Top names of 1948

Girls

1Linda96,220– 2Mary68,597– 3Barbara46,826▲ 1 4Patricia46,140▼ 1 5Susan35,988▲ 3 6Sandra31,063▼ 1 7Nancy29,411– 8Carol28,977▼ 2 9Sharon26,143– 10Kathleen23,257▲ 1 11Donna22,033▼ 1 12Karen21,996▲ 1 13Margaret18,873▲ 3 14Carolyn18,623▲ 1 15Judith17,787▼ 3 16Judy17,706▼ 2 17Brenda17,700▲ 4 18Betty16,625▼ 1 19Diane16,607▼ 1 20Shirley16,121▼ 1 21Joyce14,380▼ 1 22Pamela14,281▲ 6 23Janice14,162▼ 1 24Janet13,977▼ 1 25Cheryl13,220▼ 1 26Elizabeth13,215▼ 1 27Cynthia12,240▲ 6 28Gloria11,690▼ 1 29Dorothy11,324▼ 3 30Deborah11,244▲ 32 31Beverly10,795– 32Martha10,011– 33Marilyn9,937▼ 4 34Bonnie9,817▲ 1 35Christine9,677▲ 10 36Virginia9,296▼ 2 37Joan9,275▼ 7 38Peggy9,089▲ 4 39Jane8,781▼ 3 40Helen8,301▼ 2 41Catherine8,244▲ 5 42Frances8,179▼ 3 43Connie8,055– 44Ann8,025▼ 3 45Ruth7,903▼ 1 46Phyllis7,876▼ 9 47Jean7,774▼ 7 48Diana7,706– 49Alice6,981▼ 2 50Rebecca6,795▲ 2 51Gail6,603▼ 2 52Paula6,600▲ 2 53Elaine6,403▼ 3 54Kathryn6,177▲ 1 55Kathy6,148▲ 9 56Jo5,986▼ 5 57Wanda5,918▲ 9 58Jacqueline5,838▲ 1 59Rita5,835▲ 1 60Marie5,786▼ 3 61Sherry5,717▲ 6 62Rose5,556▲ 3 63Theresa5,556▲ 22 64Doris5,548▼ 6 65Joanne5,499▼ 9 66Suzanne5,448▼ 13 67Ellen5,289▼ 6 68Katherine5,169▲ 8 69Charlotte5,164▼ 1 70Lois5,077▼ 7 71Sheila5,022▲ 2 72Sally5,012▼ 2 73Laura4,901▲ 1 74Evelyn4,840▼ 2 75Maria4,817▲ 4 76Marsha4,725▲ 12 77Darlene4,692▼ 6 78Sue4,675▼ 9 79Marcia4,640▲ 2 80Lynn4,609▼ 5 81Vicki4,365▲ 20 82Teresa4,217▲ 39 83Geraldine4,208▼ 5 84Lynda4,167▼ 7 85Sarah4,159▲ 8 86Dianne4,138▼ 3 87Anne4,122▲ 7 88Maureen4,077▲ 10 89Anna4,037▲ 3 90Rosemary3,870▼ 10 91Eileen3,838– 92Glenda3,831▲ 4 93Constance3,811▲ 7 94Joann3,799▼ 5 95Jeanne3,789▼ 9 96Lorraine3,745▼ 12 97Annie3,721▲ 6 98Patsy3,714▼ 11 99Louise3,685– 100Sylvia3,671▼ 3

Boys

1James88,605– 2Robert85,478– 3John82,834– 4William61,972– 5David56,627▲ 1 6Michael52,566▲ 1 7Richard50,970▼ 2 8Thomas43,780– 9Charles38,676– 10Ronald33,527▲ 1 11Larry33,436▼ 1 12Gary28,397– 13Joseph26,801▲ 1 14Donald26,442▼ 1 15Kenneth23,550– 16George21,926– 17Dennis21,765– 18Paul21,252– 19Edward18,983– 20Stephen17,061▲ 1 21Jerry16,809▼ 1 22Daniel16,510– 23Steven15,979▲ 1 24Roger12,818▲ 1 25Frank12,698▼ 2 26Terry12,136– 27Raymond11,612– 28Bruce11,065▲ 1 29Mark10,267▲ 18 30Gerald9,842▼ 2 31Lawrence9,768▲ 1 32Gregory9,724▲ 1 33Douglas9,468▼ 2 34Wayne8,682▼ 4 35Walter8,627▼ 1 36Harold8,144▼ 1 37Peter8,048▼ 1 38Timothy8,043▲ 14 39Danny8,009– 40Willie7,971▲ 2 41Anthony7,878– 42Carl7,829▼ 2 43Jack7,612▼ 6 44Arthur7,576▼ 6 45Henry7,421▲ 1 46Alan7,394▼ 1 47Joe7,288▼ 4 48Patrick7,192▲ 5 49Roy7,067▼ 1 50Jimmy6,927▼ 6 51Ralph6,915▼ 1 52Johnny6,862▼ 3 53Billy6,220▼ 2 54Philip6,162▲ 3 55Albert6,156– 56Dale6,091▲ 7 57Harry5,945▼ 3 58Jeffrey5,929▲ 8 59Ronnie5,902▲ 2 60Steve5,742▼ 2 61Eugene5,608▼ 2 62Bobby5,581▼ 2 63Howard5,497▼ 1 64Louis5,386– 65Stanley5,383▲ 2 66Fred5,376▼ 10 67Russell5,109▲ 2 68Mike5,045▼ 3 69Phillip5,018▲ 5 70Samuel5,002▲ 2 71Leonard4,781– 72Allen4,755▲ 1 73Glenn4,740▼ 3 74Barry4,670▼ 6 75Frederick4,516▲ 3 76Ernest4,512▼ 1 77Andrew4,305▲ 5 78Eddie4,234▲ 2 79Tommy4,220– 80Francis4,214▲ 4 81Melvin4,057▲ 4 82Craig3,985▲ 11 83Earl3,977– 84Bill3,926▼ 8 85Norman3,894▼ 4 86Jim3,808▼ 9 87Clarence3,790▲ 1 88Martin3,698▲ 2 89Keith3,660▲ 2 90Marvin3,625▼ 1 91Don3,546▼ 5 92Rodney3,466▲ 2 93Lee3,445▼ 1 94Tom3,429▼ 7 95Brian3,358– 96Alfred3,245– 97Leroy3,234▲ 1 98Randall3,179▲ 8 99Randy3,141▲ 17 100Ray3,134▼ 3