Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	7,542
2	Patricia	5,456
3	Barbara	5,200
4	Mary	4,968
5	Susan	3,981
6	Carol	3,642
7	Kathleen	2,947
8	Nancy	2,855
9	Diane	2,323
10	Sandra	2,275
11	Judith	2,231
12	Margaret	2,202
13	Sharon	2,077
14	Karen	1,993
15	Donna	1,838
16	Joan	1,822
17	Elizabeth	1,628
18	Janet	1,264
19	Ellen	1,182
20	Christine	1,173
21	Ann	1,160
22	Marilyn	1,152
23	Lorraine	1,144
24	Gail	1,124
25	Catherine	1,108
26	Jane	1,107
27	Eileen	1,057
28	Marie	1,049
29	Joyce	1,043
30	Joanne	1,038
31	Cheryl	1,024
32	Dorothy	982
33	Maureen	973
34	Jean	956
35	Elaine	946
36	Virginia	944
37	Carolyn	912
38	Phyllis	911
39	Bonnie	900
40	Frances	883
41	Janice	865
42	Cynthia	844
43	Pamela	840
44	Judy	831
45	Theresa	768
46	Helen	742
47	Suzanne	723
48	Gloria	721
49	Lynn	710
50	Beverly	674

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	10,027
2	John	9,639
3	James	7,173
4	Richard	6,694
5	William	6,276
6	Michael	5,598
7	Thomas	5,086
8	Joseph	4,573
9	David	4,522
10	Charles	2,951
11	Ronald	2,881
12	Edward	2,838
13	Paul	2,634
14	George	2,398
15	Peter	2,322
16	Kenneth	2,230
17	Frank	2,193
18	Donald	2,192
19	Gary	2,050
20	Stephen	1,873
21	Anthony	1,856
22	Dennis	1,757
23	Daniel	1,671
24	Steven	1,580
25	Bruce	1,350
26	Lawrence	1,321
27	Raymond	1,295
28	Alan	1,294
29	Jeffrey	1,212
30	Arthur	1,133
31	Mark	1,073
32	Larry	997
33	Louis	994
34	Douglas	981
35	Gerald	949
35	Philip	949
37	Gregory	907
38	Vincent	896
39	Walter	878
40	Howard	837
41	Barry	795
42	Andrew	774
43	Martin	772
44	Patrick	744
45	Roger	738
46	Wayne	735
47	Frederick	723
48	Ralph	714
49	Eugene	708
50	Francis	677