100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1947

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 94,756
2 Robert 0 91,642
3 John 0 88,318
4 William 0 66,986
5 Richard 0 58,516
6 David 0 57,804
7 Michael 0 50,500
8 Thomas 0 44,833
9 Charles 0 40,772
10 Larry +1 34,935
11 Ronald -1 34,884
12 Gary 0 30,028
13 Donald 0 28,255
14 Joseph 0 27,513
15 Kenneth 0 24,578
16 George 0 23,919
17 Dennis 0 23,684
18 Paul 0 22,795
19 Edward 0 20,544
20 Jerry 0 18,792
21 Stephen +3 15,326
22 Daniel -1 15,188
23 Frank -1 13,997
24 Steven +4 13,533
25 Roger -2 12,758
26 Terry 0 12,751
27 Raymond -2 12,354
28 Gerald -1 10,750
29 Bruce +3 10,526
30 Wayne -1 10,169
31 Douglas +3 9,896
32 Lawrence -1 9,579
33 Gregory +24 9,324
34 Walter -4 9,213
35 Harold -2 8,902
36 Peter +2 8,591
37 Jack -2 8,509
38 Arthur -2 8,253
39 Danny +7 8,066
40 Carl -1 8,048
41 Anthony +3 8,012
42 Willie -2 7,997
43 Joe -6 7,900
44 Jimmy -2 7,877
45 Alan +4 7,823
46 Henry -5 7,807
47 Mark +11 7,773
48 Roy -5 7,562
49 Johnny -2 7,444
50 Ralph -2 7,388
51 Billy -6 6,931
52 Timothy +8 6,745
53 Patrick +6 6,623
54 Harry -4 6,513
55 Albert -3 6,461
56 Fred -5 6,384
57 Philip +4 6,237
58 Steve +11 6,230
59 Eugene -3 6,178
60 Bobby -7 6,119
61 Ronnie -7 6,108
62 Howard -7 6,060
63 Dale -1 5,935
64 Louis -1 5,776
65 Mike -1 5,749
66 Jeffrey +12 5,664
67 Stanley -2 5,500
68 Barry 0 5,470
69 Russell -3 5,268
70 Leonard -3 5,158
71 Glenn +10 5,154
72 Samuel -2 5,108
73 Allen +1 5,073
74 Ernest -3 4,786
75 Phillip +8 4,786
76 Bill -4 4,683
77 Jim -4 4,640
78 Frederick -3 4,635
79 Tommy -2 4,592
80 Eddie +5 4,456
81 Norman -5 4,411
82 Andrew +2 4,343
83 Earl -1 4,242
84 Francis -4 4,213
85 Melvin +1 4,167
86 Don -7 4,004
87 Clarence +2 3,920
88 Tom -1 3,918
89 Marvin -1 3,772
90 Martin +2 3,726
91 Keith +5 3,682
92 Lee -1 3,677
93 Craig +15 3,641
94 Rodney -1 3,563
95 Brian +8 3,449
96 Alfred -2 3,414
97 Ray -2 3,381
98 Leroy -8 3,348
99 Curtis 0 3,037
100 Bernard +2 2,994
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Linda +1 99,686
2 Mary -1 71,688
3 Patricia 0 51,278
4 Barbara 0 48,791
5 Sandra +1 34,774
6 Carol -1 33,538
7 Nancy 0 32,442
8 Susan 0 31,953
9 Sharon 0 28,536
10 Donna +3 23,518
11 Kathleen +5 22,097
12 Judith -2 21,998
13 Karen +2 21,645
14 Judy -3 21,034
15 Carolyn -3 20,743
16 Margaret +1 20,103
17 Betty -3 18,963
18 Diane +1 17,774
19 Shirley -1 17,650
20 Joyce 0 15,910
21 Brenda +3 15,827
22 Janice 0 15,408
23 Janet -2 15,235
24 Cheryl +3 13,890
25 Elizabeth 0 13,441
26 Dorothy -3 12,750
27 Gloria -1 12,626
28 Pamela +6 12,400
29 Marilyn 0 11,880
30 Joan -2 11,273
31 Beverly -1 11,207
32 Martha 0 10,652
33 Cynthia +13 10,530
34 Virginia -3 10,405
35 Bonnie -2 10,216
36 Jane -1 9,942
37 Phyllis +4 9,184
38 Helen -2 8,979
39 Jean -2 8,942
40 Frances -1 8,941
41 Ann -1 8,893
42 Peggy +1 8,877
43 Connie +2 8,642
44 Ruth -6 8,481
45 Christine +5 8,376
46 Catherine +2 7,889
47 Alice -3 7,847
48 Diana -6 7,622
49 Gail 0 7,240
50 Elaine -3 7,063
51 Jo +2 6,726
52 Rebecca +16 6,332
53 Suzanne -1 6,229
54 Paula +15 6,101
55 Kathryn +8 6,092
56 Joanne +1 6,064
57 Marie -3 6,059
58 Doris -7 6,026
59 Jacqueline +3 6,011
60 Rita -4 5,982
61 Ellen -3 5,855
62 Deborah +57 5,838
63 Lois -8 5,721
64 Kathy +15 5,698
65 Rose -5 5,660
66 Wanda -7 5,650
67 Sherry +6 5,578
68 Charlotte -4 5,386
69 Sue -8 5,308
70 Sally -3 5,266
71 Darlene 0 5,256
72 Evelyn -7 5,244
73 Sheila -3 5,094
74 Laura +1 5,052
75 Lynn +19 4,994
76 Katherine +2 4,886
77 Lynda +32 4,840
78 Geraldine -12 4,811
79 Maria +9 4,710
80 Rosemary -6 4,542
81 Marcia +8 4,472
82 Norma -5 4,426
83 Dianne -7 4,414
84 Lorraine +9 4,412
85 Theresa +11 4,391
86 Jeanne -3 4,364
87 Patsy -2 4,344
88 Marsha +10 4,337
89 Joann +1 4,276
90 Roberta -4 4,260
91 Eileen -11 4,250
92 Anna -5 4,240
93 Sarah -1 4,223
94 Anita -10 4,187
95 Anne -14 4,186
96 Glenda +3 4,155
97 Sylvia -15 4,100
98 Maureen -3 4,084
99 Louise -8 4,049
100 Constance 0 3,894