Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1947
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,049 |
| 2 | Robert | 7,755 |
| 3 | James | 6,460 |
| 4 | William | 6,118 |
| 5 | Richard | 4,503 |
| 6 | David | 4,307 |
| 7 | Thomas | 4,209 |
| 8 | Joseph | 3,759 |
| 9 | Charles | 3,115 |
| 10 | Michael | 3,101 |
| 11 | Ronald | 2,706 |
| 12 | George | 2,253 |
| 13 | Edward | 2,234 |
| 14 | Donald | 2,062 |
| 15 | Dennis | 1,953 |
| 16 | Paul | 1,827 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,663 |
| 18 | Gary | 1,582 |
| 19 | Larry | 1,506 |
| 20 | Daniel | 1,278 |
| 21 | Frank | 1,269 |
| 22 | Stephen | 1,051 |
| 23 | Raymond | 1,047 |
| 24 | Anthony | 982 |
| 25 | Barry | 901 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gerald | 891 |
| 27 | Harry | 845 |
| 28 | Terry | 816 |
| 29 | Lawrence | 814 |
| 30 | Francis | 751 |
| 31 | Walter | 735 |
| 32 | Wayne | 667 |
| 33 | Gregory | 658 |
| 34 | Bruce | 656 |
| 35 | Carl | 601 |
| 36 | Albert | 596 |
| 37 | Eugene | 570 |
| 38 | Peter | 548 |
| 39 | Ralph | 538 |
| 40 | Louis | 536 |
| 41 | Jack | 529 |
| 42 | Harold | 528 |
| 43 | Frederick | 515 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 515 |
| 45 | Samuel | 511 |
| 46 | Arthur | 502 |
| 47 | Alan | 488 |
| 48 | Mark | 483 |
| 49 | Stanley | 480 |
| 50 | Philip | 468 |
| 51 | Howard | 463 |
| 52 | Patrick | 453 |
| 53 | Henry | 446 |
| 54 | Steven | 440 |
| 55 | Andrew | 439 |
| 56 | Leonard | 438 |
| 57 | Timothy | 432 |
| 58 | Glenn | 422 |
| 59 | Fred | 418 |
| 60 | Dale | 416 |
| 61 | Russell | 410 |
| 62 | Roger | 398 |
| 63 | Douglas | 368 |
| 64 | Jerry | 358 |
| 65 | Bernard | 339 |
| 66 | Earl | 316 |
| 67 | Theodore | 313 |
| 68 | Vincent | 312 |
| 69 | Allen | 304 |
| 69 | Martin | 304 |
| 71 | Norman | 303 |
| 72 | Roy | 289 |
| 73 | Ernest | 278 |
| 74 | Craig | 254 |
| 75 | Jay | 246 |
| 76 | Lee | 240 |
| 77 | Nicholas | 231 |
| 78 | Clarence | 229 |
| 79 | Jerome | 220 |
| 80 | Alfred | 217 |
| 81 | Keith | 215 |
| 82 | Leroy | 210 |
| 83 | Melvin | 204 |
| 84 | Edwin | 201 |
| 85 | Herbert | 194 |
| 86 | Rodney | 193 |
| 87 | Eric | 189 |
| 88 | Steve | 173 |
| 89 | Clifford | 172 |
| 90 | Warren | 169 |
| 91 | Ray | 165 |
| 92 | Brian | 163 |
| 93 | Leon | 157 |
| 94 | Allan | 155 |
| 95 | Joel | 154 |
| 96 | Victor | 152 |
| 97 | Harvey | 149 |
| 98 | Lester | 144 |
| 98 | Phillip | 144 |
| 100 | Benjamin | 143 |
| 100 | Lewis | 143 |