Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	562
2	Mary	518
3	Patricia	465
4	Barbara	398
5	Susan	271
6	Margaret	212
7	Sharon	211
8	Nancy	204
9	Sandra	200
10	Carol	195
11	Diane	180
12	Kathleen	174
13	Carolyn	168
14	Brenda	163
15	Karen	153
16	Donna	149
17	Elizabeth	135
18	Judith	122
19	Deborah	121
20	Joyce	119
21	Pamela	114
22	Cynthia	113
23	Shirley	102
24	Janice	97
25	Ann	94
25	Jacqueline	94
27	Catherine	91
27	Joan	91
29	Betty	90
30	Frances	87
31	Janet	82
32	Beverly	80
33	Jean	78
34	Cheryl	77
35	Christine	76
36	Dorothy	73
36	Gloria	73
36	Katherine	73
39	Anne	70
39	Theresa	70
41	Jane	69
41	Sheila	69
43	Ruth	68
44	Helen	65
45	Ellen	59
46	Alice	58
46	Bonnie	58
48	Delores	57
48	Diana	57
48	Judy	57

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	821
2	James	732
3	Robert	730
4	William	614
5	Michael	542
6	Richard	379
7	Thomas	372
8	Charles	369
9	David	353
10	Joseph	282
11	Ronald	279
12	George	222
13	Paul	197
14	Stephen	184
15	Donald	179
16	Edward	175
17	Kenneth	161
18	Larry	137
19	Gary	136
20	Daniel	117
20	Lawrence	117
22	Steven	108
23	Raymond	106
24	Frank	103
24	Gregory	103
26	Dennis	96
27	Mark	90
28	Alan	86
29	Bruce	82
30	Walter	75
31	Anthony	73
32	Gerald	72
32	Harold	72
34	Arthur	68
35	Patrick	64
35	Timothy	64
37	Carl	63
37	Christopher	63
39	Douglas	61
39	Wayne	61
41	Jerry	60
41	Peter	60
43	Eugene	58
43	Ralph	58
45	Andrew	57
45	Roger	57
47	Eric	55
47	Philip	55
49	Samuel	53
50	Jeffrey	52