Popular baby names in California, 1947

The most popular baby names in California in 1947 were Linda for girls (6,759 babies) and Robert for boys (6,180). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 232,324 babies born in California in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1947

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lupe: 117 babies, 5× the national rate
Chris: 83 babies, 4× the national rate
Yolanda: 334 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Teri: 62 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Robin: 178 babies, 3× the national rate
Margarita: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Robyn: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Christina: 240 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melinda: 128 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Candy: 96 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 75 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jess: 67 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fernando: 66 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Manuel: 361 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ron: 197 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ruben: 159 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Armando: 91 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Greg: 269 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ken: 144 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Louie: 74 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	6,759	–	1
2	Mary	3,460	–	2
3	Patricia	3,145	–	3
4	Susan	2,831	–	8
5	Barbara	2,700	–	4
6	Sharon	2,202	–	9
7	Carol	2,201	–	6
8	Sandra	2,168	–	5
9	Nancy	2,133	–	7
10	Kathleen	1,999	–	11
11	Donna	1,688	↑1	10
12	Karen	1,613	↓1	13
13	Judy	1,335	–	14
14	Pamela	1,304	↑2	28
15	Diane	1,289	–	18
16	Judith	1,227	↓2	12
17	Margaret	1,136	↑2	16
18	Janet	1,107	↑2	23
19	Cheryl	1,093	↓2	24
20	Carolyn	1,042	↓2	15
21	Janice	983	–	22
22	Christine	926	↑7	45
23	Shirley	907	–	19
24	Gloria	896	↓2	27
25	Marilyn	851	↓1	29
26	Cynthia	747	↑10	33
27	Virginia	715	↑1	34
28	Joyce	704	↓1	20
29	Diana	697	↓3	48
30	Beverly	695	↑1	31
31	Elizabeth	651	↑1	25
32	Kathy	646	↑2	64
33	Bonnie	642	–	35
34	Betty	635	↓9	17
35	Joan	635	↓5	30
36	Gail	552	↑10	49
37	Catherine	544	↑11	46
38	Dorothy	527	↓3	26
39	Martha	524	↓2	32
40	Frances	498	↓1	39
41	Lynda	494	new	77
42	Suzanne	493	↓4	53
43	Maria	489	↑6	79
44	Connie	476	↓3	43
45	Kathryn	474	new	55
46	Paula	474	new	54
47	Ann	465	↓4	41
48	Peggy	461	new	42
49	Helen	459	↓7	38
50	Laura	447	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	6,180	–	2
2	John	5,847	–	3
3	Michael	4,782	↑2	7
4	James	4,758	–	1
5	Richard	4,515	↓2	5
6	David	4,062	↑1	6
7	William	3,611	↓1	4
8	Ronald	2,501	↑1	11
9	Gary	2,264	↓1	12
10	Larry	2,225	↑3	10
11	Thomas	2,176	–	8
12	Dennis	1,979	↓2	17
13	Charles	1,976	↓1	9
14	Donald	1,763	–	13
15	Steven	1,733	↑3	24
16	Kenneth	1,503	↓1	15
17	Paul	1,460	↓1	18
18	Stephen	1,350	↑1	21
19	George	1,335	↓2	16
20	Daniel	1,099	↑1	22
21	Frank	1,057	↓1	23
22	Edward	1,042	↑1	19
23	Gregory	1,026	↑10	33
24	Joseph	1,020	–	14
25	Jerry	943	↓3	20
26	Mike	905	↓1	65
27	Bruce	890	–	29
28	Steve	851	↑1	58
29	Terry	787	↓3	26
30	Raymond	775	↓2	27
31	Mark	764	↑13	47
32	Jack	742	↓2	37
33	Douglas	718	↑1	31
34	Joe	712	↓3	43
35	Jim	709	↓3	77
36	Timothy	701	↑7	52
37	Patrick	644	↑3	53
38	Bill	638	↓2	76
39	Roger	621	↓4	25
40	Lawrence	620	↓2	32
41	Danny	602	↓2	39
42	Gerald	599	↓5	28
43	Wayne	583	↓2	30
44	Peter	576	↑1	36
45	Alan	569	↑2	45
46	Anthony	536	new	41
47	Arthur	534	↓5	38
48	Tom	532	–	87
49	Fred	518	↓3	56
50	Ralph	491	–	50

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