100 Most popular boy names of 1948, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1948 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1948.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
88595
5.08
-
2
Robert
85475
4.9
-
3
John
82832
4.75
-
4
William
61972
3.56
-
5
David
56619
3.25
+1
6
Michael
52559
3.02
+1
7
Richard
50970
2.92
-2
8
Thomas
43778
2.51
-
9
Charles
38680
2.22
-
10
Ronald
33519
1.92
+1
11
Larry
33435
1.92
-1
12
Gary
28394
1.63
-
13
Joseph
26806
1.54
+1
14
Donald
26444
1.52
-1
15
Kenneth
23551
1.35
-
16
George
21924
1.26
-
17
Dennis
21761
1.25
-
18
Paul
21247
1.22
-
19
Edward
18980
1.09
-
20
Stephen
17060
0.98
+1
21
Jerry
16807
0.96
-1
22
Daniel
16506
0.95
-
23
Steven
15980
0.92
+1
24
Roger
12818
0.74
+1
25
Frank
12698
0.73
-2
26
Terry
12136
0.7
-
27
Raymond
11611
0.67
-
28
Bruce
11065
0.63
+1
29
Mark
10267
0.59
+18
30
Gerald
9843
0.56
-2
31
Lawrence
9767
0.56
+1
32
Gregory
9723
0.56
+1
33
Douglas
9469
0.54
-2
34
Wayne
8679
0.5
-4
35
Walter
8626
0.49
-1
36
Harold
8147
0.47
-1
37
Peter
8050
0.46
-1
38
Timothy
8042
0.46
+14
39
Danny
8004
0.46
-
40
Willie
7968
0.46
+2
41
Anthony
7877
0.45
-
42
Carl
7829
0.45
-2
43
Jack
7613
0.44
-6
44
Arthur
7583
0.44
-6
45
Henry
7422
0.43
+1
46
Alan
7394
0.42
-1
47
Joe
7289
0.42
-4
48
Patrick
7189
0.41
+5
49
Roy
7065
0.41
-1
50
Jimmy
6923
0.4
-6
51
Ralph
6914
0.4
-1
52
Johnny
6863
0.39
-3
53
Billy
6221
0.36
-2
54
Philip
6161
0.35
+3
55
Albert
6156
0.35
-
56
Dale
6089
0.35
+7
57
Harry
5945
0.34
-3
58
Jeffrey
5930
0.34
+8
59
Ronnie
5901
0.34
+2
60
Steve
5741
0.33
-2
61
Eugene
5607
0.32
-2
62
Bobby
5581
0.32
-2
63
Howard
5497
0.32
-1
64
Louis
5386
0.31
-
65
Stanley
5383
0.31
+2
66
Fred
5378
0.31
-10
67
Russell
5111
0.29
+2
68
Mike
5045
0.29
-3
69
Phillip
5018
0.29
+5
70
Samuel
5002
0.29
+2
71
Leonard
4781
0.27
-1
72
Allen
4758
0.27
+1
73
Glenn
4741
0.27
-2
74
Barry
4669
0.27
-6
75
Frederick
4516
0.26
+3
76
Ernest
4510
0.26
-1
77
Andrew
4307
0.25
+5
78
Eddie
4237
0.24
+2
79
Tommy
4219
0.24
-
80
Francis
4214
0.24
+4
81
Melvin
4056
0.23
+4
82
Craig
3986
0.23
+11
83
Earl
3977
0.23
-
84
Bill
3926
0.23
-8
85
Norman
3894
0.22
-4
86
Jim
3808
0.22
-9
87
Clarence
3790
0.22
+1
88
Martin
3699
0.21
+2
89
Keith
3661
0.21
+2
90
Marvin
3625
0.21
-1
91
Don
3545
0.2
-5
92
Rodney
3465
0.2
+2
93
Lee
3444
0.2
-1
94
Tom
3430
0.2
-7
95
Brian
3358
0.19
-
96
Alfred
3247
0.19
-
97
Leroy
3232
0.19
+1
98
Randall
3179
0.18
+8
99
Randy
3142
0.18
+17
100
Ray
3132
0.18
-3
101
Curtis
3090
0.18
-2
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1948)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html