Year rank 1947

Names picked for kids in 1947

For a girl

1. linda

99693

2. mary

71685

3. patricia

51278

4. barbara

48798

5. sandra

34779

6. carol

33540

7. nancy

32445

8. susan

31951

9. sharon

28534

10. donna

23519

11. kathleen

22095

12. judith

21997

13. karen

21648

14. judy

21036

15. carolyn

20740

16. margaret

20100

17. betty

18963

18. diane

17776

19. shirley

17647

20. joyce

15912

21. brenda

15830

22. janice

15409

23. janet

15236

24. cheryl

13890

25. elizabeth

13440

26. dorothy

12751

27. gloria

12627

28. pamela

12399

29. marilyn

11880

30. joan

11276

31. beverly

11205

32. martha

10653

33. cynthia

10531

34. virginia

10407

35. bonnie

10215

36. jane

9942

37. phyllis

9188

38. helen

8980

39. frances

8942

40. jean

8940

41. ann

8893

42. peggy

8877

43. connie

8645

44. ruth

8481

45. christine

8376

46. catherine

7889

47. alice

7848

48. diana

7621

49. gail

7241

50. elaine

7059

51. jo

6726

52. rebecca

6333

53. suzanne

6230

54. paula

6101

55. kathryn

6091

56. joanne

6063

57. marie

6057

58. doris

6029

59. jacqueline

6010

60. rita

5982

61. ellen

5856

62. deborah

5837

63. lois

5720

64. kathy

5697

65. rose

5655

66. wanda

5649

67. sherry

5578

68. charlotte

5386

69. sue

5306

70. sally

5264

71. darlene

5255

72. evelyn

5244

73. sheila

5096

74. laura

5051

75. lynn

4994

76. katherine

4885

77. lynda

4840

78. geraldine

4812

79. maria

4710

80. rosemary

4542

81. marcia

4472

82. norma

4425

83. dianne

4414

84. lorraine

4413

85. theresa

4390

86. jeanne

4364

87. patsy

4344

88. marsha

4339

89. joann

4276

90. roberta

4261

91. eileen

4251

92. anna

4238

93. sarah

4223

94. anita

4187

95. anne

4187

96. glenda

4156

97. sylvia

4099

98. maureen

4085

99. louise

4050

100. constance

3893

For a boy

1. james

94758

2. robert

91650

3. john

88319

4. william

66993

5. richard

58529

6. david

57806

7. michael

50500

8. thomas

44838

9. charles

40773

10. larry

34942

11. ronald

34900

12. gary

30030

13. donald

28259

14. joseph

27520

15. kenneth

24585

16. george

23915

17. dennis

23686

18. paul

22791

19. edward

20541

20. jerry

18790

21. stephen

15328

22. daniel

15189

23. frank

13996

24. steven

13530

25. roger

12759

26. terry

12753

27. raymond

12354

28. gerald

10749

29. bruce

10524

30. wayne

10168

31. douglas

9895

32. lawrence

9581

33. gregory

9328

34. walter

9215

35. harold

8903

36. peter

8591

37. jack

8507

38. arthur

8253

39. danny

8068

40. carl

8051

41. anthony

8014

42. willie

7995

43. joe

7903

44. jimmy

7880

45. alan

7823

46. henry

7807

47. mark

7772

48. roy

7561

49. johnny

7443

50. ralph

7387

51. billy

6931

52. timothy

6746

53. patrick

6621

54. harry

6515

55. albert

6462

56. fred

6388

57. philip

6236

58. steve

6230

59. eugene

6179

60. bobby

6117

61. ronnie

6108

62. howard

6061

63. dale

5936

64. louis

5781

65. mike

5750

66. jeffrey

5665

67. stanley

5502

68. barry

5472

69. russell

5268

70. leonard

5156

71. glenn

5155

72. samuel

5108

73. allen

5075

74. phillip

4789

75. ernest

4788

76. bill

4681

77. jim

4639

78. frederick

4635

79. tommy

4594

80. eddie

4457

81. norman

4410

82. andrew

4346

83. earl

4241

84. francis

4208

85. melvin

4169

86. don

4005

87. tom

3922

88. clarence

3920

89. marvin

3773

90. martin

3724

91. keith

3682

92. lee

3676

93. craig

3640

94. rodney

3564

95. brian

3451

96. alfred

3415

97. ray

3379

98. leroy

3347

99. curtis

3037

100. bernard

2994