Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1948
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1947.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1947 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 88,605 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 85,478 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 82,834 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 61,972 | 0 |
| 5 | David | 56,627 | +1 |
| 6 | Michael | 52,566 | +1 |
| 7 | Richard | 50,970 | -2 |
| 8 | Thomas | 43,780 | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 38,676 | 0 |
| 10 | Ronald | 33,527 | +1 |
| 11 | Larry | 33,436 | -1 |
| 12 | Gary | 28,397 | 0 |
| 13 | Joseph | 26,801 | +1 |
| 14 | Donald | 26,442 | -1 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 23,550 | 0 |
| 16 | George | 21,926 | 0 |
| 17 | Dennis | 21,765 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul | 21,252 | 0 |
| 19 | Edward | 18,983 | 0 |
| 20 | Stephen | 17,061 | +1 |
| 21 | Jerry | 16,809 | -1 |
| 22 | Daniel | 16,510 | 0 |
| 23 | Steven | 15,979 | +1 |
| 24 | Roger | 12,818 | +1 |
| 25 | Frank | 12,698 | -2 |
| 26 | Terry | 12,136 | 0 |
| 27 | Raymond | 11,612 | 0 |
| 28 | Bruce | 11,065 | +1 |
| 29 | Mark | 10,267 | +18 |
| 30 | Gerald | 9,842 | -2 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 9,768 | +1 |
| 32 | Gregory | 9,724 | +1 |
| 33 | Douglas | 9,468 | -2 |
| 34 | Wayne | 8,682 | -4 |
| 35 | Walter | 8,627 | -1 |
| 36 | Harold | 8,144 | -1 |
| 37 | Peter | 8,048 | -1 |
| 38 | Timothy | 8,043 | +14 |
| 39 | Danny | 8,009 | 0 |
| 40 | Willie | 7,971 | +2 |
| 41 | Anthony | 7,878 | 0 |
| 42 | Carl | 7,829 | -2 |
| 43 | Jack | 7,612 | -6 |
| 44 | Arthur | 7,576 | -6 |
| 45 | Henry | 7,421 | +1 |
| 46 | Alan | 7,394 | -1 |
| 47 | Joe | 7,288 | -4 |
| 48 | Patrick | 7,192 | +5 |
| 49 | Roy | 7,067 | -1 |
| 50 | Jimmy | 6,927 | -6 |
| 51 | Ralph | 6,915 | -1 |
| 52 | Johnny | 6,862 | -3 |
| 53 | Billy | 6,220 | -2 |
| 54 | Philip | 6,162 | +3 |
| 55 | Albert | 6,156 | 0 |
| 56 | Dale | 6,091 | +7 |
| 57 | Harry | 5,945 | -3 |
| 58 | Jeffrey | 5,929 | +8 |
| 59 | Ronnie | 5,902 | +2 |
| 60 | Steve | 5,742 | -2 |
| 61 | Eugene | 5,608 | -2 |
| 62 | Bobby | 5,581 | -2 |
| 63 | Howard | 5,497 | -1 |
| 64 | Louis | 5,386 | 0 |
| 65 | Stanley | 5,383 | +2 |
| 66 | Fred | 5,376 | -10 |
| 67 | Russell | 5,109 | +2 |
| 68 | Mike | 5,045 | -3 |
| 69 | Phillip | 5,018 | +5 |
| 70 | Samuel | 5,002 | +2 |
| 71 | Leonard | 4,781 | 0 |
| 72 | Allen | 4,755 | +1 |
| 73 | Glenn | 4,740 | -3 |
| 74 | Barry | 4,670 | -6 |
| 75 | Frederick | 4,516 | +3 |
| 76 | Ernest | 4,512 | -1 |
| 77 | Andrew | 4,305 | +5 |
| 78 | Eddie | 4,234 | +2 |
| 79 | Tommy | 4,220 | 0 |
| 80 | Francis | 4,214 | +4 |
| 81 | Melvin | 4,057 | +4 |
| 82 | Craig | 3,985 | +11 |
| 83 | Earl | 3,977 | 0 |
| 84 | Bill | 3,926 | -8 |
| 85 | Norman | 3,894 | -4 |
| 86 | Jim | 3,808 | -9 |
| 87 | Clarence | 3,790 | +1 |
| 88 | Martin | 3,698 | +2 |
| 89 | Keith | 3,660 | +2 |
| 90 | Marvin | 3,625 | -1 |
| 91 | Don | 3,546 | -5 |
| 92 | Rodney | 3,466 | +2 |
| 93 | Lee | 3,445 | -1 |
| 94 | Tom | 3,429 | -7 |
| 95 | Brian | 3,358 | 0 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,245 | 0 |
| 97 | Leroy | 3,234 | +1 |
| 98 | Randall | 3,179 | +8 |
| 99 | Randy | 3,141 | +17 |
| 100 | Ray | 3,134 | -3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.