The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1948
4,199 different boys’ names were recorded in 1948, covering 1,754,618 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 88,605 |
| 2 | Robert | 85,478 |
| 3 | John | 82,834 |
| 4 | William | 61,972 |
| 5 | David | 56,627 |
| 6 | Michael | 52,566 |
| 7 | Richard | 50,970 |
| 8 | Thomas | 43,780 |
| 9 | Charles | 38,676 |
| 10 | Ronald | 33,527 |
| 11 | Larry | 33,436 |
| 12 | Gary | 28,397 |
| 13 | Joseph | 26,801 |
| 14 | Donald | 26,442 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,550 |
| 16 | George | 21,926 |
| 17 | Dennis | 21,765 |
| 18 | Paul | 21,252 |
| 19 | Edward | 18,983 |
| 20 | Stephen | 17,061 |
| 21 | Jerry | 16,809 |
| 22 | Daniel | 16,510 |
| 23 | Steven | 15,979 |
| 24 | Roger | 12,818 |
| 25 | Frank | 12,698 |
| 26 | Terry | 12,136 |
| 27 | Raymond | 11,612 |
| 28 | Bruce | 11,065 |
| 29 | Mark | 10,267 |
| 30 | Gerald | 9,842 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 9,768 |
| 32 | Gregory | 9,724 |
| 33 | Douglas | 9,468 |
| 34 | Wayne | 8,682 |
| 35 | Walter | 8,627 |
| 36 | Harold | 8,144 |
| 37 | Peter | 8,048 |
| 38 | Timothy | 8,043 |
| 39 | Danny | 8,009 |
| 40 | Willie | 7,971 |
| 41 | Anthony | 7,878 |
| 42 | Carl | 7,829 |
| 43 | Jack | 7,612 |
| 44 | Arthur | 7,576 |
| 45 | Henry | 7,421 |
| 46 | Alan | 7,394 |
| 47 | Joe | 7,288 |
| 48 | Patrick | 7,192 |
| 49 | Roy | 7,067 |
| 50 | Jimmy | 6,927 |
| 51 | Ralph | 6,915 |
| 52 | Johnny | 6,862 |
| 53 | Billy | 6,220 |
| 54 | Philip | 6,162 |
| 55 | Albert | 6,156 |
| 56 | Dale | 6,091 |
| 57 | Harry | 5,945 |
| 58 | Jeffrey | 5,929 |
| 59 | Ronnie | 5,902 |
| 60 | Steve | 5,742 |
| 61 | Eugene | 5,608 |
| 62 | Bobby | 5,581 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,497 |
| 64 | Louis | 5,386 |
| 65 | Stanley | 5,383 |
| 66 | Fred | 5,376 |
| 67 | Russell | 5,109 |
| 68 | Mike | 5,045 |
| 69 | Phillip | 5,018 |
| 70 | Samuel | 5,002 |
| 71 | Leonard | 4,781 |
| 72 | Allen | 4,755 |
| 73 | Glenn | 4,740 |
| 74 | Barry | 4,670 |
| 75 | Frederick | 4,516 |
| 76 | Ernest | 4,512 |
| 77 | Andrew | 4,305 |
| 78 | Eddie | 4,234 |
| 79 | Tommy | 4,220 |
| 80 | Francis | 4,214 |
| 81 | Melvin | 4,057 |
| 82 | Craig | 3,985 |
| 83 | Earl | 3,977 |
| 84 | Bill | 3,926 |
| 85 | Norman | 3,894 |
| 86 | Jim | 3,808 |
| 87 | Clarence | 3,790 |
| 88 | Martin | 3,698 |
| 89 | Keith | 3,660 |
| 90 | Marvin | 3,625 |
| 91 | Don | 3,546 |
| 92 | Rodney | 3,466 |
| 93 | Lee | 3,445 |
| 94 | Tom | 3,429 |
| 95 | Brian | 3,358 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,245 |
| 97 | Leroy | 3,234 |
| 98 | Randall | 3,179 |
| 99 | Randy | 3,141 |
| 100 | Ray | 3,134 |
| 101 | Curtis | 3,091 |
| 102 | Christopher | 3,036 |
| 103 | Herbert | 2,872 |
| 104 | Theodore | 2,830 |
| 105 | Clifford | 2,793 |
| 106 | Vincent | 2,788 |
| 107 | Bernard | 2,715 |
| 108 | Jesse | 2,705 |
| 109 | Warren | 2,657 |
| 110 | Jerome | 2,591 |
| 111 | Gene | 2,542 |
| 112 | Gordon | 2,510 |
| 113 | Dan | 2,495 |
| 114 | Eric | 2,491 |
| 115 | Victor | 2,477 |
| 116 | Edwin | 2,434 |
| 117 | Calvin | 2,399 |
| 118 | Lloyd | 2,391 |
| 119 | Leon | 2,384 |
| 120 | Jimmie | 2,362 |
| 121 | Darrell | 2,336 |
| 122 | Scott | 2,299 |
| 123 | Jay | 2,272 |
| 124 | Alvin | 2,270 |
| 125 | Tony | 2,269 |
| 126 | Jose | 2,262 |
| 127 | Kevin | 2,225 |
| 128 | Leslie | 2,214 |
| 128 | Jon | 2,214 |
| 130 | Lewis | 2,143 |
| 131 | Clyde | 2,073 |
| 132 | Allan | 2,063 |
| 133 | Glen | 2,047 |
| 134 | Lonnie | 2,040 |
| 134 | Floyd | 2,040 |
| 136 | Vernon | 2,034 |
| 137 | Joel | 2,026 |
| 138 | Harvey | 2,003 |
| 139 | Benjamin | 1,963 |
| 139 | Duane | 1,963 |
| 141 | Bob | 1,960 |
| 142 | Nicholas | 1,929 |
| 143 | Dean | 1,909 |
| 144 | Charlie | 1,902 |
| 145 | Gilbert | 1,868 |
| 146 | Herman | 1,837 |
| 147 | Jackie | 1,832 |
| 148 | Micheal | 1,801 |
| 149 | Lester | 1,781 |
| 150 | Johnnie | 1,778 |
| 151 | Leo | 1,718 |
| 152 | Freddie | 1,708 |
| 153 | Dwight | 1,650 |
| 154 | Arnold | 1,641 |
| 155 | Ricky | 1,600 |
| 156 | Manuel | 1,591 |
| 157 | Lynn | 1,572 |
| 158 | Chester | 1,556 |
| 159 | Franklin | 1,551 |
| 160 | Milton | 1,546 |
| 161 | Dave | 1,508 |
| 162 | Donnie | 1,482 |
| 163 | Ted | 1,476 |
| 164 | Juan | 1,475 |
| 165 | Neil | 1,406 |
| 166 | Cecil | 1,400 |
| 167 | Garry | 1,399 |
| 168 | Claude | 1,346 |
| 169 | Wesley | 1,336 |
| 170 | Roland | 1,333 |
| 171 | Tim | 1,296 |
| 172 | Chris | 1,286 |
| 173 | Jonathan | 1,282 |
| 174 | Rick | 1,279 |
| 175 | Marc | 1,255 |
| 176 | Sam | 1,238 |
| 177 | Terrence | 1,204 |
| 178 | Greg | 1,189 |
| 179 | Karl | 1,187 |
| 180 | Nathaniel | 1,159 |
| 181 | Marshall | 1,158 |
| 182 | Randolph | 1,143 |
| 183 | Alexander | 1,129 |
| 184 | Oscar | 1,098 |
| 185 | Jessie | 1,095 |
| 186 | Wallace | 1,075 |
| 186 | Sammy | 1,075 |
| 188 | Stuart | 1,073 |
| 189 | Benny | 1,065 |
| 190 | Matthew | 1,054 |
| 191 | Hugh | 1,039 |
| 192 | Bradley | 1,029 |
| 193 | Carlos | 1,027 |
| 193 | Kent | 1,027 |
| 195 | Guy | 1,023 |
| 196 | Dana | 1,021 |
| 197 | Rickey | 1,020 |
| 198 | Maurice | 1,002 |
| 199 | Sidney | 991 |
| 200 | Perry | 981 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1948 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.