Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Oregon, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,121
2	Mary	504
3	Patricia	432
4	Susan	421
5	Sharon	394
6	Nancy	381
7	Carol	377
8	Barbara	372
9	Sandra	350
10	Karen	300
11	Kathleen	295
12	Donna	260
13	Judy	250
14	Cheryl	230
15	Judith	212
16	Janet	205
17	Janice	198
18	Pamela	168
19	Marilyn	163
20	Margaret	152
21	Diane	148
22	Shirley	129
23	Carolyn	127
24	Betty	123
24	Kathy	123
26	Christine	114
27	Diana	108
28	Beverly	107
29	Joyce	105
30	Sally	100
31	Bonnie	97
31	Connie	97
33	Joan	88
34	Peggy	86
35	Jean	83
35	Virginia	83
37	Suzanne	80
38	Kathryn	79
39	Cynthia	77
40	Ann	76
40	Vicki	76
42	Catherine	74
43	Julie	71
43	Sherry	71
45	Elizabeth	70
46	Gloria	69
46	Jane	69
48	Gail	68
49	Ruth	67
50	Frances	64

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	799
2	James	778
3	John	696
4	David	691
5	Michael	687
6	Richard	609
7	William	469
8	Gary	467
9	Larry	430
10	Ronald	356
11	Dennis	336
12	Thomas	320
13	Steven	312
14	Donald	294
15	Kenneth	268
16	Charles	259
17	Terry	234
18	Jerry	228
19	Daniel	192
20	Stephen	191
21	Douglas	186
22	Mike	181
23	George	158
24	Paul	152
25	Jim	151
26	Bruce	147
27	Roger	138
28	Gregory	133
29	Bill	129
29	Jack	129
31	Edward	120
32	Mark	118
33	Steve	116
34	Patrick	106
35	Dale	105
36	Alan	101
36	Tom	101
38	Danny	99
39	Joseph	98
40	Gerald	95
41	Wayne	94
42	Frank	89
43	Craig	82
43	Fred	82
45	Harold	80
46	Dan	76
47	Don	75
48	Bob	74
49	Raymond	73
49	Roy	73