Birth year

Born in 1947? Here's your year in charts

In 1947, the top baby names were Linda and James and a newborn could expect to live 66.8 years.

Top baby names of 1947

Girls

  1. 1. Linda 99,692 babies, 5.6% of girls
  2. 2. Mary 71,690 babies, 4.0% of girls
  3. 3. Patricia 51,278 babies, 2.9% of girls
  4. 4. Barbara 48,800 babies, 2.8% of girls
  5. 5. Sandra 34,779 babies, 2.0% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. James 94,767 babies, 5.2% of boys
  2. 2. Robert 91,655 babies, 5.0% of boys
  3. 3. John 88,324 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. William 67,002 babies, 3.7% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 58,532 babies, 3.2% of boys

From Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S.; names given to fewer than 5 babies are left out. Pick a name to see how many babies got it every year since 1880.

1947 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    66.8 years in 1947, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1947.

$100 in 1947 buys about as much as $1,509.25 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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