Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	377
2	Susan	216
3	Mary	158
4	Patricia	155
5	Nancy	150
6	Diane	130
7	Carol	129
8	Sandra	128
9	Donna	127
10	Judith	118
11	Kathleen	111
12	Barbara	106
13	Sharon	90
14	Cheryl	70
15	Deborah	67
16	Pamela	66
17	Elaine	65
18	Gail	62
19	Karen	60
20	Jane	59
21	Cynthia	58
21	Margaret	58
21	Suzanne	58
24	Brenda	57
25	Joyce	52
25	Louise	52
27	Ann	51
27	Joan	51
29	Elizabeth	48
30	Bonnie	47
31	Shirley	45
32	Janice	42
33	Pauline	41
34	Janet	39
35	Beverly	38
35	Marie	38
35	Priscilla	38
38	Claire	37
38	Joanne	37
40	Jean	36
40	Jeanne	36
40	Lorraine	36
40	Ruth	36
40	Virginia	36
45	Constance	35
45	Doris	35
45	Sally	35
45	Sheila	35
49	Martha	34
50	Gloria	33

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	355
2	John	322
3	Richard	309
4	David	265
5	James	234
6	Michael	206
7	William	192
8	Ronald	183
9	Paul	161
10	Donald	152
11	Thomas	145
12	George	111
13	Bruce	97
13	Stephen	97
15	Charles	96
16	Dennis	92
17	Roger	88
18	Peter	87
18	Raymond	87
20	Edward	78
20	Gary	78
20	Kenneth	78
23	Daniel	73
24	Joseph	53
24	Steven	53
26	Wayne	52
27	Alan	51
28	Brian	48
29	Douglas	47
30	Frank	44
30	Lawrence	44
32	Roland	43
33	Larry	41
33	Philip	41
35	Walter	38
36	Albert	35
36	Mark	35
36	Norman	35
39	Arthur	34
40	Gerald	33
41	Ernest	30
41	Timothy	30
43	Gregory	29
44	Francis	28
44	Russell	28
46	Gerard	26
46	Jeffrey	26
48	Carl	24
49	Eugene	23
49	Harold	23