Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,949
2	Mary	2,568
3	Brenda	1,815
4	Barbara	1,484
5	Patricia	1,404
6	Carolyn	1,233
7	Betty	1,212
8	Judy	1,144
9	Sandra	913
10	Shirley	887
11	Nancy	841
12	Margaret	721
13	Joyce	688
14	Martha	618
15	Dorothy	565
16	Elizabeth	556
17	Janice	554
18	Peggy	537
19	Frances	479
19	Gloria	479
21	Annie	470
22	Phyllis	462
23	Rebecca	459
24	Doris	455
25	Susan	433
26	Donna	418
27	Helen	399
28	Carol	394
29	Alice	393
30	Sarah	366
31	Wanda	359
32	Virginia	325
33	Judith	321
34	Patsy	318
35	Sylvia	299
36	Sharon	298
37	Joan	290
38	Jo	286
39	Janet	273
40	Evelyn	272
40	Glenda	272
42	Bonnie	261
43	Cynthia	256
44	Ann	251
45	Ruth	239
46	Beverly	231
47	Mildred	217
48	Jane	216
49	Lois	214
50	Edna	207

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,882
2	William	2,531
3	Robert	2,071
4	John	1,966
5	Charles	1,629
6	David	1,434
7	Larry	1,403
8	Thomas	1,089
9	Jerry	1,022
10	Richard	922
11	George	859
12	Donald	847
13	Ronald	785
14	Michael	744
15	Kenneth	672
16	Johnny	663
17	Joseph	649
18	Bobby	626
19	Jimmy	610
20	Gary	598
21	Willie	569
22	Billy	497
23	Edward	476
24	Paul	421
25	Ronnie	413
26	Roger	399
27	Harold	389
28	Walter	388
29	Danny	364
30	Henry	340
31	Roy	338
32	Dennis	323
33	Stephen	316
34	Samuel	315
35	Terry	313
36	Steve	277
37	Joe	276
38	Harry	269
38	Ralph	269
40	Carl	267
41	Douglas	256
41	Raymond	256
43	Tommy	253
44	Eddie	252
45	Ernest	250
45	Wayne	250
47	Frank	248
48	Charlie	228
49	Clarence	220
50	Phillip	216