Popular baby names in Ohio, 1948

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1948 were Linda for girls (5,353 babies) and James for boys (5,012). Social Security records list 174,407 babies born in Ohio in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1948

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

Girls

Becky: 131 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darla: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Timothy: 846 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrence: 124 babies, 2× the national rate
Kim: 53 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	5,353	–	1
2	Mary	3,464	–	2
3	Barbara	2,753	–	3
4	Patricia	2,658	–	4
5	Susan	2,152	↑5	5
6	Sandra	1,952	↓1	6
7	Karen	1,922	↑2	12
8	Sharon	1,847	–	9
9	Nancy	1,840	↓2	7
10	Carol	1,817	↓4	8
11	Kathleen	1,493	↑2	10
12	Donna	1,348	↓1	11
13	Judith	1,219	↓1	15
14	Pamela	1,085	↑7	22
15	Cheryl	1,073	–	25
16	Diane	999	↓2	19
17	Carolyn	961	↑1	14
18	Janet	950	↓1	24
19	Deborah	934	↑24	30
20	Margaret	895	–	13
21	Joyce	818	↓2	21
22	Cynthia	812	↑6	27
23	Judy	794	↓7	16
24	Shirley	772	↓2	20
25	Beverly	763	↓1	31
26	Diana	661	↑6	48
27	Janice	660	↓1	23
28	Marilyn	654	↓5	33
29	Bonnie	622	↓2	34
30	Connie	610	↓1	43
31	Brenda	592	↑6	17
32	Jane	579	↓2	39
33	Rebecca	571	↑5	50
34	Betty	552	↓9	18
35	Christine	546	↑9	35
36	Elizabeth	530	↓3	26
37	Kathy	499	↑5	55
38	Ruth	490	↓7	45
39	Peggy	462	↑6	38
40	Martha	453	↓4	32
41	Sue	439	↓7	78
42	Gloria	438	↓7	28
43	Phyllis	432	↓2	46
44	Virginia	423	↑2	36
45	Paula	415	new	52
46	Jean	414	↓7	47
47	Joan	408	↓7	37
48	Rita	394	–	59
49	Darlene	381	new	77
50	Catherine	375	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	5,012	↑1	1
2	Robert	4,979	↓1	2
3	John	4,715	–	3
4	David	3,888	–	5
5	William	3,549	–	4
6	Michael	3,340	↑1	6
7	Thomas	3,109	↑1	8
8	Richard	3,100	↓2	7
9	Ronald	2,062	–	10
10	Charles	2,027	↑1	9
11	Gary	1,979	↓1	12
12	Larry	1,909	–	11
13	Donald	1,577	–	14
14	Kenneth	1,408	–	15
15	Joseph	1,388	↑2	13
16	Dennis	1,301	↓1	17
17	Paul	1,237	↓1	18
18	Daniel	1,123	–	22
19	George	1,049	↑1	16
20	Edward	969	↓1	19
21	Stephen	920	↑3	20
22	Terry	918	↓1	26
23	Roger	895	–	24
24	Timothy	846	↑1	38
25	Jerry	807	↓3	21
26	Steven	738	↑4	23
27	Mark	712	↑8	29
28	Gregory	702	↑1	32
29	Bruce	677	↑4	28
30	Raymond	629	↓3	27
31	Jack	611	↓3	43
32	Dale	594	↑5	56
33	Lawrence	583	↑1	31
34	Frank	559	↓8	25
35	Gerald	531	↓3	30
36	Douglas	499	↓5	33
37	Carl	497	↓1	42
38	Jeffrey	485	↑1	58
39	Harold	447	↑1	36
40	Ralph	444	↓2	51
41	Patrick	408	↑3	48
42	Danny	404	–	39
43	Anthony	373	↑3	41
44	Walter	363	↑1	35
45	Wayne	349	↓4	34
46	Alan	344	↓3	46
47	Steve	344	new	60
48	Philip	317	↑2	54
49	Phillip	314	new	69
50	Tom	313	↓2	94

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