Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	615
2	Mary	491
3	Patricia	422
4	Barbara	323
5	Susan	294
6	Sharon	220
7	Margaret	200
8	Deborah	199
8	Kathleen	199
10	Brenda	198
11	Nancy	191
12	Sandra	184
13	Carolyn	174
14	Karen	171
15	Carol	169
16	Diane	163
17	Donna	160
18	Elizabeth	143
19	Judith	133
20	Joyce	118
20	Shirley	118
22	Cynthia	111
22	Pamela	111
24	Cheryl	108
25	Janet	103
26	Jacqueline	100
27	Joan	97
28	Gloria	96
29	Janice	95
30	Betty	93
31	Ann	84
32	Christine	82
33	Catherine	77
34	Jean	68
34	Paula	68
36	Martha	67
37	Anne	66
37	Bonnie	66
37	Dorothy	66
40	Beverly	65
41	Ellen	64
41	Jane	64
43	Frances	62
43	Ruth	62
45	Theresa	61
46	Joanne	57
46	Virginia	57
48	Helen	56
48	Phyllis	56
50	Alice	55

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	735
2	John	720
3	James	717
4	William	605
5	Michael	582
6	Richard	391
7	David	379
8	Thomas	355
9	Charles	324
10	Ronald	258
11	Joseph	242
12	Stephen	217
13	George	199
14	Paul	169
15	Donald	157
16	Kenneth	153
17	Larry	146
18	Edward	140
19	Gregory	138
20	Steven	132
21	Gary	118
22	Lawrence	109
23	Daniel	108
24	Dennis	107
25	Mark	101
26	Bruce	91
27	Alan	83
27	Peter	83
29	Anthony	79
29	Raymond	79
29	Timothy	79
29	Walter	79
33	Frank	78
34	Douglas	72
35	Christopher	70
36	Patrick	66
36	Wayne	66
38	Harold	60
39	Arthur	56
40	Howard	55
41	Carl	54
41	Jeffrey	54
41	Reginald	54
44	Henry	53
44	Ralph	53
46	Andrew	51
47	Gerald	50
47	Roger	50
49	Francis	49
49	Harry	49