Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names From 1947

The Most Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1947

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1947.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Pennsylvania was John. In total there were 118,648 boys born sharing 625 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1947 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	John	1 in 15 (6.8%)	8,044
2	Robert	1 in 15 (6.5%)	7,757
3	James	1 in 18 (5.4%)	6,463
4	William	1 in 19 (5.2%)	6,114
5	Richard	1 in 26 (3.8%)	4,499
6	David	1 in 28 (3.6%)	4,310
7	Thomas	1 in 28 (3.5%)	4,208
8	Joseph	1 in 32 (3.2%)	3,760
9	Charles	1 in 38 (2.6%)	3,111
10	Michael	1 in 38 (2.6%)	3,098
11	Ronald	1 in 44 (2.3%)	2,707
12	George	1 in 53 (1.9%)	2,254
13	Edward	1 in 53 (1.9%)	2,238
14	Donald	1 in 58 (1.7%)	2,059
15	Dennis	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,953
16	Paul	1 in 65 (1.5%)	1,828
17	Kenneth	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,664
18	Gary	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,585
19	Larry	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,507
20	Daniel	1 in 93 (1.1%)	1,280
21	Frank	1 in 93 (1.1%)	1,271
22	Stephen	1 in 113 (0.9%)	1,051
23	Raymond	1 in 113 (0.9%)	1,047
24	Anthony	1 in 121 (0.8%)	981
25	Barry	1 in 132 (0.8%)	901
26	Gerald	1 in 133 (0.8%)	894
27	Harry	1 in 141 (0.7%)	844
28	Terry	1 in 145 (0.7%)	816
29	Lawrence	1 in 146 (0.7%)	813
30	Francis	1 in 158 (0.6%)	750
31	Walter	1 in 161 (0.6%)	736
32	Wayne	1 in 178 (0.6%)	668
33	Gregory	1 in 180 (0.6%)	659
34	Bruce	1 in 181 (0.6%)	656
35	Carl	1 in 197 (0.5%)	601
36	Albert	1 in 199 (0.5%)	596
37	Eugene	1 in 209 (0.5%)	567
38	Peter	1 in 216 (0.5%)	549
39	Ralph	1 in 221 (0.5%)	538
40	Louis	1 in 221 (0.5%)	536
41	Jack	1 in 223 (0.4%)	531
42	Harold	1 in 225 (0.4%)	527
43	Frederick	1 in 230 (0.4%)	515
44	Jeffrey	1 in 230 (0.4%)	515
45	Samuel	1 in 232 (0.4%)	511
46	Arthur	1 in 236 (0.4%)	502
47	Alan	1 in 243 (0.4%)	488
48	Mark	1 in 245 (0.4%)	484
49	Stanley	1 in 247 (0.4%)	480
50	Philip	1 in 254 (0.4%)	468
51	Howard	1 in 255 (0.4%)	465
52	Patrick	1 in 262 (0.4%)	453
53	Henry	1 in 266 (0.4%)	446
54	Andrew	1 in 270 (0.4%)	440
55	Steven	1 in 270 (0.4%)	440
56	Leonard	1 in 270 (0.4%)	439
57	Timothy	1 in 275 (0.4%)	432
58	Glenn	1 in 281 (0.4%)	422
59	Fred	1 in 284 (0.4%)	418
60	Dale	1 in 286 (0.3%)	415
61	Russell	1 in 289 (0.3%)	410
62	Roger	1 in 299 (0.3%)	397
63	Douglas	1 in 322 (0.3%)	368
64	Jerry	1 in 330 (0.3%)	359
65	Bernard	1 in 350 (0.3%)	339
66	Earl	1 in 375 (0.3%)	316
67	Vincent	1 in 378 (0.3%)	314
68	Theodore	1 in 379 (0.3%)	313
69	Norman	1 in 390 (0.3%)	304
70	Martin	1 in 390 (0.3%)	304
71	Allen	1 in 390 (0.3%)	304
72	Roy	1 in 409 (0.2%)	290
73	Ernest	1 in 427 (0.2%)	278
74	Craig	1 in 469 (0.2%)	253
75	Jay	1 in 480 (0.2%)	247
76	Lee	1 in 492 (0.2%)	241
77	Nicholas	1 in 514 (0.2%)	231
78	Clarence	1 in 518 (0.2%)	229
79	Jerome	1 in 542 (0.2%)	219
80	Alfred	1 in 542 (0.2%)	219
81	Keith	1 in 549 (0.2%)	216
82	Leroy	1 in 565 (0.2%)	210
83	Melvin	1 in 576 (0.2%)	206
84	Edwin	1 in 587 (0.2%)	202
85	Herbert	1 in 612 (0.2%)	194
86	Rodney	1 in 615 (0.2%)	193
87	Eric	1 in 628 (0.2%)	189
88	Steve	1 in 686 (0.1%)	173
89	Clifford	1 in 690 (0.1%)	172
90	Warren	1 in 706 (0.1%)	168
91	Ray	1 in 719 (0.1%)	165
92	Brian	1 in 728 (0.1%)	163
93	Leon	1 in 756 (0.1%)	157
94	Allan	1 in 761 (0.1%)	156
95	Joel	1 in 770 (0.1%)	154
96	Victor	1 in 781 (0.1%)	152
97	Harvey	1 in 791 (0.1%)	150
98	Phillip	1 in 818 (0.1%)	145
99	Lester	1 in 824 (0.1%)	144
100	Benjamin	1 in 830 (0.1%)	143