Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	99,692
2	Mary	71,690
3	Patricia	51,278
4	Barbara	48,800
5	Sandra	34,779
6	Carol	33,543
7	Nancy	32,445
8	Susan	31,952
9	Sharon	28,533
10	Donna	23,517
11	Kathleen	22,095
12	Judith	21,996
13	Karen	21,648
14	Judy	21,037
15	Carolyn	20,742
16	Margaret	20,101
17	Betty	18,966
18	Diane	17,775
19	Shirley	17,648
20	Joyce	15,915
21	Brenda	15,830
22	Janice	15,409
23	Janet	15,236
24	Cheryl	13,890
25	Elizabeth	13,440
26	Dorothy	12,753
27	Gloria	12,627
28	Pamela	12,398
29	Marilyn	11,881
30	Joan	11,277
31	Beverly	11,205
32	Martha	10,651
33	Cynthia	10,530
34	Virginia	10,407
35	Bonnie	10,214
36	Jane	9,943
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	8,482
45	Christine	8,379
46	Catherine	7,889
47	Alice	7,849
48	Diana	7,622
49	Gail	7,242
50	Elaine	7,059
51	Jo	6,724
52	Rebecca	6,333
53	Suzanne	6,231
54	Paula	6,102
55	Kathryn	6,091
56	Joanne	6,062
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	4,884
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	Anita	4,187
94	Anne	4,187
96	Glenda	4,156
97	Sylvia	4,100
98	Maureen	4,085
99	Louise	4,050
100	Constance	3,894

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	94,767
2	Robert	91,655
3	John	88,324
4	William	67,002
5	Richard	58,532
6	David	57,810
7	Michael	50,506
8	Thomas	44,842
9	Charles	40,781
10	Larry	34,946
11	Ronald	34,899
12	Gary	30,029
13	Donald	28,260
14	Joseph	27,520
15	Kenneth	24,586
16	George	23,916
17	Dennis	23,686
18	Paul	22,796
19	Edward	20,539
20	Jerry	18,794
21	Stephen	15,328
22	Daniel	15,189
23	Frank	13,994
24	Steven	13,528
25	Roger	12,760
26	Terry	12,751
27	Raymond	12,352
28	Gerald	10,750
29	Bruce	10,524
30	Wayne	10,169
31	Douglas	9,895
32	Lawrence	9,582
33	Gregory	9,327
34	Walter	9,218
35	Harold	8,904
36	Peter	8,590
37	Jack	8,507
38	Arthur	8,255
39	Danny	8,069
40	Carl	8,050
41	Anthony	8,014
42	Willie	7,997
43	Joe	7,904
44	Jimmy	7,881
45	Alan	7,823
46	Henry	7,807
47	Mark	7,773
48	Roy	7,560
49	Johnny	7,441
50	Ralph	7,389
51	Billy	6,933
52	Timothy	6,747
53	Patrick	6,622
54	Harry	6,515
55	Albert	6,462
56	Fred	6,392
57	Philip	6,235
58	Steve	6,231
59	Eugene	6,178
60	Bobby	6,116
61	Ronnie	6,110
62	Howard	6,061
63	Dale	5,936
64	Louis	5,778
65	Mike	5,750
66	Jeffrey	5,665
67	Stanley	5,501
68	Barry	5,472
69	Russell	5,270
70	Glenn	5,157
71	Leonard	5,155
72	Samuel	5,110
73	Allen	5,075
74	Phillip	4,789
75	Ernest	4,787
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	4,208
85	Melvin	4,169
86	Don	4,007
87	Tom	3,922
88	Clarence	3,921
89	Marvin	3,773
90	Martin	3,724
91	Keith	3,684
92	Lee	3,676
93	Craig	3,640
94	Rodney	3,564
95	Brian	3,450
96	Alfred	3,417
97	Ray	3,379
98	Leroy	3,347
99	Curtis	3,037
100	Bernard	2,994