Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,399
2	Linda	958
3	Patricia	878
4	Deborah	711
5	Barbara	647
6	Brenda	592
7	Betty	543
8	Shirley	473
9	Sandra	429
10	Carolyn	421
11	Susan	410
12	Nancy	378
13	Debra	370
14	Gloria	359
15	Margaret	353
16	Judy	341
17	Elizabeth	322
18	Martha	321
19	Dorothy	305
20	Kathy	296
21	Cynthia	270
22	Joyce	268
23	Janice	263
24	Sarah	254
25	Donna	251
26	Annie	246
27	Rebecca	235
28	Wanda	223
29	Peggy	202
30	Karen	200
31	Sharon	196
32	Virginia	195
33	Frances	189
34	Catherine	186
35	Helen	185
36	Diane	183
37	Carol	177
37	Doris	177
39	Pamela	167
40	Jo	155
41	Rosa	154
42	Janet	153
43	Beverly	144
44	Gwendolyn	143
45	Alice	138
45	Evelyn	138
47	Cathy	137
48	Teresa	136
49	Rose	124
50	Sylvia	122

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,002
2	John	1,199
3	Robert	1,183
3	William	1,183
5	Charles	912
6	David	797
7	Larry	687
8	Michael	684
9	Thomas	607
10	Willie	606
11	Richard	550
12	Joseph	454
13	George	420
14	Ronald	382
15	Kenneth	367
16	Donald	363
17	Johnny	334
18	Jerry	333
19	Edward	308
20	Henry	295
21	Bobby	260
22	Leroy	235
23	Jimmy	228
23	Samuel	228
25	Stephen	212
26	Frank	205
27	Steven	204
28	Harold	203
28	Roger	203
30	Harry	197
31	Danny	195
31	Gary	195
33	Paul	194
34	Terry	193
35	Walter	188
36	Arthur	187
37	Daniel	184
38	Ronnie	183
39	Billy	169
40	Joe	166
41	Dennis	155
41	Eddie	155
43	Carl	153
44	Ernest	148
45	Wayne	141
46	Timothy	139
47	Anthony	136
47	Melvin	136
47	Raymond	136
50	Eugene	135