Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	559
2	Patricia	453
3	Barbara	438
4	Linda	333
5	Carol	247
6	Nancy	246
7	Sandra	228
8	Sharon	227
9	Susan	220
10	Margaret	211
11	Kathleen	182
12	Carolyn	176
13	Judith	173
14	Joyce	143
15	Diane	139
15	Joan	139
17	Karen	132
18	Donna	128
19	Shirley	118
20	Ann	109
21	Elizabeth	106
22	Jean	98
23	Gloria	97
24	Brenda	96
25	Catherine	93
26	Betty	92
27	Jane	90
28	Janet	87
29	Jacqueline	86
30	Janice	82
31	Beverly	81
31	Dorothy	81
33	Pamela	79
34	Martha	76
35	Frances	74
36	Cheryl	72
37	Joanne	70
38	Suzanne	69
39	Helen	67
40	Cynthia	64
41	Virginia	63
42	Ellen	62
42	Judy	62
44	Phyllis	60
45	Alice	59
45	Diana	59
47	Ruth	57
48	Anne	56
48	Bonnie	56
48	Kathryn	56

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	804
2	Robert	732
3	James	698
4	William	617
5	Richard	472
6	Michael	433
7	Charles	337
8	Thomas	333
9	David	315
10	Joseph	251
11	Ronald	246
12	George	221
13	Paul	207
14	Donald	177
15	Stephen	170
16	Edward	166
17	Kenneth	146
18	Lawrence	107
19	Gary	105
20	Frank	99
21	Daniel	90
22	Douglas	89
23	Larry	87
24	Dennis	86
25	Raymond	83
26	Carl	79
27	Arthur	76
28	Wayne	73
29	Peter	72
30	Alan	71
30	Gregory	71
32	Bruce	69
32	Steven	69
32	Walter	69
35	Harry	63
36	Samuel	61
37	Anthony	57
37	Henry	57
39	Gerald	56
39	Jerry	56
41	Roger	55
42	Frederick	54
43	Bernard	52
43	Harold	52
45	Ralph	50
46	Andrew	48
46	Patrick	48
48	Eugene	46
49	Mark	45
50	Howard	44