Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,928
2	Mary	1,753
3	Barbara	1,056
4	Patricia	978
5	Carol	967
6	Susan	920
7	Sandra	897
8	Nancy	880
9	Kathleen	834
10	Sharon	828
11	Karen	698
12	Diane	664
13	Judith	632
14	Judy	557
15	Cheryl	448
16	Margaret	403
17	Janice	377
18	Janet	372
19	Donna	369
20	Bonnie	335
21	Joan	312
22	Jean	309
23	Marilyn	288
24	Shirley	282
25	Jane	269
25	Joyce	269
27	Pamela	263
28	Beverly	242
29	Kathryn	239
30	Carolyn	212
31	Darlene	208
32	Cynthia	205
33	Virginia	202
34	Ann	200
35	Elizabeth	193
36	Ruth	191
37	Betty	189
38	Joanne	188
39	Lois	186
40	Dianne	176
40	Gloria	176
42	Catherine	175
43	Jeanne	170
43	Lynn	170
45	Gail	164
45	Kathy	164
47	Connie	157
48	Elaine	156
49	Katherine	150
50	Suzanne	149

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,785
2	Robert	1,680
3	John	1,650
4	David	1,592
5	Richard	1,462
6	Michael	1,295
7	Thomas	1,209
8	Gary	1,127
9	Dennis	828
10	William	825
11	Ronald	788
12	Larry	723
13	Donald	649
14	Steven	633
15	Bruce	544
16	Kenneth	513
17	Charles	497
18	Roger	495
19	Paul	494
20	Douglas	436
21	Gregory	419
22	Gerald	407
23	Daniel	388
24	Wayne	323
25	Dale	317
26	Mark	314
27	Stephen	304
28	Jerry	289
29	Terry	263
30	Patrick	252
31	Joseph	251
32	Edward	243
32	Timothy	243
34	George	239
35	Duane	208
36	Peter	199
37	Raymond	198
38	Alan	193
39	Jeffrey	189
40	Eugene	185
41	Allen	179
41	Lawrence	179
43	Jerome	178
44	Keith	156
45	Craig	145
45	Steve	145
47	Curtis	138
48	Harold	132
48	Tom	132
50	Frank	127