Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Pennsylvania, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,217
2	Mary	4,441
3	Barbara	3,589
4	Patricia	3,354
5	Carol	2,832
6	Susan	2,598
7	Kathleen	2,185
8	Sandra	2,167
9	Nancy	2,156
10	Donna	1,816
11	Karen	1,767
12	Margaret	1,643
13	Judith	1,448
14	Sharon	1,434
15	Diane	1,304
16	Cheryl	1,036
17	Janet	1,031
18	Elizabeth	1,010
19	Deborah	954
20	Joyce	912
21	Bonnie	889
22	Shirley	837
23	Joan	833
24	Beverly	804
25	Cynthia	761
26	Dorothy	734
27	Christine	726
28	Carolyn	714
29	Ruth	704
30	Jane	700
31	Catherine	692
32	Joanne	690
33	Jean	670
34	Gloria	656
35	Betty	654
35	Janice	654
37	Elaine	649
38	Judy	637
39	Helen	617
40	Eileen	598
41	Ann	595
42	Pamela	593
43	Virginia	589
44	Marie	563
45	Darlene	538
46	Marilyn	535
47	Theresa	531
48	Frances	493
49	Suzanne	490
50	Brenda	486

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	7,300
2	Robert	6,931
3	James	5,773
4	William	5,491
5	Thomas	4,099
6	David	4,091
7	Richard	3,891
8	Joseph	3,574
9	Michael	3,159
10	Charles	2,641
11	Ronald	2,586
12	Edward	2,008
13	George	1,952
14	Donald	1,818
15	Dennis	1,714
16	Gary	1,597
17	Paul	1,591
18	Kenneth	1,551
19	Larry	1,406
20	Daniel	1,348
21	Frank	1,080
22	Stephen	1,056
23	Raymond	1,004
24	Anthony	859
25	Gerald	819
26	Barry	778
27	Lawrence	769
28	Francis	760
29	Terry	742
30	Harry	734
31	Bruce	700
32	Walter	693
33	Gregory	661
34	Carl	582
35	Wayne	574
36	Albert	562
37	Timothy	541
38	Steven	529
39	Jeffrey	520
40	Mark	519
41	Ralph	490
42	Alan	477
43	Eugene	476
44	Peter	475
45	Harold	470
46	Stanley	468
47	Samuel	467
48	Philip	454
49	Frederick	453
50	Patrick	449