EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1947

United States · 3,602,365 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Linda99,692↑1
#2Mary71,690↓1
#3Patricia51,278—
#4Barbara48,800—
#5Sandra34,779↑1
#6Carol33,543↓1
#7Nancy32,445—
#8Susan31,952—
#9Sharon28,533—
#10Donna23,517↑3
#11Kathleen22,095↑5
#12Judith21,996↓2
#13Karen21,648↑2
#14Judy21,037↓3
#15Carolyn20,742↓3
#16Margaret20,101↑1
#17Betty18,966↓3
#18Diane17,775↑1
#19Shirley17,648↓1
#20Joyce15,915—
#21Brenda15,830↑3
#22Janice15,409—
#23Janet15,236↓2
#24Cheryl13,890↑3
#25Elizabeth13,440—
#26Dorothy12,753↓3
#27Gloria12,627↓1
#28Pamela12,398↑6
#29Marilyn11,881—
#30Joan11,277↓2
#31Beverly11,205↓1
#32Martha10,651—
#33Cynthia10,530↑13
#34Virginia10,407↓3
#35Bonnie10,214↓2
#36Jane9,943↓1
#37Phyllis9,187↑4
#38Helen8,979↓2
#39Frances8,943—
#40Jean8,940↓3
#41Ann8,894↓1
#42Peggy8,877↑1
#43Connie8,645↑2
#44Ruth8,482↓6
#45Christine8,379↑5
#46Catherine7,889↑2
#47Alice7,849↓3
#48Diana7,622↓6
#49Gail7,242—
#50Elaine7,059↓3
#51Jo6,724↑2
#52Rebecca6,333↑16
#53Suzanne6,231↓1
#54Paula6,102↑15
#55Kathryn6,091↑8
#56Joanne6,062↑1
#57Marie6,057↓3
#58Doris6,029↓7
#59Jacqueline6,011↑3
#60Rita5,982↓4
#61Ellen5,856↓3
#62Deborah5,837
#63Lois5,717↓8
#64Kathy5,697↑15
#65Rose5,654↓5
#66Wanda5,649↓7
#67Sherry5,579↑6
#68Charlotte5,386↓4
#69Sue5,306↓8
#70Sally5,265↓3
#71Darlene5,255—
#72Evelyn5,243↓7
#73Sheila5,095↓3
#74Laura5,051↑1
#75Lynn4,994↑19
#76Katherine4,884↑2
#77Lynda4,840
#78Geraldine4,811↓12
#79Maria4,712↑9
#80Rosemary4,542↓6
#81Marcia4,472↑8
#82Norma4,425↓5
#83Dianne4,415↓7
#84Lorraine4,414↑9
#85Theresa4,390↑10
#86Jeanne4,364↓3
#87Patsy4,344↓2
#88Marsha4,339↑10
#89Joann4,276↑1
#90Roberta4,261↓4
#91Eileen4,251↓11
#92Anna4,238↓5
#93Sarah4,223↓1
#94Anita4,187↓10
#94Anne4,187↓13
#96Glenda4,156↑3
#97Sylvia4,100↓15
#98Maureen4,085↓3
#99Louise4,050↓8
#100Constance3,894—

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1James94,767—
#2Robert91,655—
#3John88,324—
#4William67,002—
#5Richard58,532—
#6David57,810—
#7Michael50,506—
#8Thomas44,842—
#9Charles40,781—
#10Larry34,946↑1
#11Ronald34,899↓1
#12Gary30,029—
#13Donald28,260—
#14Joseph27,520—
#15Kenneth24,586—
#16George23,916—
#17Dennis23,686—
#18Paul22,796—
#19Edward20,539—
#20Jerry18,794—
#21Stephen15,328↑3
#22Daniel15,189↓1
#23Frank13,994↓1
#24Steven13,528↑4
#25Roger12,760↓2
#26Terry12,751—
#27Raymond12,352↓2
#28Gerald10,750↓1
#29Bruce10,524↑3
#30Wayne10,169↓1
#31Douglas9,895↑3
#32Lawrence9,582↓1
#33Gregory9,327↑23
#34Walter9,218↓4
#35Harold8,904↓2
#36Peter8,590↑2
#37Jack8,507↓2
#38Arthur8,255↓2
#39Danny8,069↑7
#40Carl8,050↓1
#41Anthony8,014↑3
#42Willie7,997↓2
#43Joe7,904↓6
#44Jimmy7,881↓2
#45Alan7,823↑4
#46Henry7,807↓5
#47Mark7,773↑11
#48Roy7,560↓5
#49Johnny7,441↓2
#50Ralph7,389↓2
#51Billy6,933↓6
#52Timothy6,747↑8
#53Patrick6,622↑6
#54Harry6,515↓4
#55Albert6,462↓3
#56Fred6,392↓5
#57Philip6,235↑4
#58Steve6,231↑11
#59Eugene6,178↓2
#60Bobby6,116↓7
#61Ronnie6,110↓7
#62Howard6,061↓7
#63Dale5,936↓1
#64Louis5,778↓1
#65Mike5,750↓1
#66Jeffrey5,665↑12
#67Stanley5,501↓2
#68Barry5,472—
#69Russell5,270↓3
#70Glenn5,157↑11
#71Leonard5,155↓4
#72Samuel5,110↓2
#73Allen5,075↑1
#74Phillip4,789↑9
#75Ernest4,787↓4
#76Bill4,681↓4
#77Jim4,640↓4
#78Frederick4,637↓3
#79Tommy4,594↓2
#80Eddie4,457↑5
#81Norman4,410↓5
#82Andrew4,346↑2
#83Earl4,242↓1
#84Francis4,208↓4
#85Melvin4,169↑1
#86Don4,007↓7
#87Tom3,922—
#88Clarence3,921↑1
#89Marvin3,773↓1
#90Martin3,724↑2
#91Keith3,684↑5
#92Lee3,676↓1
#93Craig3,640
#94Rodney3,564↓1
#95Brian3,450
#96Alfred3,417↓2
#97Ray3,379↓2
#98Leroy3,347↓8
#99Curtis3,037—
#100Bernard2,994