100 Most popular boy names of 1947, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1947 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1947.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
94762
5.21
-
2
Robert
91651
5.04
-
3
John
88321
4.86
-
4
William
66996
3.69
-
5
Richard
58525
3.22
-
6
David
57807
3.18
-
7
Michael
50502
2.78
-
8
Thomas
44838
2.47
-
9
Charles
40775
2.24
-
10
Larry
34940
1.92
+1
11
Ronald
34898
1.92
-1
12
Gary
30030
1.65
-
13
Donald
28255
1.55
-
14
Joseph
27515
1.51
-
15
Kenneth
24583
1.35
-
16
George
23916
1.32
-
17
Dennis
23686
1.3
-
18
Paul
22793
1.25
-
19
Edward
20541
1.13
-
20
Jerry
18790
1.03
-
21
Stephen
15327
0.84
+3
22
Daniel
15189
0.84
-1
23
Frank
13997
0.77
-1
24
Steven
13531
0.74
+4
25
Roger
12760
0.7
-2
26
Terry
12753
0.7
-
27
Raymond
12354
0.68
-2
28
Gerald
10747
0.59
-1
29
Bruce
10524
0.58
+3
30
Wayne
10168
0.56
-1
31
Douglas
9896
0.54
+3
32
Lawrence
9581
0.53
-1
33
Gregory
9328
0.51
+23
34
Walter
9215
0.51
-4
35
Harold
8902
0.49
-2
36
Peter
8591
0.47
+2
37
Jack
8508
0.47
-2
38
Arthur
8252
0.45
-2
39
Danny
8069
0.44
+7
40
Carl
8049
0.44
-1
41
Anthony
8014
0.44
+3
42
Willie
7997
0.44
-2
43
Joe
7903
0.43
-6
44
Jimmy
7879
0.43
-2
45
Alan
7823
0.43
+4
46
Henry
7808
0.43
-5
47
Mark
7772
0.43
+11
48
Roy
7563
0.42
-5
49
Johnny
7442
0.41
-2
50
Ralph
7387
0.41
-2
51
Billy
6931
0.38
-6
52
Timothy
6747
0.37
+8
53
Patrick
6620
0.36
+6
54
Harry
6513
0.36
-4
55
Albert
6461
0.36
-3
56
Fred
6388
0.35
-5
57
Philip
6236
0.34
+4
58
Steve
6230
0.34
+11
59
Eugene
6179
0.34
-2
60
Bobby
6118
0.34
-7
61
Ronnie
6109
0.34
-7
62
Howard
6061
0.33
-7
63
Dale
5935
0.33
-1
64
Louis
5781
0.32
-1
65
Mike
5750
0.32
-1
66
Jeffrey
5665
0.31
+12
67
Stanley
5502
0.3
-2
68
Barry
5472
0.3
-
69
Russell
5268
0.29
-3
70
Leonard
5157
0.28
-3
71
Glenn
5155
0.28
+10
72
Samuel
5108
0.28
-2
73
Allen
5075
0.28
+1
74
Phillip
4789
0.26
+9
75
Ernest
4788
0.26
-4
76
Bill
4681
0.26
-4
77
Jim
4640
0.26
-4
78
Frederick
4635
0.25
-3
79
Tommy
4593
0.25
-2
80
Eddie
4455
0.25
+5
81
Norman
4411
0.24
-5
82
Andrew
4344
0.24
+2
83
Earl
4241
0.23
-1
84
Francis
4211
0.23
-4
85
Melvin
4168
0.23
-
86
Don
4004
0.22
-7
87
Tom
3921
0.22
-
88
Clarence
3920
0.22
+1
89
Marvin
3773
0.21
-1
90
Martin
3724
0.2
+2
91
Keith
3682
0.2
+5
92
Lee
3676
0.2
-1
93
Craig
3640
0.2
+15
94
Rodney
3564
0.2
-1
95
Brian
3449
0.19
+8
96
Alfred
3414
0.19
-2
97
Ray
3381
0.19
-2
98
Leroy
3347
0.18
-8
99
Curtis
3037
0.17
-
100
Bernard
2994
0.16
+2
101
Clifford
2990
0.16
-1
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1947)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html