Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Michigan, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	3,147
2	Mary	2,960
3	Deborah	2,503
4	Patricia	2,346
5	Susan	2,314
6	Barbara	1,894
7	Nancy	1,721
8	Karen	1,614
9	Kathleen	1,576
10	Sandra	1,394
11	Carol	1,383
12	Diane	1,372
13	Debra	1,333
14	Christine	1,256
15	Pamela	1,255
16	Sharon	1,151
17	Cynthia	1,045
18	Denise	1,035
19	Janet	948
20	Janice	839
21	Cheryl	799
22	Donna	790
23	Judith	785
24	Margaret	749
25	Brenda	692
26	Judy	607
27	Kathy	590
28	Elizabeth	580
29	Catherine	577
30	Gail	535
31	Marilyn	495
32	Joyce	477
33	Bonnie	476
34	Beverly	475
35	Ann	463
36	Carolyn	451
37	Gloria	445
38	Kathryn	427
39	Joan	424
39	Laura	424
41	Shirley	415
42	Jane	412
43	Rebecca	410
44	Betty	407
45	Peggy	406
46	Marcia	401
47	Connie	393
48	Suzanne	388
49	Jacqueline	372
50	Diana	362

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,439
2	Robert	4,108
3	David	3,905
4	James	3,860
5	John	3,636
6	Richard	2,856
7	Thomas	2,785
8	William	2,692
9	Gary	2,267
10	Dennis	1,802
11	Mark	1,777
12	Charles	1,521
12	Daniel	1,521
14	Ronald	1,469
15	Donald	1,450
16	Steven	1,446
17	Kenneth	1,401
18	Larry	1,150
19	Paul	1,138
20	Gregory	1,112
21	Joseph	1,045
22	Timothy	1,036
23	Douglas	1,017
24	Edward	814
25	Stephen	786
26	Bruce	754
27	George	712
28	Terry	659
29	Gerald	655
30	Patrick	654
31	Roger	586
32	Dale	577
33	Lawrence	576
34	Jeffrey	492
35	Randy	485
36	Jerry	479
37	Keith	469
37	Raymond	469
39	Alan	444
40	Frank	443
41	Craig	439
42	Brian	432
43	Anthony	426
44	Jack	416
45	Peter	382
46	Christopher	359
47	Randall	348
48	Wayne	335
49	Carl	334
50	Scott	322