Top Baby Names of 1947
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1947, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1947)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Glenn | 5,157 |
| 71 | Leonard | 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 | Bernard | 2,994 |