Most Popular Baby Names of 1948
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Linda | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Mary | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Barbara | +1 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Patricia | -1 |
| 5 | David | +1 | 5 | Susan | +3 |
| 6 | Michael | +1 | 6 | Sandra | -1 |
| 7 | Richard | -2 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Carol | -2 |
| 9 | Charles | 0 | 9 | Sharon | 0 |
| 10 | Ronald | +1 | 10 | Kathleen | +1 |
| 11 | Larry | -1 | 11 | Donna | -1 |
| 12 | Gary | 0 | 12 | Karen | +1 |
| 13 | Joseph | +1 | 13 | Margaret | +3 |
| 14 | Donald | -1 | 14 | Carolyn | +1 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 0 | 15 | Judith | -3 |
| 16 | George | 0 | 16 | Judy | -2 |
| 17 | Dennis | 0 | 17 | Brenda | +4 |
| 18 | Paul | 0 | 18 | Betty | -1 |
| 19 | Edward | 0 | 19 | Diane | -1 |
| 20 | Stephen | +1 | 20 | Shirley | -1 |
| 21 | Jerry | -1 | 21 | Joyce | -1 |
| 22 | Daniel | 0 | 22 | Pamela | +6 |
| 23 | Steven | +1 | 23 | Janice | -1 |
| 24 | Roger | +1 | 24 | Janet | -1 |
| 25 | Frank | -2 | 25 | Elizabeth | 0 |
| 26 | Terry | 0 | 26 | Cheryl | -2 |
| 27 | Raymond | 0 | 27 | Cynthia | +6 |
| 28 | Bruce | +1 | 28 | Gloria | -1 |
| 29 | Mark | +18 | 29 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 30 | Gerald | -2 | 30 | Deborah | +32 |
| 31 | Lawrence | +1 | 31 | Beverly | 0 |
| 32 | Gregory | +1 | 32 | Martha | 0 |
| 33 | Douglas | -2 | 33 | Marilyn | -4 |
| 34 | Wayne | -4 | 34 | Bonnie | +1 |
| 35 | Walter | -1 | 35 | Christine | +10 |
| 36 | Harold | -1 | 36 | Virginia | -2 |
| 37 | Peter | -1 | 37 | Joan | -7 |
| 38 | Timothy | +14 | 38 | Peggy | +4 |
| 39 | Danny | +1 | 39 | Jane | -3 |
| 40 | Willie | +2 | 40 | Helen | -2 |
| 41 | Anthony | 0 | 41 | Catherine | +5 |
| 42 | Carl | -3 | 42 | Frances | -3 |
| 43 | Jack | -6 | 43 | Connie | 0 |
| 44 | Arthur | -6 | 44 | Ann | -3 |
| 45 | Alan | +1 | 45 | Ruth | -1 |
| 46 | Henry | -1 | 46 | Phyllis | -9 |
| 47 | Joe | -4 | 47 | Jean | -7 |
| 48 | Patrick | +5 | 48 | Diana | 0 |
| 49 | Roy | -1 | 49 | Alice | -2 |
| 50 | Jimmy | -6 | 50 | Rebecca | +2 |
| 51 | Ralph | -1 | 51 | Gail | -2 |
| 52 | Johnny | -3 | 52 | Paula | +2 |
| 53 | Billy | -2 | 53 | Elaine | -3 |
| 54 | Philip | +3 | 54 | Kathryn | +1 |
| 55 | Albert | 0 | 55 | Kathy | +8 |
| 56 | Dale | +7 | 56 | Jo | -5 |
| 57 | Harry | -3 | 57 | Wanda | +9 |
| 58 | Jeffrey | +8 | 58 | Jacqueline | +1 |
| 59 | Ronnie | +1 | 59 | Rita | +1 |
| 60 | Steve | -2 | 60 | Marie | -4 |
| 61 | Eugene | -2 | 61 | Sherry | +6 |
| 62 | Bobby | -1 | 62 | Rose | +3 |
| 63 | Howard | -1 | 63 | Theresa | +22 |
| 64 | Stanley | +3 | 64 | Doris | -6 |
| 65 | Louis | -1 | 65 | Joanne | -8 |
| 66 | Fred | -10 | 66 | Suzanne | -13 |
| 67 | Russell | +2 | 67 | Ellen | -6 |
| 68 | Mike | -3 | 68 | Charlotte | 0 |
| 69 | Phillip | +5 | 69 | Katherine | +7 |
| 70 | Samuel | +2 | 70 | Lois | -6 |
| 71 | Allen | +2 | 71 | Sheila | +2 |
| 72 | Leonard | -2 | 72 | Sally | -2 |
| 73 | Glenn | -2 | 73 | Laura | +1 |
| 74 | Barry | -6 | 74 | Evelyn | -3 |
| 75 | Frederick | +3 | 75 | Maria | +4 |
| 76 | Ernest | -1 | 76 | Marsha | +12 |
| 77 | Andrew | +5 | 77 | Darlene | -5 |
| 78 | Eddie | +2 | 78 | Sue | -9 |
| 79 | Francis | +5 | 79 | Marcia | +2 |
| 80 | Tommy | -1 | 80 | Lynn | -5 |
| 81 | Melvin | +4 | 81 | Vicki | +20 |
| 82 | Craig | +11 | 82 | Teresa | +39 |
| 83 | Earl | 0 | 83 | Geraldine | -5 |
| 84 | Bill | -8 | 84 | Lynda | -7 |
| 85 | Norman | -4 | 85 | Sarah | +8 |
| 86 | Jim | -9 | 86 | Dianne | -3 |
| 87 | Clarence | 0 | 87 | Anne | +8 |
| 88 | Martin | +2 | 88 | Maureen | +10 |
| 89 | Keith | +2 | 89 | Anna | +3 |
| 90 | Marvin | -1 | 90 | Rosemary | -10 |
| 91 | Don | -5 | 91 | Eileen | 0 |
| 92 | Rodney | +2 | 92 | Glenda | +4 |
| 93 | Lee | -1 | 93 | Constance | +7 |
| 94 | Tom | -6 | 94 | Joann | -5 |
| 95 | Brian | 0 | 95 | Jeanne | -9 |
| 96 | Leroy | +2 | 96 | Lorraine | -12 |
| 97 | Alfred | -1 | 97 | Annie | +6 |
| 98 | Randall | +7 | 98 | Patsy | -11 |
| 99 | Randy | +17 | 99 | Louise | 0 |
| 100 | Ray | -3 | 100 | Sylvia | -3 |