Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1948

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1948 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Linda	96,211	5.521	-725	-95,822	1	James	88,584	4.969	-3	-75,059
2	Mary	68,597	3.937	-124	-66,270	2	Robert	85,475	4.795	-69	-80,335
3	Barbara	46,826	2.687	-927	-46,541	3	John	82,829	4.646	-24	-73,710
4	Patricia	46,136	2.648	-909	-45,843	4	William	61,965	3.476	1	-47,449
5	Susan	35,985	2.065	-1,074	-35,751	5	David	56,623	3.176	-17	-46,926
6	Sandra	31,060	1.782	-969	-30,791	6	Michael	52,564	2.949	-8	-40,944
7	Nancy	29,411	1.688	-832	-29,089	7	Richard	50,970	2.859	-181	-48,851
8	Carol	28,979	1.663	-1,780	-28,866	8	Thomas	43,778	2.456	-41	-36,999
9	Sharon	26,142	1.500	-1,118	-25,926	9	Charles	38,676	2.170	-43	-32,072
10	Kathleen	23,256	1.335	-884	-22,955	10	Ronald	33,518	1.880	-483	-32,940
11	Donna	22,031	1.264	-1,556	-21,894	11	Larry	33,431	1.875	-695	-33,092
12	Karen	21,996	1.262	-623	-21,528	12	Gary	28,394	1.593	-662	-28,027
13	Margaret	18,874	1.083	-114	-16,562	13	Joseph	26,805	1.504	-10	-17,250
14	Carolyn	18,619	1.068	-846	-18,307	14	Donald	26,443	1.483	-512	-25,910
15	Judith	17,788	1.021	-835	-17,470	15	Kenneth	23,551	1.321	-211	-21,896
16	Judy	17,702	1.016	-1,517	-17,561	16	George	21,923	1.230	-111	-18,864
17	Brenda	17,696	1.016	-995	-17,441	17	Dennis	21,758	1.221	-539	-21,265
18	Betty	16,622	0.954	-1,110	-16,407	18	Paul	21,250	1.192	-216	-19,625
19	Diane	16,607	0.953	-2,454	-16,536	19	Edward	18,977	1.065	-150	-16,709
20	Shirley	16,126	0.925	-1,444	-15,976	20	Stephen	17,059	0.957	-264	-15,823
21	Joyce	14,381	0.825	-926	-14,103	21	Jerry	16,807	0.943	-580	-16,356
22	Pamela	14,278	0.819	-1,562	-14,143	22	Daniel	16,507	0.926	7	-5,334
23	Janice	14,161	0.813	-1,410	-14,008	23	Steven	15,981	0.896	-175	-13,959
24	Janet	13,978	0.802	-1,388	-13,821	24	Roger	12,817	0.719	-612	-12,406
25	Cheryl	13,222	0.759	-2,873	-13,165	25	Frank	12,693	0.712	-367	-11,890
26	Elizabeth	13,212	0.758	13	-4,699	26	Terry	12,134	0.681	-731	-11,825
27	Cynthia	12,241	0.702	-666	-11,825	27	Raymond	11,613	0.651	-272	-10,464
28	Gloria	11,688	0.671	-556	-11,167	28	Bruce	11,065	0.621	-450	-10,458
29	Dorothy	11,324	0.650	-557	-10,807	29	Mark	10,265	0.576	-181	-8,406
30	Deborah	11,244	0.645	-749	-10,897	30	Gerald	9,844	0.552	-864	-9,603
31	Beverly	10,796	0.620	-1,262	-10,621	31	Lawrence	9,764	0.548	-467	-9,191
32	Martha	10,006	0.574	-765	-9,665	32	Gregory	9,723	0.545	-376	-8,945
33	Marilyn	9,935	0.570	-577	-9,441	33	Douglas	9,469	0.531	-639	-9,098
34	Bonnie	9,817	0.563	-657	-9,400	34	Wayne	8,681	0.487	-739	-8,382
35	Christine	9,679	0.555	-891	-9,392	35	Walter	8,626	0.484	-236	-7,323
36	Virginia	9,298	0.534	-504	-8,720	36	Harold	8,143	0.457	-761	-7,862
37	Joan	9,272	0.532	-1,690	-9,154	37	Peter	8,050	0.452	-174	-6,238
38	Peggy	9,088	0.522	-5,516	-9,065	38	Timothy	8,040	0.451	-127	-5,710
39	Jane	8,780	0.504	-252	-7,657	39	Danny	8,004	0.449	-501	-7,488
40	Helen	8,302	0.476	-373	-7,557	40	Willie	7,969	0.447	-894	-7,745
41	Catherine	8,245	0.473	-163	-6,747	41	Anthony	7,880	0.442	3	123
42	Frances	8,177	0.469	-403	-7,462	42	Carl	7,830	0.439	-658	-7,488
43	Connie	8,055	0.462	-2,387	-7,982	43	Jack	7,612	0.427	15	1,222
44	Ann	8,025	0.461	-939	-7,758	44	Arthur	7,582	0.425	-186	-5,940
45	Ruth	7,904	0.454	-220	-6,670	45	Henry	7,421	0.416	29	3,228
46	Phyllis	7,876	0.452	-6,929	-7,859	46	Alan	7,394	0.415	-126	-5,150
47	Jean	7,773	0.446	-2,346	-7,698	47	Joe	7,289	0.409	-648	-6,944
48	Diana	7,703	0.442	-136	-6,098	48	Patrick	7,190	0.403	-141	-5,079
49	Alice	6,981	0.401	-22	-3,338	49	Roy	7,065	0.396	-493	-6,551
50	Rebecca	6,795	0.390	-164	-5,353	50	Jimmy	6,924	0.388	-603	-6,534

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.