Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1948
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda | 2,413 |
| 2 | Mary | 1,817 |
| 3 | Susan | 1,648 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,491 |
| 5 | Kathleen | 1,350 |
| 6 | Nancy | 1,278 |
| 7 | Barbara | 1,235 |
| 8 | Donna | 1,186 |
| 9 | Carol | 1,061 |
| 10 | Judith | 892 |
| 11 | Sandra | 872 |
| 12 | Karen | 764 |
| 13 | Diane | 758 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 649 |
| 15 | Margaret | 630 |
| 16 | Janet | 563 |
| 17 | Deborah | 531 |
| 18 | Ann | 520 |
| 19 | Maureen | 512 |
| 20 | Cynthia | 510 |
| 21 | Jane | 487 |
| 22 | Elaine | 472 |
| 23 | Joan | 469 |
| 24 | Christine | 455 |
| 25 | Gail | 452 |
| 26 | Joanne | 448 |
| 26 | Paula | 448 |
| 28 | Jean | 443 |
| 29 | Cheryl | 427 |
| 29 | Janice | 427 |
| 31 | Pamela | 409 |
| 32 | Sharon | 395 |
| 33 | Joyce | 387 |
| 34 | Anne | 361 |
| 35 | Marie | 354 |
| 36 | Ellen | 346 |
| 37 | Dorothy | 336 |
| 38 | Catherine | 333 |
| 39 | Beverly | 326 |
| 40 | Marilyn | 302 |
| 41 | Jeanne | 288 |
| 42 | Sheila | 277 |
| 43 | Virginia | 267 |
| 44 | Frances | 265 |
| 45 | Lorraine | 258 |
| 46 | Suzanne | 253 |
| 47 | Carolyn | 251 |
| 47 | Ruth | 251 |
| 49 | Martha | 249 |
| 50 | Helen | 243 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,549 |
| 2 | John | 3,407 |
| 3 | Richard | 2,465 |
| 4 | James | 2,310 |
| 5 | William | 2,251 |
| 6 | David | 2,012 |
| 7 | Paul | 1,771 |
| 8 | Michael | 1,666 |
| 9 | Thomas | 1,539 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,347 |
| 11 | Stephen | 1,072 |
| 12 | Edward | 1,041 |
| 13 | Charles | 878 |
| 14 | Peter | 855 |
| 15 | Ronald | 850 |
| 16 | George | 801 |
| 17 | Donald | 789 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 726 |
| 19 | Daniel | 624 |
| 20 | Bruce | 554 |
| 21 | Dennis | 507 |
| 22 | Francis | 480 |
| 23 | Steven | 448 |
| 24 | Mark | 442 |
| 24 | Raymond | 442 |
| 26 | Philip | 414 |
| 27 | Arthur | 406 |
| 28 | Gary | 402 |
| 29 | Alan | 401 |
| 30 | Kevin | 389 |
| 31 | Frank | 384 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 377 |
| 33 | Anthony | 374 |
| 34 | Gerald | 330 |
| 35 | Walter | 322 |
| 36 | Wayne | 296 |
| 37 | Roger | 282 |
| 38 | Douglas | 273 |
| 39 | Brian | 265 |
| 39 | Jeffrey | 265 |
| 41 | Ralph | 258 |
| 42 | Frederick | 243 |
| 43 | Albert | 231 |
| 44 | Henry | 219 |
| 45 | Gregory | 210 |
| 46 | Barry | 197 |
| 47 | Russell | 194 |
| 48 | Louis | 190 |
| 48 | Timothy | 190 |
| 50 | Carl | 188 |