100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1948

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Curtis -2 3,090
102 Christopher +25 3,038
103 Herbert +1 2,871
104 Theodore -2 2,827
105 Clifford -4 2,793
106 Vincent -1 2,790
107 Bernard -7 2,715
108 Jesse -1 2,702
109 Warren -1 2,656
110 Jerome 0 2,588
111 Gene -8 2,542
112 Gordon -1 2,510
113 Dan -4 2,492
114 Eric +8 2,489
115 Victor +6 2,479
116 Edwin -2 2,435
117 Calvin +3 2,397
118 Lloyd -6 2,388
119 Leon -2 2,381
120 Jimmie -7 2,361
121 Darrell +4 2,335
122 Scott +17 2,300
123 Alvin +6 2,272
124 Jay -5 2,272
125 Tony +1 2,268
126 Jose +10 2,259
127 Kevin +33 2,230
128 Leslie -4 2,214
129 Jon -6 2,213
130 Lewis -12 2,143
131 Clyde -3 2,073
132 Allan 0 2,060
133 Glen +5 2,045
134 Floyd -4 2,041
135 Lonnie +2 2,039
136 Vernon -2 2,031
137 Joel -4 2,024
138 Harvey -7 2,001
139 Duane -4 1,963
140 Bob -25 1,960
141 Benjamin +3 1,959
142 Nicholas +1 1,930
143 Dean -3 1,909
144 Charlie +1 1,902
145 Gilbert +1 1,868
146 Herman +3 1,838
147 Jackie -6 1,833
148 Micheal +11 1,802
149 Lester -7 1,781
150 Johnnie 0 1,780
151 Leo -4 1,717
152 Freddie +1 1,708
153 Dwight +8 1,650
154 Arnold -6 1,640
155 Ricky +18 1,601
156 Manuel 0 1,591
157 Lynn -6 1,572
158 Chester -4 1,557
159 Franklin -7 1,550
160 Milton -2 1,544
161 Dave -6 1,506
162 Donnie +6 1,484
163 Juan +9 1,476
164 Ted -7 1,475
165 Neil -3 1,406
166 Cecil -1 1,399
167 Garry -3 1,399
168 Claude -1 1,346
169 Wesley -6 1,335
170 Roland -4 1,332
171 Tim -1 1,295
172 Chris +13 1,287
173 Jonathan +4 1,283
174 Rick +8 1,280
175 Marc +17 1,256
176 Sam -7 1,239
177 Terrence +12 1,204
178 Greg -7 1,189
179 Karl +4 1,184
180 Nathaniel +7 1,159
181 Marshall -7 1,157
182 Randolph +23 1,141
183 Alexander +7 1,130
184 Oscar +2 1,099
185 Jessie +10 1,094
186 Wallace -7 1,079
187 Sammy -12 1,075
188 Stuart -10 1,073
189 Benny +2 1,064
190 Matthew +6 1,054
191 Hugh -15 1,039
192 Bradley +29 1,030
193 Carlos +4 1,028
194 Kent -10 1,027
195 Guy -15 1,023
196 Dana +11 1,020
197 Rickey +29 1,019
198 Maurice -17 1,003
199 Sidney -11 991
200 Perry -6 981
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Roberta -11 3,667
102 Anita -8 3,615
103 Norma -21 3,590
104 Cathy +15 3,562
105 Charlene 0 3,487
106 Carole -4 3,313
107 Juanita +3 3,207
108 Victoria +15 3,132
109 Marlene +5 3,053
110 Marjorie -4 3,048
111 Irene -4 3,043
112 Yvonne +5 3,043
113 Kay -9 2,943
114 Ruby -2 2,894
115 Loretta -2 2,868
116 Delores -1 2,839
117 Julie +7 2,794
118 Julia -2 2,776
119 Dolores -8 2,761
120 Mildred -11 2,756
121 Janis -13 2,745
122 Claudia 0 2,623
123 Paulette +11 2,579
124 Gwendolyn +6 2,506
125 Arlene -7 2,480
126 Vivian +2 2,424
127 June -7 2,391
128 Andrea -2 2,366
129 Jeanette -4 2,329
130 Georgia -1 2,311
131 Leslie +1 2,306
132 Regina +54 2,292
133 Terry +2 2,281
134 Josephine -1 2,229
135 Valerie +49 2,130
136 Lillian +7 2,115
137 Stephanie +34 2,103
138 Emma +3 2,097
139 Edna -8 2,096
140 Edith -4 2,083
141 Gayle -14 2,066
142 Sara -4 2,020
143 Vickie +26 2,020
144 Sheryl +19 2,008
145 Pauline -8 1,964
146 Annette -6 1,932
147 Denise +23 1,930
148 Rosa +19 1,928
149 Margie -10 1,927
150 Jill +6 1,887
151 Jennifer -6 1,879
152 Ethel -8 1,872
153 Penny -11 1,861
154 Lucille -7 1,854
155 Esther +7 1,848
156 Priscilla -5 1,846
157 Audrey -11 1,839
158 Angela +18 1,802
159 Michele -11 1,797
160 Clara -10 1,793
161 Colleen +48 1,783
162 Eva +6 1,774
163 Thelma -10 1,764
164 Wilma -12 1,742
165 Florence -6 1,697
166 Lynne -17 1,682
167 Grace -13 1,678
168 Willie +5 1,668
169 Eleanor -11 1,664
170 Maryann -13 1,631
171 Joy -5 1,627
172 Dianna +13 1,626
173 Gladys -8 1,601
174 Toni -19 1,601
175 Marion -15 1,593
176 Janie -15 1,578
177 Ella 0 1,553
178 Billie -3 1,546
179 Bobbie -1 1,543
180 Carla +2 1,542
181 Maxine 0 1,523
182 Wendy +59 1,517
183 Bertha -3 1,515
184 Christina +23 1,493
185 Bernice -13 1,488
186 Veronica +12 1,478
187 Jackie -13 1,467
188 Lana +7 1,465
189 Lillie +2 1,455
190 Candace +14 1,446
191 Beatrice -3 1,432
192 Marianne +14 1,425
193 Jacquelyn -1 1,421
194 Emily -7 1,391
195 Rachel -5 1,388
196 Marian -17 1,387
197 Yolanda -3 1,363
198 Renee +36 1,362
199 Hazel -16 1,346
200 Faye -7 1,345