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Top Baby Names 1947

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,772,757 · Total Boys: 1,829,565

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Linda	99,693	5.624%
2	Mary	71,689	4.044%
3	Patricia	51,278	2.893%
4	Barbara	48,800	2.753%
5	Sandra	34,779	1.962%
6	Carol	33,543	1.892%
7	Nancy	32,445	1.830%
8	Susan	31,951	1.802%
9	Sharon	28,533	1.610%
10	Donna	23,518	1.327%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Kathleen	22,095	1.246%
12	Judith	21,996	1.241%
13	Karen	21,648	1.221%
14	Judy	21,036	1.187%
15	Carolyn	20,741	1.170%
16	Margaret	20,102	1.134%
17	Betty	18,964	1.070%
18	Diane	17,775	1.003%
19	Shirley	17,647	0.995%
20	Joyce	15,914	0.898%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Brenda	15,830	0.893%
22	Janice	15,409	0.869%
23	Janet	15,236	0.859%
24	Cheryl	13,890	0.784%
25	Elizabeth	13,439	0.758%
26	Dorothy	12,753	0.719%
27	Gloria	12,626	0.712%
28	Pamela	12,398	0.699%
29	Marilyn	11,881	0.670%
30	Joan	11,276	0.636%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Beverly	11,205	0.632%
32	Martha	10,652	0.601%
33	Cynthia	10,530	0.594%
34	Virginia	10,407	0.587%
35	Bonnie	10,215	0.576%
36	Jane	9,942	0.561%
37	Phyllis	9,187	0.518%
38	Helen	8,979	0.507%
39	Frances	8,943	0.504%
40	Jean	8,940	0.504%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Ann	8,894	0.502%
42	Peggy	8,877	0.501%
43	Connie	8,645	0.488%
44	Ruth	8,481	0.478%
45	Christine	8,377	0.473%
46	Catherine	7,889	0.445%
47	Alice	7,849	0.443%
48	Diana	7,622	0.430%
49	Gail	7,242	0.409%
50	Elaine	7,058	0.398%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Jo	6,724	0.379%
52	Rebecca	6,333	0.357%
53	Suzanne	6,231	0.351%
54	Paula	6,102	0.344%
55	Kathryn	6,091	0.344%
56	Joanne	6,063	0.342%
57	Marie	6,057	0.342%
58	Doris	6,029	0.340%
59	Jacqueline	6,011	0.339%
60	Rita	5,982	0.337%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ellen	5,856	0.330%
62	Deborah	5,837	0.329%
63	Lois	5,717	0.322%
64	Kathy	5,697	0.321%
65	Rose	5,654	0.319%
66	Wanda	5,649	0.319%
67	Sherry	5,579	0.315%
68	Charlotte	5,386	0.304%
69	Sue	5,306	0.299%
70	Sally	5,265	0.297%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Darlene	5,255	0.296%
72	Evelyn	5,243	0.296%
73	Sheila	5,095	0.287%
74	Laura	5,051	0.285%
75	Lynn	4,994	0.282%
76	Katherine	4,885	0.276%
77	Lynda	4,840	0.273%
78	Geraldine	4,811	0.271%
79	Maria	4,712	0.266%
80	Rosemary	4,542	0.256%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Marcia	4,472	0.252%
82	Norma	4,425	0.250%
83	Dianne	4,415	0.249%
84	Lorraine	4,414	0.249%
85	Theresa	4,390	0.248%
86	Jeanne	4,364	0.246%
87	Patsy	4,344	0.245%
88	Marsha	4,339	0.245%
89	Joann	4,276	0.241%
90	Roberta	4,261	0.240%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Eileen	4,251	0.240%
92	Anna	4,238	0.239%
93	Sarah	4,223	0.238%
94	Anita	4,187	0.236%
95	Anne	4,187	0.236%
96	Glenda	4,156	0.234%
97	Sylvia	4,100	0.231%
98	Maureen	4,085	0.230%
99	Louise	4,050	0.228%
100	Constance	3,894	0.220%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	94,763	5.180%
2	Robert	91,654	5.010%
3	John	88,321	4.827%
4	William	67,001	3.662%
5	Richard	58,531	3.199%
6	David	57,809	3.160%
7	Michael	50,505	2.760%
8	Thomas	44,840	2.451%
9	Charles	40,779	2.229%
10	Larry	34,945	1.910%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Ronald	34,900	1.908%
12	Gary	30,030	1.641%
13	Donald	28,260	1.545%
14	Joseph	27,521	1.504%
15	Kenneth	24,584	1.344%
16	George	23,913	1.307%
17	Dennis	23,686	1.295%
18	Paul	22,793	1.246%
19	Edward	20,539	1.123%
20	Jerry	18,791	1.027%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Stephen	15,328	0.838%
22	Daniel	15,189	0.830%
23	Frank	13,995	0.765%
24	Steven	13,529	0.739%
25	Roger	12,760	0.697%
26	Terry	12,751	0.697%
27	Raymond	12,352	0.675%
28	Gerald	10,750	0.588%
29	Bruce	10,524	0.575%
30	Wayne	10,168	0.556%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Douglas	9,893	0.541%
32	Lawrence	9,582	0.524%
33	Gregory	9,327	0.510%
34	Walter	9,217	0.504%
35	Harold	8,904	0.487%
36	Peter	8,590	0.470%
37	Jack	8,507	0.465%
38	Arthur	8,255	0.451%
39	Danny	8,069	0.441%
40	Carl	8,051	0.440%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Anthony	8,014	0.438%
42	Willie	7,995	0.437%
43	Joe	7,904	0.432%
44	Jimmy	7,881	0.431%
45	Alan	7,823	0.428%
46	Henry	7,808	0.427%
47	Mark	7,773	0.425%
48	Roy	7,560	0.413%
49	Johnny	7,442	0.407%
50	Ralph	7,389	0.404%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Billy	6,932	0.379%
52	Timothy	6,747	0.369%
53	Patrick	6,621	0.362%
54	Harry	6,515	0.356%
55	Albert	6,462	0.353%
56	Fred	6,392	0.349%
57	Philip	6,236	0.341%
58	Steve	6,231	0.341%
59	Eugene	6,178	0.338%
60	Bobby	6,116	0.334%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ronnie	6,109	0.334%
62	Howard	6,061	0.331%
63	Dale	5,936	0.324%
64	Louis	5,778	0.316%
65	Mike	5,750	0.314%
66	Jeffrey	5,666	0.310%
67	Stanley	5,502	0.301%
68	Barry	5,472	0.299%
69	Russell	5,270	0.288%
70	Glenn	5,157	0.282%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Leonard	5,157	0.282%
72	Samuel	5,109	0.279%
73	Allen	5,075	0.277%
74	Phillip	4,789	0.262%
75	Ernest	4,786	0.262%
76	Bill	4,681	0.256%
77	Jim	4,640	0.254%
78	Frederick	4,637	0.253%
79	Tommy	4,594	0.251%
80	Eddie	4,457	0.244%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Norman	4,410	0.241%
82	Andrew	4,346	0.238%
83	Earl	4,242	0.232%
84	Francis	4,207	0.230%
85	Melvin	4,168	0.228%
86	Don	4,005	0.219%
87	Tom	3,922	0.214%
88	Clarence	3,920	0.214%
89	Marvin	3,773	0.206%
90	Martin	3,724	0.204%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Keith	3,683	0.201%
92	Lee	3,676	0.201%
93	Craig	3,640	0.199%
94	Rodney	3,564	0.195%
95	Brian	3,450	0.189%
96	Alfred	3,417	0.187%
97	Ray	3,378	0.185%
98	Leroy	3,347	0.183%
99	Curtis	3,037	0.166%
100	Bernard	2,994	0.164%

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