Most Popular Baby Names of 1945
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Linda | +1 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Barbara | -1 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Patricia | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Carol | 0 |
| 6 | David | 0 | 6 | Sandra | 0 |
| 7 | Charles | 0 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Sharon | +1 |
| 9 | Michael | 0 | 9 | Judith | -1 |
| 10 | Ronald | 0 | 10 | Susan | +3 |
| 11 | Larry | +1 | 11 | Betty | -1 |
| 12 | Donald | -1 | 12 | Carolyn | -1 |
| 13 | Gary | +2 | 13 | Judy | -1 |
| 14 | Joseph | -1 | 14 | Shirley | 0 |
| 15 | George | -1 | 15 | Karen | +1 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 0 | 16 | Margaret | -1 |
| 17 | Paul | 0 | 17 | Donna | 0 |
| 18 | Edward | 0 | 18 | Joyce | 0 |
| 19 | Dennis | +1 | 19 | Kathleen | +1 |
| 20 | Jerry | -1 | 20 | Dorothy | -1 |
| 21 | Frank | 0 | 21 | Janet | 0 |
| 22 | Roger | +1 | 22 | Diane | +2 |
| 23 | Raymond | -1 | 23 | Gloria | +2 |
| 24 | Daniel | +1 | 24 | Janice | +3 |
| 25 | Gerald | -1 | 25 | Joan | -3 |
| 26 | Stephen | +2 | 26 | Elizabeth | -3 |
| 27 | Walter | -1 | 27 | Marilyn | +1 |
| 28 | Harold | -1 | 28 | Brenda | +2 |
| 29 | Douglas | +5 | 29 | Virginia | -3 |
| 30 | Lawrence | +2 | 30 | Martha | -1 |
| 31 | Willie | 0 | 31 | Helen | 0 |
| 32 | Jack | -2 | 32 | Cheryl | +4 |
| 33 | Terry | +10 | 33 | Ruth | -1 |
| 34 | Arthur | -5 | 34 | Frances | -1 |
| 35 | Wayne | +2 | 35 | Bonnie | -1 |
| 36 | Joe | -3 | 36 | Jane | +5 |
| 37 | Henry | -2 | 37 | Beverly | -2 |
| 38 | Peter | +3 | 38 | Jean | -1 |
| 39 | Carl | -3 | 39 | Ann | 0 |
| 40 | Roy | -2 | 40 | Phyllis | 0 |
| 41 | Jimmy | -1 | 41 | Alice | -3 |
| 42 | Billy | -3 | 42 | Pamela | +2 |
| 43 | Steven | +9 | 43 | Diana | +17 |
| 44 | Ralph | -2 | 44 | Elaine | +2 |
| 45 | Johnny | 0 | 45 | Peggy | 0 |
| 46 | Anthony | 0 | 46 | Doris | -4 |
| 47 | Harry | +2 | 47 | Connie | +4 |
| 48 | Bruce | +3 | 48 | Lois | -1 |
| 49 | Albert | -5 | 49 | Marie | -1 |
| 50 | Eugene | -2 | 50 | Catherine | -1 |
| 51 | Fred | -4 | 51 | Carole | -8 |
| 52 | Alan | +3 | 52 | Gail | +3 |
| 53 | Bobby | -3 | 53 | Joanne | +3 |
| 54 | Howard | -1 | 54 | Rose | -2 |
| 55 | Louis | -1 | 55 | Charlotte | -5 |
| 56 | Danny | +20 | 56 | Geraldine | -3 |
| 57 | Leonard | -1 | 57 | Evelyn | 0 |
| 58 | Philip | +3 | 58 | Wanda | 0 |
| 59 | Stanley | -2 | 59 | Rita | -5 |
| 60 | Ernest | -1 | 60 | Jo | +1 |
| 61 | Dale | -1 | 61 | Ellen | +2 |
| 62 | Samuel | 0 | 62 | Christine | +13 |
| 63 | Patrick | +2 | 63 | Jacqueline | +2 |
| 64 | Russell | -1 | 64 | Sally | -5 |
| 65 | Norman | -7 | 65 | Kathryn | +1 |
| 66 | Bill | 0 | 66 | Sue | -4 |
| 67 | Ronnie | 0 | 67 | Paula | +15 |
| 68 | Jim | +1 | 68 | Suzanne | +10 |
| 69 | Mike | +11 | 69 | Annie | +2 |
| 70 | Timothy | +22 | 70 | Eileen | +3 |
| 71 | Earl | -7 | 71 | Darlene | +5 |
| 72 | Mark | +21 | 72 | Dianne | +18 |
| 73 | Don | 0 | 73 | Norma | -6 |
| 74 | Allen | +3 | 74 | Anna | 0 |
| 75 | Francis | -4 | 75 | Sarah | -7 |
| 76 | Frederick | -1 | 76 | Roberta | -6 |
| 77 | Tommy | -7 | 77 | Laura | +42 |
| 78 | Melvin | -10 | 78 | Louise | -9 |
| 79 | Steve | +10 | 79 | Rosemary | +20 |
| 80 | Marvin | -6 | 80 | Joann | -16 |
| 81 | Eddie | -2 | 81 | Anne | +5 |
| 82 | Clarence | -10 | 82 | Sylvia | +1 |
| 83 | Leroy | -5 | 83 | Katherine | -6 |
| 84 | Barry | 0 | 84 | Patsy | -12 |
| 85 | Phillip | -2 | 85 | Rebecca | -1 |
| 86 | Andrew | -5 | 86 | Maria | -6 |
| 87 | Lee | -2 | 87 | Marcia | +2 |
| 88 | Alfred | -6 | 88 | Lorraine | +5 |
| 89 | Tom | -2 | 89 | Sheila | +14 |
| 90 | Martin | +1 | 90 | Cynthia | +15 |
| 91 | Jeffrey | +10 | 91 | Kay | -3 |
| 92 | Ray | -6 | 92 | Mildred | -11 |
| 93 | Glenn | -5 | 93 | Glenda | -14 |
| 94 | Herbert | -4 | 94 | Marjorie | -9 |
| 95 | Victor | +12 | 95 | Theresa | +1 |
| 96 | Gregory | +56 | 96 | Ruby | -9 |
| 97 | Curtis | 0 | 97 | Irene | -6 |
| 98 | Bernard | -4 | 98 | Jeanne | +10 |
| 99 | Clifford | -1 | 99 | Arlene | +2 |
| 100 | Gene | -5 | 100 | Anita | -5 |