Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,763
2	Mary	1,934
3	Barbara	1,207
4	Patricia	1,122
5	Sharon	1,070
6	Carol	847
7	Donna	783
8	Sandra	774
9	Susan	716
10	Nancy	712
11	Karen	626
12	Carolyn	614
13	Judy	550
14	Joyce	521
15	Brenda	512
15	Judith	512
17	Janet	505
18	Janice	487
19	Kathleen	478
20	Pamela	451
21	Shirley	448
22	Betty	409
23	Margaret	381
24	Beverly	351
25	Cheryl	348
25	Marilyn	348
27	Connie	345
28	Deborah	298
29	Diane	280
30	Peggy	272
31	Elizabeth	258
32	Dorothy	254
33	Ruth	246
34	Gloria	243
35	Diana	240
36	Martha	238
37	Jane	232
38	Phyllis	228
39	Cynthia	224
40	Virginia	215
41	Helen	209
42	Joan	201
43	Wanda	199
44	Bonnie	193
45	Rebecca	192
46	Paula	184
47	Rita	179
48	Glenda	176
49	Catherine	175
49	Vicki	175

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,232
2	John	1,960
3	Robert	1,884
4	Michael	1,609
5	William	1,450
6	David	1,430
7	Larry	1,325
8	Richard	1,163
9	Gary	1,116
10	Charles	1,096
11	Ronald	1,003
12	Thomas	944
13	Donald	779
14	Dennis	732
15	Kenneth	683
16	Jerry	610
17	Terry	523
18	Stephen	521
19	Joseph	479
20	George	434
21	Paul	420
22	Steven	406
23	Edward	359
24	Daniel	340
25	Roger	325
26	Danny	323
27	Raymond	264
28	Carl	258
29	Lawrence	253
30	Harold	240
30	Mark	240
30	Ronnie	240
33	Gregory	226
34	Roy	224
35	Frank	223
36	Gerald	214
37	Billy	213
37	Jack	213
39	Joe	196
39	Patrick	196
41	Bruce	192
42	Dale	191
43	Steve	177
44	Douglas	173
45	Mike	169
45	Walter	169
47	Jimmy	167
48	Wayne	163
49	Jim	162
50	Ralph	159