Most Popular Baby Names of 1944
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Barbara | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Linda | +1 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Patricia | -1 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Carol | 0 |
| 6 | David | 0 | 6 | Sandra | 0 |
| 7 | Charles | 0 | 7 | Nancy | +2 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Judith | -1 |
| 9 | Michael | +1 | 9 | Sharon | -1 |
| 10 | Ronald | -1 | 10 | Betty | 0 |
| 11 | Donald | 0 | 11 | Carolyn | 0 |
| 12 | Larry | 0 | 12 | Judy | +1 |
| 13 | Joseph | 0 | 13 | Susan | +5 |
| 14 | George | 0 | 14 | Shirley | -2 |
| 15 | Gary | +1 | 15 | Margaret | -1 |
| 16 | Kenneth | -1 | 16 | Karen | -1 |
| 17 | Paul | +2 | 17 | Donna | 0 |
| 18 | Edward | 0 | 18 | Joyce | -2 |
| 19 | Jerry | -2 | 19 | Dorothy | 0 |
| 20 | Dennis | 0 | 20 | Kathleen | +2 |
| 21 | Frank | 0 | 21 | Janet | -1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 0 | 22 | Joan | -1 |
| 23 | Roger | +1 | 23 | Elizabeth | 0 |
| 24 | Gerald | -1 | 24 | Diane | 0 |
| 25 | Daniel | 0 | 25 | Gloria | +5 |
| 26 | Walter | 0 | 26 | Virginia | -1 |
| 27 | Harold | 0 | 27 | Janice | -1 |
| 28 | Stephen | +1 | 28 | Marilyn | -1 |
| 29 | Arthur | +1 | 29 | Martha | 0 |
| 30 | Jack | +4 | 30 | Brenda | +5 |
| 31 | Willie | +5 | 31 | Helen | -3 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 0 | 32 | Ruth | +1 |
| 33 | Joe | +2 | 33 | Frances | -2 |
| 34 | Douglas | -6 | 34 | Bonnie | 0 |
| 35 | Henry | -4 | 35 | Beverly | -3 |
| 36 | Carl | -3 | 36 | Cheryl | +66 |
| 37 | Wayne | +3 | 37 | Jean | -1 |
| 38 | Roy | 0 | 38 | Alice | 0 |
| 39 | Billy | -2 | 39 | Ann | -2 |
| 40 | Jimmy | +2 | 40 | Phyllis | -1 |
| 41 | Peter | -2 | 41 | Jane | +3 |
| 42 | Ralph | -1 | 42 | Doris | -2 |
| 43 | Terry | +5 | 43 | Carole | -1 |
| 44 | Albert | -1 | 44 | Pamela | +10 |
| 45 | Johnny | +7 | 45 | Peggy | -4 |
| 46 | Anthony | -2 | 46 | Elaine | 0 |
| 47 | Fred | -2 | 47 | Lois | -4 |
| 48 | Eugene | -1 | 48 | Marie | -3 |
| 49 | Harry | +1 | 49 | Catherine | -1 |
| 50 | Bobby | -4 | 50 | Charlotte | -3 |
| 51 | Bruce | 0 | 51 | Connie | +8 |
| 52 | Steven | +6 | 52 | Rose | -2 |
| 53 | Howard | -4 | 53 | Geraldine | -2 |
| 54 | Louis | -1 | 54 | Rita | -2 |
| 55 | Alan | +12 | 55 | Gail | 0 |
| 56 | Leonard | -1 | 56 | Joanne | -7 |
| 57 | Stanley | -3 | 57 | Evelyn | -4 |
| 58 | Norman | -2 | 58 | Wanda | -2 |
| 59 | Ernest | +2 | 59 | Sally | -2 |
| 60 | Dale | -1 | 60 | Diana | +2 |
| 61 | Philip | -4 | 61 | Jo | +2 |
| 62 | Samuel | 0 | 62 | Sue | +10 |
| 63 | Russell | +11 | 63 | Ellen | +4 |
| 64 | Earl | -4 | 64 | Joann | -4 |
| 65 | Patrick | +3 | 65 | Jacqueline | 0 |
| 66 | Bill | -1 | 66 | Kathryn | +9 |
| 67 | Ronnie | +4 | 67 | Norma | -9 |
| 68 | Melvin | -4 | 68 | Sarah | +3 |
| 69 | Jim | +6 | 69 | Louise | +1 |
| 70 | Tommy | +7 | 70 | Roberta | -4 |
| 71 | Francis | -8 | 71 | Annie | -2 |
| 72 | Clarence | -3 | 72 | Patsy | -11 |
| 73 | Don | -1 | 73 | Eileen | -5 |
| 74 | Marvin | -8 | 74 | Anna | -10 |
| 75 | Frederick | -5 | 75 | Christine | +9 |
| 76 | Danny | +12 | 76 | Darlene | -3 |
| 77 | Allen | -1 | 77 | Katherine | 0 |
| 78 | Leroy | -5 | 78 | Suzanne | +8 |
| 79 | Eddie | +1 | 79 | Glenda | +4 |
| 80 | Mike | +10 | 80 | Maria | +23 |
| 81 | Andrew | -2 | 81 | Mildred | -5 |
| 82 | Alfred | -4 | 82 | Paula | +11 |
| 83 | Phillip | -2 | 83 | Sylvia | -5 |
| 84 | Barry | -2 | 84 | Rebecca | +3 |
| 85 | Lee | +6 | 85 | Marjorie | -6 |
| 86 | Ray | -2 | 86 | Anne | -6 |
| 87 | Tom | 0 | 87 | Ruby | -5 |
| 88 | Glenn | -3 | 88 | Kay | -7 |
| 89 | Steve | +4 | 89 | Marcia | +8 |
| 90 | Herbert | -4 | 90 | Dianne | -2 |
| 91 | Martin | -8 | 91 | Irene | -6 |
| 92 | Timothy | +7 | 92 | Dolores | -18 |
| 93 | Mark | +8 | 93 | Lorraine | +1 |
| 94 | Bernard | -2 | 94 | Juanita | -3 |
| 95 | Gene | -6 | 95 | Anita | +3 |
| 96 | Theodore | +1 | 96 | Theresa | +4 |
| 97 | Curtis | +3 | 97 | Delores | +2 |
| 98 | Clifford | -4 | 98 | Loretta | -9 |
| 99 | Jimmie | -4 | 99 | Rosemary | -4 |
| 100 | Warren | +2 | 100 | Sherry | +23 |