305
17	Cynthia	279
18	Denise	278
19	Debra	271
19	Pamela	271
21	Joyce	270
22	Elizabeth	267
23	Carolyn	245
23	Janet	245
25	Christine	235
26	Shirley	203
27	Joan	201
28	Judith	199
29	Catherine	191
30	Bonnie	188
31	Beverly	183
32	Darlene	181
32	Gail	181
34	Jacqueline	176
35	Betty	166
36	Gloria	163
37	Cheryl	153
38	Jane	145
39	Dorothy	141
40	Theresa	138
40	Wanda	138
42	Janice	137
43	Katherine	136
43	Ruth	136
45	Sheila	135
46	Paula	131
47	Kathy	128
48	Helen	122
49	Peggy	120
50	Virginia	119

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,462
2	John	1,443
3	James	1,345
4	William	1,311
5	Michael	1,250
6	David	951
7	Richard	902
8	Charles	892
9	Thomas	747
10	Joseph	592
11	Gary	563
12	Ronald	479
13	George	441
14	Donald	438
15	Stephen	405
16	Steven	390
17	Paul	372
18	Larry	364
19	Kenneth	362
20	Edward	346
21	Mark	327
22	Dennis	304
23	Daniel	270
24	Gregory	253
25	Bruce	232
26	Wayne	224
27	Raymond	207
28	Douglas	203
29	Lawrence	200
30	Timothy	191
31	Anthony	180
32	Jeffrey	168
33	Walter	163
34	Harry	155
35	Frank	145
36	Roger	138
37	Frederick	134
37	Howard	134
39	Patrick	125
40	Samuel	123
41	Terry	117
42	Glenn	115
43	Jerry	114
44	Carl	111
45	Ralph	109
46	Melvin	106
47	Henry	105
48	Francis	104
49	Louis	103
50	Gerald	102