Top 100 baby names 1948

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Top 100 baby names 1948

In 1948, Australian boys received 2,092 name registrations (10 unique), girls 1,429 (11 unique).

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What changed vs 1947

♂ Biggest risers

Kevin ↑3 #10 → #7
David ↑2 #7 → #5

♀ Biggest risers

Susan ↑4 #8 → #4
Patricia ↑1 #3 → #2
Helen ↑1 #4 → #3

♂ Biggest fallers

William ↓1 #5 → #6
Ronald ↓1 #8 → #9
Kenneth ↓1 #9 → #10

♀ Biggest fallers

Lynette ↓3 #2 → #5
Judith ↓2 #5 → #7
Janice ↓2 #7 → #9

♂ New entries in top 100

Michael NEW #8

♀ New entries in top 100

Jennifer NEW #6
Shirley NEW #8
Elizabeth NEW #11

♂ Top 100 boys — 1948

001 John — 414
002 Robert — 330
003 Peter — 273
004 Brian — 186
005 David ↑2 167
006 William ↓1 162
007 Kevin ↑3 160
008 Michael NEW 136
009 Ronald ↓1 135
010 Kenneth ↓1 129

♀ Top 100 girls — 1948

001 Margaret — 244
002 Patricia ↑1 164
003 Helen ↑1 138
004 Susan ↑4 137
005 Lynette ↓3 115
006 Jennifer NEW 112
007 Judith ↓2 110
008 Shirley NEW 110
009 Janice ↓2 103
010 Lorraine — 99
011 Elizabeth NEW 97

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