Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Virginia, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,182
2	Mary	1,600
3	Barbara	1,185
4	Patricia	1,105
5	Brenda	1,042
6	Carolyn	851
7	Betty	817
7	Nancy	817
9	Sandra	780
10	Shirley	615
11	Joyce	604
12	Margaret	556
13	Judy	510
14	Gloria	463
15	Carol	417
16	Susan	415
17	Sharon	407
18	Elizabeth	401
19	Dorothy	396
20	Donna	368
21	Judith	359
22	Martha	356
23	Frances	354
24	Virginia	343
25	Phyllis	334
26	Peggy	329
27	Alice	293
28	Bonnie	292
29	Joan	285
30	Janice	270
31	Helen	268
32	Doris	252
33	Wanda	245
34	Janet	242
35	Jean	238
36	Rebecca	228
36	Ruth	228
38	Ann	223
39	Jane	213
40	Patsy	210
41	Diane	197
42	Pamela	195
43	Evelyn	192
44	Cynthia	190
45	Beverly	184
46	Jo	170
47	Charlotte	169
48	Karen	166
49	Mildred	163
50	Jacqueline	162

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,679
2	William	1,988
3	Robert	1,825
4	John	1,656
5	Charles	1,236
6	David	1,048
7	Thomas	949
8	Richard	913
9	Larry	813
10	George	710
11	Ronald	674
12	Donald	632
13	Michael	630
14	Jerry	542
15	Joseph	536
16	Kenneth	505
17	Edward	449
18	Gary	414
19	Roger	413
20	Paul	338
21	Walter	305
22	Wayne	290
23	Harry	267
23	Roy	267
25	Danny	262
26	Raymond	255
27	Stephen	253
28	Dennis	248
29	Samuel	241
30	Frank	237
31	Henry	236
32	Douglas	230
33	Willie	225
34	Harold	218
35	Ronnie	216
36	Bobby	207
36	Clarence	207
38	Ralph	203
39	Carl	200
40	Daniel	196
41	Melvin	192
42	Arthur	184
43	Lawrence	183
44	Earl	182
45	Billy	181
46	Howard	178
47	Jimmy	173
48	Johnny	172
49	Ernest	155
50	Albert	151