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

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1948 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1947						Change from 1947
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Linda	96,211	5.521	0	-3,478	1	James	88,584	4.969	0	-6,173
2	Mary	68,597	3.937	0	-3,090	2	Robert	85,475	4.795	0	-6,165
3	Barbara	46,826	2.687	1	-1,966	3	John	82,829	4.646	0	-5,490
4	Patricia	46,136	2.648	-1	-5,143	4	William	61,965	3.476	0	-5,024
5	Susan	35,985	2.065	3	4,031	5	David	56,623	3.176	1	-1,183
6	Sandra	31,060	1.782	-1	-3,715	6	Michael	52,564	2.949	1	2,063
7	Nancy	29,411	1.688	0	-3,033	7	Richard	50,970	2.859	-2	-7,551
8	Carol	28,979	1.663	-2	-4,560	8	Thomas	43,778	2.456	0	-1,057
9	Sharon	26,142	1.500	0	-2,393	9	Charles	38,676	2.170	0	-2,094
10	Kathleen	23,256	1.335	1	1,159	10	Ronald	33,518	1.880	1	-1,369
11	Donna	22,031	1.264	-1	-1,488	11	Larry	33,431	1.875	-1	-1,507
12	Karen	21,996	1.262	1	348	12	Gary	28,394	1.593	0	-1,636
13	Margaret	18,874	1.083	3	-1,226	13	Joseph	26,805	1.504	1	-709
14	Carolyn	18,619	1.068	1	-2,124	14	Donald	26,443	1.483	-1	-1,814
15	Judith	17,788	1.021	-3	-4,209	15	Kenneth	23,551	1.321	0	-1,027
16	Judy	17,702	1.016	-2	-3,332	16	George	21,923	1.230	0	-1,995
17	Brenda	17,696	1.016	4	1,869	17	Dennis	21,758	1.221	0	-1,926
18	Betty	16,622	0.954	-1	-2,340	18	Paul	21,250	1.192	0	-1,542
19	Diane	16,607	0.953	-1	-1,167	19	Edward	18,977	1.065	0	-1,567
20	Shirley	16,126	0.925	-1	-1,522	20	Stephen	17,059	0.957	1	1,733
21	Joyce	14,381	0.825	-1	-1,528	21	Jerry	16,807	0.943	-1	-1,983
22	Pamela	14,278	0.819	6	1,878	22	Daniel	16,507	0.926	0	1,317
23	Janice	14,161	0.813	-1	-1,247	23	Steven	15,981	0.896	1	2,449
24	Janet	13,978	0.802	-1	-1,256	24	Roger	12,817	0.719	1	58
25	Cheryl	13,222	0.759	-1	-669	25	Frank	12,693	0.712	-2	-1,305
26	Elizabeth	13,212	0.758	-1	-227	26	Terry	12,134	0.681	0	-618
27	Cynthia	12,241	0.702	6	1,710	27	Raymond	11,613	0.651	0	-740
28	Gloria	11,688	0.671	-1	-938	28	Bruce	11,065	0.621	1	540
29	Dorothy	11,324	0.650	-3	-1,425	29	Mark	10,265	0.576	18	2,494
30	Deborah	11,244	0.645	32	5,406	30	Gerald	9,844	0.552	-2	-906
31	Beverly	10,796	0.620	0	-410	31	Lawrence	9,764	0.548	1	184
32	Martha	10,006	0.574	0	-645	32	Gregory	9,723	0.545	1	398
33	Marilyn	9,935	0.570	-4	-1,945	33	Douglas	9,469	0.531	-2	-427
34	Bonnie	9,817	0.563	1	-400	34	Wayne	8,681	0.487	-4	-1,487
35	Christine	9,679	0.555	10	1,303	35	Walter	8,626	0.484	-1	-588
36	Virginia	9,298	0.534	-2	-1,108	36	Harold	8,143	0.457	-1	-759
37	Joan	9,272	0.532	-7	-2,001	37	Peter	8,050	0.452	-1	-541
38	Peggy	9,088	0.522	4	212	38	Timothy	8,040	0.451	14	1,295
39	Jane	8,780	0.504	-3	-1,162	39	Danny	8,004	0.449	0	-62
40	Helen	8,302	0.476	-2	-676	40	Willie	7,969	0.447	2	-28
41	Catherine	8,245	0.473	5	356	41	Anthony	7,880	0.442	0	-134
42	Frances	8,177	0.469	-3	-764	42	Carl	7,830	0.439	-2	-218
43	Connie	8,055	0.462	0	-587	43	Jack	7,612	0.427	-6	-896
44	Ann	8,025	0.461	-3	-868	44	Arthur	7,582	0.425	-6	-670
45	Ruth	7,904	0.454	-1	-577	45	Henry	7,421	0.416	1	-388
46	Phyllis	7,876	0.452	-9	-1,308	46	Alan	7,394	0.415	-1	-429
47	Jean	7,773	0.446	-7	-1,168	47	Joe	7,289	0.409	-4	-613
48	Diana	7,703	0.442	0	82	48	Patrick	7,190	0.403	5	568
49	Alice	6,981	0.401	-2	-867	49	Roy	7,065	0.396	-1	-499
50	Rebecca	6,795	0.390	2	463	50	Jimmy	6,924	0.388	-6	-953

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.