Most Popular Baby Names of 1947
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Linda | +1 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Mary | -1 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Barbara | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Sandra | +1 |
| 6 | David | 0 | 6 | Carol | -1 |
| 7 | Michael | 0 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Susan | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 0 | 9 | Sharon | 0 |
| 10 | Larry | +1 | 10 | Donna | +3 |
| 11 | Ronald | -1 | 11 | Kathleen | +5 |
| 12 | Gary | 0 | 12 | Judith | -2 |
| 13 | Donald | 0 | 13 | Karen | +2 |
| 14 | Joseph | 0 | 14 | Judy | -3 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 0 | 15 | Carolyn | -3 |
| 16 | George | 0 | 16 | Margaret | +1 |
| 17 | Dennis | 0 | 17 | Betty | -3 |
| 18 | Paul | 0 | 18 | Diane | +1 |
| 19 | Edward | 0 | 19 | Shirley | -1 |
| 20 | Jerry | 0 | 20 | Joyce | 0 |
| 21 | Stephen | +3 | 21 | Brenda | +3 |
| 22 | Daniel | -1 | 22 | Janice | 0 |
| 23 | Frank | -1 | 23 | Janet | -2 |
| 24 | Steven | +4 | 24 | Cheryl | +3 |
| 25 | Roger | -2 | 25 | Elizabeth | 0 |
| 26 | Terry | 0 | 26 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 27 | Raymond | -2 | 27 | Gloria | -1 |
| 28 | Gerald | -1 | 28 | Pamela | +6 |
| 29 | Bruce | +3 | 29 | Marilyn | 0 |
| 30 | Wayne | -1 | 30 | Joan | -2 |
| 31 | Douglas | +3 | 31 | Beverly | -1 |
| 32 | Lawrence | -1 | 32 | Martha | 0 |
| 33 | Gregory | +23 | 33 | Cynthia | +13 |
| 34 | Walter | -4 | 34 | Virginia | -3 |
| 35 | Harold | -2 | 35 | Bonnie | -2 |
| 36 | Peter | +2 | 36 | Jane | -1 |
| 37 | Jack | -2 | 37 | Phyllis | +4 |
| 38 | Arthur | -2 | 38 | Helen | -2 |
| 39 | Carl | 0 | 39 | Frances | 0 |
| 40 | Danny | +6 | 40 | Jean | -3 |
| 41 | Anthony | +3 | 41 | Ann | -1 |
| 42 | Willie | -2 | 42 | Peggy | +1 |
| 43 | Joe | -6 | 43 | Connie | +2 |
| 44 | Jimmy | -2 | 44 | Ruth | -6 |
| 45 | Henry | -4 | 45 | Christine | +5 |
| 46 | Alan | +3 | 46 | Catherine | +2 |
| 47 | Mark | +11 | 47 | Alice | -3 |
| 48 | Roy | -5 | 48 | Diana | -6 |
| 49 | Johnny | -2 | 49 | Gail | 0 |
| 50 | Ralph | -2 | 50 | Elaine | -3 |
| 51 | Billy | -6 | 51 | Jo | +2 |
| 52 | Timothy | +8 | 52 | Rebecca | +16 |
| 53 | Patrick | +6 | 53 | Suzanne | -1 |
| 54 | Harry | -3 | 54 | Paula | +15 |
| 55 | Albert | -3 | 55 | Kathryn | +8 |
| 56 | Fred | -6 | 56 | Marie | -2 |
| 57 | Philip | +4 | 57 | Joanne | 0 |
| 58 | Steve | +11 | 58 | Doris | -7 |
| 59 | Eugene | -2 | 59 | Jacqueline | +3 |
| 60 | Ronnie | -6 | 60 | Rita | -4 |
| 61 | Bobby | -8 | 61 | Ellen | -3 |
| 62 | Howard | -7 | 62 | Deborah | +56 |
| 63 | Dale | -1 | 63 | Kathy | +16 |
| 64 | Louis | -1 | 64 | Lois | -9 |
| 65 | Mike | -1 | 65 | Rose | -5 |
| 66 | Jeffrey | +12 | 66 | Wanda | -7 |
| 67 | Stanley | -2 | 67 | Sherry | +6 |
| 68 | Barry | 0 | 68 | Charlotte | -4 |
| 69 | Russell | -3 | 69 | Sue | -8 |
| 70 | Leonard | -3 | 70 | Sally | -3 |
| 71 | Glenn | +10 | 71 | Evelyn | -6 |
| 72 | Samuel | -2 | 72 | Darlene | -1 |
| 73 | Allen | +1 | 73 | Sheila | -3 |
| 74 | Phillip | +9 | 74 | Laura | 0 |
| 75 | Ernest | -4 | 75 | Lynn | +19 |
| 76 | Bill | -4 | 76 | Katherine | +2 |
| 77 | Jim | -4 | 77 | Lynda | +32 |
| 78 | Frederick | -3 | 78 | Geraldine | -12 |
| 79 | Tommy | -2 | 79 | Maria | +9 |
| 80 | Eddie | +5 | 80 | Rosemary | -5 |
| 81 | Norman | -5 | 81 | Marcia | +8 |
| 82 | Andrew | +4 | 82 | Norma | -5 |
| 83 | Earl | -1 | 83 | Dianne | -7 |
| 84 | Francis | -4 | 84 | Lorraine | +8 |
| 85 | Melvin | -1 | 85 | Theresa | +11 |
| 86 | Don | -7 | 86 | Jeanne | -3 |
| 87 | Clarence | +2 | 87 | Patsy | -1 |
| 88 | Tom | -1 | 88 | Marsha | +10 |
| 89 | Marvin | -1 | 89 | Joann | +1 |
| 90 | Martin | +2 | 90 | Roberta | -5 |
| 91 | Keith | +5 | 91 | Eileen | -11 |
| 92 | Lee | -1 | 92 | Anna | -5 |
| 93 | Craig | +15 | 93 | Sarah | 0 |
| 94 | Rodney | -1 | 94 | Anita | -10 |
| 95 | Brian | +8 | 95 | Anne | -14 |
| 96 | Alfred | -2 | 96 | Glenda | +3 |
| 97 | Ray | -2 | 97 | Sylvia | -15 |
| 98 | Leroy | -8 | 98 | Maureen | -3 |
| 99 | Curtis | 0 | 99 | Louise | -8 |
| 100 | Bernard | +2 | 100 | Constance | 0 |