The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1947

4,266 different boys’ names were recorded in 1947, covering 1,829,599 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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
11	Ronald	34,899
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
22	Daniel	15,189
23	Frank	13,994
24	Steven	13,528
25	Roger	12,760
26	Terry	12,751
27	Raymond	12,352
28	Gerald	10,750
29	Bruce	10,524
30	Wayne	10,169
31	Douglas	9,895
32	Lawrence	9,582
33	Gregory	9,327
34	Walter	9,218
35	Harold	8,904
36	Peter	8,590
37	Jack	8,507
38	Arthur	8,255
39	Danny	8,069
40	Carl	8,050
41	Anthony	8,014
42	Willie	7,997
43	Joe	7,904
44	Jimmy	7,881
45	Alan	7,823
46	Henry	7,807
47	Mark	7,773
48	Roy	7,560
49	Johnny	7,441
50	Ralph	7,389
51	Billy	6,933
52	Timothy	6,747
53	Patrick	6,622
54	Harry	6,515
55	Albert	6,462
56	Fred	6,392
57	Philip	6,235
58	Steve	6,231
59	Eugene	6,178
60	Bobby	6,116
61	Ronnie	6,110
62	Howard	6,061
63	Dale	5,936
64	Louis	5,778
65	Mike	5,750
66	Jeffrey	5,665
67	Stanley	5,501
68	Barry	5,472
69	Russell	5,270
70	Glenn	5,157
71	Leonard	5,155
72	Samuel	5,110
73	Allen	5,075
74	Phillip	4,789
75	Ernest	4,787
76	Bill	4,681
77	Jim	4,640
78	Frederick	4,637
79	Tommy	4,594
80	Eddie	4,457
81	Norman	4,410
82	Andrew	4,346
83	Earl	4,242
84	Francis	4,208
85	Melvin	4,169
86	Don	4,007
87	Tom	3,922
88	Clarence	3,921
89	Marvin	3,773
90	Martin	3,724
91	Keith	3,684
92	Lee	3,676
93	Craig	3,640
94	Rodney	3,564
95	Brian	3,450
96	Alfred	3,417
97	Ray	3,379
98	Leroy	3,347
99	Curtis	3,037
100	Bernard	2,994
101	Clifford	2,990
102	Theodore	2,928
103	Gene	2,894
104	Herbert	2,856
105	Vincent	2,803
106	Randall	2,785
107	Jesse	2,751
108	Warren	2,728
109	Dan	2,702
110	Jerome	2,689
111	Gordon	2,671
112	Lloyd	2,630
113	Jimmie	2,600
114	Edwin	2,590
115	Bob	2,514
116	Randy	2,501
117	Leon	2,487
118	Lewis	2,439
119	Jay	2,438
120	Calvin	2,433
121	Victor	2,355
122	Eric	2,344
123	Jon	2,307
124	Leslie	2,305
125	Darrell	2,285
126	Tony	2,280
127	Christopher	2,273
128	Clyde	2,263
129	Alvin	2,215
130	Floyd	2,212
131	Harvey	2,208
132	Allan	2,187
133	Joel	2,144
134	Vernon	2,114
135	Duane	2,092
136	Jose	2,091
137	Lonnie	2,086
138	Glen	2,070
139	Scott	2,029
140	Dean	2,002
141	Jackie	1,990
142	Lester	1,944
143	Nicholas	1,935
144	Benjamin	1,931
145	Charlie	1,914
146	Gilbert	1,877
147	Leo	1,805
148	Johnnie	1,801
149	Herman	1,795
149	Arnold	1,795
151	Lynn	1,781
152	Franklin	1,772
153	Freddie	1,724
154	Chester	1,714
155	Dave	1,693
156	Manuel	1,678
157	Ted	1,647
158	Milton	1,638
159	Micheal	1,629
160	Kevin	1,549
161	Dwight	1,542
162	Neil	1,460
163	Wesley	1,459
164	Garry	1,449
165	Cecil	1,443
166	Roland	1,434
167	Claude	1,433
168	Donnie	1,419
169	Sam	1,416
170	Tim	1,330
171	Greg	1,316
172	Juan	1,314
173	Ricky	1,301
174	Marshall	1,269
175	Sammy	1,210
176	Hugh	1,201
177	Jonathan	1,198
178	Stuart	1,191
179	Wallace	1,190
180	Guy	1,184
181	Maurice	1,140
182	Kent	1,120
182	Rick	1,120
184	Karl	1,119
185	Chris	1,116
186	Oscar	1,110
187	Nathaniel	1,100
187	Terrence	1,100
189	Sidney	1,099
190	Alexander	1,081
191	Benny	1,061
191	Marc	1,061
193	Edgar	1,056
194	Perry	1,053
195	Jessie	1,051
196	Matthew	1,045
197	Carlos	1,032
198	Willard	1,025
199	Jeff	1,007
200	Morris	1,002

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1947 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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