Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	176
2	Mary	138
3	Patricia	136
4	Barbara	117
5	Carol	98
6	Margaret	90
7	Sandra	86
8	Nancy	84
9	Susan	82
10	Kathleen	58
11	Diane	52
12	Joyce	48
12	Sharon	48
14	Elizabeth	47
15	Carolyn	46
15	Janet	46
17	Shirley	42
18	Joan	41
18	Joanne	41
20	Judith	40
21	Deborah	38
22	Donna	36
23	Beverly	33
23	Elaine	33
25	Jane	32
25	Ruth	32
27	Karen	30
28	Cheryl	29
29	Phyllis	27
30	Frances	26
30	Jean	26
32	Catherine	25
32	Helen	25
32	Janice	25
32	Virginia	25
36	Betty	24
36	Cynthia	24
36	Doris	24
39	Marie	23
40	Brenda	22
40	Christine	22
42	Charlotte	21
42	Constance	21
44	Bonnie	20
44	Dorothy	20
44	Jacqueline	20
44	Lois	20
48	Alice	19
48	Ann	19
48	Gloria	19

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	236
2	John	226
3	Robert	217
4	James	207
5	David	126
5	Richard	126
7	Charles	118
8	Thomas	109
9	Joseph	103
10	George	90
11	Ronald	81
12	Michael	65
13	Edward	59
14	Paul	58
15	Donald	53
15	Kenneth	53
17	Wayne	40
18	Daniel	36
19	Bruce	34
19	Harry	34
19	Larry	34
19	Walter	34
23	Gary	32
24	Dennis	30
24	Gerald	30
26	Frank	29
26	Henry	29
28	Arthur	28
29	Ralph	27
29	Raymond	27
29	Stephen	27
32	Francis	24
33	Carl	23
33	Roger	23
35	Alfred	21
35	Howard	21
37	Lawrence	20
37	Samuel	20
37	Steven	20
40	Barry	19
40	Eugene	19
40	Louis	19
43	Douglas	18
44	Alan	17
44	Anthony	17
44	Mark	17
47	Franklin	16
47	Peter	16
49	Albert	15
49	Leonard	15