Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1947

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1947 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Linda	99,689	5.484	-725	-99,300	1	James	94,757	5.102	-3	-81,232
2	Mary	71,687	3.944	-124	-69,360	2	Robert	91,640	4.934	-69	-86,500
3	Patricia	51,279	2.821	-910	-50,986	3	John	88,319	4.755	-24	-79,200
4	Barbara	48,792	2.684	-926	-48,507	4	William	66,989	3.607	1	-52,473
5	Sandra	34,775	1.913	-970	-34,506	5	Richard	58,521	3.151	-183	-56,402
6	Carol	33,539	1.845	-1,782	-33,426	6	David	57,806	3.112	-16	-48,109
7	Nancy	32,444	1.785	-832	-32,122	7	Michael	50,501	2.719	-7	-38,881
8	Susan	31,954	1.758	-1,071	-31,720	8	Thomas	44,835	2.414	-41	-38,056
9	Sharon	28,535	1.570	-1,118	-28,319	9	Charles	40,770	2.195	-43	-34,166
10	Donna	23,519	1.294	-1,557	-23,382	10	Larry	34,938	1.881	-696	-34,599
11	Kathleen	22,097	1.216	-883	-21,796	11	Ronald	34,887	1.878	-482	-34,309
12	Judith	21,997	1.210	-838	-21,679	12	Gary	30,030	1.617	-662	-29,663
13	Karen	21,648	1.191	-622	-21,180	13	Donald	28,257	1.521	-513	-27,724
14	Judy	21,034	1.157	-1,519	-20,893	14	Joseph	27,514	1.481	-9	-17,959
15	Carolyn	20,743	1.141	-845	-20,431	15	Kenneth	24,578	1.323	-211	-22,923
16	Margaret	20,100	1.106	-111	-17,788	16	George	23,918	1.288	-111	-20,859
17	Betty	18,962	1.043	-1,111	-18,747	17	Dennis	23,684	1.275	-539	-23,191
18	Diane	17,774	0.978	-2,455	-17,703	18	Paul	22,792	1.227	-216	-21,167
19	Shirley	17,648	0.971	-1,445	-17,498	19	Edward	20,544	1.106	-150	-18,276
20	Joyce	15,909	0.875	-927	-15,631	20	Jerry	18,790	1.012	-581	-18,339
21	Brenda	15,827	0.871	-991	-15,572	21	Stephen	15,326	0.825	-263	-14,090
22	Janice	15,408	0.848	-1,411	-15,255	22	Daniel	15,190	0.818	7	-4,017
23	Janet	15,234	0.838	-1,389	-15,077	23	Frank	13,998	0.754	-369	-13,195
24	Cheryl	13,891	0.764	-2,874	-13,834	24	Steven	13,532	0.729	-174	-11,510
25	Elizabeth	13,439	0.739	12	-4,926	25	Roger	12,759	0.687	-611	-12,348
26	Dorothy	12,749	0.701	-560	-12,232	26	Terry	12,752	0.687	-731	-12,443
27	Gloria	12,626	0.695	-557	-12,105	27	Raymond	12,353	0.665	-272	-11,204
28	Pamela	12,400	0.682	-1,556	-12,265	28	Gerald	10,750	0.579	-866	-10,509
29	Marilyn	11,880	0.654	-581	-11,386	29	Bruce	10,525	0.567	-449	-9,918
30	Joan	11,273	0.620	-1,697	-11,155	30	Wayne	10,168	0.547	-743	-9,869
31	Beverly	11,206	0.616	-1,262	-11,031	31	Douglas	9,896	0.533	-641	-9,525
32	Martha	10,651	0.586	-765	-10,310	32	Lawrence	9,580	0.516	-466	-9,007
33	Cynthia	10,531	0.579	-660	-10,115	33	Gregory	9,325	0.502	-375	-8,547
34	Virginia	10,406	0.572	-506	-9,828	34	Walter	9,214	0.496	-237	-7,911
35	Bonnie	10,217	0.562	-656	-9,800	35	Harold	8,902	0.479	-762	-8,621
36	Jane	9,942	0.547	-255	-8,819	36	Peter	8,591	0.463	-175	-6,779
37	Phyllis	9,184	0.505	-6,938	-9,167	37	Jack	8,508	0.458	9	326
38	Helen	8,978	0.494	-375	-8,233	38	Arthur	8,252	0.444	-192	-6,610
39	Frances	8,941	0.492	-406	-8,226	39	Danny	8,066	0.434	-501	-7,550
40	Jean	8,941	0.492	-2,353	-8,866	40	Carl	8,048	0.433	-660	-7,706
41	Ann	8,893	0.489	-942	-8,626	41	Anthony	8,014	0.431	3	-11
42	Peggy	8,876	0.488	-5,512	-8,853	42	Willie	7,997	0.431	-892	-7,773
43	Connie	8,642	0.475	-2,387	-8,569	43	Joe	7,902	0.425	-652	-7,557
44	Ruth	8,481	0.467	-221	-7,247	44	Jimmy	7,877	0.424	-609	-7,487
45	Christine	8,376	0.461	-881	-8,089	45	Alan	7,823	0.421	-127	-5,579
46	Catherine	7,889	0.434	-158	-6,391	46	Henry	7,809	0.420	30	2,840
47	Alice	7,848	0.432	-24	-4,205	47	Mark	7,771	0.418	-163	-5,912
48	Diana	7,621	0.419	-136	-6,016	48	Roy	7,564	0.407	-494	-7,050
49	Gail	7,240	0.398	-6,528	-7,222	49	Johnny	7,444	0.401	-305	-6,515
50	Elaine	7,062	0.388	-584	-6,594	50	Ralph	7,386	0.398	-901	-7,169

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.