Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1948

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1948 were Linda for girls (562 babies) and John for boys (821). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,453 babies born in District of Columbia in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1948

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Cassandra: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Laverne: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Saundra: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Antoinette: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Delores: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cecelia: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francine: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anne: 70 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Yvonne: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 52 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Reginald: 51 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Carlton: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maurice: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eric: 55 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Christopher: 63 babies, 3× the national rate
Milton: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jonathan: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernard: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Calvin: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	562	–	1
2	Mary	518	↑1	2
3	Patricia	465	↓1	4
4	Barbara	398	–	3
5	Susan	271	–	5
6	Margaret	212	↑3	13
7	Sharon	211	↑4	9
8	Nancy	204	–	7
9	Sandra	200	↓3	6
10	Carol	195	↓3	8
11	Diane	180	↑1	19
12	Kathleen	174	↓2	10
13	Carolyn	168	–	14
14	Brenda	163	↑5	17
15	Karen	153	–	12
16	Donna	149	–	11
17	Elizabeth	135	–	26
18	Judith	122	↓4	15
19	Deborah	121	↑12	30
20	Joyce	119	↓2	21
21	Pamela	114	–	22
22	Cynthia	113	↑6	27
23	Shirley	102	↓3	20
24	Janice	97	↑1	23
25	Ann	94	↑1	44
26	Jacqueline	94	↑6	58
27	Catherine	91	↑10	41
28	Joan	91	↓6	37
29	Betty	90	↓6	18
30	Frances	87	–	42
31	Janet	82	↑3	24
32	Beverly	80	↓5	31
33	Jean	78	↓4	47
34	Cheryl	77	↓1	25
35	Christine	76	↑1	35
36	Dorothy	73	↑3	29
37	Gloria	73	↓13	28
38	Katherine	73	new	68
39	Anne	70	↑4	87
40	Theresa	70	new	63
41	Jane	69	↓3	39
42	Sheila	69	new	71
43	Ruth	68	↑7	45
44	Helen	65	↓9	40
45	Ellen	59	↓3	67
46	Alice	58	↓2	49
47	Bonnie	58	↑2	34
48	Delores	57	new	>100
49	Diana	57	↓4	48
50	Judy	57	↓2	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	John	821	–	3
2	James	732	–	1
3	Robert	730	–	2
4	William	614	–	4
5	Michael	542	–	6
6	Richard	379	–	7
7	Thomas	372	↑1	8
8	Charles	369	↑1	9
9	David	353	↓2	5
10	Joseph	282	↑1	13
11	Ronald	279	↓1	10
12	George	222	–	16
13	Paul	197	↑3	18
14	Stephen	184	↑3	20
15	Donald	179	↓2	14
16	Edward	175	↓2	19
17	Kenneth	161	↓2	15
18	Larry	137	–	11
19	Gary	136	–	12
20	Daniel	117	↑8	22
21	Lawrence	117	↑3	31
22	Steven	108	↓1	23
23	Raymond	106	↓1	27
24	Frank	103	↑3	25
25	Gregory	103	↓5	32
26	Dennis	96	↓3	17
27	Mark	90	↓2	29
28	Alan	86	↑5	46
29	Bruce	82	↑2	28
30	Walter	75	–	35
31	Anthony	73	↑14	41
32	Gerald	72	↑5	30
33	Harold	72	↑5	36
34	Arthur	68	↓2	44
35	Patrick	64	↑1	48
36	Timothy	64	↑12	38
37	Carl	63	↑7	42
38	Christopher	63	new	>100
39	Douglas	61	↓10	33
40	Wayne	61	↑3	34
41	Jerry	60	↑9	21
42	Peter	60	↓16	37
43	Eugene	58	new	61
44	Ralph	58	↓10	51
45	Andrew	57	new	77
46	Roger	57	new	24
47	Eric	55	new	>100
48	Philip	55	↓13	54
49	Samuel	53	↓2	70
50	Jeffrey	52	new	58

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