Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Ohio, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,885
2	Mary	3,563
3	Barbara	2,886
4	Patricia	2,866
5	Sandra	2,322
6	Carol	2,264
7	Nancy	2,052
8	Sharon	1,997
9	Karen	1,964
10	Susan	1,923
11	Donna	1,574
12	Judith	1,505
13	Kathleen	1,431
14	Diane	1,146
15	Cheryl	1,124
16	Judy	1,105
17	Janet	1,068
18	Carolyn	1,037
19	Joyce	1,026
20	Margaret	972
21	Pamela	962
22	Shirley	847
23	Marilyn	831
24	Beverly	761
25	Betty	755
26	Janice	752
27	Bonnie	738
28	Cynthia	705
29	Connie	663
30	Jane	651
31	Ruth	619
32	Diana	613
33	Elizabeth	569
34	Sue	517
35	Gloria	509
36	Martha	501
37	Brenda	496
38	Rebecca	494
39	Jean	490
40	Joan	485
40	Phyllis	485
42	Kathy	481
43	Deborah	472
44	Christine	469
45	Peggy	464
45	Virginia	464
47	Ann	435
48	Rita	430
49	Dorothy	417
50	Sally	412

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,427
2	James	5,311
3	John	5,255
4	David	4,143
5	William	3,883
6	Richard	3,751
7	Michael	3,230
8	Thomas	3,117
9	Ronald	2,189
10	Gary	2,169
11	Charles	2,159
12	Larry	2,108
13	Donald	1,694
14	Kenneth	1,477
15	Dennis	1,449
16	Paul	1,439
17	Joseph	1,344
18	Daniel	1,140
19	Edward	1,115
20	George	1,100
21	Terry	1,047
22	Jerry	903
23	Roger	870
24	Stephen	794
25	Timothy	759
26	Frank	697
27	Raymond	688
28	Jack	665
29	Gregory	649
30	Steven	640
31	Douglas	599
32	Gerald	585
33	Bruce	562
34	Lawrence	555
35	Mark	551
36	Carl	529
37	Dale	512
38	Ralph	505
39	Jeffrey	455
40	Harold	453
41	Wayne	445
42	Danny	444
43	Alan	409
44	Patrick	386
45	Walter	385
46	Anthony	375
46	Fred	375
48	Tom	365
49	Harry	362
50	Philip	348