100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1948

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 88,588
2 Robert 0 85,467
3 John 0 82,830
4 William 0 61,964
5 David +1 56,616
6 Michael +1 52,565
7 Richard -2 50,970
8 Thomas 0 43,778
9 Charles 0 38,677
10 Ronald +1 33,516
11 Larry -1 33,429
12 Gary 0 28,390
13 Joseph +1 26,804
14 Donald -1 26,442
15 Kenneth 0 23,548
16 George 0 21,922
17 Dennis 0 21,756
18 Paul 0 21,246
19 Edward 0 18,977
20 Stephen +1 17,057
21 Jerry -1 16,806
22 Daniel 0 16,508
23 Steven +1 15,979
24 Roger +1 12,813
25 Frank -2 12,695
26 Terry 0 12,132
27 Raymond 0 11,612
28 Bruce +1 11,064
29 Mark +18 10,268
30 Gerald -2 9,845
31 Lawrence +1 9,762
32 Gregory +1 9,724
33 Douglas -2 9,467
34 Wayne -4 8,682
35 Walter -1 8,626
36 Harold -1 8,142
37 Peter -1 8,050
38 Timothy +14 8,038
39 Danny 0 8,006
40 Willie +2 7,968
41 Anthony 0 7,881
42 Carl -2 7,829
43 Jack -6 7,612
44 Arthur -6 7,583
45 Henry +1 7,420
46 Alan -1 7,394
47 Joe -4 7,289
48 Patrick +5 7,190
49 Roy -1 7,065
50 Jimmy -6 6,923
51 Ralph -1 6,910
52 Johnny -3 6,858
53 Billy -2 6,218
54 Philip +3 6,161
55 Albert 0 6,156
56 Dale +7 6,088
57 Harry -3 5,945
58 Jeffrey +8 5,928
59 Ronnie +2 5,900
60 Steve -2 5,741
61 Eugene -2 5,604
62 Bobby -2 5,579
63 Howard -1 5,497
64 Louis 0 5,384
65 Stanley +2 5,383
66 Fred -10 5,380
67 Russell +2 5,111
68 Mike -3 5,047
69 Phillip +6 5,018
70 Samuel +2 5,001
71 Leonard -1 4,780
72 Allen +1 4,760
73 Glenn -2 4,744
74 Barry -6 4,668
75 Frederick +3 4,515
76 Ernest -2 4,513
77 Andrew +5 4,307
78 Eddie +2 4,236
79 Tommy 0 4,220
80 Francis +4 4,213
81 Melvin +4 4,055
82 Craig +11 3,986
83 Earl 0 3,977
84 Bill -8 3,927
85 Norman -4 3,894
86 Jim -9 3,808
87 Clarence 0 3,793
88 Martin +2 3,699
89 Keith +2 3,661
90 Marvin -1 3,626
91 Don -5 3,545
92 Rodney +2 3,464
93 Lee -1 3,444
94 Tom -6 3,431
95 Brian 0 3,357
96 Alfred 0 3,245
97 Leroy +1 3,232
98 Randall +8 3,180
99 Randy +17 3,141
100 Ray -3 3,133
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Linda 0 96,209
2 Mary 0 68,596
3 Barbara +1 46,827
4 Patricia -1 46,134
5 Susan +3 35,985
6 Sandra -1 31,060
7 Nancy 0 29,411
8 Carol -2 28,979
9 Sharon 0 26,141
10 Kathleen +1 23,258
11 Donna -1 22,030
12 Karen +1 21,996
13 Margaret +3 18,872
14 Carolyn +1 18,617
15 Judith -3 17,786
16 Judy -2 17,702
17 Brenda +4 17,695
18 Betty -1 16,621
19 Diane -1 16,605
20 Shirley -1 16,128
21 Joyce -1 14,379
22 Pamela +6 14,279
23 Janice -1 14,161
24 Janet -1 13,979
25 Cheryl -1 13,221
26 Elizabeth -1 13,211
27 Cynthia +6 12,241
28 Gloria -1 11,687
29 Dorothy -3 11,324
30 Deborah +32 11,245
31 Beverly 0 10,796
32 Martha 0 10,006
33 Marilyn -4 9,935
34 Bonnie +1 9,817
35 Christine +10 9,679
36 Virginia -2 9,298
37 Joan -7 9,272
38 Peggy +4 9,088
39 Jane -3 8,781
40 Helen -2 8,304
41 Catherine +5 8,245
42 Frances -2 8,177
43 Connie 0 8,054
44 Ann -3 8,024
45 Ruth -1 7,904
46 Phyllis -9 7,875
47 Jean -8 7,773
48 Diana 0 7,702
49 Alice -2 6,982
50 Rebecca +2 6,795
51 Gail -2 6,604
52 Paula +2 6,597
53 Elaine -3 6,399
54 Kathryn +1 6,176
55 Kathy +9 6,148
56 Jo -5 5,984
57 Wanda +9 5,918
58 Jacqueline +1 5,838
59 Rita +1 5,835
60 Marie -3 5,785
61 Sherry +6 5,717
62 Theresa +23 5,556
63 Rose +2 5,555
64 Doris -6 5,547
65 Joanne -9 5,498
66 Suzanne -13 5,449
67 Ellen -6 5,289
68 Katherine +8 5,170
69 Charlotte -1 5,165
70 Lois -7 5,075
71 Sheila +2 5,022
72 Sally -2 5,009
73 Laura +1 4,901
74 Evelyn -2 4,844
75 Maria +4 4,814
76 Marsha +12 4,724
77 Darlene -6 4,693
78 Sue -9 4,673
79 Marcia +2 4,641
80 Lynn -5 4,608
81 Vicki +20 4,365
82 Teresa +39 4,217
83 Geraldine -5 4,211
84 Lynda -7 4,167
85 Sarah +8 4,157
86 Dianne -3 4,138
87 Anne +8 4,122
88 Maureen +10 4,078
89 Anna +3 4,038
90 Rosemary -10 3,869
91 Eileen 0 3,838
92 Glenda +4 3,831
93 Constance +7 3,812
94 Joann -5 3,799
95 Jeanne -9 3,788
96 Lorraine -12 3,744
97 Annie +6 3,718
98 Patsy -11 3,714
99 Louise 0 3,683
100 Sylvia -3 3,671