Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,155
2	Patricia	797
3	Barbara	701
4	Mary	665
5	Carol	590
6	Susan	558
7	Nancy	505
8	Kathleen	458
9	Sandra	421
10	Judith	403
11	Donna	356
12	Sharon	331
13	Karen	330
14	Diane	329
15	Margaret	296
16	Elizabeth	248
17	Joan	227
18	Janice	212
19	Janet	205
20	Gail	197
21	Cynthia	185
22	Pamela	179
23	Cheryl	171
24	Ann	168
25	Elaine	165
26	Joyce	162
27	Marilyn	151
28	Joanne	148
29	Jane	145
29	Lorraine	145
29	Lynn	145
32	Deborah	141
33	Christine	137
33	Jean	137
35	Maureen	131
36	Ellen	129
37	Paula	128
38	Beverly	125
39	Catherine	123
39	Shirley	123
41	Dorothy	120
41	Marie	120
43	Carolyn	116
44	Anne	113
45	Virginia	110
46	Frances	108
47	Suzanne	93
48	Eileen	92
49	Joann	90
50	Gloria	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,624
2	John	1,485
3	Richard	1,033
4	William	1,027
5	James	918
6	Thomas	781
7	David	776
8	Joseph	624
9	Michael	619
10	Paul	453
11	Ronald	414
12	Peter	409
13	Edward	406
14	George	372
15	Charles	371
16	Donald	361
17	Frank	279
18	Kenneth	275
19	Gary	266
20	Dennis	240
21	Anthony	234
21	Raymond	234
23	Daniel	225
24	Stephen	220
25	Bruce	191
26	Alan	163
27	Walter	161
28	Lawrence	156
29	Gregory	152
30	Mark	151
31	Louis	148
32	Gerald	143
32	Wayne	143
34	Roger	142
35	Philip	139
36	Arthur	131
37	Francis	125
37	Jeffrey	125
39	Douglas	124
40	Steven	122
41	Albert	111
42	Brian	109
42	Henry	109
44	Carl	104
44	Frederick	104
46	Vincent	98
47	Andrew	97
48	Ralph	96
49	Howard	93
50	Leonard	88