Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,697
2	Mary	790
3	Susan	773
4	Patricia	733
5	Barbara	681
6	Nancy	588
7	Sharon	575
8	Sandra	569
9	Carol	549
10	Kathleen	499
11	Karen	469
12	Judy	427
13	Diane	366
14	Donna	365
15	Judith	348
16	Pamela	338
17	Janet	335
18	Cheryl	322
19	Janice	313
20	Marilyn	289
21	Margaret	242
22	Carolyn	231
23	Shirley	214
24	Kathy	196
25	Bonnie	182
26	Christine	177
27	Vicki	173
28	Beverly	169
29	Joan	167
30	Diana	166
31	Connie	161
32	Betty	155
33	Joyce	151
34	Peggy	148
35	Elizabeth	147
35	Kathryn	147
35	Lynn	147
38	Gail	144
39	Cynthia	139
40	Ann	137
40	Jean	137
42	Sally	134
43	Virginia	132
44	Lynda	128
45	Darlene	123
46	Marcia	122
47	Gloria	120
48	Sherry	115
49	Catherine	113
50	Julie	109

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,353
2	John	1,343
3	James	1,169
4	Michael	1,080
5	David	1,053
6	Richard	1,039
7	William	825
8	Gary	761
9	Larry	622
10	Ronald	573
11	Thomas	548
12	Dennis	515
13	Donald	492
14	Charles	459
15	Steven	414
16	Kenneth	384
17	Terry	346
18	Jerry	322
19	Paul	305
20	Mike	291
21	Stephen	290
22	Jim	282
23	Daniel	275
24	George	269
25	Douglas	268
26	Bruce	253
27	Gregory	244
28	Steve	230
29	Roger	220
30	Jack	217
31	Gerald	216
32	Bill	205
33	Edward	194
34	Mark	191
34	Patrick	191
36	Joseph	174
37	Dale	172
38	Tom	169
39	Wayne	165
40	Alan	163
41	Raymond	158
42	Frank	144
43	Don	142
44	Bob	140
45	Timothy	139
46	Danny	138
47	Dan	133
48	Lawrence	124
49	Craig	115
50	Keith	114