Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maryland, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,505
2	Mary	1,255
3	Patricia	918
4	Barbara	879
5	Nancy	555
6	Sharon	553
7	Sandra	472
8	Susan	461
9	Carol	445
10	Margaret	413
11	Donna	357
12	Joyce	354
13	Carolyn	340
14	Shirley	276
15	Betty	274
16	Diane	262
17	Judith	256
18	Dorothy	245
19	Joan	240
20	Brenda	239
20	Gloria	239
22	Elizabeth	238
23	Beverly	215
24	Janet	214
25	Kathleen	213
26	Karen	200
27	Frances	199
28	Bonnie	192
29	Phyllis	175
30	Helen	171
31	Janice	164
31	Pamela	164
33	Catherine	162
33	Deborah	162
35	Darlene	158
35	Judy	158
37	Virginia	157
38	Cynthia	153
39	Jane	152
40	Cheryl	150
41	Ruth	147
42	Jean	142
43	Ann	139
43	Jacqueline	139
45	Peggy	131
46	Christine	130
47	Martha	122
48	Alice	119
49	Diana	114
49	Doris	114

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,536
2	James	1,486
3	Robert	1,475
4	William	1,362
5	Charles	935
6	Richard	868
7	Thomas	750
8	David	735
9	Michael	684
10	Joseph	636
11	Ronald	580
12	George	522
13	Donald	452
14	Edward	404
15	Larry	391
16	Paul	359
17	Gary	352
18	Kenneth	346
19	Dennis	267
20	Raymond	242
21	Wayne	235
22	Stephen	229
23	Frank	199
24	Lawrence	197
25	Harry	189
26	Daniel	174
27	Gregory	169
28	Bruce	155
29	Walter	154
30	Albert	151
31	Douglas	149
32	Howard	146
33	Harold	141
34	Steven	138
35	Ralph	137
36	Gerald	134
37	Arthur	132
38	Louis	131
39	Philip	128
40	Henry	121
41	Stanley	120
42	Melvin	119
43	Francis	117
44	Jerry	115
45	Earl	114
46	Carl	113
46	Eugene	113
48	Bernard	112
49	Alan	110
50	Roger	107