Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,946
2	Barbara	4,997
3	Mary	4,720
4	Patricia	4,707
5	Susan	4,192
6	Kathleen	3,149
7	Carol	3,003
8	Nancy	2,688
9	Karen	2,074
10	Margaret	2,022
11	Diane	2,017
12	Sandra	1,914
13	Sharon	1,847
14	Donna	1,752
15	Judith	1,743
16	Elizabeth	1,532
17	Joan	1,448
18	Christine	1,346
19	Janet	1,146
20	Deborah	1,132
21	Ellen	1,084
22	Catherine	1,059
23	Ann	1,042
24	Lorraine	1,005
25	Gail	997
26	Joanne	980
27	Maureen	979
28	Marie	969
29	Jane	968
30	Cheryl	966
30	Eileen	966
32	Pamela	930
33	Joyce	896
34	Virginia	880
35	Frances	879
36	Marilyn	876
37	Jean	870
38	Bonnie	842
39	Elaine	840
40	Cynthia	834
41	Theresa	820
42	Dorothy	799
43	Carolyn	794
44	Janice	783
45	Phyllis	740
46	Anne	735
47	Helen	730
48	Judy	723
49	Gloria	715
50	Rose	660

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	9,010
2	John	8,976
3	James	6,522
4	William	5,698
5	Richard	5,662
6	Michael	5,381
7	Thomas	4,812
8	David	4,431
9	Joseph	4,254
10	Charles	2,680
11	Ronald	2,666
12	Paul	2,531
13	Edward	2,454
14	George	2,240
15	Peter	2,149
16	Kenneth	2,115
17	Gary	1,932
18	Donald	1,901
19	Stephen	1,880
20	Frank	1,867
21	Anthony	1,832
22	Daniel	1,726
23	Steven	1,664
24	Dennis	1,615
25	Bruce	1,417
26	Lawrence	1,376
27	Mark	1,357
28	Raymond	1,293
29	Alan	1,189
30	Jeffrey	1,129
31	Philip	970
32	Arthur	949
33	Douglas	913
34	Gerald	886
35	Louis	883
36	Gregory	855
37	Vincent	850
38	Larry	846
39	Howard	769
40	Patrick	751
41	Walter	739
42	Frederick	721
43	Timothy	708
44	Ralph	707
45	Francis	698
46	Roger	692
47	Martin	680
48	Andrew	679
49	Barry	671
50	Carl	663