Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,095
2	Patricia	649
3	Mary	619
4	Barbara	618
5	Susan	596
6	Carol	500
7	Nancy	464
8	Kathleen	449
9	Sandra	360
10	Donna	352
11	Sharon	349
12	Judith	320
13	Diane	297
14	Karen	287
15	Elizabeth	252
16	Margaret	230
17	Deborah	217
18	Pamela	193
19	Cynthia	177
20	Christine	171
21	Joan	169
22	Gail	166
23	Janet	164
24	Ann	162
25	Cheryl	157
26	Elaine	151
27	Janice	148
28	Jean	142
29	Carolyn	132
30	Jane	131
30	Joanne	131
32	Joyce	129
33	Maureen	128
34	Catherine	124
35	Paula	119
36	Marilyn	118
37	Beverly	116
38	Dorothy	113
39	Virginia	110
40	Ellen	104
40	Katherine	104
42	Frances	102
43	Marie	100
44	Bonnie	98
44	Shirley	98
46	Theresa	97
47	Anne	95
48	Joann	94
49	Lynn	93
50	Eileen	88

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,375
2	John	1,294
3	William	910
4	Richard	882
5	James	877
6	Thomas	738
7	David	708
8	Michael	628
9	Joseph	580
10	Paul	396
11	Edward	390
12	Peter	388
13	Charles	359
14	George	341
15	Donald	311
16	Ronald	309
17	Gary	292
18	Kenneth	270
19	Frank	264
20	Stephen	263
21	Bruce	236
22	Anthony	234
23	Daniel	222
24	Dennis	215
25	Raymond	213
26	Mark	202
27	Lawrence	153
28	Alan	149
29	Steven	146
30	Arthur	144
31	Philip	139
32	Louis	138
33	Jeffrey	135
34	Gregory	134
35	Francis	131
36	Walter	130
37	Roger	123
37	Wayne	123
39	Douglas	118
40	Gerald	115
41	Brian	109
41	Frederick	109
43	Andrew	98
44	Albert	93
44	Henry	93
46	Carl	92
47	Vincent	89
48	Timothy	86
49	Ralph	84
50	Kevin	76