Top 300 baby girl names in the USA during year 1948

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
201201Lucy1,344
202202Stella1,344
203203Bonita1,314
204204Carmen1,310
205205Ida1,303
206206Jan1,262
207207Pat1,248
208208Dawn1,241
209209Lydia1,221
210210Becky1,199
211211Bernadette1,184
212212Carrie1,174
213213Cindy1,163
214214Alma1,159
215215Rosie1,153
216216Vera1,149
217217Patty1,137
218218Debra1,125
219219Harriet1,118
220220Rosalie1,115
221221Robin1,094
222222Mattie1,091
223223Myra1,088
224224Beth1,087
225225Nora1,085
226226Caroline1,082
227227Jessie1,070
228228Deanna1,063
229229Rosemarie1,048
230230Michelle1,044
231231Kristine1,033
232232Claire1,025
233233Dora1,025
234234Nina1,023
235235Susie1,018
236236Bessie997
237237Minnie994
238238Francine976
239239Antoinette971
240240Jeannette957
241241Cecilia956
242242Melanie955
243243Deloris944
244244Madeline939
245245Iris935
246246Sandy933
247247Marguerite915
248248Rhonda908
249249Elsie904
250250Nellie891
251251Johnnie885
252252Mae884
253253Trudy883
254254Velma871
255255Doreen867
256256Dixie865
257257Vicky858
258258Dale857
259259Irma849
260260Terri849
261261Olivia848
262262Monica847
263263Cecelia845
264264Lee842
265265Melinda840
266266Cora837
267267Debbie836
268268Agnes834
269269Ramona831
270270Geneva827
271271Naomi819
272272Laurie805
273273Hilda798
274274Shelia795
275275Penelope782
276276Ernestine775
277277Leona775
278278Hattie754
279279Lucinda751
280280Dana745
281281Melody739
282282Jeannie736
283283Lena734
284284Viola724
285285Betsy719
286286Alberta718
287287Jennie714
288288Saundra710
289289Miriam698
290290Pearl690
291291Alicia687
292292Laurel687
293293Verna680
294294Holly673
295295Guadalupe667
296296Lola664
297297Laverne661
298298Marcella657
299299Noreen654
300300Cathleen653

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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