Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,708
2	Mary	1,858
3	Patricia	1,755
4	Susan	1,518
5	Nancy	1,304
6	Barbara	1,250
7	Carol	1,244
8	Kathleen	1,236
9	Donna	1,193
10	Judith	1,097
11	Sandra	1,034
12	Diane	852
13	Margaret	731
14	Karen	694
15	Elizabeth	643
16	Janet	575
17	Ann	555
18	Janice	547
19	Jean	541
20	Joan	534
21	Maureen	531
22	Jane	519
23	Elaine	503
24	Joanne	496
25	Gail	488
26	Cynthia	474
27	Paula	451
28	Pamela	448
29	Joyce	445
30	Cheryl	444
31	Christine	432
32	Sharon	417
33	Marilyn	397
34	Ellen	386
35	Marie	384
36	Anne	377
37	Dorothy	374
38	Beverly	354
39	Deborah	329
40	Catherine	321
41	Virginia	316
42	Jeanne	302
43	Lorraine	294
44	Carolyn	291
45	Frances	279
45	Helen	279
47	Sheila	275
48	Suzanne	271
49	Ruth	267
50	Eileen	261

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,895
2	John	3,826
3	Richard	2,892
4	James	2,412
5	William	2,386
6	David	2,096
7	Paul	1,853
8	Thomas	1,647
9	Michael	1,550
10	Joseph	1,460
11	Edward	1,140
12	Ronald	1,082
13	Charles	987
14	Stephen	978
15	Peter	946
16	George	901
17	Donald	895
18	Kenneth	768
19	Daniel	613
20	Dennis	598
21	Bruce	569
22	Raymond	497
23	Francis	485
24	Arthur	458
25	Steven	450
26	Alan	443
27	Frank	427
28	Wayne	409
29	Lawrence	394
30	Anthony	385
31	Gerald	384
32	Philip	356
33	Walter	352
34	Roger	341
35	Frederick	319
36	Gary	318
37	Kevin	311
38	Mark	290
39	Douglas	289
40	Jeffrey	279
41	Albert	275
41	Brian	275
43	Ralph	266
44	Russell	256
45	Gregory	235
46	Leonard	230
47	Barry	226
48	Henry	225
49	Alfred	210
50	Carl	202