Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,667
2	Mary	1,237
3	Patricia	961
4	Barbara	880
5	Sandra	619
6	Betty	547
7	Carolyn	468
8	Sharon	430
9	Carol	427
9	Shirley	427
11	Nancy	403
12	Susan	396
13	Gloria	331
14	Donna	318
15	Dorothy	309
16	Margaret	296
17	Judy	281
18	Brenda	272
19	Martha	271
20	Elizabeth	250
21	Janice	248
22	Joyce	239
23	Judith	226
24	Cynthia	200
25	Karen	198
26	Diane	186
27	Pamela	182
28	Helen	177
29	Beverly	171
30	Alice	166
31	Janet	165
32	Frances	162
33	Peggy	161
34	Annie	160
35	Cheryl	159
35	Virginia	159
37	Marilyn	148
38	Catherine	142
39	Bonnie	141
40	Joan	140
41	Jo	134
41	Sylvia	134
43	Kathleen	131
43	Phyllis	131
45	Wanda	124
46	Gail	122
47	Ann	121
48	Evelyn	119
48	Glenda	119
48	Gwendolyn	119

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,765
2	Robert	1,586
3	John	1,324
4	William	1,311
5	Charles	862
6	David	769
7	Richard	762
8	Michael	649
9	Thomas	597
10	Ronald	536
11	Larry	520
12	George	501
13	Donald	442
14	Willie	431
15	Joseph	404
16	Kenneth	382
17	Edward	299
18	Jerry	298
19	Gary	284
20	Paul	264
21	Henry	237
22	Frank	222
23	Daniel	214
23	Wayne	214
25	Johnny	209
26	Harold	208
27	Arthur	204
28	Walter	202
29	Raymond	190
30	Stephen	181
31	Dennis	173
31	Harry	173
33	Jimmy	165
34	Eddie	164
35	Roy	157
36	Terry	156
37	Joe	151
38	Gerald	141
38	Samuel	141
40	Jack	140
41	Lawrence	139
42	Ralph	138
43	Ronnie	137
44	Albert	136
44	Clarence	136
46	Carl	135
47	Fred	129
48	Roger	128
49	Bruce	127
50	Ernest	124