Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1947
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 10,027 |
| 2 | John | 9,639 |
| 3 | James | 7,173 |
| 4 | Richard | 6,694 |
| 5 | William | 6,276 |
| 6 | Michael | 5,598 |
| 7 | Thomas | 5,086 |
| 8 | Joseph | 4,573 |
| 9 | David | 4,522 |
| 10 | Charles | 2,951 |
| 11 | Ronald | 2,881 |
| 12 | Edward | 2,838 |
| 13 | Paul | 2,634 |
| 14 | George | 2,398 |
| 15 | Peter | 2,322 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 2,230 |
| 17 | Frank | 2,193 |
| 18 | Donald | 2,192 |
| 19 | Gary | 2,050 |
| 20 | Stephen | 1,873 |
| 21 | Anthony | 1,856 |
| 22 | Dennis | 1,757 |
| 23 | Daniel | 1,671 |
| 24 | Steven | 1,580 |
| 25 | Bruce | 1,350 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Lawrence | 1,321 |
| 27 | Raymond | 1,295 |
| 28 | Alan | 1,294 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 1,212 |
| 30 | Arthur | 1,133 |
| 31 | Mark | 1,073 |
| 32 | Larry | 997 |
| 33 | Louis | 994 |
| 34 | Douglas | 981 |
| 35 | Gerald | 949 |
| 35 | Philip | 949 |
| 37 | Gregory | 907 |
| 38 | Vincent | 896 |
| 39 | Walter | 878 |
| 40 | Howard | 837 |
| 41 | Barry | 795 |
| 42 | Andrew | 774 |
| 43 | Martin | 772 |
| 44 | Patrick | 744 |
| 45 | Roger | 738 |
| 46 | Wayne | 735 |
| 47 | Frederick | 723 |
| 48 | Ralph | 714 |
| 49 | Eugene | 708 |
| 50 | Francis | 677 |
| 51 | Harold | 665 |
| 52 | Carl | 653 |
| 53 | Henry | 647 |
| 54 | Leonard | 634 |
| 55 | Timothy | 629 |
| 56 | Albert | 592 |
| 57 | Brian | 588 |
| 58 | Stanley | 581 |
| 59 | Jack | 541 |
| 60 | Fred | 530 |
| 61 | Nicholas | 509 |
| 62 | Kevin | 486 |
| 63 | Jerry | 482 |
| 64 | Harry | 477 |
| 65 | Alfred | 474 |
| 66 | Terry | 468 |
| 67 | Norman | 431 |
| 68 | Russell | 427 |
| 69 | Roy | 407 |
| 70 | Allen | 404 |
| 71 | Bernard | 403 |
| 72 | Eric | 395 |
| 72 | Theodore | 395 |
| 74 | Glenn | 394 |
| 75 | Christopher | 385 |
| 76 | Joel | 376 |
| 77 | Stuart | 369 |
| 78 | Allan | 360 |
| 79 | Samuel | 354 |
| 80 | Gerard | 337 |
| 81 | Jay | 332 |
| 82 | Salvatore | 329 |
| 83 | Victor | 318 |
| 84 | Neil | 316 |
| 85 | Ernest | 311 |
| 86 | Ira | 307 |
| 87 | Harvey | 305 |
| 88 | Warren | 303 |
| 89 | Craig | 296 |
| 90 | Marc | 290 |
| 91 | Jerome | 277 |
| 92 | Steve | 263 |
| 93 | Clifford | 258 |
| 93 | Dale | 258 |
| 93 | Keith | 258 |
| 96 | Herbert | 253 |
| 97 | Arnold | 248 |
| 98 | Matthew | 243 |
| 99 | Edwin | 241 |
| 100 | Jonathan | 230 |