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The most popular baby names of 1947

SSA recorded 3,602,365 births in 1947 across all reported names — 1,772,766 girls and 1,829,599 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1947

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1946.
#NameBirthsvs 1946
1 Linda 99,692 +1
2 Mary 71,690 -1
3 Patricia 51,278 —
4 Barbara 48,800 —
5 Sandra 34,779 +1
6 Carol 33,543 -1
7 Nancy 32,445 —
8 Susan 31,952 —
9 Sharon 28,533 —
10 Donna 23,517 +3
11 Kathleen 22,095 +5
12 Judith 21,996 -2
13 Karen 21,648 +2
14 Judy 21,037 -3
15 Carolyn 20,742 -3
16 Margaret 20,101 +1
17 Betty 18,966 -3
18 Diane 17,775 +1
19 Shirley 17,648 -1
20 Joyce 15,915 —
21 Brenda 15,830 +3
22 Janice 15,409 —
23 Janet 15,236 -2
24 Cheryl 13,890 +3
25 Elizabeth 13,440 —
26 Dorothy 12,753 -3
27 Gloria 12,627 -1
28 Pamela 12,398 +6
29 Marilyn 11,881 —
30 Joan 11,277 -2
31 Beverly 11,205 -1
32 Martha 10,651 —
33 Cynthia 10,530 +13
34 Virginia 10,407 -3
35 Bonnie 10,214 -2
36 Jane 9,943 -1
37 Phyllis 9,187 +4
38 Helen 8,979 -2
39 Frances 8,943 —
40 Jean 8,940 -3
41 Ann 8,894 -1
42 Peggy 8,877 +1
43 Connie 8,645 +2
44 Ruth 8,482 -6
45 Christine 8,379 +5
46 Catherine 7,889 +2
47 Alice 7,849 -3
48 Diana 7,622 -6
49 Gail 7,242 —
50 Elaine 7,059 -3
51 Jo 6,724 +2
52 Rebecca 6,333 +16
53 Suzanne 6,231 -1
54 Paula 6,102 +15
55 Kathryn 6,091 +8
56 Joanne 6,062 +1
57 Marie 6,057 -3
58 Doris 6,029 -7
59 Jacqueline 6,011 +3
60 Rita 5,982 -4
61 Ellen 5,856 -3
62 Deborah 5,837 +57
63 Lois 5,717 -8
64 Kathy 5,697 +15
65 Rose 5,654 -5
66 Wanda 5,649 -7
67 Sherry 5,579 +6
68 Charlotte 5,386 -4
69 Sue 5,306 -8
70 Sally 5,265 -3
71 Darlene 5,255 —
72 Evelyn 5,243 -7
73 Sheila 5,095 -3
74 Laura 5,051 +1
75 Lynn 4,994 +19
76 Katherine 4,884 +2
77 Lynda 4,840 +32
78 Geraldine 4,811 -12
79 Maria 4,712 +9
80 Rosemary 4,542 -6
81 Marcia 4,472 +8
82 Norma 4,425 -5
83 Dianne 4,415 -7
84 Lorraine 4,414 +9
85 Theresa 4,390 +10
86 Jeanne 4,364 -3
87 Patsy 4,344 -2
88 Marsha 4,339 +10
89 Joann 4,276 +1
90 Roberta 4,261 -4
91 Eileen 4,251 -11
92 Anna 4,238 -5
93 Sarah 4,223 -1
94 Anita 4,187 -10
94 Anne 4,187 -13
96 Glenda 4,156 +3
97 Sylvia 4,100 -15
98 Maureen 4,085 -3
99 Louise 4,050 -8
100 Constance 3,894 —

Top 100 boys' names in 1947

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1946.
#NameBirthsvs 1946
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 +1
11 Ronald 34,899 -1
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 +3
22 Daniel 15,189 -1
23 Frank 13,994 -1
24 Steven 13,528 +4
25 Roger 12,760 -2
26 Terry 12,751 —
27 Raymond 12,352 -2
28 Gerald 10,750 -1
29 Bruce 10,524 +3
30 Wayne 10,169 -1
31 Douglas 9,895 +3
32 Lawrence 9,582 -1
33 Gregory 9,327 +23
34 Walter 9,218 -4
35 Harold 8,904 -2
36 Peter 8,590 +2
37 Jack 8,507 -2
38 Arthur 8,255 -2
39 Danny 8,069 +7
40 Carl 8,050 -1
41 Anthony 8,014 +3
42 Willie 7,997 -2
43 Joe 7,904 -6
44 Jimmy 7,881 -2
45 Alan 7,823 +4
46 Henry 7,807 -5
47 Mark 7,773 +11
48 Roy 7,560 -5
49 Johnny 7,441 -2
50 Ralph 7,389 -2
51 Billy 6,933 -6
52 Timothy 6,747 +8
53 Patrick 6,622 +6
54 Harry 6,515 -4
55 Albert 6,462 -3
56 Fred 6,392 -5
57 Philip 6,235 +4
58 Steve 6,231 +11
59 Eugene 6,178 -2
60 Bobby 6,116 -7
61 Ronnie 6,110 -7
62 Howard 6,061 -7
63 Dale 5,936 -1
64 Louis 5,778 -1
65 Mike 5,750 -1
66 Jeffrey 5,665 +12
67 Stanley 5,501 -2
68 Barry 5,472 —
69 Russell 5,270 -3
70 Glenn 5,157 +11
71 Leonard 5,155 -4
72 Samuel 5,110 -2
73 Allen 5,075 +1
74 Phillip 4,789 +9
75 Ernest 4,787 -4
76 Bill 4,681 -4
77 Jim 4,640 -4
78 Frederick 4,637 -3
79 Tommy 4,594 -2
80 Eddie 4,457 +5
81 Norman 4,410 -5
82 Andrew 4,346 +2
83 Earl 4,242 -1
84 Francis 4,208 -4
85 Melvin 4,169 +1
86 Don 4,007 -7
87 Tom 3,922 —
88 Clarence 3,921 +1
89 Marvin 3,773 -1
90 Martin 3,724 +2
91 Keith 3,684 +5
92 Lee 3,676 -1
93 Craig 3,640 +15
94 Rodney 3,564 -1
95 Brian 3,450 +8
96 Alfred 3,417 -2
97 Ray 3,379 -2
98 Leroy 3,347 -8
99 Curtis 3,037 —
100 Bernard 2,994 +2

Names that climbed fastest in 1947

Ranked by places gained against 1946, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1947Rank 1946Change
Debbie girls 318 471 +153
Candice girls 342 476 +134
Jessica girls 385 506 +121
Chris girls 456 558 +102
Cathleen girls 334 405 +71
Kristine girls 291 360 +69
Candy girls 352 420 +68
Rickey boys 226 294 +68
Margery girls 472 539 +67
Debra girls 303 369 +66
Karin girls 411 475 +64
Celeste girls 470 534 +64
Gregg boys 302 365 +63
Cindy girls 223 284 +61
Crystal girls 453 514 +61

Names that fell fastest in 1947

NameRank 1947Rank 1946Change
Suzette girls 514 417 -97
Ruthann girls 593 499 -94
Truman boys 470 387 -83
Dian girls 541 459 -82
Carolann girls 564 487 -77
Marlys girls 564 500 -64
Dottie girls 560 498 -62
Sybil girls 531 471 -60
Imogene girls 593 533 -60
Fern girls 520 464 -56
Helena girls 576 520 -56
Nettie girls 447 392 -55
Lupe girls 426 372 -54
Jewell girls 497 445 -52
Reuben boys 473 421 -52

Names that first appear in 1947

1947 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1947

For these names, 1947 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.