100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1947

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
201 Elmer -23 997
202 Gerard -5 983
203 Earnest -1 981
204 Clifton +10 965
205 Randolph 0 963
206 Marion -17 960
207 Dana +53 946
208 Clinton +5 945
209 Bennie -13 923
210 Ron -3 922
211 Fredrick -8 917
212 Lyle -12 904
213 Reginald +10 897
214 Everett -23 895
215 Ben -5 886
216 Ira +2 883
217 Otis 0 870
218 Max -14 869
219 Virgil -21 854
220 Rex +16 846
221 Bradley +49 830
222 Luther -11 826
223 Darryl +15 823
224 Clayton -3 813
225 Nelson -3 813
226 Rickey +68 809
227 Byron -11 798
228 Alex -3 795
229 Terrance +16 791
230 Mitchell +5 789
231 Ross +9 789
232 Laurence -8 778
233 Dick -25 755
234 Jesus -8 754
235 Rudy +12 754
236 Jeffery +36 743
237 Horace -3 741
238 Pete -10 738
239 Ruben +2 737
240 Daryl +15 735
241 Hubert -11 732
242 Antonio -9 730
243 Neal -11 730
244 Delbert -13 723
245 Pat +4 720
246 Wendell +6 716
247 Ken -20 707
248 Kerry +44 704
249 Rudolph -3 696
250 Loren -13 694
251 Kenny +3 691
252 Aaron +9 681
253 Jan +13 676
254 Archie -4 675
255 Carroll -26 670
256 Lowell -17 670
257 Brent +30 669
258 Troy -14 669
259 Tommie -1 668
260 Phil +16 660
261 Alton -8 656
262 Leland +1 656
263 Darrel +1 649
264 Nick +4 647
265 Rodger -23 646
266 Homer -10 640
267 Carlton +10 637
268 Edmund -25 634
269 Malcolm -21 630
270 Tyrone +28 629
271 Oliver -20 625
272 Doyle +14 621
273 Nathan -2 617
274 Jerald -5 608
275 Julius 0 605
276 Lance +40 604
277 Bryan +25 602
278 Wilbert -16 600
279 Willis -20 600
280 Isaac +5 598
281 Clark -1 596
282 Sylvester -4 596
283 Wilbur -2 595
284 Salvatore +4 594
285 Frankie -28 586
286 Geoffrey +17 578
287 Sherman -4 575
288 Raul +7 572
289 Van -24 569
290 Robin +22 565
291 Francisco +14 558
292 Mickey +1 554
293 Dewey -11 553
294 Roosevelt -10 553
295 Julian -16 552
296 Myron -22 543
297 Kurt +37 535
298 Kim +20 534
299 Preston +7 525
300 Roberto -10 524
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
201 Harriet -11 1,324
202 Lucy -8 1,323
203 Patty -12 1,319
204 Candace +23 1,317
205 Becky +19 1,298
206 Marianne -11 1,292
207 Christina +24 1,285
208 Dawn +15 1,269
209 Colleen +4 1,267
210 Deanna -17 1,263
211 Bernadette -23 1,253
212 Carmen +7 1,237
213 Vera -13 1,218
214 Rosie -9 1,208
215 Alma -7 1,186
216 Claire -4 1,180
217 Beth +15 1,179
218 Carrie +2 1,170
219 Jessie -12 1,157
220 Caroline -6 1,150
221 Rosemarie 0 1,148
222 Myra +24 1,141
223 Cindy +62 1,133
224 Mattie -9 1,123
225 Nora +4 1,096
226 Rosalie -15 1,078
227 Susie -10 1,071
228 Dixie 0 1,063
229 Minnie -11 1,050
230 Lydia +9 1,048
231 Dora +3 1,039
232 Francine -16 1,039
233 Bessie -8 1,013
234 Renee +7 1,001
235 Nina -9 999
236 Johnnie 0 995
237 Jeannette -7 994
238 Antoinette +18 993
239 Deloris -2 989
240 Trudy -2 975
241 Wendy +21 974
242 Cecilia +8 972
243 Madeline -8 972
244 Elsie -22 953
245 Robin +14 936
246 Geneva -13 925
247 Sharyn +32 919
248 Michelle +15 913
249 Cecelia +23 890
250 Nellie -10 876
251 Ramona +18 868
252 Iris +1 865
253 Mae -4 858
254 Lee -6 857
255 Olivia +13 857
256 Doreen -1 853
257 Irma +1 853
258 Marguerite -6 853
259 Velma -17 849
260 Betsy +18 847
261 Cora -10 847
262 Hilda +8 844
263 Agnes -20 839
264 Naomi -20 839
265 Ernestine -11 837
266 Vicky +36 824
267 Dale +20 817
268 Leona -23 815
269 Viola -12 814
270 Saundra -6 813
271 Penelope +18 797
272 Gale +38 796
273 Laurie -12 789
274 Terri +56 780
275 Hattie -9 778
276 Verna -11 778
277 Laurel +6 775
278 Alberta -31 771
279 Melody +43 759
280 Sharron -20 757
281 Miriam -6 755
282 Alicia +30 747
283 Shelia +32 744
284 Bette -17 739
285 Bettye -8 739
286 Della +19 732
287 Cheri +17 731
288 Jennie -17 730
289 Jeannie -3 726
290 Marcella -2 720
291 Kristine +69 718
292 Dana -19 716
293 Pearl -9 713
294 Lola -20 710
295 Holly +36 709
296 Lena -20 706
297 Eunice -6 704
298 Gertrude -8 702
299 Melinda +37 696
300 Susanne -20 692