Top Boys Names of 1947 in the United States
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 95K |
| 2 | Robert | 92K |
| 3 | John | 88K |
| 4 | William | 67K |
| 5 | Richard | 59K |
| 6 | David | 58K |
| 7 | Michael | 51K |
| 8 | Thomas | 45K |
| 9 | Charles | 41K |
| 10 | Larry | 35K |
| 11 | Ronald | 35K |
| 12 | Gary | 30K |
| 13 | Donald | 28K |
| 14 | Joseph | 28K |
| 15 | Kenneth | 25K |
| 16 | George | 24K |
| 17 | Dennis | 24K |
| 18 | Paul | 23K |
| 19 | Edward | 21K |
| 20 | Jerry | 19K |
| 21 | Stephen | 15K |
| 22 | Daniel | 15K |
| 23 | Frank | 14K |
| 24 | Steven | 14K |
| 25 | Roger | 13K |
| 26 | Terry | 13K |
| 27 | Raymond | 12K |
| 28 | Gerald | 11K |
| 29 | Bruce | 11K |
| 30 | Wayne | 10K |
| 31 | Douglas | 10K |
| 32 | Lawrence | 10K |
| 33 | Gregory | 9K |
| 34 | Walter | 9K |
| 35 | Harold | 9K |
| 36 | Peter | 9K |
| 37 | Jack | 9K |
| 38 | Arthur | 8K |
| 39 | Danny | 8K |
| 40 | Carl | 8K |
| 41 | Anthony | 8K |
| 42 | Willie | 8K |
| 43 | Joe | 8K |
| 44 | Jimmy | 8K |
| 45 | Alan | 8K |
| 46 | Henry | 8K |
| 47 | Mark | 8K |
| 48 | Roy | 8K |
| 49 | Johnny | 7K |
| 50 | Ralph | 7K |
| 51 | Billy | 7K |
| 52 | Timothy | 7K |
| 53 | Patrick | 7K |
| 54 | Harry | 7K |
| 55 | Albert | 6K |
| 56 | Fred | 6K |
| 57 | Philip | 6K |
| 58 | Steve | 6K |
| 59 | Eugene | 6K |
| 60 | Bobby | 6K |
| 61 | Ronnie | 6K |
| 62 | Howard | 6K |
| 63 | Dale | 6K |
| 64 | Louis | 6K |
| 65 | Mike | 6K |
| 66 | Jeffrey | 6K |
| 67 | Stanley | 6K |
| 68 | Barry | 5K |
| 69 | Russell | 5K |
| 70 | Glenn | 5K |
| 71 | Leonard | 5K |
| 72 | Samuel | 5K |
| 73 | Allen | 5K |
| 74 | Phillip | 5K |
| 75 | Ernest | 5K |
| 76 | Bill | 5K |
| 77 | Jim | 5K |
| 78 | Frederick | 5K |
| 79 | Tommy | 5K |
| 80 | Eddie | 4K |
| 81 | Norman | 4K |
| 82 | Andrew | 4K |
| 83 | Earl | 4K |
| 84 | Francis | 4K |
| 85 | Melvin | 4K |
| 86 | Don | 4K |
| 87 | Tom | 4K |
| 88 | Clarence | 4K |
| 89 | Marvin | 4K |
| 90 | Martin | 4K |
| 91 | Keith | 4K |
| 92 | Lee | 4K |
| 93 | Craig | 4K |
| 94 | Rodney | 4K |
| 95 | Brian | 3K |
| 96 | Alfred | 3K |
| 97 | Ray | 3K |
| 98 | Leroy | 3K |
| 99 | Curtis | 3K |
| 100 | Bernard | 3K |