Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	437
2	Susan	206
3	Patricia	180
4	Nancy	177
5	Sandra	164
6	Carol	163
7	Mary	162
8	Donna	136
9	Judith	125
10	Barbara	115
11	Kathleen	105
12	Diane	103
13	Sharon	92
14	Jane	82
15	Elaine	75
16	Cheryl	74
17	Margaret	70
18	Joyce	69
19	Suzanne	67
20	Cynthia	65
21	Janet	64
22	Pamela	63
23	Gail	61
24	Joan	58
25	Shirley	56
26	Beverly	54
27	Elizabeth	53
27	Karen	53
29	Joanne	51
30	Louise	50
31	Brenda	49
32	Jean	46
32	Lorraine	46
34	Janice	44
35	Bonnie	43
36	Deborah	42
36	Jacqueline	42
38	Claire	41
38	Pauline	41
40	Gloria	40
41	Betty	37
42	Ann	36
42	Catherine	36
42	Paula	36
45	Constance	35
46	Judy	34
47	Rita	33
47	Sheila	33
47	Virginia	33
50	Martha	32

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	447
2	Richard	365
3	John	338
4	James	249
5	David	240
6	William	211
7	Ronald	192
8	Michael	183
9	Paul	145
10	Thomas	144
11	Donald	141
12	Bruce	106
12	Charles	106
14	Peter	100
15	Dennis	99
16	Roger	96
17	Stephen	92
18	Kenneth	89
19	George	88
20	Gary	86
21	Daniel	85
22	Raymond	82
23	Wayne	80
24	Edward	75
25	Alan	64
26	Joseph	62
27	Norman	59
28	Arthur	52
29	Brian	50
29	Steven	50
31	Douglas	48
32	Gerald	43
33	Frank	42
33	Roland	42
35	Albert	40
36	Larry	39
36	Philip	39
38	Russell	36
39	Gerard	35
40	Ralph	33
41	Ernest	32
41	Maurice	32
43	Leo	31
43	Mark	31
45	Barry	30
45	Lawrence	30
45	Stanley	30
45	Timothy	30
45	Walter	30
50	Frederick	29