Birth year roster

Top names in 1947

Name: Top baby names in 1947
Creator: Social Security Administration

The 100 most common names on 1947 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Linda and James led the 1947 baby-name charts, the top names among baby boom births. Linda was the #1 girls’ name for 6 years in all (1947–1952); James was the #1 boys’ name for 13 years in all (1940–1952). Of the 200 names below, 161 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

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Girls

#1Linda Endangered99,692
#2Mary Endangered71,690
#3Patricia Endangered51,278
#4Barbara Endangered48,800
#5Sandra Endangered34,779
#6Carol Endangered33,543
#7Nancy Endangered32,445
#8Susan Endangered31,952
#9Sharon Endangered28,533
#10Donna Endangered23,517
#11Kathleen Endangered22,095
#12Judith Endangered21,996
#13Karen Endangered21,648
#14Judy Endangered21,037
#15Carolyn Endangered20,742
#16Margaret Endangered20,101
#17Betty Endangered18,966
#18Diane Endangered17,775
#19Shirley Endangered17,648
#20Joyce Endangered15,915
#21Brenda Endangered15,830
#22Janice Endangered15,409
#23Janet Endangered15,236
#24Cheryl Endangered13,890
#25Elizabeth Stable13,440
#26Dorothy Endangered12,753
#27Gloria Endangered12,627
#28Pamela Endangered12,398
#29Marilyn Endangered11,881
#30Joan Endangered11,277
#31Beverly Endangered11,205
#32Martha Endangered10,651
#33Cynthia Endangered10,530
#34Virginia Endangered10,407
#35Bonnie Endangered10,214
#36Jane Stable9,943
#37Phyllis Endangered9,187
#38Helen Endangered8,979
#39Frances Endangered8,943
#40Jean Endangered8,940
#41Ann Endangered8,894
#42Peggy Endangered8,877
#43Connie Endangered8,645
#44Ruth Endangered8,482
#45Christine Endangered8,379
#46Catherine Endangered7,889
#47Alice Stable7,849
#48Diana Stable7,622
#49Gail Endangered7,242
#50Elaine Rising7,059
#51Jo Endangered6,724
#52Rebecca Endangered6,333
#53Suzanne Endangered6,231
#54Paula Endangered6,102
#55Kathryn Endangered6,091
#56Joanne Endangered6,062
#57Marie Endangered6,057
#58Doris Endangered6,029
#59Jacqueline Endangered6,011
#60Rita Endangered5,982
#61Ellen Endangered5,856
#62Deborah Endangered5,837
#63Lois Endangered5,717
#64Kathy Endangered5,697
#65Rose Stable5,654
#66Wanda Endangered5,649
#67Sherry Endangered5,579
#68Charlotte Stable5,386
#69Sue Endangered5,306
#70Sally Endangered5,265
#71Darlene Endangered5,255
#72Evelyn Stable5,243
#73Sheila Endangered5,095
#74Laura Endangered5,051
#75Lynn Endangered4,994
#76Katherine Declining4,884
#77Lynda Endangered4,840
#78Geraldine Endangered4,811
#79Maria Stable4,712
#80Rosemary Rising4,542
#81Marcia Endangered4,472
#82Norma Endangered4,425
#83Dianne Endangered4,415
#84Lorraine Endangered4,414
#85Theresa Endangered4,390
#86Jeanne Endangered4,364
#87Patsy Endangered4,344
#88Marsha Endangered4,339
#89Joann Endangered4,276
#90Roberta Endangered4,261
#91Eileen Stable4,251
#92Anna Declining4,238
#93Sarah Endangered4,223
#94Anita Endangered4,187
#95Anne Endangered4,187
#96Glenda Endangered4,156
#97Sylvia Rising4,100
#98Maureen Endangered4,085
#99Louise Endangered4,050
#100Constance Endangered3,894

Boys

#1James Stable94,767
#2Robert Endangered91,655
#3John Past peak88,324
#4William Declining67,002
#5Richard Endangered58,532
#6David Past peak57,810
#7Michael Past peak50,506
#8Thomas Stable44,842
#9Charles Stable40,781
#10Larry Endangered34,946
#11Ronald Endangered34,899
#12Gary Endangered30,029
#13Donald Endangered28,260
#14Joseph Declining27,520
#15Kenneth Endangered24,586
#16George Stable23,916
#17Dennis Endangered23,686
#18Paul Endangered22,796
#19Edward Endangered20,539
#20Jerry Endangered18,794
#21Stephen Endangered15,328
#22Daniel Declining15,189
#23Frank Endangered13,994
#24Steven Endangered13,528
#25Roger Endangered12,760
#26Terry Endangered12,751
#27Raymond Endangered12,352
#28Gerald Endangered10,750
#29Bruce Endangered10,524
#30Wayne Endangered10,169
#31Douglas Endangered9,895
#32Lawrence Endangered9,582
#33Gregory Endangered9,327
#34Walter Stable9,218
#35Harold Endangered8,904
#36Peter Stable8,590
#37Jack Stable8,507
#38Arthur Rising8,255
#39Danny Endangered8,069
#40Carl Endangered8,050
#41Anthony Declining8,014
#42Willie Endangered7,997
#43Joe Endangered7,904
#44Jimmy Endangered7,881
#45Alan Stable7,823
#46Henry Stable7,807
#47Mark Endangered7,773
#48Roy Endangered7,560
#49Johnny Endangered7,441
#50Ralph Endangered7,389
#51Billy Endangered6,933
#52Timothy Endangered6,747
#53Patrick Declining6,622
#54Harry Endangered6,515
#55Albert Endangered6,462
#56Fred Endangered6,392
#57Philip Endangered6,235
#58Steve Endangered6,231
#59Eugene Endangered6,178
#60Bobby Endangered6,116
#61Ronnie Endangered6,110
#62Howard Endangered6,061
#63Dale Endangered5,936
#64Louis Stable5,778
#65Mike Endangered5,750
#66Jeffrey Endangered5,665
#67Stanley Endangered5,501
#68Barry Endangered5,472
#69Russell Stable5,270
#70Glenn Endangered5,157
#71Leonard Endangered5,155
#72Samuel Stable5,110
#73Allen Endangered5,075
#74Phillip Endangered4,789
#75Ernest Endangered4,787
#76Bill Endangered4,681
#77Jim Endangered4,640
#78Frederick Stable4,637
#79Tommy Endangered4,594
#80Eddie Endangered4,457
#81Norman Endangered4,410
#82Andrew Declining4,346
#83Earl Endangered4,242
#84Francis Stable4,208
#85Melvin Endangered4,169
#86Don Endangered4,007
#87Tom Endangered3,922
#88Clarence Endangered3,921
#89Marvin Endangered3,773
#90Martin Stable3,724
#91Keith Endangered3,684
#92Lee Endangered3,676
#93Craig Endangered3,640
#94Rodney Endangered3,564
#95Brian Endangered3,450
#96Alfred Endangered3,417
#97Ray Endangered3,379
#98Leroy Endangered3,347
#99Curtis Endangered3,037
#100Bernard Endangered2,994