1947
Top Baby Names of 1947
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1947
1
Linda 99,693 2
Mary 71,689 3
Patricia 51,278 4
Barbara 48,800 5
Sandra 34,779 6
Carol 33,543 7
Nancy 32,445 8
Susan 31,951 9
Sharon 28,533 10
Donna 23,518 11
Kathleen 22,095 12
Judith 21,996 13
Karen 21,648 14
Judy 21,036 15
Carolyn 20,741 16
Margaret 20,102 17
Betty 18,964 18
Diane 17,775 19
Shirley 17,647 20
Joyce 15,914 21
Brenda 15,830 22
Janice 15,409 23
Janet 15,236 24
Cheryl 13,890 25
Elizabeth 13,439 26
Dorothy 12,753 27
Gloria 12,626 28
Pamela 12,398 29
Marilyn 11,881 30
Joan 11,276 31
Beverly 11,205 32
Martha 10,652 33
Cynthia 10,530 34
Virginia 10,407 35
Bonnie 10,215 36
Jane 9,942 37
Phyllis 9,187 38
Helen 8,979 39
Frances 8,943 40
Jean 8,940 41
Ann 8,894 42
Peggy 8,877 43
Connie 8,645 44
Ruth 8,481 45
Christine 8,377 46
Catherine 7,889 47
Alice 7,849 48
Diana 7,622 49
Gail 7,242 50
Elaine 7,058 51
Jo 6,724 52
Rebecca 6,333 53
Suzanne 6,231 54
Paula 6,102 55
Kathryn 6,091 56
Joanne 6,063 57
Marie 6,057 58
Doris 6,029 59
Jacqueline 6,011 60
Rita 5,982 61
Ellen 5,856 62
Deborah 5,837 63
Lois 5,717 64
Kathy 5,697 65
Rose 5,654 66
Wanda 5,649 67
Sherry 5,579 68
Charlotte 5,386 69
Sue 5,306 70
Sally 5,265 71
Darlene 5,255 72
Evelyn 5,243 73
Sheila 5,095 74
Laura 5,051 75
Lynn 4,994 76
Katherine 4,885 77
Lynda 4,840 78
Geraldine 4,811 79
Maria 4,712 80
Rosemary 4,542 81
Marcia 4,472 82
Norma 4,425 83
Dianne 4,415 84
Lorraine 4,414 85
Theresa 4,390 86
Jeanne 4,364 87
Patsy 4,344 88
Marsha 4,339 89
Joann 4,276 90
Roberta 4,261 91
Eileen 4,251 92
Anna 4,238 93
Sarah 4,223 94
Anne 4,187 94
Anita 4,187 96
Glenda 4,156 97
Sylvia 4,100 98
Maureen 4,085 99
Louise 4,050 100
Constance 3,894 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1947
1
James 94,763 2
Robert 91,654 3
John 88,321 4
William 67,001 5
Richard 58,531 6
David 57,809 7
Michael 50,505 8
Thomas 44,840 9
Charles 40,779 10
Larry 34,945 11
Ronald 34,900 12
Gary 30,030 13
Donald 28,260 14
Joseph 27,521 15
Kenneth 24,584 16
George 23,913 17
Dennis 23,686 18
Paul 22,793 19
Edward 20,539 20
Jerry 18,791 21
Stephen 15,328 22
Daniel 15,189 23
Frank 13,995 24
Steven 13,529 25
Roger 12,760 26
Terry 12,751 27
Raymond 12,352 28
Gerald 10,750 29
Bruce 10,524 30
Wayne 10,168 31
Douglas 9,893 32
Lawrence 9,582 33
Gregory 9,327 34
Walter 9,217 35
Harold 8,904 36
Peter 8,590 37
Jack 8,507 38
Arthur 8,255 39
Danny 8,069 40
Carl 8,051 41
Anthony 8,014 42
Willie 7,995 43
Joe 7,904 44
Jimmy 7,881 45
Alan 7,823 46
Henry 7,808 47
Mark 7,773 48
Roy 7,560 49
Johnny 7,442 50
Ralph 7,389 51
Billy 6,932 52
Timothy 6,747 53
Patrick 6,621 54
Harry 6,515 55
Albert 6,462 56
Fred 6,392 57
Philip 6,236 58
Steve 6,231 59
Eugene 6,178 60
Bobby 6,116 61
Ronnie 6,109 62
Howard 6,061 63
Dale 5,936 64
Louis 5,778 65
Mike 5,750 66
Jeffrey 5,666 67
Stanley 5,502 68
Barry 5,472 69
Russell 5,270 70
Leonard 5,157 70
Glenn 5,157 72
Samuel 5,109 73
Allen 5,075 74
Phillip 4,789 75
Ernest 4,786 76
Bill 4,681 77
Jim 4,640 78
Frederick 4,637 79
Tommy 4,594 80
Eddie 4,457 81
Norman 4,410 82
Andrew 4,346 83
Earl 4,242 84
Francis 4,207 85
Melvin 4,168 86
Don 4,005 87
Tom 3,922 88
Clarence 3,920 89
Marvin 3,773 90
Martin 3,724 91
Keith 3,683 92
Lee 3,676 93
Craig 3,640 94
Rodney 3,564 95
Brian 3,450 96
Alfred 3,417 97
Ray 3,378 98
Leroy 3,347 99
Curtis 3,037 100
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These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1947, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.