Top baby names of 1947
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John95,168
- 5Mary78,828
- 6William72,114
- 7Richard63,006
- 8David62,246
- 9Patricia56,430
- 10Michael54,390
- 11Barbara53,672
- 12Thomas48,326
- 13Charles43,898
- 14Sandra38,250
- 15Larry37,612
- 16Ronald37,562
- 17Carol36,890
- 18Nancy35,704
- 19Susan35,148
- 20Gary32,362
- 21Sharon31,408
- 22Donald30,436
- 23Joseph29,610
- 24Kenneth26,476
- 25Donna25,878
- 26George25,756
- 27Dennis25,502
- 28Paul24,542
- 29Kathleen24,306
- 30Judith24,194
- 31Karen23,820
- 32Judy23,130
- 33Carolyn22,842
- 34Edward22,130
- 35Margaret22,114
- 36Betty20,842
- 37Jerry20,208
- 38Diane19,552
- 39Shirley19,418
- 40Joyce17,514
- 41Brenda17,426
- 42Janice16,962
- 43Janet16,764
- 44Stephen16,508
- 45Daniel16,376
- 46Cheryl15,276
- 47Frank15,066
- 48Elizabeth14,790
- 49Steven14,578
- 50Dorothy14,024
- 51Gloria13,872
- 52Roger13,748
- 53Terry13,714
- 54Pamela13,634
- 55Raymond13,286
- 56Marilyn13,072
- 57Joan12,402
- 58Beverly12,338
- 59Martha11,714
- 60Cynthia11,588
- 61Gerald11,584
- 62Virginia11,452
- 63Bruce11,328
- 64Bonnie11,240
- 65Jane10,940
- 66Wayne10,936
- 67Douglas10,670
- 68Lawrence10,314
- 69Phyllis10,112
- 70Gregory10,050
- 71Walter9,938
- 72Helen9,864
- 73Frances9,840
- 74Jean9,830
- 75Ann9,788
- 76Peggy9,760
- 77Harold9,580
- 78Connie9,512
- 79Ruth9,324
- 80Peter9,262
- 81Christine9,216
- 82Jack9,140
- 83Arthur8,916
- 84Carl8,674
- 85Danny8,674
- 86Catherine8,674
- 87Alice8,634
- 88Anthony8,630
- 89Willie8,588
- 90Joe8,508
- 91Jimmy8,464
- 92Henry8,426
- 93Alan8,420
- 94Diana8,392
- 95Mark8,368
- 96Roy8,134
- 97Johnny7,982
- 98Gail7,974
- 99Ralph7,948
- 100Elaine7,784