Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	444
2	Mary	281
3	Patricia	278
4	Barbara	247
5	Carol	232
6	Sandra	210
7	Susan	206
8	Nancy	183
9	Kathleen	181
10	Donna	179
11	Judith	172
12	Diane	143
13	Janice	122
14	Elaine	111
15	Elizabeth	101
16	Ann	98
17	Karen	96
18	Suzanne	94
19	Jane	92
19	Joan	92
19	Margaret	92
19	Paula	92
19	Sharon	92
24	Cheryl	90
25	Joyce	88
26	Gail	87
27	Lorraine	86
28	Jean	83
29	Cynthia	80
30	Maureen	76
31	Beverly	72
32	Jeanne	71
32	Marie	71
34	Shirley	65
35	Deborah	62
35	Janet	62
37	Catherine	61
38	Carolyn	59
38	Marilyn	59
40	Eileen	57
41	Christine	56
41	Joanne	56
43	Dorothy	55
43	Pamela	55
45	Frances	53
46	Pauline	51
46	Virginia	51
48	Anne	49
48	Sheila	49
50	Claire	47

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	682
2	John	520
3	Richard	468
4	William	409
5	James	352
6	David	301
7	Joseph	285
8	Thomas	268
9	Michael	265
10	Paul	256
11	Ronald	222
12	Edward	189
13	Raymond	182
14	Donald	175
15	Stephen	173
16	George	155
17	Charles	151
18	Kenneth	135
19	Dennis	126
20	Peter	113
21	Anthony	111
22	Frank	96
23	Arthur	90
24	Roger	86
25	Albert	79
26	Daniel	78
27	Gerald	72
28	Bruce	70
29	Alan	67
30	Steven	65
31	Francis	62
32	Walter	61
33	Russell	60
34	Lawrence	54
35	Gary	53
36	Louis	51
36	Norman	51
38	Roland	50
39	Henry	49
40	Frederick	47
40	Jeffrey	47
42	Alfred	46
43	Brian	42
43	Ernest	42
43	Wayne	42
46	Gregory	41
46	Ralph	41
48	Harold	39
49	Vincent	38
50	Gerard	36