Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1947
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1946.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1946 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 94,767 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 91,655 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 88,324 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 67,002 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 58,532 | 0 |
| 6 | David | 57,810 | 0 |
| 7 | Michael | 50,506 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 44,842 | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 40,781 | 0 |
| 10 | Larry | 34,946 | +1 |
| 11 | Ronald | 34,899 | -1 |
| 12 | Gary | 30,029 | 0 |
| 13 | Donald | 28,260 | 0 |
| 14 | Joseph | 27,520 | 0 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 24,586 | 0 |
| 16 | George | 23,916 | 0 |
| 17 | Dennis | 23,686 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul | 22,796 | 0 |
| 19 | Edward | 20,539 | 0 |
| 20 | Jerry | 18,794 | 0 |
| 21 | Stephen | 15,328 | +3 |
| 22 | Daniel | 15,189 | -1 |
| 23 | Frank | 13,994 | -1 |
| 24 | Steven | 13,528 | +4 |
| 25 | Roger | 12,760 | -2 |
| 26 | Terry | 12,751 | 0 |
| 27 | Raymond | 12,352 | -2 |
| 28 | Gerald | 10,750 | -1 |
| 29 | Bruce | 10,524 | +3 |
| 30 | Wayne | 10,169 | -1 |
| 31 | Douglas | 9,895 | +3 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 9,582 | -1 |
| 33 | Gregory | 9,327 | +23 |
| 34 | Walter | 9,218 | -4 |
| 35 | Harold | 8,904 | -2 |
| 36 | Peter | 8,590 | +2 |
| 37 | Jack | 8,507 | -2 |
| 38 | Arthur | 8,255 | -2 |
| 39 | Danny | 8,069 | +7 |
| 40 | Carl | 8,050 | -1 |
| 41 | Anthony | 8,014 | +3 |
| 42 | Willie | 7,997 | -2 |
| 43 | Joe | 7,904 | -6 |
| 44 | Jimmy | 7,881 | -2 |
| 45 | Alan | 7,823 | +4 |
| 46 | Henry | 7,807 | -5 |
| 47 | Mark | 7,773 | +11 |
| 48 | Roy | 7,560 | -5 |
| 49 | Johnny | 7,441 | -2 |
| 50 | Ralph | 7,389 | -2 |
| 51 | Billy | 6,933 | -6 |
| 52 | Timothy | 6,747 | +8 |
| 53 | Patrick | 6,622 | +6 |
| 54 | Harry | 6,515 | -4 |
| 55 | Albert | 6,462 | -3 |
| 56 | Fred | 6,392 | -5 |
| 57 | Philip | 6,235 | +4 |
| 58 | Steve | 6,231 | +11 |
| 59 | Eugene | 6,178 | -2 |
| 60 | Bobby | 6,116 | -7 |
| 61 | Ronnie | 6,110 | -7 |
| 62 | Howard | 6,061 | -7 |
| 63 | Dale | 5,936 | -1 |
| 64 | Louis | 5,778 | -1 |
| 65 | Mike | 5,750 | -1 |
| 66 | Jeffrey | 5,665 | +12 |
| 67 | Stanley | 5,501 | -2 |
| 68 | Barry | 5,472 | 0 |
| 69 | Russell | 5,270 | -3 |
| 70 | Glenn | 5,157 | +11 |
| 71 | Leonard | 5,155 | -4 |
| 72 | Samuel | 5,110 | -2 |
| 73 | Allen | 5,075 | +1 |
| 74 | Phillip | 4,789 | +9 |
| 75 | Ernest | 4,787 | -4 |
| 76 | Bill | 4,681 | -4 |
| 77 | Jim | 4,640 | -4 |
| 78 | Frederick | 4,637 | -3 |
| 79 | Tommy | 4,594 | -2 |
| 80 | Eddie | 4,457 | +5 |
| 81 | Norman | 4,410 | -5 |
| 82 | Andrew | 4,346 | +2 |
| 83 | Earl | 4,242 | -1 |
| 84 | Francis | 4,208 | -4 |
| 85 | Melvin | 4,169 | +1 |
| 86 | Don | 4,007 | -7 |
| 87 | Tom | 3,922 | 0 |
| 88 | Clarence | 3,921 | +1 |
| 89 | Marvin | 3,773 | -1 |
| 90 | Martin | 3,724 | +2 |
| 91 | Keith | 3,684 | +5 |
| 92 | Lee | 3,676 | -1 |
| 93 | Craig | 3,640 | +15 |
| 94 | Rodney | 3,564 | -1 |
| 95 | Brian | 3,450 | +8 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,417 | -2 |
| 97 | Ray | 3,379 | -2 |
| 98 | Leroy | 3,347 | -8 |
| 99 | Curtis | 3,037 | 0 |
| 100 | Bernard | 2,994 | +2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.