California ★ 1947

Top names in California, 1947

Linda led for girls with 6,759 babies ; Robert for boys with 6,180. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,759
2	Mary	3,460
3	Patricia	3,145
4	Susan	2,831
5	Barbara	2,700
6	Sharon	2,202
7	Carol	2,201
8	Sandra	2,168
9	Nancy	2,133
10	Kathleen	1,999
11	Donna	1,688
12	Karen	1,613
13	Judy	1,335
14	Pamela	1,304
15	Diane	1,289
16	Judith	1,227
17	Margaret	1,136
18	Janet	1,107
19	Cheryl	1,093
20	Carolyn	1,042
21	Janice	983
22	Christine	926
23	Shirley	907
24	Gloria	896
25	Marilyn	851
26	Cynthia	747
27	Virginia	715
28	Joyce	704
29	Diana	697
30	Beverly	695
31	Elizabeth	651
32	Kathy	646
33	Bonnie	642
34	Betty	635
34	Joan	635
36	Gail	552
37	Catherine	544
38	Dorothy	527
39	Martha	524
40	Frances	498
41	Lynda	494
42	Suzanne	493
43	Maria	489
44	Connie	476
45	Kathryn	474
45	Paula	474
47	Ann	465
48	Peggy	461
49	Helen	459
50	Laura	447
51	Alice	442
52	Jean	438
53	Lynn	437
53	Phyllis	437
55	Jane	429
56	Jo	415
57	Sally	406
58	Katherine	392
59	Darlene	390
60	Brenda	388
61	Sue	382
62	Joanne	381
63	Cathy	379
64	Marsha	372
65	Sherry	369
66	Vicki	367
67	Deborah	365
68	Julie	352
69	Ruth	350
69	Sheila	350
71	Dolores	348
72	Irene	343
73	Rose	340
74	Roberta	339
75	Elaine	335
76	Yolanda	334
77	Marie	333
78	Victoria	328
79	Janis	326
80	Rebecca	324
81	Claudia	320
81	Jeanne	320
81	Terry	320
84	Sylvia	319
85	Teresa	318
86	Rita	312
87	Anita	311
88	Jacqueline	305
89	Charlene	298
89	Ellen	298
91	Charlotte	297
92	Carole	295
93	Norma	290
94	Yvonne	283
95	Toni	272
96	Leslie	269
97	Pat	268
98	Theresa	261
99	Gayle	258
99	Louise	258

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	6,180
2	John	5,847
3	Michael	4,782
4	James	4,758
5	Richard	4,515
6	David	4,062
7	William	3,611
8	Ronald	2,501
9	Gary	2,264
10	Larry	2,225
11	Thomas	2,176
12	Dennis	1,979
13	Charles	1,976
14	Donald	1,763
15	Steven	1,733
16	Kenneth	1,503
17	Paul	1,460
18	Stephen	1,350
19	George	1,335
20	Daniel	1,099
21	Frank	1,057
22	Edward	1,042
23	Gregory	1,026
24	Joseph	1,020
25	Jerry	943
26	Mike	905
27	Bruce	890
28	Steve	851
29	Terry	787
30	Raymond	775
31	Mark	764
32	Jack	742
33	Douglas	718
34	Joe	712
35	Jim	709
36	Timothy	701
37	Patrick	644
38	Bill	638
39	Roger	621
40	Lawrence	620
41	Danny	602
42	Gerald	599
43	Wayne	583
44	Peter	576
45	Alan	569
46	Anthony	536
47	Arthur	534
48	Tom	532
49	Fred	518
50	Ralph	491
51	Craig	482
52	Jeffrey	474
53	Philip	452
54	Carl	437
55	Albert	427
56	Don	426
57	Walter	424
58	Stanley	420
59	Dale	419
60	Henry	412
61	Harold	411
62	Johnny	378
63	Bob	374
64	Dan	367
64	Phillip	367
66	Manuel	361
67	Glenn	356
68	Russell	355
69	Roy	347
70	Barry	339
71	Brian	322
72	Howard	319
72	Ronnie	319
74	Ernest	318
74	Louis	318
76	Harry	313
76	Jimmy	313
78	Christopher	309
79	Norman	308
80	Leonard	306
81	Allen	302
82	Eugene	301
82	Ray	301
84	Jose	291
85	Tony	278
86	Randy	276
87	Tommy	270
88	Greg	269
88	Lee	269
88	Rodney	269
91	Keith	261
92	Andrew	253
92	Martin	253
94	Eddie	252
95	Gilbert	251
96	Alfred	247
97	Dave	236
98	Clifford	235
98	Jon	235
100	Scott	229