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Most popular baby names of 1948

In 1948, the most popular names in the US were Linda for girls and James for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

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

Boys

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

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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