District of Columbia ★ 1947

Top names in District of Columbia, 1947

Linda led for girls with 564 babies ; John for boys with 883. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

← 1946 · 1948 →

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	564
2	Patricia	537
3	Mary	533
4	Barbara	435
5	Susan	269
6	Sandra	239
7	Carol	231
8	Nancy	226
9	Margaret	213
10	Kathleen	190
11	Sharon	187
12	Diane	185
13	Carolyn	177
14	Judith	166
15	Karen	163
16	Donna	160
17	Elizabeth	146
18	Joyce	144
19	Brenda	138
20	Shirley	117
21	Pamela	115
22	Joan	112
23	Betty	109
24	Gloria	100
25	Janice	99
26	Ann	98
26	Beverly	98
28	Cynthia	96
28	Jean	96
30	Frances	91
31	Deborah	89
32	Jacqueline	88
33	Cheryl	86
33	Janet	86
35	Helen	81
36	Christine	79
37	Catherine	75
37	Jane	75
39	Dorothy	73
40	Phyllis	72
41	Martha	71
42	Ellen	69
43	Anne	67
44	Alice	66
44	Diana	66
46	Gail	65
47	Virginia	62
48	Judy	61
49	Bonnie	58
50	Ruth	55
51	Marilyn	54
52	Elaine	52
52	Katherine	52
52	Kathryn	52
52	Marie	52
52	Suzanne	52
57	Doris	50
58	Dianne	49
59	Geraldine	48
60	Jo	47
60	Sheila	47
62	Paula	46
63	Constance	45
63	Gwendolyn	45
63	Rita	45
66	Evelyn	43
66	Maureen	43
68	Delores	42
68	Marcia	42
68	Yvonne	42
71	Lynn	40
72	Joanne	39
72	Lorraine	39
72	Peggy	39
72	Sylvia	39
76	Anita	38
76	Carole	38
78	Lynda	37
78	Marsha	37
80	Laura	36
80	Theresa	36
82	Leslie	34
83	Juanita	33
83	Rosemary	33
85	Eileen	32
85	Maria	32
87	Charlotte	31
87	Louise	31
87	Roberta	31
90	Sherry	30
91	Marjorie	29
91	Paulette	29
93	Andrea	28
93	Jeanne	28
93	Laverne	28
93	Veronica	28
97	Anna	27
97	Charlene	27
97	Joann	27
97	Rose	27

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	883
2	James	777
3	Robert	721
4	William	637
5	Michael	526
6	Richard	400
7	David	394
8	Thomas	358
9	Charles	357
10	Ronald	299
11	Joseph	255
12	George	250
13	Donald	180
14	Edward	178
15	Kenneth	160
16	Paul	158
17	Stephen	157
18	Larry	136
19	Gary	133
20	Gregory	121
21	Steven	109
22	Raymond	107
23	Dennis	106
24	Lawrence	97
25	Mark	96
26	Peter	93
27	Frank	91
28	Daniel	87
28	Douglas	87
30	Walter	84
31	Bruce	77
32	Arthur	74
33	Alan	72
34	Ralph	70
35	Philip	66
36	Patrick	63
37	Gerald	62
37	Harold	62
37	Henry	62
40	Albert	61
41	Harry	60
42	Frederick	59
42	Wayne	59
44	Carl	58
45	Anthony	56
45	Leonard	56
47	Samuel	54
47	Timothy	54
49	Bernard	53
49	Jerry	53
51	Reginald	51
52	Jeffrey	50
52	Roger	50
54	Jerome	48
55	Eric	46
56	Barry	45
56	Melvin	45
58	Brian	42
58	Earl	42
58	Francis	42
58	Tyrone	42
62	Andrew	41
62	Ernest	41
62	Louis	41
62	Phillip	41
66	Christopher	40
66	Fred	40
68	Clarence	39
69	Alfred	38
69	Stanley	38
71	Glenn	37
71	Howard	37
71	Norman	37
71	Roy	37
75	Leroy	36
76	Craig	33
76	Jack	33
76	Leon	33
79	Herbert	32
79	Martin	32
79	Terry	32
82	Allen	31
82	Russell	31
82	Steve	31
82	Vincent	31
82	Willie	31
87	Calvin	30
87	Vernon	30
89	Eugene	29
90	Joel	28
90	Theodore	28
92	Alvin	27
92	Warren	27
94	Benjamin	26
95	Lee	24
96	Maurice	23
96	Milton	23
96	Ronnie	23
99	Stuart	22
100	Lewis	21