Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Michigan, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,539
2	Mary	2,961
3	Patricia	2,376
4	Barbara	2,104
5	Carol	1,923
6	Sandra	1,882
7	Nancy	1,849
8	Susan	1,828
9	Sharon	1,782
10	Kathleen	1,380
11	Karen	1,317
12	Diane	1,199
13	Judith	1,142
14	Judy	974
15	Cheryl	883
16	Donna	865
17	Janet	841
18	Pamela	801
19	Margaret	771
20	Janice	727
21	Carolyn	646
22	Marilyn	632
23	Cynthia	621
24	Shirley	610
25	Christine	606
26	Bonnie	587
27	Joyce	565
28	Beverly	549
29	Betty	506
30	Ruth	493
31	Gloria	474
32	Suzanne	470
33	Connie	433
34	Jane	429
35	Joan	423
36	Ann	419
37	Sue	412
38	Elizabeth	409
39	Diana	405
40	Jean	397
41	Sally	389
42	Darlene	388
43	Gail	383
44	Catherine	362
45	Elaine	359
46	Dorothy	343
47	Kathryn	320
48	Kathy	318
48	Phyllis	318
50	Lynn	311

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,169
2	James	4,025
3	John	3,645
4	David	3,392
5	Michael	2,969
6	Richard	2,823
7	William	2,758
8	Thomas	2,569
9	Gary	1,888
10	Ronald	1,801
11	Dennis	1,650
12	Larry	1,456
13	Donald	1,383
14	Charles	1,376
15	Kenneth	1,147
16	Daniel	1,032
17	Paul	975
18	Joseph	958
19	Edward	882
20	George	779
21	Terry	762
22	Gerald	750
23	Douglas	728
24	Roger	679
25	Jerry	668
26	Gregory	589
27	Bruce	583
28	Lawrence	582
29	Raymond	567
30	Frank	549
31	Dale	532
32	Jack	498
32	Timothy	498
34	Stephen	481
34	Steven	481
36	Patrick	438
37	Mark	425
38	Alan	406
39	Harold	401
40	Carl	375
41	Wayne	369
42	Arthur	335
43	Walter	328
44	Philip	320
45	Peter	310
46	Frederick	277
47	Ralph	272
47	Tom	272
49	Leonard	263
50	Mike	262