1948
Top Baby Names of 1948
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1948
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 51
Gail 6,603 52
Paula 6,600 53
Elaine 6,403 54
Kathryn 6,177 55
Kathy 6,148 56
Jo 5,986 57
Wanda 5,919 58
Jacqueline 5,838 59
Rita 5,835 60
Marie 5,786 61
Sherry 5,717 62
Rose 5,556 62
Theresa 5,556 64
Doris 5,547 65
Joanne 5,499 66
Suzanne 5,448 67
Ellen 5,289 68
Katherine 5,169 69
Charlotte 5,164 70
Lois 5,077 71
Sheila 5,022 72
Sally 5,012 73
Laura 4,901 74
Evelyn 4,840 75
Maria 4,817 76
Marsha 4,725 77
Darlene 4,692 78
Sue 4,674 79
Marcia 4,640 80
Lynn 4,609 81
Vicki 4,365 82
Teresa 4,217 83
Geraldine 4,208 84
Lynda 4,168 85
Sarah 4,159 86
Dianne 4,138 87
Anne 4,122 88
Maureen 4,077 89
Anna 4,037 90
Rosemary 3,869 91
Eileen 3,838 92
Glenda 3,831 93
Constance 3,812 94
Joann 3,799 95
Jeanne 3,789 96
Lorraine 3,745 97
Annie 3,721 98
Patsy 3,714 99
Louise 3,685 100
Sylvia 3,671 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1948
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 51
Ralph 6,915 52
Johnny 6,861 53
Billy 6,220 54
Philip 6,161 55
Albert 6,156 56
Dale 6,089 57
Harry 5,945 58
Jeffrey 5,930 59
Ronnie 5,902 60
Steve 5,741 61
Eugene 5,608 62
Bobby 5,581 63
Howard 5,497 64
Louis 5,386 65
Stanley 5,383 66
Fred 5,376 67
Russell 5,109 68
Mike 5,045 69
Phillip 5,018 70
Samuel 5,003 71
Leonard 4,780 72
Allen 4,755 73
Glenn 4,740 74
Barry 4,670 75
Frederick 4,517 76
Ernest 4,513 77
Andrew 4,308 78
Eddie 4,235 79
Tommy 4,220 80
Francis 4,215 81
Melvin 4,057 82
Craig 3,986 83
Earl 3,976 84
Bill 3,926 85
Norman 3,894 86
Jim 3,808 87
Clarence 3,790 88
Martin 3,698 89
Keith 3,661 90
Marvin 3,625 91
Don 3,546 92
Rodney 3,466 93
Lee 3,445 94
Tom 3,429 95
Brian 3,358 96
Alfred 3,245 97
Leroy 3,234 98
Randall 3,179 99
Randy 3,141 100
Ray 3,134 About 1948 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1948, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.