Massachusetts ★ 1948

Top names in Massachusetts, 1948

Linda led for girls with 2,413 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,549. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,413
2	Mary	1,817
3	Susan	1,648
4	Patricia	1,491
5	Kathleen	1,350
6	Nancy	1,278
7	Barbara	1,235
8	Donna	1,186
9	Carol	1,061
10	Judith	892
11	Sandra	872
12	Karen	764
13	Diane	758
14	Elizabeth	649
15	Margaret	630
16	Janet	563
17	Deborah	531
18	Ann	520
19	Maureen	512
20	Cynthia	510
21	Jane	487
22	Elaine	472
23	Joan	469
24	Christine	455
25	Gail	452
26	Joanne	448
26	Paula	448
28	Jean	443
29	Cheryl	427
29	Janice	427
31	Pamela	409
32	Sharon	395
33	Joyce	387
34	Anne	361
35	Marie	354
36	Ellen	346
37	Dorothy	336
38	Catherine	333
39	Beverly	326
40	Marilyn	302
41	Jeanne	288
42	Sheila	277
43	Virginia	267
44	Frances	265
45	Lorraine	258
46	Suzanne	253
47	Carolyn	251
47	Ruth	251
49	Martha	249
50	Helen	243
51	Eileen	238
51	Theresa	238
53	Marcia	225
54	Dianne	217
55	Rosemary	197
56	Brenda	189
57	Louise	183
58	Roberta	179
59	Phyllis	175
60	Katherine	174
61	Marjorie	170
62	Jacqueline	169
63	Pauline	164
63	Shirley	164
65	Rita	159
66	Alice	154
66	Lois	154
68	Claire	153
69	Bonnie	144
70	Geraldine	143
71	Kathryn	142
71	Sally	142
73	Laura	138
74	Carole	134
74	Eleanor	134
76	Irene	133
77	Charlene	132
78	Denise	129
79	Gloria	128
80	Andrea	126
81	Diana	125
82	Judy	123
83	Evelyn	121
84	Constance	120
84	Rose	120
86	Priscilla	108
87	Betty	106
88	Marsha	105
89	June	101
90	Arlene	97
91	Doris	96
91	Lucille	96
93	Charlotte	95
93	Leslie	95
95	Joann	94
96	Lynda	93
96	Maria	93
98	Lynne	91
99	Valerie	89
100	Marianne	87

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,549
2	John	3,407
3	Richard	2,465
4	James	2,310
5	William	2,251
6	David	2,012
7	Paul	1,771
8	Michael	1,666
9	Thomas	1,539
10	Joseph	1,347
11	Stephen	1,072
12	Edward	1,041
13	Charles	878
14	Peter	855
15	Ronald	850
16	George	801
17	Donald	789
18	Kenneth	726
19	Daniel	624
20	Bruce	554
21	Dennis	507
22	Francis	480
23	Steven	448
24	Mark	442
24	Raymond	442
26	Philip	414
27	Arthur	406
28	Gary	402
29	Alan	401
30	Kevin	389
31	Frank	384
32	Lawrence	377
33	Anthony	374
34	Gerald	330
35	Walter	322
36	Wayne	296
37	Roger	282
38	Douglas	273
39	Brian	265
39	Jeffrey	265
41	Ralph	258
42	Frederick	243
43	Albert	231
44	Henry	219
45	Gregory	210
46	Barry	197
47	Russell	194
48	Louis	190
48	Timothy	190
50	Carl	188
51	Leonard	179
52	Alfred	173
53	Stanley	161
54	Patrick	156
55	Christopher	155
56	Norman	151
57	Harold	148
58	Ernest	137
59	Glenn	136
60	Gerard	132
61	Bernard	131
62	Leo	125
63	Andrew	124
64	Eugene	122
65	Martin	119
65	Roy	119
67	Vincent	115
68	Howard	112
69	Larry	110
70	Warren	108
71	Dana	106
72	Harry	103
73	Craig	96
74	Fred	91
74	Roland	91
74	Theodore	91
77	Allen	90
77	Eric	90
79	Herbert	88
80	Allan	87
81	Nicholas	84
82	Scott	78
83	Gordon	76
84	Jonathan	72
85	Joel	71
86	Edwin	69
87	Clifford	64
88	Keith	59
88	Lee	59
88	Neil	59
88	Phillip	59
88	Victor	59
93	Jack	58
94	Geoffrey	56
95	Marc	54
96	Earl	53
97	Samuel	52
98	Chester	50
99	Dale	49
99	Edmund	49