Top baby names of 1948
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John92,870
- 5Mary78,720
- 6William69,512
- 7David63,542
- 8Michael59,002
- 9Richard57,164
- 10Barbara53,730
- 11Patricia52,948
- 12Thomas49,112
- 13Charles43,384
- 14Susan41,300
- 15Ronald37,580
- 16Larry37,528
- 17Sandra35,654
- 18Nancy33,738
- 19Carol33,266
- 20Gary31,814
- 21Joseph30,082
- 22Sharon30,004
- 23Donald29,678
- 24Kathleen26,692
- 25Kenneth26,432
- 26Donna25,296
- 27Karen25,234
- 28George24,590
- 29Dennis24,418
- 30Paul23,846
- 31Margaret21,672
- 32Carolyn21,370
- 33Edward21,264
- 34Judith20,410
- 35Judy20,334
- 36Brenda20,310
- 37Stephen19,158
- 38Betty19,106
- 39Diane19,074
- 40Jerry18,880
- 41Shirley18,532
- 42Daniel18,508
- 43Steven17,966
- 44Joyce16,502
- 45Pamela16,394
- 46Janice16,258
- 47Janet16,056
- 48Cheryl15,162
- 49Elizabeth15,156
- 50Roger14,354
- 51Frank14,196
- 52Cynthia14,056
- 53Terry13,612
- 54Gloria13,424
- 55Raymond13,012
- 56Dorothy12,984
- 57Deborah12,896
- 58Bruce12,428
- 59Beverly12,380
- 60Mark11,550
- 61Martha11,504
- 62Marilyn11,398
- 63Bonnie11,264
- 64Christine11,098
- 65Gerald11,028
- 66Lawrence10,956
- 67Gregory10,910
- 68Virginia10,676
- 69Joan10,640
- 70Douglas10,626
- 71Peggy10,434
- 72Jane10,092
- 73Wayne9,730
- 74Walter9,676
- 75Helen9,546
- 76Catherine9,464
- 77Frances9,394
- 78Connie9,244
- 79Ann9,210
- 80Harold9,142
- 81Ruth9,076
- 82Peter9,038
- 83Phyllis9,026
- 84Timothy9,016
- 85Danny8,998
- 86Willie8,916
- 87Jean8,914
- 88Anthony8,852
- 89Diana8,838
- 90Carl8,774
- 91Jack8,578
- 92Arthur8,488
- 93Alan8,306
- 94Henry8,304
- 95Joe8,178
- 96Patrick8,066
- 97Alice8,002
- 98Roy7,930
- 99Rebecca7,802
- 100Jimmy7,778