Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,998
2	Mary	1,955
3	Deborah	1,602
4	Brenda	1,514
5	Patricia	1,495
6	Barbara	1,094
7	Sandra	917
8	Carolyn	880
9	Betty	747
10	Susan	727
11	Judy	692
11	Nancy	692
13	Wanda	683
14	Kathy	617
15	Joyce	595
16	Donna	594
17	Shirley	591
18	Elizabeth	579
19	Debra	577
20	Janice	562
21	Cynthia	561
22	Pamela	543
23	Sharon	520
24	Gloria	479
24	Rebecca	479
26	Martha	465
27	Margaret	462
28	Karen	447
29	Janet	408
30	Peggy	397
31	Doris	384
32	Teresa	382
33	Dorothy	359
34	Phyllis	357
35	Vickie	354
36	Carol	353
37	Cathy	334
38	Annie	318
39	Beverly	317
40	Frances	306
41	Virginia	289
42	Alice	277
43	Jo	273
44	Catherine	268
45	Diane	261
45	Helen	261
47	Bonnie	249
48	Glenda	247
49	Sarah	244
50	Sylvia	242

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,336
2	William	2,223
3	Robert	1,873
4	John	1,755
5	David	1,562
6	Michael	1,541
7	Charles	1,462
8	Larry	1,361
9	Thomas	1,043
10	Richard	969
11	Donald	870
12	Jerry	869
13	Gary	868
14	Ronald	816
15	Kenneth	813
16	Joseph	656
17	George	646
18	Danny	538
19	Johnny	513
20	Edward	475
21	Willie	472
22	Bobby	456
23	Stephen	440
24	Steven	433
25	Roger	431
26	Ronnie	428
27	Terry	402
28	Dennis	401
29	Billy	389
30	Jimmy	382
31	Paul	369
32	Walter	352
33	Douglas	316
34	Samuel	315
35	Daniel	313
36	Timothy	312
37	Harold	303
37	Roy	303
39	Randy	287
40	Henry	284
41	Carl	275
42	Raymond	257
43	Wayne	248
44	Phillip	242
45	Ricky	237
46	Anthony	232
46	Eddie	232
48	Tony	225
49	Donnie	216
50	Melvin	215