Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	564
2	Patricia	537
3	Mary	533
4	Barbara	435
5	Susan	269
6	Sandra	239
7	Carol	231
8	Nancy	226
9	Margaret	213
10	Kathleen	190
11	Sharon	187
12	Diane	185
13	Carolyn	177
14	Judith	166
15	Karen	163
16	Donna	160
17	Elizabeth	146
18	Joyce	144
19	Brenda	138
20	Shirley	117
21	Pamela	115
22	Joan	112
23	Betty	109
24	Gloria	100
25	Janice	99
26	Ann	98
26	Beverly	98
28	Cynthia	96
28	Jean	96
30	Frances	91
31	Deborah	89
32	Jacqueline	88
33	Cheryl	86
33	Janet	86
35	Helen	81
36	Christine	79
37	Catherine	75
37	Jane	75
39	Dorothy	73
40	Phyllis	72
41	Martha	71
42	Ellen	69
43	Anne	67
44	Alice	66
44	Diana	66
46	Gail	65
47	Virginia	62
48	Judy	61
49	Bonnie	58
50	Ruth	55

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	883
2	James	777
3	Robert	721
4	William	637
5	Michael	526
6	Richard	400
7	David	394
8	Thomas	358
9	Charles	357
10	Ronald	299
11	Joseph	255
12	George	250
13	Donald	180
14	Edward	178
15	Kenneth	160
16	Paul	158
17	Stephen	157
18	Larry	136
19	Gary	133
20	Gregory	121
21	Steven	109
22	Raymond	107
23	Dennis	106
24	Lawrence	97
25	Mark	96
26	Peter	93
27	Frank	91
28	Daniel	87
28	Douglas	87
30	Walter	84
31	Bruce	77
32	Arthur	74
33	Alan	72
34	Ralph	70
35	Philip	66
36	Patrick	63
37	Gerald	62
37	Harold	62
37	Henry	62
40	Albert	61
41	Harry	60
42	Frederick	59
42	Wayne	59
44	Carl	58
45	Anthony	56
45	Leonard	56
47	Samuel	54
47	Timothy	54
49	Bernard	53
49	Jerry	53