Name.Baby Names by year 1940s 1947 Most Popular Baby Names of 1947 Social Security has card records for 3,675,407 people born in the U.S. in 1947. Linda was the top girl name (99,692 babies) and James the top boy name (94,767).
Top 100 names of 1947 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1947, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Linda 99,692 #902 2 Mary 71,690 #125 3 Patricia 51,278 #1,334 4 Barbara 48,800 #968 5 Sandra 34,779 #1,207 6 Carol 33,543 #2,239 7 Nancy 32,445 #965 8 Susan 31,952 #1,085 9 Sharon 28,533 #1,250 10 Donna 23,517 #1,962 11 Kathleen 22,095 #1,150 12 Judith 21,996 #788 13 Karen 21,648 #1,279 14 Judy 21,037 #1,872 15 Carolyn 20,742 #1,222 16 Margaret 20,101 #112 17 Betty 18,966 #1,113 18 Diane 17,775 #2,607 19 Shirley 17,648 #1,581 20 Joyce 15,915 #1,071 21 Brenda 15,830 #1,525 22 Janice 15,409 #2,514 23 Janet 15,236 #2,778 24 Cheryl 13,890 #4,352 25 Elizabeth 13,440 #17 26 Dorothy 12,753 #421 27 Gloria 12,627 #654 28 Pamela 12,398 #2,239 29 Marilyn 11,881 #760 30 Joan 11,277 #1,085 31 Beverly 11,205 #1,016 32 Martha 10,651 #712 33 Cynthia 10,530 #1,013 34 Virginia 10,407 #525 35 Bonnie 10,214 #396 36 Jane 9,943 #221 37 Phyllis 9,187 #11,932 38 Helen 8,979 #461 39 Frances 8,943 #318 40 Jean 8,940 #2,117 41 Ann 8,894 #1,076 42 Peggy 8,877 #8,362 43 Connie 8,645 #3,067 44 Ruth 8,482 #173 45 Christine 8,379 #1,272 46 Catherine 7,889 #313 47 Alice 7,849 #65 48 Diana 7,622 #244 49 Gail 7,242 #8,362 50 Elaine 7,059 #304
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1947, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jo 6,724 #3,975 52 Rebecca 6,333 #349 53 Suzanne 6,231 #2,387 54 Paula 6,102 #853 55 Kathryn 6,091 #729 56 Joanne 6,062 #2,607 57 Marie 6,057 #617 58 Doris 6,029 #2,895 59 Jacqueline 6,011 #558 60 Rita 5,982 #1,285 61 Ellen 5,856 #1,062 62 Deborah 5,837 #862 63 Lois 5,717 #1,666 64 Kathy 5,697 #3,249 65 Rose 5,654 #114 66 Wanda 5,649 #5,917 67 Sherry 5,579 #5,410 68 Charlotte 5,386 #2 69 Sue 5,306 #8,860 70 Sally 5,265 #1,150 71 Darlene 5,255 #1,844 72 Evelyn 5,243 #8 73 Sheila 5,095 #2,645 74 Laura 5,051 #379 75 Lynn 4,994 #2,542 76 Katherine 4,884 #186 77 Lynda 4,840 #4,546 78 Geraldine 4,811 #2,438 79 Maria 4,712 #87 80 Rosemary 4,542 #251 81 Marcia 4,472 #3,389 82 Norma 4,425 #2,002 83 Dianne 4,415 #5,722 84 Lorraine 4,414 #1,043 85 Theresa 4,390 #1,548 86 Jeanne 4,364 #4,546 87 Patsy 4,344 #5,917 88 Marsha 4,339 #7,491 89 Joann 4,276 #3,028 90 Roberta 4,261 #2,778 91 Eileen 4,251 #654 92 Anna 4,238 #107 93 Sarah 4,223 #90 94 Anita 4,187 #1,341 94 Anne 4,187 #619 96 Glenda 4,156 #5,917 97 Sylvia 4,100 #300 98 Maureen 4,085 #4,352 99 Louise 4,050 #514 100 Constance 3,894 #1,500
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1947, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 94,767 #6 2 Robert 91,655 #92 3 John 88,324 #23 4 William 67,002 #9 5 Richard 58,532 #234 6 David 57,810 #35 7 Michael 50,506 #21 8 Thomas 44,842 #34 9 Charles 40,781 #48 10 Larry 34,946 #1,084 11 Ronald 34,899 #637 12 Gary 30,029 #1,073 13 Donald 28,260 #690 14 Joseph 27,520 #29 15 Kenneth 24,586 #294 16 George 23,916 #126 17 Dennis 23,686 #707 18 Paul 22,796 #262 19 Edward 20,539 #224 20 Jerry 18,794 #906 21 Stephen 15,328 #383 22 Daniel 15,189 #22 23 Frank 13,994 #513 24 Steven 13,528 #271 25 Roger 12,760 #832 26 Terry 12,751 #1,115 27 Raymond 12,352 #394 28 Gerald 10,750 #1,204 29 Bruce 10,524 #536 30 Wayne 10,169 #652 31 Douglas 9,895 #807 32 Lawrence 9,582 #518 33 Gregory 9,327 #593 34 Walter 9,218 #251 35 Harold 8,904 #991 36 Peter 8,590 #187 37 Jack 8,507 #15 38 Arthur 8,255 #87 39 Danny 8,069 #628 40 Carl 8,050 #1,132 41 Anthony 8,014 #46 42 Willie 7,997 #1,315 43 Joe 7,904 #991 44 Jimmy 7,881 #846 45 Alan 7,823 #191 46 Henry 7,807 #5 47 Mark 7,773 #244 48 Roy 7,560 #525 49 Johnny 7,441 #457 50 Ralph 7,389 #1,046
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1947, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Billy 6,933 #1,068 52 Timothy 6,747 #203 53 Patrick 6,622 #235 54 Harry 6,515 #775 55 Albert 6,462 #614 56 Fred 6,392 #1,932 57 Philip 6,235 #527 58 Steve 6,231 #1,609 59 Eugene 6,178 #943 60 Bobby 6,116 #1,097 61 Ronnie 6,110 #1,064 62 Howard 6,061 #1,002 63 Dale 5,936 #1,409 64 Louis 5,778 #249 65 Mike 5,750 #1,231 66 Jeffrey 5,665 #552 67 Stanley 5,501 #863 68 Barry 5,472 #1,520 69 Russell 5,270 #345 70 Glenn 5,157 #1,443 71 Leonard 5,155 #637 72 Samuel 5,110 #18 73 Allen 5,075 #578 74 Phillip 4,789 #651 75 Ernest 4,787 #1,038 76 Bill 4,681 #5,208 77 Jim 4,640 #3,128 78 Frederick 4,637 #435 79 Tommy 4,594 #657 80 Eddie 4,457 #860 81 Norman 4,410 #1,196 82 Andrew 4,346 #73 83 Earl 4,242 #2,230 84 Francis 4,208 #420 85 Melvin 4,169 #958 86 Don 4,007 #1,793 87 Tom 3,922 #2,183 88 Clarence 3,921 #1,499 89 Marvin 3,773 #699 90 Martin 3,724 #335 91 Keith 3,684 #800 92 Lee 3,676 #725 93 Craig 3,640 #1,644 94 Rodney 3,564 #1,091 95 Brian 3,450 #339 96 Alfred 3,417 #840 97 Ray 3,379 #791 98 Leroy 3,347 #883 99 Curtis 3,037 #984 100 Bernard 2,994 #1,362
Entered the top 100 in 1947
