Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Alabama, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,115
2	Linda	2,059
3	Patricia	1,211
4	Barbara	1,149
5	Betty	960
6	Brenda	869
7	Carolyn	786
8	Sandra	741
9	Shirley	726
10	Judy	700
11	Dorothy	689
12	Martha	606
13	Annie	562
14	Janice	450
15	Margaret	428
16	Peggy	420
17	Gloria	410
18	Elizabeth	395
19	Nancy	385
20	Glenda	351
20	Joyce	351
22	Doris	331
23	Carol	329
24	Sarah	305
24	Wanda	305
26	Helen	284
27	Rebecca	276
28	Virginia	271
29	Frances	261
30	Alice	260
31	Sharon	252
32	Ruby	245
33	Willie	235
34	Judith	228
35	Jo	227
36	Patsy	223
37	Donna	219
38	Charlotte	218
39	Susan	204
40	Evelyn	197
41	Catherine	177
42	Ethel	173
43	Diane	170
44	Beverly	168
45	Marilyn	166
46	Jacqueline	165
46	Joan	165
48	Geraldine	164
49	Julia	162
49	Sherry	162

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,038
2	John	1,669
3	William	1,640
4	Robert	1,580
5	Charles	1,221
6	Larry	1,120
7	Willie	1,048
8	Jerry	887
9	Thomas	788
10	David	752
11	Jimmy	658
12	Richard	587
13	George	581
14	Donald	579
15	Ronald	572
16	Johnny	531
17	Billy	527
18	Bobby	516
19	Michael	510
20	Kenneth	500
21	Joseph	424
22	Edward	414
23	Joe	397
24	Henry	354
25	Gary	315
25	Walter	315
27	Eddie	296
28	Roy	292
29	Roger	287
30	Harold	269
31	Paul	261
32	Frank	256
32	Tommy	256
34	Terry	245
35	Samuel	243
36	Arthur	232
37	Ronnie	219
38	Danny	218
39	Jimmie	208
40	Raymond	205
41	Charlie	203
42	Clarence	195
43	Gerald	176
44	Wayne	172
45	Dennis	169
46	Albert	167
47	Howard	162
48	Carl	154
49	Fred	153
50	Daniel	151