Top names of 1947

Girls

1Linda99,692▲ 1 2Mary71,690▼ 1 3Patricia51,278– 4Barbara48,800– 5Sandra34,779▲ 1 6Carol33,543▼ 1 7Nancy32,445– 8Susan31,952– 9Sharon28,533– 10Donna23,517▲ 3 11Kathleen22,095▲ 5 12Judith21,996▼ 2 13Karen21,648▲ 2 14Judy21,037▼ 3 15Carolyn20,742▼ 3 16Margaret20,101▲ 1 17Betty18,966▼ 3 18Diane17,775▲ 1 19Shirley17,648▼ 1 20Joyce15,915– 21Brenda15,830▲ 3 22Janice15,409– 23Janet15,236▼ 2 24Cheryl13,890▲ 3 25Elizabeth13,440– 26Dorothy12,753▼ 3 27Gloria12,627▼ 1 28Pamela12,398▲ 6 29Marilyn11,881– 30Joan11,277▼ 2 31Beverly11,205▼ 1 32Martha10,651– 33Cynthia10,530▲ 13 34Virginia10,407▼ 3 35Bonnie10,214▼ 2 36Jane9,943▼ 1 37Phyllis9,187▲ 4 38Helen8,979▼ 2 39Frances8,943– 40Jean8,940▼ 3 41Ann8,894▼ 1 42Peggy8,877▲ 1 43Connie8,645▲ 2 44Ruth8,482▼ 6 45Christine8,379▲ 5 46Catherine7,889▲ 2 47Alice7,849▼ 3 48Diana7,622▼ 6 49Gail7,242– 50Elaine7,059▼ 3 51Jo6,724▲ 2 52Rebecca6,333▲ 16 53Suzanne6,231▼ 1 54Paula6,102▲ 15 55Kathryn6,091▲ 8 56Joanne6,062▲ 1 57Marie6,057▼ 3 58Doris6,029▼ 7 59Jacqueline6,011▲ 3 60Rita5,982▼ 4 61Ellen5,856▼ 3 62Deborah5,837▲ 57 63Lois5,717▼ 8 64Kathy5,697▲ 15 65Rose5,654▼ 5 66Wanda5,649▼ 7 67Sherry5,579▲ 6 68Charlotte5,386▼ 4 69Sue5,306▼ 8 70Sally5,265▼ 3 71Darlene5,255– 72Evelyn5,243▼ 7 73Sheila5,095▼ 3 74Laura5,051▲ 1 75Lynn4,994▲ 19 76Katherine4,884▲ 2 77Lynda4,840▲ 32 78Geraldine4,811▼ 12 79Maria4,712▲ 9 80Rosemary4,542▼ 6 81Marcia4,472▲ 8 82Norma4,425▼ 5 83Dianne4,415▼ 7 84Lorraine4,414▲ 9 85Theresa4,390▲ 10 86Jeanne4,364▼ 3 87Patsy4,344▼ 2 88Marsha4,339▲ 10 89Joann4,276▲ 1 90Roberta4,261▼ 4 91Eileen4,251▼ 11 92Anna4,238▼ 5 93Sarah4,223▼ 1 94Anita4,187▼ 10 95Anne4,187▼ 14 96Glenda4,156▲ 3 97Sylvia4,100▼ 15 98Maureen4,085▼ 3 99Louise4,050▼ 8 100Constance3,894–

Boys

1James94,767– 2Robert91,655– 3John88,324– 4William67,002– 5Richard58,532– 6David57,810– 7Michael50,506– 8Thomas44,842– 9Charles40,781– 10Larry34,946▲ 1 11Ronald34,899▼ 1 12Gary30,029– 13Donald28,260– 14Joseph27,520– 15Kenneth24,586– 16George23,916– 17Dennis23,686– 18Paul22,796– 19Edward20,539– 20Jerry18,794– 21Stephen15,328▲ 3 22Daniel15,189▼ 1 23Frank13,994▼ 1 24Steven13,528▲ 4 25Roger12,760▼ 2 26Terry12,751– 27Raymond12,352▼ 2 28Gerald10,750▼ 1 29Bruce10,524▲ 3 30Wayne10,169▼ 1 31Douglas9,895▲ 3 32Lawrence9,582▼ 1 33Gregory9,327▲ 23 34Walter9,218▼ 4 35Harold8,904▼ 2 36Peter8,590▲ 2 37Jack8,507▼ 2 38Arthur8,255▼ 2 39Danny8,069▲ 7 40Carl8,050▼ 1 41Anthony8,014▲ 3 42Willie7,997▼ 2 43Joe7,904▼ 6 44Jimmy7,881▼ 2 45Alan7,823▲ 4 46Henry7,807▼ 5 47Mark7,773▲ 11 48Roy7,560▼ 5 49Johnny7,441▼ 2 50Ralph7,389▼ 2 51Billy6,933▼ 6 52Timothy6,747▲ 8 53Patrick6,622▲ 6 54Harry6,515▼ 4 55Albert6,462▼ 3 56Fred6,392▼ 5 57Philip6,235▲ 4 58Steve6,231▲ 11 59Eugene6,178▼ 2 60Bobby6,116▼ 7 61Ronnie6,110▼ 7 62Howard6,061▼ 7 63Dale5,936▼ 1 64Louis5,778▼ 1 65Mike5,750▼ 1 66Jeffrey5,665▲ 12 67Stanley5,501▼ 2 68Barry5,472– 69Russell5,270▼ 3 70Glenn5,157▲ 11 71Leonard5,155▼ 4 72Samuel5,110▼ 2 73Allen5,075▲ 1 74Phillip4,789▲ 9 75Ernest4,787▼ 4 76Bill4,681▼ 4 77Jim4,640▼ 4 78Frederick4,637▼ 3 79Tommy4,594▼ 2 80Eddie4,457▲ 5 81Norman4,410▼ 5 82Andrew4,346▲ 2 83Earl4,242▼ 1 84Francis4,208▼ 4 85Melvin4,169▲ 1 86Don4,007▼ 7 87Tom3,922– 88Clarence3,921▲ 1 89Marvin3,773▼ 1 90Martin3,724▲ 2 91Keith3,684▲ 5 92Lee3,676▼ 1 93Craig3,640▲ 15 94Rodney3,564▼ 1 95Brian3,450▲ 8 96Alfred3,417▼ 2 97Ray3,379▼ 2 98Leroy3,347▼ 8 99Curtis3,037– 100Bernard2,994▲ 2