Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Illinois, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,285
2	Mary	3,940
3	Patricia	3,009
4	Barbara	2,798
5	Carol	2,287
6	Susan	2,128
7	Nancy	2,103
8	Sandra	1,952
9	Sharon	1,922
10	Kathleen	1,643
11	Donna	1,546
12	Judith	1,528
13	Karen	1,514
14	Diane	1,238
15	Janet	1,072
16	Margaret	1,001
17	Cheryl	965
18	Judy	949
19	Pamela	936
20	Janice	889
21	Marilyn	833
22	Joyce	829
23	Carolyn	795
24	Cynthia	735
25	Shirley	670
26	Bonnie	645
27	Betty	637
28	Christine	603
29	Joan	589
30	Beverly	578
31	Gloria	550
32	Connie	535
33	Jean	521
34	Jane	512
35	Diana	510
36	Dorothy	490
37	Elizabeth	480
38	Virginia	477
39	Phyllis	471
40	Peggy	466
41	Lynn	465
42	Ruth	455
43	Catherine	432
44	Ann	404
45	Brenda	403
46	Gail	392
47	Kathy	380
48	Joanne	372
49	Rita	369
50	Alice	366

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	5,349
2	Robert	5,333
3	John	5,152
4	William	3,679
5	Richard	3,535
6	Michael	3,431
7	David	3,072
8	Thomas	2,929
9	Ronald	2,205
10	Charles	1,890
11	Larry	1,747
12	Donald	1,649
13	Gary	1,638
14	Dennis	1,564
15	Kenneth	1,522
16	Joseph	1,458
17	Paul	1,229
18	Edward	1,220
19	George	1,200
20	Terry	974
21	Daniel	956
22	Steven	914
23	Stephen	846
24	Gregory	803
25	Frank	786
25	Roger	786
27	Jerry	776
28	Raymond	746
29	Gerald	715
30	Lawrence	704
31	Bruce	659
32	Wayne	617
33	Alan	589
34	Patrick	474
35	Anthony	471
36	Jack	462
37	Peter	445
38	Carl	440
39	Mark	431
40	Walter	428
41	Philip	425
42	Douglas	418
43	Timothy	415
44	Arthur	407
45	Dale	395
46	Ralph	377
47	Fred	375
48	Harold	365
49	Jeffrey	360
50	Eugene	340