Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Maryland, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,419
2	Mary	1,041
3	Barbara	902
4	Patricia	792
5	Sharon	541
6	Susan	450
7	Nancy	422
8	Sandra	419
9	Carol	390
10	Margaret	386
11	Carolyn	328
12	Joyce	314
13	Donna	310
14	Deborah	308
15	Kathleen	280
16	Diane	262
17	Shirley	261
18	Brenda	226
18	Karen	226
20	Beverly	215
20	Elizabeth	215
22	Gloria	214
23	Dorothy	212
24	Betty	206
25	Janet	202
25	Judith	202
27	Bonnie	196
28	Joan	195
29	Frances	160
30	Catherine	159
31	Ruth	158
32	Cynthia	154
33	Christine	151
34	Janice	148
35	Helen	144
36	Pamela	141
37	Phyllis	137
38	Jacqueline	136
39	Darlene	133
40	Ann	129
41	Virginia	128
42	Peggy	126
43	Jean	123
43	Judy	123
45	Cheryl	122
46	Martha	116
47	Doris	114
48	Sheila	112
49	Theresa	110
50	Alice	107

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,429
2	James	1,346
3	Robert	1,296
4	William	1,236
5	Charles	954
6	Richard	755
7	Thomas	751
8	Michael	722
9	David	692
10	Joseph	584
11	Ronald	567
12	George	521
13	Donald	454
14	Edward	388
15	Larry	362
16	Gary	361
17	Paul	317
18	Kenneth	292
19	Dennis	241
20	Stephen	240
21	Raymond	196
22	Wayne	188
23	Frank	184
24	Daniel	183
25	Gregory	180
26	Harry	168
27	Steven	161
28	Bruce	160
29	Lawrence	154
30	Walter	144
31	Carl	141
32	Howard	140
33	Roger	133
34	Albert	127
35	Douglas	125
36	Timothy	124
37	Frederick	120
38	Jerry	115
39	Henry	113
39	Melvin	113
41	Anthony	110
41	Philip	110
43	Samuel	104
44	Harold	103
45	Louis	102
46	Patrick	101
47	Jeffrey	100
48	Ralph	99
49	Francis	98
50	Arthur	97