100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1947

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Clifford -1 2,989
102 Theodore -1 2,926
103 Gene -5 2,896
104 Herbert -7 2,855
105 Vincent +5 2,806
106 Randall +17 2,786
107 Jesse +2 2,752
108 Warren -3 2,726
109 Dan +7 2,703
110 Jerome +4 2,690
111 Gordon 0 2,670
112 Lloyd -6 2,627
113 Jimmie -9 2,600
114 Edwin -2 2,588
115 Bob -8 2,514
116 Randy +32 2,501
117 Leon -4 2,490
118 Lewis 0 2,440
119 Jay -4 2,437
120 Calvin +8 2,432
121 Victor -1 2,358
122 Eric +12 2,344
123 Jon -6 2,308
124 Leslie -5 2,305
125 Darrell +6 2,285
126 Tony +3 2,277
127 Christopher +23 2,272
128 Clyde -6 2,264
129 Alvin -3 2,213
130 Floyd -9 2,212
131 Harvey -6 2,207
132 Allan -8 2,187
133 Joel -6 2,144
134 Vernon -4 2,115
135 Duane +7 2,091
136 Jose -3 2,090
137 Lonnie -1 2,083
138 Glen +5 2,069
139 Scott +16 2,030
140 Dean -8 2,001
141 Jackie -2 1,988
142 Lester +3 1,944
143 Nicholas +1 1,935
144 Benjamin +2 1,931
145 Charlie -10 1,913
146 Gilbert -8 1,874
147 Leo 0 1,805
148 Arnold +5 1,796
149 Herman +3 1,795
150 Johnnie -10 1,795
151 Lynn +3 1,780
152 Franklin -11 1,771
153 Freddie -2 1,724
154 Chester -5 1,713
155 Dave +5 1,693
156 Manuel +2 1,679
157 Ted 0 1,648
158 Milton -2 1,636
159 Micheal +9 1,629
160 Kevin +19 1,550
161 Dwight -24 1,542
162 Neil -1 1,461
163 Wesley +4 1,458
164 Garry -2 1,449
165 Cecil -6 1,443
166 Roland 0 1,433
167 Claude -4 1,431
168 Donnie -3 1,418
169 Sam -5 1,416
170 Tim +1 1,329
171 Greg +41 1,317
172 Juan 0 1,314
173 Ricky +47 1,300
174 Marshall +1 1,270
175 Sammy -5 1,211
176 Hugh -2 1,199
177 Jonathan -4 1,196
178 Stuart +2 1,191
179 Wallace -10 1,189
180 Guy +7 1,183
181 Maurice -5 1,142
182 Rick +24 1,121
183 Karl +2 1,120
184 Kent +11 1,120
185 Chris +24 1,117
186 Oscar -4 1,110
187 Nathaniel -1 1,101
188 Sidney -5 1,098
189 Terrence +1 1,098
190 Alexander -2 1,081
191 Benny -7 1,062
192 Marc +23 1,061
193 Edgar 0 1,056
194 Perry +7 1,052
195 Jessie -14 1,048
196 Matthew -2 1,046
197 Carlos +2 1,032
198 Willard -21 1,025
199 Jeff +20 1,009
200 Morris -8 1,004
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Vicki +7 3,869
102 Carole -30 3,827
103 Annie -6 3,759
104 Kay -3 3,519
105 Charlene +2 3,476
106 Marjorie 0 3,449
107 Irene -5 3,291
108 Janis +26 3,205
109 Mildred -6 3,118
110 Juanita 0 3,110
111 Dolores -7 3,071
112 Ruby -7 3,070
113 Loretta -2 3,000
114 Marlene -2 2,989
115 Delores 0 2,965
116 Julia -2 2,954
117 Yvonne +1 2,914
118 Arlene -5 2,907
119 Cathy +48 2,859
120 June -4 2,839
121 Teresa +27 2,810
122 Claudia +2 2,766
123 Victoria -1 2,739
124 Julie +4 2,735
125 Jeanette -4 2,600
126 Andrea -1 2,509
127 Gayle +14 2,485
128 Vivian -8 2,484
129 Georgia -6 2,476
130 Gwendolyn +2 2,450
131 Edna -5 2,417
132 Leslie -2 2,358
133 Josephine -6 2,349
134 Paulette -17 2,334
135 Terry +8 2,291
136 Edith 0 2,199
137 Pauline -4 2,178
138 Sara -3 2,174
139 Margie -1 2,169
140 Annette +2 2,143
141 Emma -10 2,142
142 Penny +21 2,101
143 Lillian -14 2,089
144 Ethel -5 2,083
145 Jennifer +11 2,012
146 Audrey +3 2,001
147 Lucille -10 1,998
148 Michele +39 1,985
149 Lynne +5 1,971
150 Clara -6 1,934
151 Priscilla +9 1,932
152 Wilma -7 1,910
153 Thelma -3 1,901
154 Grace -1 1,883
155 Toni +30 1,862
156 Jill +10 1,859
157 Maryann -5 1,858
158 Eleanor -18 1,852
159 Florence -13 1,850
160 Marion -5 1,847
161 Janie -3 1,843
162 Esther -11 1,841
163 Sheryl +2 1,835
164 Pat -17 1,823
165 Gladys -8 1,820
166 Joy +4 1,815
167 Rosa +1 1,800
168 Eva -7 1,785
169 Vickie +35 1,706
170 Denise -1 1,698
171 Stephanie +5 1,693
172 Bernice +7 1,689
173 Willie -14 1,684
174 Jackie 0 1,660
175 Billie -11 1,653
176 Angela +16 1,648
177 Ella 0 1,636
178 Bobbie -7 1,618
179 Marian -17 1,606
180 Bertha -7 1,602
181 Maxine -9 1,584
182 Carla +20 1,569
183 Hazel -8 1,560
184 Valerie -3 1,553
185 Dianna -2 1,539
186 Regina +11 1,491
187 Emily -1 1,468
188 Beatrice -8 1,466
189 Bonita +9 1,448
190 Rachel +6 1,447
191 Lillie -13 1,440
192 Jacquelyn +7 1,390
193 Faye -11 1,383
194 Yolanda +9 1,379
195 Lana -6 1,364
196 Jan +14 1,358
197 Sandy +9 1,354
198 Veronica +3 1,353
199 Ida -15 1,348
200 Stella +9 1,334