Top Baby Names in 1948
Most popular baby names in United States for 1948
Statistics
Showing 100 most popular names
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Linda | Girl | 96,216 |
| #1 | James | Boy | 88,604 |
| #2 | Robert | Boy | 85,475 |
| #3 | John | Boy | 82,832 |
| #2 | Mary | Girl | 68,598 |
| #4 | William | Boy | 61,970 |
| #5 | David | Boy | 56,624 |
| #6 | Michael | Boy | 52,566 |
| #7 | Richard | Boy | 50,969 |
| #3 | Barbara | Girl | 46,824 |
| #4 | Patricia | Girl | 46,140 |
| #8 | Thomas | Boy | 43,778 |
| #9 | Charles | Boy | 38,678 |
| #5 | Susan | Girl | 35,988 |
| #10 | Ronald | Boy | 33,524 |
| #11 | Larry | Boy | 33,434 |
| #6 | Sandra | Girl | 31,062 |
| #7 | Nancy | Girl | 29,412 |
| #8 | Carol | Girl | 28,977 |
| #12 | Gary | Boy | 28,396 |
| #13 | Joseph | Boy | 26,802 |
| #14 | Donald | Boy | 26,443 |
| #9 | Sharon | Girl | 26,143 |
| #15 | Kenneth | Boy | 23,553 |
| #10 | Kathleen | Girl | 23,257 |
| #11 | Donna | Girl | 22,033 |
| #12 | Karen | Girl | 21,996 |
| #16 | George | Boy | 21,926 |
| #17 | Dennis | Boy | 21,763 |
| #18 | Paul | Boy | 21,252 |
| #19 | Edward | Boy | 18,983 |
| #13 | Margaret | Girl | 18,873 |
| #14 | Carolyn | Girl | 18,623 |
| #15 | Judith | Girl | 17,787 |
| #16 | Judy | Girl | 17,705 |
| #17 | Brenda | Girl | 17,699 |
| #20 | Stephen | Boy | 17,060 |
| #21 | Jerry | Boy | 16,808 |
| #18 | Betty | Girl | 16,625 |
| #19 | Diane | Girl | 16,607 |
| #22 | Daniel | Boy | 16,509 |
| #20 | Shirley | Girl | 16,122 |
| #23 | Steven | Boy | 15,979 |
| #21 | Joyce | Girl | 14,381 |
| #22 | Pamela | Girl | 14,281 |
| #23 | Janice | Girl | 14,162 |
| #24 | Janet | Girl | 13,977 |
| #25 | Cheryl | Girl | 13,220 |
| #26 | Elizabeth | Girl | 13,215 |
| #24 | Roger | Boy | 12,818 |
| #25 | Frank | Boy | 12,698 |
| #27 | Cynthia | Girl | 12,240 |
| #26 | Terry | Boy | 12,136 |
| #28 | Gloria | Girl | 11,691 |
| #27 | Raymond | Boy | 11,612 |
| #29 | Dorothy | Girl | 11,322 |
| #30 | Deborah | Girl | 11,244 |
| #28 | Bruce | Boy | 11,065 |
| #31 | Beverly | Girl | 10,796 |
| #29 | Mark | Boy | 10,266 |
| #32 | Martha | Girl | 10,011 |
| #33 | Marilyn | Girl | 9,937 |
| #30 | Gerald | Boy | 9,842 |
| #34 | Bonnie | Girl | 9,818 |
| #31 | Lawrence | Boy | 9,768 |
| #32 | Gregory | Boy | 9,724 |
| #35 | Christine | Girl | 9,677 |
| #33 | Douglas | Boy | 9,470 |
| #36 | Virginia | Girl | 9,296 |
| #37 | Joan | Girl | 9,275 |
| #38 | Peggy | Girl | 9,089 |
| #39 | Jane | Girl | 8,781 |
| #34 | Wayne | Boy | 8,682 |
| #35 | Walter | Boy | 8,627 |
| #40 | Helen | Girl | 8,301 |
| #41 | Catherine | Girl | 8,244 |
| #42 | Frances | Girl | 8,179 |
| #36 | Harold | Boy | 8,144 |
| #43 | Connie | Girl | 8,055 |
| #37 | Peter | Boy | 8,049 |
| #38 | Timothy | Boy | 8,043 |
| #44 | Ann | Girl | 8,025 |
| #39 | Danny | Boy | 8,008 |
| #40 | Willie | Boy | 7,970 |
| #45 | Ruth | Girl | 7,903 |
| #41 | Anthony | Boy | 7,879 |
| #46 | Phyllis | Girl | 7,876 |
| #42 | Carl | Boy | 7,828 |
| #47 | Jean | Girl | 7,774 |
| #48 | Diana | Girl | 7,706 |
| #43 | Jack | Boy | 7,612 |
| #44 | Arthur | Boy | 7,577 |
| #45 | Henry | Boy | 7,420 |
| #46 | Alan | Boy | 7,394 |
| #47 | Joe | Boy | 7,287 |
| #48 | Patrick | Boy | 7,192 |
| #49 | Roy | Boy | 7,066 |
| #49 | Alice | Girl | 6,981 |
| #50 | Jimmy | Boy | 6,926 |
| #51 | Ralph | Boy | 6,915 |