Most Popular Baby Names in 1947

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	James	94,763
2	Robert	91,654
3	John	88,321
4	William	67,001
5	Richard	58,531
6	David	57,809
7	Michael	50,505
8	Thomas	44,840
9	Charles	40,779
10	Larry	34,945
11	Ronald	34,900
12	Gary	30,030
13	Donald	28,260
14	Joseph	27,521
15	Kenneth	24,584
16	George	23,913
17	Dennis	23,686
18	Paul	22,793
19	Edward	20,539
20	Jerry	18,791
21	Stephen	15,328
22	Daniel	15,189
23	Frank	13,995
24	Steven	13,529
25	Roger	12,760
26	Terry	12,751
27	Raymond	12,352
28	Gerald	10,750
29	Bruce	10,524
30	Wayne	10,168
31	Douglas	9,893
32	Lawrence	9,582
33	Gregory	9,327
34	Walter	9,217
35	Harold	8,904
36	Peter	8,590
37	Jack	8,507
38	Arthur	8,255
39	Danny	8,069
40	Carl	8,051
41	Anthony	8,014
42	Willie	7,995
43	Joe	7,904
44	Jimmy	7,881
45	Alan	7,823
46	Henry	7,808
47	Mark	7,773
48	Roy	7,560
49	Johnny	7,442
50	Ralph	7,389

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Linda	99,693
2	Mary	71,689
3	Patricia	51,278
4	Barbara	48,800
5	Sandra	34,779
6	Carol	33,543
7	Nancy	32,445
8	Susan	31,951
9	Sharon	28,533
10	Donna	23,518
11	Kathleen	22,095
12	Judith	21,996
13	Karen	21,648
14	Judy	21,036
15	Carolyn	20,741
16	Margaret	20,102
17	Betty	18,964
18	Diane	17,775
19	Shirley	17,647
20	Joyce	15,914
21	Brenda	15,830
22	Janice	15,409
23	Janet	15,236
24	Cheryl	13,890
25	Elizabeth	13,439
26	Dorothy	12,753
27	Gloria	12,626
28	Pamela	12,398
29	Marilyn	11,881
30	Joan	11,276
31	Beverly	11,205
32	Martha	10,652
33	Cynthia	10,530
34	Virginia	10,407
35	Bonnie	10,215
36	Jane	9,942
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	8,481
45	Christine	8,377
46	Catherine	7,889
47	Alice	7,849
48	Diana	7,622
49	Gail	7,242
50	Elaine	7,058