Most Popular Baby Names in 1948

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	James	88,604
2	Robert	85,475
3	John	82,832
4	William	61,970
5	David	56,624
6	Michael	52,566
7	Richard	50,969
8	Thomas	43,778
9	Charles	38,678
10	Ronald	33,524
11	Larry	33,434
12	Gary	28,396
13	Joseph	26,802
14	Donald	26,443
15	Kenneth	23,553
16	George	21,926
17	Dennis	21,763
18	Paul	21,252
19	Edward	18,983
20	Stephen	17,060
21	Jerry	16,808
22	Daniel	16,509
23	Steven	15,979
24	Roger	12,818
25	Frank	12,698
26	Terry	12,136
27	Raymond	11,612
28	Bruce	11,065
29	Mark	10,266
30	Gerald	9,842
31	Lawrence	9,768
32	Gregory	9,724
33	Douglas	9,470
34	Wayne	8,682
35	Walter	8,627
36	Harold	8,144
37	Peter	8,049
38	Timothy	8,043
39	Danny	8,008
40	Willie	7,970
41	Anthony	7,879
42	Carl	7,828
43	Jack	7,612
44	Arthur	7,577
45	Henry	7,420
46	Alan	7,394
47	Joe	7,287
48	Patrick	7,192
49	Roy	7,066
50	Jimmy	6,926

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Linda	96,216
2	Mary	68,598
3	Barbara	46,824
4	Patricia	46,140
5	Susan	35,988
6	Sandra	31,062
7	Nancy	29,412
8	Carol	28,977
9	Sharon	26,143
10	Kathleen	23,257
11	Donna	22,033
12	Karen	21,996
13	Margaret	18,873
14	Carolyn	18,623
15	Judith	17,787
16	Judy	17,705
17	Brenda	17,699
18	Betty	16,625
19	Diane	16,607
20	Shirley	16,122
21	Joyce	14,381
22	Pamela	14,281
23	Janice	14,162
24	Janet	13,977
25	Cheryl	13,220
26	Elizabeth	13,215
27	Cynthia	12,240
28	Gloria	11,691
29	Dorothy	11,322
30	Deborah	11,244
31	Beverly	10,796
32	Martha	10,011
33	Marilyn	9,937
34	Bonnie	9,818
35	Christine	9,677
36	Virginia	9,296
37	Joan	9,275
38	Peggy	9,089
39	Jane	8,781
40	Helen	8,301
41	Catherine	8,244
42	Frances	8,179
43	Connie	8,055
44	Ann	8,025
45	Ruth	7,903
46	Phyllis	7,876
47	Jean	7,774
48	Diana	7,706
49	Alice	6,981
50	Rebecca	6,795