Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1947

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	869
2	2John	687
3	3David	588
4	4William	515
5	5James	475
6	6Richard	393
7	7Kenneth	363
8	8Donald	357
9	9Ronald	335
10	10Brian	288
11	11Michael	248
12	12Douglas	242
13	13Thomas	210
14	14Gary	203
15	15Dennis	194
16	16Gordon	183
17	17Wayne	182
18	18George	172
19	19Edward	153
20	20Peter	149
21	21Larry	147
22	22Daniel	132
23	23Gerald	130
24	24Bruce	123
25	25Paul	122
26	26Barry	120
27	27Allan	118
28	28Joseph	114
29	29Raymond	112
30	30Charles	108
31	31Patrick	108
32	32Stephen	105
33	33Lawrence	95
34	34Alan	83
35	35Norman	82
36	36Garry	81
37	37Roy	76
38	38Leonard	71
39	39Gregory	68
40	40Frederick	63
41	41Terry	61
42	42Arthur	59
43	43Christopher	57
44	44Walter	57
45	45Harry	56
46	46Keith	56
47	47Frank	55
48	48Philip	55
49	49Harold	54
50	50Roger	54
51	51Stanley	54
52	52Leslie	53
53	53Ian	52
54	54Lorne	49
55	55Glen	48
56	56Ralph	48
57	57Ernest	46
58	58Eric	45
59	59Jack	44
60	60Albert	43
61	61Andrew	42
62	62Glenn	41
63	63Mark	40
64	64Allen	39
65	65Murray	39
66	66Terrance	39
67	67Dale	38
68	68Russell	37
69	69Martin	36
70	70Francis	35
71	71Henry	35
72	72Steven	35
73	73Bryan	34
74	74Clifford	34
75	75Victor	34
76	76Alexander	33
77	77Reginald	33
78	78Ross	32
79	79Hugh	31
80	80Roderick	31
81	81Terrence	31
82	82Colin	30
83	83Howard	30
84	84Lloyd	30
85	85Robin	30
86	86Grant	29
87	87Neil	29
88	88Terence	29
89	89Vernon	29
90	90Anthony	27
91	91Danny	27
92	92Denis	27
93	93Rodney	27
94	94Stuart	27
95	95Alfred	26
96	96Earl	26
97	97Herbert	26
98	98Melvin	26
99	99Darryl	25
100	100Fredrick	24

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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