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Most popular baby names of 1947 in England and Wales

In 1947, the most popular names in England and Wales were Patricia for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name. The counts for England and Wales before 1996 come from a sample of local birth records, so they are much smaller than the real number of babies. The order is what matters.

← 19461948 →

Girls

  1. 1Patricia3,825
  2. 2Margaret3,773
  3. 3Susan3,585
  4. 4Christine3,097
  5. 5Barbara2,293
  6. 6Kathleen2,051
  7. 7Linda2,026
  8. 8Ann1,993
  9. 9Carol1,914
  10. 10Sandra1,807
  11. 11Pauline1,710
  12. 12Joan1,699
  13. 13Mary1,699
  14. 14Janet1,536
  15. 15Jennifer1,495
  16. 16Maureen1,440
  17. 17Elizabeth1,359
  18. 18Pamela1,323
  19. 19Sheila1,263
  20. 20Valerie1,142
  21. 21Jacqueline1,078
  22. 22Brenda1,005
  23. 23Anne908
  24. 24Eileen900
  25. 25Irene889
  26. 26Dorothy877
  27. 27June838
  28. 28Joyce824
  29. 29Gillian755
  30. 30Sylvia727
  31. 31Judith716
  32. 32Leslie680
  33. 33Elaine661
  34. 34Carole580
  35. 35Doreen579
  36. 36Angela577
  37. 37Catherine576
  38. 38Lynda554
  39. 39Diane510
  40. 40Wendy502
  41. 41Helen499
  42. 42Beryl465
  43. 43Hilary432
  44. 44Rita428
  45. 45Marilyn418
  46. 46Rosemary413
  47. 47Lesley399
  48. 48Shirley393
  49. 49Norma372
  50. 50Frances370
  51. 51Janice363
  52. 52Lynn359
  53. 53Denise356
  54. 54Hazel354
  55. 55Yvonne347
  56. 56Marjorie337
  57. 57Lynne330
  58. 58Cynthia329
  59. 59Jane322
  60. 60Josephine320
  61. 61Marion294
  62. 62Marie282
  63. 63Veronica273
  64. 64Glenys268
  65. 65Ruth267
  66. 66Heather253
  67. 67Diana251
  68. 68Mavis219
  69. 69Audrey215
  70. 70Christina215
  71. 71Anita201
  72. 72Lilian195
  73. 73Winifred194
  74. 74Vivienne188
  75. 75Edith182
  76. 76Julia179
  77. 77Gloria177
  78. 78Lorraine177
  79. 79Kathryn173
  80. 80Marian171
  81. 81Marlene167
  82. 82Evelyn161
  83. 83Vivien160
  84. 84Penelope156
  85. 85Kay152
  86. 86Jeanette149
  87. 87Carolyn147
  88. 88Ellen146
  89. 89Maria146
  90. 90Hilda145
  91. 91Geraldine143
  92. 92Jill139
  93. 93Julie135
  94. 94Florence134
  95. 95Phyllis134
  96. 96Robin134
  97. 97Caroline132
  98. 98Teresa132
  99. 99Edna130
  100. 100Elsie130

Boys

  1. 1John8,329
  2. 2David7,201
  3. 3Michael4,423
  4. 4Peter4,171
  5. 5Alan2,799
  6. 6Robert2,768
  7. 7William2,679
  8. 8Brian2,380
  9. 9James2,370
  10. 10Jean2,152
  11. 11Anthony1,962
  12. 12Kenneth1,729
  13. 13Paul1,535
  14. 14Thomas1,414
  15. 15Christopher1,377
  16. 16Ian1,376
  17. 17Keith1,347
  18. 18Geoffrey1,306
  19. 19Philip1,304
  20. 20Graham1,290
  21. 21Raymond1,283
  22. 22Barry1,168
  23. 23Richard1,126
  24. 24Stephen1,117
  25. 25George1,100
  26. 26Terence1,099
  27. 27Colin906
  28. 28Derek874
  29. 29Roger866
  30. 30Ronald865
  31. 31Malcolm862
  32. 32Roy846
  33. 33Edward748
  34. 34Joseph746
  35. 35Eric709
  36. 36Stuart647
  37. 37Frank568
  38. 38Dennis567
  39. 39Kevin557
  40. 40Norman512
  41. 41Arthur510
  42. 42Bernard510
  43. 43Trevor509
  44. 44Frederick483
  45. 45Francis478
  46. 46Charles473
  47. 47Andrew464
  48. 48Jeffrey461
  49. 49Allan457
  50. 50Martin407
  51. 51Gordon388
  52. 52Stanley344
  53. 53Patrick313
  54. 54Harold312
  55. 55Harry302
  56. 56Neil297
  57. 57Leonard295
  58. 58Gerald277
  59. 59Albert276
  60. 60Donald274
  61. 61Douglas262
  62. 62Ernest225
  63. 63Clifford222
  64. 64Stewart219
  65. 65Denis218
  66. 66Jack215
  67. 67Howard208
  68. 68Rodney204
  69. 69Clive194
  70. 70Maurice189
  71. 71Melvyn186
  72. 72Nigel186
  73. 73Barrie180
  74. 74Nicholas180
  75. 75Adrian176
  76. 76Henry167
  77. 77Phillip164
  78. 78Alfred163
  79. 79Bryan162
  80. 80Reginald160
  81. 81Vincent157
  82. 82Walter143
  83. 83Victor134
  84. 84Steven133
  85. 85Alexander129
  86. 86Lawrence128
  87. 87Daniel125
  88. 88Timothy123
  89. 89Glyn122
  90. 90Gerard117
  91. 91Hugh112
  92. 92Allen110
  93. 93Wilfred107
  94. 94Ralph105
  95. 95Samuel101
  96. 96Edwin99
  97. 97Gareth95
  98. 98Gary93
  99. 99Neville91
  100. 100Terry91

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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