Top baby names in Wisconsin, 1947
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,255 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,822 |
| 3 | Susan | 1,302 |
| 4 | Barbara | 1,255 |
| 5 | Patricia | 1,179 |
| 6 | Sandra | 1,134 |
| 7 | Kathleen | 1,079 |
| 8 | Carol | 973 |
| 9 | Sharon | 963 |
| 10 | Judith | 906 |
| 11 | Karen | 861 |
| 12 | Nancy | 860 |
| 13 | Diane | 758 |
| 14 | Donna | 571 |
| 15 | Jean | 444 |
| 16 | Cheryl | 440 |
| 17 | Margaret | 421 |
| 18 | Judy | 420 |
| 19 | Jane | 407 |
| 20 | Janice | 393 |
| 21 | Bonnie | 388 |
| 22 | Janet | 355 |
| 23 | Joan | 340 |
| 24 | Shirley | 318 |
| 25 | Marilyn | 308 |
| 26 | Christine | 297 |
| 27 | Betty | 279 |
| 28 | Pamela | 271 |
| 29 | Suzanne | 259 |
| 30 | Darlene | 255 |
| 31 | Lynn | 253 |
| 32 | Cynthia | 252 |
| 33 | Joyce | 250 |
| 34 | Beverly | 247 |
| 35 | Gloria | 225 |
| 36 | Ann | 219 |
| 36 | Kathryn | 219 |
| 38 | Elizabeth | 217 |
| 39 | Joanne | 211 |
| 40 | Jeanne | 199 |
| 41 | Ruth | 198 |
| 42 | Gail | 196 |
| 43 | Virginia | 195 |
| 44 | Sue | 192 |
| 45 | Lois | 184 |
| 46 | Kay | 183 |
| 47 | Carolyn | 182 |
| 48 | Sally | 176 |
| 49 | Ellen | 169 |
| 50 | Connie | 159 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,346 |
| 2 | Robert | 2,172 |
| 3 | John | 1,930 |
| 4 | Richard | 1,791 |
| 5 | David | 1,715 |
| 6 | Thomas | 1,660 |
| 7 | Michael | 1,599 |
| 8 | William | 1,265 |
| 9 | Dennis | 1,157 |
| 10 | Gary | 1,111 |
| 11 | Ronald | 965 |
| 12 | Donald | 757 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 677 |
| 14 | Larry | 611 |
| 15 | Daniel | 584 |
| 16 | Charles | 566 |
| 17 | Paul | 514 |
| 18 | Gerald | 484 |
| 19 | Steven | 434 |
| 20 | Roger | 415 |
| 21 | Gregory | 405 |
| 22 | Joseph | 401 |
| 23 | Terry | 358 |
| 24 | Wayne | 350 |
| 25 | Dale | 341 |
| 26 | Bruce | 315 |
| 27 | Edward | 312 |
| 28 | Mark | 310 |
| 29 | Peter | 299 |
| 30 | George | 295 |
| 31 | Patrick | 287 |
| 32 | Jerry | 276 |
| 33 | Douglas | 269 |
| 34 | Lawrence | 257 |
| 35 | Timothy | 247 |
| 36 | Jeffrey | 244 |
| 37 | Stephen | 235 |
| 38 | Alan | 228 |
| 39 | Raymond | 215 |
| 40 | Eugene | 207 |
| 41 | Allen | 206 |
| 42 | Frank | 182 |
| 43 | Jerome | 178 |
| 44 | Russell | 173 |
| 45 | Tom | 163 |
| 46 | Keith | 162 |
| 47 | Jack | 160 |
| 48 | Duane | 158 |
| 49 | Carl | 145 |
| 50 | Philip | 138 |