Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,797
2	Mary	2,061
3	Patricia	1,258
4	Barbara	1,249
5	Sharon	1,175
6	Carol	930
7	Sandra	861
8	Donna	823
9	Nancy	784
10	Carolyn	674
10	Judy	674
12	Karen	661
13	Susan	658
14	Judith	656
15	Janet	562
16	Joyce	545
17	Shirley	525
18	Janice	511
19	Betty	491
20	Kathleen	466
21	Margaret	464
22	Marilyn	440
23	Beverly	403
24	Connie	395
25	Brenda	390
26	Pamela	351
27	Cheryl	337
28	Phyllis	299
29	Peggy	290
30	Gloria	286
31	Diane	284
32	Martha	266
33	Virginia	260
34	Ruth	255
35	Dorothy	254
36	Elizabeth	247
37	Jane	243
38	Joan	227
39	Bonnie	226
40	Alice	217
40	Helen	217
42	Cynthia	216
43	Wanda	214
44	Diana	212
45	Rita	188
46	Doris	181
46	Jo	181
48	Glenda	177
49	Jean	174
50	Frances	172

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,429
2	Robert	2,162
3	John	2,105
4	William	1,619
5	Larry	1,506
6	Michael	1,454
7	David	1,411
8	Richard	1,366
9	Gary	1,275
10	Charles	1,133
11	Ronald	1,051
12	Thomas	947
13	Donald	855
14	Kenneth	735
15	Jerry	727
16	Dennis	723
17	Terry	516
18	Joseph	483
18	Paul	483
20	George	458
21	Stephen	431
22	Edward	397
23	Roger	360
24	Daniel	355
25	Gerald	316
26	Danny	307
27	Harold	303
28	Raymond	300
29	Steven	299
30	Billy	289
31	Frank	265
32	Carl	248
33	Jack	244
34	Ronnie	239
35	Lawrence	226
36	Bill	225
36	Wayne	225
38	Roy	217
39	Dale	204
40	Mike	199
41	Walter	197
42	Joe	196
43	Steve	195
44	Gregory	190
45	Bruce	185
46	Jimmy	182
47	Mark	180
48	Jim	177
49	Stanley	171
50	Ralph	166