Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,759
2	Mary	3,460
3	Patricia	3,145
4	Susan	2,831
5	Barbara	2,700
6	Sharon	2,202
7	Carol	2,201
8	Sandra	2,168
9	Nancy	2,133
10	Kathleen	1,999
11	Donna	1,688
12	Karen	1,613
13	Judy	1,335
14	Pamela	1,304
15	Diane	1,289
16	Judith	1,227
17	Margaret	1,136
18	Janet	1,107
19	Cheryl	1,093
20	Carolyn	1,042
21	Janice	983
22	Christine	926
23	Shirley	907
24	Gloria	896
25	Marilyn	851
26	Cynthia	747
27	Virginia	715
28	Joyce	704
29	Diana	697
30	Beverly	695
31	Elizabeth	651
32	Kathy	646
33	Bonnie	642
34	Betty	635
34	Joan	635
36	Gail	552
37	Catherine	544
38	Dorothy	527
39	Martha	524
40	Frances	498
41	Lynda	494
42	Suzanne	493
43	Maria	489
44	Connie	476
45	Kathryn	474
45	Paula	474
47	Ann	465
48	Peggy	461
49	Helen	459
50	Laura	447

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	6,180
2	John	5,847
3	Michael	4,782
4	James	4,758
5	Richard	4,515
6	David	4,062
7	William	3,611
8	Ronald	2,501
9	Gary	2,264
10	Larry	2,225
11	Thomas	2,176
12	Dennis	1,979
13	Charles	1,976
14	Donald	1,763
15	Steven	1,733
16	Kenneth	1,503
17	Paul	1,460
18	Stephen	1,350
19	George	1,335
20	Daniel	1,099
21	Frank	1,057
22	Edward	1,042
23	Gregory	1,026
24	Joseph	1,020
25	Jerry	943
26	Mike	905
27	Bruce	890
28	Steve	851
29	Terry	787
30	Raymond	775
31	Mark	764
32	Jack	742
33	Douglas	718
34	Joe	712
35	Jim	709
36	Timothy	701
37	Patrick	644
38	Bill	638
39	Roger	621
40	Lawrence	620
41	Danny	602
42	Gerald	599
43	Wayne	583
44	Peter	576
45	Alan	569
46	Anthony	536
47	Arthur	534
48	Tom	532
49	Fred	518
50	Ralph	491