Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1947

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1James	94,763
2	2Robert	91,646
3	3John	88,325
4	4William	66,974
5	5Richard	58,508
6	6David	57,799
7	7Michael	50,499
8	8Thomas	44,831
9	9Charles	40,772
10	10Larry	34,939
11	11Ronald	34,883
12	12Gary	30,028
13	13Donald	28,254
14	14Joseph	27,515
15	15Kenneth	24,574
16	16George	23,916
17	17Dennis	23,683
18	18Paul	22,795
19	19Edward	20,549
20	20Jerry	18,787
21	21Stephen	15,320
22	22Daniel	15,191
23	23Frank	13,996
24	24Steven	13,534
25	25Roger	12,760
26	26Terry	12,748
27	27Raymond	12,351
28	28Gerald	10,750
29	29Bruce	10,526
30	30Wayne	10,168
31	31Douglas	9,898
32	32Lawrence	9,582
33	33Gregory	9,328
34	34Walter	9,212
35	35Harold	8,900
36	36Peter	8,591
37	37Jack	8,508
38	38Arthur	8,254
39	39Danny	8,062
40	40Carl	8,048
41	41Anthony	8,015
42	42Willie	7,994
43	43Joe	7,898
44	44Jimmy	7,874
45	45Alan	7,823
46	46Henry	7,806
47	47Mark	7,771
48	48Roy	7,564
49	49Johnny	7,442
50	50Ralph	7,388
51	51Billy	6,928
52	52Timothy	6,744
53	53Patrick	6,620
54	54Harry	6,512
55	55Albert	6,462
56	56Fred	6,383
57	57Philip	6,233
58	58Steve	6,232
59	59Eugene	6,178
60	60Bobby	6,119
61	61Ronnie	6,109
62	62Howard	6,061
63	63Dale	5,934
64	64Louis	5,777
65	65Mike	5,750
66	66Jeffrey	5,662
67	67Stanley	5,498
68	68Barry	5,470
69	69Russell	5,268
70	70Leonard	5,157
71	71Glenn	5,155
72	72Samuel	5,109
73	73Allen	5,073
74	74Phillip	4,788
75	75Ernest	4,783
76	76Bill	4,684
77	77Jim	4,639
78	78Frederick	4,634
79	79Tommy	4,591
80	80Eddie	4,454
81	81Norman	4,410
82	82Andrew	4,340
83	83Earl	4,242
84	84Francis	4,213
85	85Melvin	4,165
86	86Don	4,003
87	87Clarence	3,921
88	88Tom	3,918
89	89Marvin	3,771
90	90Martin	3,725
91	91Keith	3,682
92	92Lee	3,677
93	93Craig	3,640
94	94Rodney	3,562
95	95Brian	3,449
96	96Alfred	3,413
97	97Ray	3,381
98	98Leroy	3,349
99	99Curtis	3,037
100	100Bernard	2,993

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.