Most Popular Baby Names of 1946
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Linda | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | +1 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Barbara | -1 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Carol | 0 |
| 6 | David | 0 | 6 | Sandra | 0 |
| 7 | Michael | +2 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Susan | +2 |
| 9 | Charles | -2 | 9 | Sharon | -1 |
| 10 | Ronald | 0 | 10 | Judith | -1 |
| 11 | Larry | 0 | 11 | Judy | +2 |
| 12 | Gary | +1 | 12 | Carolyn | 0 |
| 13 | Donald | -1 | 13 | Donna | +4 |
| 14 | Joseph | 0 | 14 | Betty | -3 |
| 15 | Kenneth | +1 | 15 | Karen | 0 |
| 16 | George | -1 | 16 | Kathleen | +3 |
| 17 | Dennis | +2 | 17 | Margaret | -1 |
| 18 | Paul | -1 | 18 | Shirley | -4 |
| 19 | Edward | -1 | 19 | Diane | +3 |
| 20 | Jerry | 0 | 20 | Joyce | -2 |
| 21 | Daniel | +3 | 21 | Janet | 0 |
| 22 | Frank | -1 | 22 | Janice | +2 |
| 23 | Roger | -1 | 23 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 24 | Stephen | +2 | 24 | Brenda | +4 |
| 25 | Raymond | -2 | 25 | Elizabeth | +1 |
| 26 | Terry | +7 | 26 | Gloria | -3 |
| 27 | Gerald | -2 | 27 | Cheryl | +5 |
| 28 | Steven | +15 | 28 | Joan | -3 |
| 29 | Wayne | +6 | 29 | Marilyn | -2 |
| 30 | Walter | -3 | 30 | Beverly | +7 |
| 31 | Lawrence | -1 | 31 | Virginia | -2 |
| 32 | Bruce | +16 | 32 | Martha | -2 |
| 33 | Harold | -5 | 33 | Bonnie | +2 |
| 34 | Douglas | -5 | 34 | Pamela | +8 |
| 35 | Jack | -3 | 35 | Jane | +1 |
| 36 | Arthur | -2 | 36 | Helen | -5 |
| 37 | Joe | -1 | 37 | Jean | +1 |
| 38 | Peter | 0 | 38 | Ruth | -5 |
| 39 | Carl | 0 | 39 | Frances | -5 |
| 40 | Willie | -9 | 40 | Ann | -1 |
| 41 | Henry | -4 | 41 | Phyllis | -1 |
| 42 | Jimmy | -1 | 42 | Diana | +1 |
| 43 | Roy | -3 | 43 | Peggy | +2 |
| 44 | Anthony | +2 | 44 | Alice | -3 |
| 45 | Billy | -3 | 45 | Connie | +2 |
| 46 | Danny | +10 | 46 | Cynthia | +44 |
| 47 | Johnny | -2 | 47 | Elaine | -3 |
| 48 | Ralph | -4 | 48 | Catherine | +2 |
| 49 | Alan | +3 | 49 | Gail | +3 |
| 50 | Fred | +1 | 50 | Christine | +12 |
| 51 | Harry | -4 | 51 | Doris | -5 |
| 52 | Albert | -3 | 52 | Suzanne | +16 |
| 53 | Bobby | 0 | 53 | Jo | +7 |
| 54 | Ronnie | +13 | 54 | Marie | -5 |
| 55 | Howard | -1 | 55 | Lois | -7 |
| 56 | Gregory | +40 | 56 | Rita | +3 |
| 57 | Eugene | -7 | 57 | Joanne | -4 |
| 58 | Mark | +14 | 58 | Ellen | +3 |
| 59 | Patrick | +4 | 59 | Wanda | -1 |
| 60 | Timothy | +10 | 60 | Rose | -6 |
| 61 | Philip | -3 | 61 | Sue | +5 |
| 62 | Dale | -1 | 62 | Jacqueline | +1 |
| 63 | Louis | -8 | 63 | Kathryn | +2 |
| 64 | Mike | +5 | 64 | Charlotte | -9 |
| 65 | Stanley | -6 | 65 | Evelyn | -8 |
| 66 | Russell | -2 | 66 | Geraldine | -10 |
| 67 | Leonard | -10 | 67 | Sally | -3 |
| 68 | Barry | +16 | 68 | Rebecca | +17 |
| 69 | Steve | +10 | 69 | Paula | -2 |
| 70 | Samuel | -8 | 70 | Sheila | +19 |
| 71 | Ernest | -11 | 71 | Darlene | 0 |
| 72 | Bill | -6 | 72 | Carole | -21 |
| 73 | Jim | -5 | 73 | Sherry | +31 |
| 74 | Allen | 0 | 74 | Laura | +3 |
| 75 | Frederick | +1 | 75 | Rosemary | +4 |
| 76 | Norman | -11 | 76 | Dianne | -4 |
| 77 | Tommy | 0 | 77 | Norma | -4 |
| 78 | Jeffrey | +13 | 78 | Katherine | +5 |
| 79 | Don | -6 | 79 | Kathy | +22 |
| 80 | Francis | -5 | 80 | Eileen | -10 |
| 81 | Glenn | +12 | 81 | Anne | 0 |
| 82 | Earl | -11 | 82 | Sylvia | 0 |
| 83 | Phillip | +2 | 83 | Jeanne | +15 |
| 84 | Melvin | -6 | 84 | Anita | +16 |
| 85 | Eddie | -4 | 85 | Roberta | -9 |
| 86 | Andrew | 0 | 86 | Patsy | -2 |
| 87 | Tom | +2 | 87 | Anna | -13 |
| 88 | Marvin | -8 | 88 | Maria | -2 |
| 89 | Clarence | -7 | 89 | Marcia | -2 |
| 90 | Leroy | -7 | 90 | Joann | -10 |
| 91 | Lee | -4 | 91 | Louise | -13 |
| 92 | Martin | -2 | 92 | Lorraine | -4 |
| 93 | Rodney | +13 | 93 | Sarah | -18 |
| 94 | Alfred | -6 | 94 | Lynn | +8 |
| 95 | Ray | -3 | 95 | Maureen | +10 |
| 96 | Keith | +12 | 96 | Theresa | -1 |
| 97 | Herbert | -3 | 97 | Annie | -28 |
| 98 | Gene | +2 | 98 | Marsha | +15 |
| 99 | Curtis | -2 | 99 | Glenda | -6 |
| 100 | Clifford | -1 | 100 | Constance | +9 |