Most Popular Baby Names of 1947
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 101 | Clifford | -1 | 101 | Vicki | +7 |
| 102 | Theodore | -1 | 102 | Carole | -30 |
| 103 | Gene | -5 | 103 | Annie | -6 |
| 104 | Herbert | -7 | 104 | Kay | -3 |
| 105 | Randall | +19 | 105 | Charlene | +2 |
| 106 | Vincent | +4 | 106 | Marjorie | 0 |
| 107 | Jesse | +2 | 107 | Irene | -5 |
| 108 | Warren | -3 | 108 | Janis | +26 |
| 109 | Dan | +7 | 109 | Mildred | -5 |
| 110 | Jerome | +4 | 110 | Juanita | 0 |
| 111 | Gordon | 0 | 111 | Ruby | -6 |
| 112 | Lloyd | -5 | 112 | Dolores | -9 |
| 113 | Jimmie | -9 | 113 | Loretta | -2 |
| 114 | Edwin | -2 | 114 | Marlene | -2 |
| 115 | Bob | -9 | 115 | Delores | 0 |
| 116 | Randy | +32 | 116 | Julia | -2 |
| 117 | Leon | -4 | 117 | Arlene | -4 |
| 118 | Jay | -3 | 118 | Yvonne | +1 |
| 119 | Lewis | -1 | 119 | Cathy | +48 |
| 120 | Calvin | +8 | 120 | June | -4 |
| 121 | Victor | -2 | 121 | Teresa | +27 |
| 122 | Eric | +12 | 122 | Claudia | +1 |
| 123 | Jon | -6 | 123 | Victoria | -1 |
| 124 | Leslie | -4 | 124 | Julie | +4 |
| 125 | Christopher | +24 | 125 | Jeanette | -4 |
| 126 | Darrell | +5 | 126 | Andrea | -2 |
| 127 | Tony | +3 | 127 | Vivian | -7 |
| 128 | Clyde | -6 | 128 | Gayle | +13 |
| 129 | Floyd | -8 | 129 | Georgia | -4 |
| 130 | Alvin | -4 | 130 | Gwendolyn | +2 |
| 131 | Harvey | -8 | 131 | Edna | -5 |
| 132 | Allan | -7 | 132 | Leslie | -2 |
| 133 | Joel | -6 | 133 | Josephine | -6 |
| 134 | Vernon | -5 | 134 | Paulette | -17 |
| 135 | Duane | +6 | 135 | Terry | +7 |
| 136 | Jose | -3 | 136 | Edith | 0 |
| 137 | Glen | +7 | 137 | Sara | -2 |
| 138 | Lonnie | -2 | 138 | Pauline | -5 |
| 139 | Scott | +15 | 139 | Margie | -1 |
| 140 | Dean | -8 | 140 | Annette | +3 |
| 141 | Jackie | -2 | 141 | Emma | -10 |
| 142 | Lester | +3 | 142 | Penny | +21 |
| 143 | Nicholas | 0 | 143 | Lillian | -14 |
| 144 | Benjamin | +2 | 144 | Ethel | -4 |
| 145 | Charlie | -10 | 145 | Jennifer | +11 |
| 146 | Gilbert | -9 | 146 | Audrey | +3 |
| 147 | Arnold | +6 | 147 | Lucille | -10 |
| 148 | Herman | +4 | 148 | Michele | +39 |
| 149 | Leo | -2 | 149 | Lynne | +4 |
| 150 | Johnnie | -8 | 150 | Clara | -5 |
| 151 | Lynn | +4 | 151 | Priscilla | +9 |
| 152 | Franklin | -12 | 152 | Thelma | -2 |
| 153 | Chester | -3 | 153 | Wilma | -9 |
| 154 | Freddie | -3 | 154 | Grace | 0 |
| 155 | Dave | +5 | 155 | Toni | +29 |
| 156 | Manuel | +2 | 156 | Jill | +10 |
| 157 | Ted | -1 | 157 | Maryann | -5 |
| 158 | Milton | -1 | 158 | Eleanor | -19 |
| 159 | Micheal | +9 | 159 | Marion | -4 |
| 160 | Kevin | +18 | 160 | Janie | -2 |
| 161 | Dwight | -23 | 161 | Florence | -15 |
| 162 | Neil | -1 | 162 | Esther | -11 |
| 163 | Wesley | +4 | 163 | Sheryl | +2 |
| 164 | Cecil | -5 | 164 | Gladys | -7 |
| 165 | Garry | -3 | 165 | Pat | -18 |
| 166 | Roland | 0 | 166 | Joy | +4 |
| 167 | Claude | -4 | 167 | Rosa | +1 |
| 168 | Donnie | -3 | 168 | Eva | -7 |
| 169 | Sam | -5 | 169 | Vickie | +34 |
| 170 | Tim | +2 | 170 | Denise | -1 |
| 171 | Greg | +40 | 171 | Stephanie | +5 |
| 172 | Juan | -1 | 172 | Bernice | +7 |
| 173 | Ricky | +47 | 173 | Willie | -14 |
| 174 | Marshall | +1 | 174 | Jackie | 0 |
| 175 | Sammy | -5 | 175 | Angela | +18 |
| 176 | Jonathan | -3 | 176 | Billie | -12 |
| 177 | Hugh | -3 | 177 | Ella | 0 |
| 178 | Stuart | +2 | 178 | Bobbie | -7 |
| 179 | Wallace | -10 | 179 | Marian | -17 |
| 180 | Guy | +6 | 180 | Bertha | -7 |
| 181 | Maurice | -5 | 181 | Maxine | -9 |
| 182 | Rick | +25 | 182 | Carla | +19 |
| 183 | Karl | +2 | 183 | Hazel | -8 |
| 184 | Chris | +25 | 184 | Valerie | -3 |
| 185 | Kent | +10 | 185 | Dianna | -2 |
| 186 | Oscar | -5 | 186 | Regina | +9 |
| 187 | Terrence | +3 | 187 | Beatrice | -7 |
| 188 | Sidney | -4 | 188 | Emily | -2 |
| 189 | Nathaniel | -2 | 189 | Bonita | +9 |
| 190 | Alexander | -2 | 190 | Rachel | +7 |
| 191 | Marc | +24 | 191 | Lillie | -13 |
| 192 | Benny | -9 | 192 | Jacquelyn | +8 |
| 193 | Edgar | -1 | 193 | Yolanda | +11 |
| 194 | Perry | +6 | 194 | Faye | -12 |
| 195 | Jessie | -13 | 195 | Veronica | +7 |
| 196 | Matthew | -2 | 196 | Ida | -11 |
| 197 | Carlos | +2 | 197 | Lana | -8 |
| 198 | Willard | -21 | 198 | Jan | +12 |
| 199 | Jeff | +20 | 199 | Sandy | +6 |
| 200 | Morris | -7 | 200 | Stella | +9 |