Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1947

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1947 were Linda for girls (564 babies) and John for boys (883). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,217 babies born in District of Columbia in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1947

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

Girls

Laverne: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Cassandra: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Saundra: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pearl: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Veronica: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francine: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ernestine: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Regina: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 42 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Reginald: 51 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Carlton: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aaron: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maurice: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Eric: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stuart: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernard: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jerome: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Christopher: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	564	↑3	1
2	Patricia	537	–	3
3	Mary	533	↓2	2
4	Barbara	435	↓1	4
5	Susan	269	↑4	8
6	Sandra	239	↑1	5
7	Carol	231	↓2	6
8	Nancy	226	↓2	7
9	Margaret	213	↑1	16
10	Kathleen	190	↑1	11
11	Sharon	187	↓3	9
12	Diane	185	↑3	18
13	Carolyn	177	↓1	15
14	Judith	166	↓1	12
15	Karen	163	↑2	13
16	Donna	160	↑2	10
17	Elizabeth	146	↑4	25
18	Joyce	144	↓4	20
19	Brenda	138	↑5	21
20	Shirley	117	↓1	19
21	Pamela	115	↑12	28
22	Joan	112	↓6	30
23	Betty	109	↑3	17
24	Gloria	100	↓1	27
25	Janice	99	↑5	22
26	Ann	98	↓6	41
27	Beverly	98	↑4	31
28	Cynthia	96	↑12	33
29	Jean	96	↓7	40
30	Frances	91	↑5	39
31	Deborah	89	new	62
32	Jacqueline	88	↓3	59
33	Cheryl	86	↑3	24
34	Janet	86	↓6	23
35	Helen	81	↑4	38
36	Christine	79	new	45
37	Catherine	75	↓12	46
38	Jane	75	↓11	36
39	Dorothy	73	↓7	26
40	Phyllis	72	↑4	37
41	Martha	71	↓7	32
42	Ellen	69	–	61
43	Anne	67	↑5	95
44	Alice	66	↑1	47
45	Diana	66	↑1	48
46	Gail	65	new	49
47	Virginia	62	↓6	34
48	Judy	61	↓5	14
49	Bonnie	58	–	35
50	Ruth	55	↓3	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	John	883	–	3
2	James	777	↑1	1
3	Robert	721	↓1	2
4	William	637	–	4
5	Michael	526	↑1	7
6	Richard	400	↓1	5
7	David	394	↑2	6
8	Thomas	358	–	8
9	Charles	357	↓2	9
10	Ronald	299	↑1	11
11	Joseph	255	↓1	14
12	George	250	–	16
13	Donald	180	↑1	13
14	Edward	178	↑2	19
15	Kenneth	160	↑2	15
16	Paul	158	↓3	18
17	Stephen	157	↓2	21
18	Larry	136	↑5	10
19	Gary	133	–	12
20	Gregory	121	↑11	33
21	Steven	109	↑12	24
22	Raymond	107	↑3	27
23	Dennis	106	↑1	17
24	Lawrence	97	↓6	32
25	Mark	96	↑24	47
26	Peter	93	↑3	36
27	Frank	91	↓7	23
28	Daniel	87	↓7	22
29	Douglas	87	↓7	31
30	Walter	84	↑4	34
31	Bruce	77	↑1	29
32	Arthur	74	↓5	38
33	Alan	72	↓3	45
34	Ralph	70	↑11	50
35	Philip	66	new	57
36	Patrick	63	↑11	53
37	Gerald	62	↑2	28
38	Harold	62	↑6	35
39	Henry	62	↓1	46
40	Albert	61	new	55
41	Harry	60	↓6	54
42	Frederick	59	–	78
43	Wayne	59	↓15	30
44	Carl	58	↓18	40
45	Anthony	56	↓8	41
46	Leonard	56	new	71
47	Samuel	54	↓11	72
48	Timothy	54	new	52
49	Bernard	53	↓6	100
50	Jerry	53	↓10	20

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