Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Ohio, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,353
2	Mary	3,464
3	Barbara	2,753
4	Patricia	2,658
5	Susan	2,152
6	Sandra	1,952
7	Karen	1,922
8	Sharon	1,847
9	Nancy	1,840
10	Carol	1,817
11	Kathleen	1,493
12	Donna	1,348
13	Judith	1,219
14	Pamela	1,085
15	Cheryl	1,073
16	Diane	999
17	Carolyn	961
18	Janet	950
19	Deborah	934
20	Margaret	895
21	Joyce	818
22	Cynthia	812
23	Judy	794
24	Shirley	772
25	Beverly	763
26	Diana	661
27	Janice	660
28	Marilyn	654
29	Bonnie	622
30	Connie	610
31	Brenda	592
32	Jane	579
33	Rebecca	571
34	Betty	552
35	Christine	546
36	Elizabeth	530
37	Kathy	499
38	Ruth	490
39	Peggy	462
40	Martha	453
41	Sue	439
42	Gloria	438
43	Phyllis	432
44	Virginia	423
45	Paula	415
46	Jean	414
47	Joan	408
48	Rita	394
49	Darlene	381
50	Catherine	375

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	5,012
2	Robert	4,979
3	John	4,715
4	David	3,888
5	William	3,549
6	Michael	3,340
7	Thomas	3,109
8	Richard	3,100
9	Ronald	2,062
10	Charles	2,027
11	Gary	1,979
12	Larry	1,909
13	Donald	1,577
14	Kenneth	1,408
15	Joseph	1,388
16	Dennis	1,301
17	Paul	1,237
18	Daniel	1,123
19	George	1,049
20	Edward	969
21	Stephen	920
22	Terry	918
23	Roger	895
24	Timothy	846
25	Jerry	807
26	Steven	738
27	Mark	712
28	Gregory	702
29	Bruce	677
30	Raymond	629
31	Jack	611
32	Dale	594
33	Lawrence	583
34	Frank	559
35	Gerald	531
36	Douglas	499
37	Carl	497
38	Jeffrey	485
39	Harold	447
40	Ralph	444
41	Patrick	408
42	Danny	404
43	Anthony	373
44	Walter	363
45	Wayne	349
46	Alan	344
46	Steve	344
48	Philip	317
49	Phillip	314
50	Tom	313