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Top Baby Names 1948

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,697,903 · Total Boys: 1,754,615

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Linda	96,216	5.667%
2	Mary	68,598	4.040%
3	Barbara	46,824	2.758%
4	Patricia	46,140	2.717%
5	Susan	35,988	2.120%
6	Sandra	31,062	1.829%
7	Nancy	29,412	1.732%
8	Carol	28,977	1.707%
9	Sharon	26,143	1.540%
10	Kathleen	23,257	1.370%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Donna	22,033	1.298%
12	Karen	21,996	1.295%
13	Margaret	18,873	1.112%
14	Carolyn	18,623	1.097%
15	Judith	17,787	1.048%
16	Judy	17,705	1.043%
17	Brenda	17,699	1.042%
18	Betty	16,625	0.979%
19	Diane	16,607	0.978%
20	Shirley	16,122	0.950%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Joyce	14,381	0.847%
22	Pamela	14,281	0.841%
23	Janice	14,162	0.834%
24	Janet	13,977	0.823%
25	Cheryl	13,220	0.779%
26	Elizabeth	13,215	0.778%
27	Cynthia	12,240	0.721%
28	Gloria	11,691	0.689%
29	Dorothy	11,322	0.667%
30	Deborah	11,244	0.662%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Beverly	10,796	0.636%
32	Martha	10,011	0.590%
33	Marilyn	9,937	0.585%
34	Bonnie	9,818	0.578%
35	Christine	9,677	0.570%
36	Virginia	9,296	0.548%
37	Joan	9,275	0.546%
38	Peggy	9,089	0.535%
39	Jane	8,781	0.517%
40	Helen	8,301	0.489%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Catherine	8,244	0.486%
42	Frances	8,179	0.482%
43	Connie	8,055	0.474%
44	Ann	8,025	0.473%
45	Ruth	7,903	0.465%
46	Phyllis	7,876	0.464%
47	Jean	7,774	0.458%
48	Diana	7,706	0.454%
49	Alice	6,981	0.411%
50	Rebecca	6,795	0.400%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Gail	6,603	0.389%
52	Paula	6,600	0.389%
53	Elaine	6,403	0.377%
54	Kathryn	6,177	0.364%
55	Kathy	6,148	0.362%
56	Jo	5,986	0.353%
57	Wanda	5,919	0.349%
58	Jacqueline	5,838	0.344%
59	Rita	5,835	0.344%
60	Marie	5,786	0.341%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Sherry	5,717	0.337%
62	Rose	5,556	0.327%
63	Theresa	5,556	0.327%
64	Doris	5,547	0.327%
65	Joanne	5,499	0.324%
66	Suzanne	5,448	0.321%
67	Ellen	5,289	0.312%
68	Katherine	5,169	0.304%
69	Charlotte	5,164	0.304%
70	Lois	5,077	0.299%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Sheila	5,022	0.296%
72	Sally	5,012	0.295%
73	Laura	4,901	0.289%
74	Evelyn	4,840	0.285%
75	Maria	4,817	0.284%
76	Marsha	4,725	0.278%
77	Darlene	4,692	0.276%
78	Sue	4,674	0.275%
79	Marcia	4,640	0.273%
80	Lynn	4,609	0.271%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Vicki	4,365	0.257%
82	Teresa	4,217	0.248%
83	Geraldine	4,208	0.248%
84	Lynda	4,168	0.245%
85	Sarah	4,159	0.245%
86	Dianne	4,138	0.244%
87	Anne	4,122	0.243%
88	Maureen	4,077	0.240%
89	Anna	4,037	0.238%
90	Rosemary	3,869	0.228%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Eileen	3,838	0.226%
92	Glenda	3,831	0.226%
93	Constance	3,812	0.225%
94	Joann	3,799	0.224%
95	Jeanne	3,789	0.223%
96	Lorraine	3,745	0.221%
97	Annie	3,721	0.219%
98	Patsy	3,714	0.219%
99	Louise	3,685	0.217%
100	Sylvia	3,671	0.216%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	88,604	5.050%
2	Robert	85,475	4.871%
3	John	82,832	4.721%
4	William	61,970	3.532%
5	David	56,624	3.227%
6	Michael	52,566	2.996%
7	Richard	50,969	2.905%
8	Thomas	43,778	2.495%
9	Charles	38,678	2.204%
10	Ronald	33,524	1.911%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Larry	33,434	1.905%
12	Gary	28,396	1.618%
13	Joseph	26,802	1.528%
14	Donald	26,443	1.507%
15	Kenneth	23,553	1.342%
16	George	21,926	1.250%
17	Dennis	21,763	1.240%
18	Paul	21,252	1.211%
19	Edward	18,983	1.082%
20	Stephen	17,060	0.972%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Jerry	16,808	0.958%
22	Daniel	16,509	0.941%
23	Steven	15,979	0.911%
24	Roger	12,818	0.731%
25	Frank	12,698	0.724%
26	Terry	12,136	0.692%
27	Raymond	11,612	0.662%
28	Bruce	11,065	0.631%
29	Mark	10,266	0.585%
30	Gerald	9,842	0.561%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Lawrence	9,768	0.557%
32	Gregory	9,724	0.554%
33	Douglas	9,470	0.540%
34	Wayne	8,682	0.495%
35	Walter	8,627	0.492%
36	Harold	8,144	0.464%
37	Peter	8,049	0.459%
38	Timothy	8,043	0.458%
39	Danny	8,008	0.456%
40	Willie	7,970	0.454%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Anthony	7,879	0.449%
42	Carl	7,828	0.446%
43	Jack	7,612	0.434%
44	Arthur	7,577	0.432%
45	Henry	7,420	0.423%
46	Alan	7,394	0.421%
47	Joe	7,287	0.415%
48	Patrick	7,192	0.410%
49	Roy	7,066	0.403%
50	Jimmy	6,926	0.395%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Ralph	6,915	0.394%
52	Johnny	6,861	0.391%
53	Billy	6,220	0.354%
54	Philip	6,161	0.351%
55	Albert	6,156	0.351%
56	Dale	6,089	0.347%
57	Harry	5,945	0.339%
58	Jeffrey	5,930	0.338%
59	Ronnie	5,902	0.336%
60	Steve	5,741	0.327%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Eugene	5,608	0.320%
62	Bobby	5,581	0.318%
63	Howard	5,497	0.313%
64	Louis	5,386	0.307%
65	Stanley	5,383	0.307%
66	Fred	5,376	0.306%
67	Russell	5,109	0.291%
68	Mike	5,045	0.288%
69	Phillip	5,018	0.286%
70	Samuel	5,003	0.285%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Leonard	4,780	0.272%
72	Allen	4,755	0.271%
73	Glenn	4,740	0.270%
74	Barry	4,670	0.266%
75	Frederick	4,517	0.257%
76	Ernest	4,513	0.257%
77	Andrew	4,308	0.246%
78	Eddie	4,235	0.241%
79	Tommy	4,220	0.241%
80	Francis	4,215	0.240%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Melvin	4,057	0.231%
82	Craig	3,986	0.227%
83	Earl	3,976	0.227%
84	Bill	3,926	0.224%
85	Norman	3,894	0.222%
86	Jim	3,808	0.217%
87	Clarence	3,790	0.216%
88	Martin	3,698	0.211%
89	Keith	3,661	0.209%
90	Marvin	3,625	0.207%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Don	3,546	0.202%
92	Rodney	3,466	0.198%
93	Lee	3,445	0.196%
94	Tom	3,429	0.195%
95	Brian	3,358	0.191%
96	Alfred	3,245	0.185%
97	Leroy	3,234	0.184%
98	Randall	3,179	0.181%
99	Randy	3,141	0.179%
100	Ray	3,134	0.179%

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