100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1944

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 76,947
2 Robert 0 70,848
3 John 0 66,612
4 William 0 52,364
5 Richard 0 45,637
6 David 0 37,377
7 Charles 0 34,650
8 Thomas 0 31,599
9 Michael +1 26,722
10 Ronald -1 25,509
11 Donald 0 23,462
12 Larry 0 22,020
13 Joseph 0 21,170
14 George 0 20,419
15 Gary +1 20,054
16 Kenneth -1 18,092
17 Paul +2 16,653
18 Edward 0 16,475
19 Jerry -2 16,279
20 Dennis 0 13,676
21 Frank 0 11,340
22 Raymond 0 10,632
23 Roger +1 10,579
24 Gerald -1 10,023
25 Daniel 0 9,314
26 Walter 0 8,161
27 Harold 0 7,979
28 Stephen +1 7,792
29 Arthur +1 7,254
30 Jack +4 7,253
31 Willie +5 7,190
32 Lawrence 0 7,126
33 Joe +2 7,059
34 Douglas -6 6,997
35 Henry -4 6,970
36 Carl -3 6,821
37 Wayne +4 6,722
38 Billy -1 6,540
39 Roy -1 6,529
40 Peter -1 6,341
41 Jimmy +1 6,325
42 Ralph -2 6,272
43 Terry +6 5,975
44 Albert -1 5,854
45 Johnny +7 5,660
46 Anthony -2 5,605
47 Fred -2 5,576
48 Eugene -1 5,505
49 Harry +1 5,477
50 Bobby -4 5,409
51 Bruce 0 5,261
52 Steven +6 5,110
53 Howard -5 5,024
54 Louis -1 4,677
55 Alan +12 4,277
56 Leonard -1 4,186
57 Stanley -3 4,122
58 Norman -2 4,069
59 Ernest +2 4,044
60 Philip -3 3,995
61 Dale -2 3,988
62 Samuel 0 3,948
63 Russell +10 3,930
64 Patrick +5 3,881
65 Earl -5 3,875
66 Bill -1 3,814
67 Jim +8 3,747
68 Melvin -5 3,746
69 Ronnie +2 3,740
70 Tommy +7 3,694
71 Francis -7 3,648
72 Don 0 3,586
73 Frederick -3 3,582
74 Clarence -6 3,578
75 Marvin -9 3,567
76 Danny +12 3,512
77 Allen -1 3,419
78 Leroy -4 3,407
79 Eddie +1 3,315
80 Mike +10 3,084
81 Andrew -2 3,054
82 Alfred -4 3,048
83 Phillip -2 3,002
84 Barry -2 2,980
85 Lee +6 2,933
86 Ray -2 2,905
87 Tom 0 2,901
88 Glenn -3 2,850
89 Steve +4 2,834
90 Herbert -4 2,773
91 Martin -8 2,767
92 Timothy +7 2,751
93 Mark +8 2,741
94 Bernard -2 2,619
95 Gene -6 2,601
96 Theodore +1 2,574
97 Curtis +3 2,465
98 Jimmie -3 2,399
99 Clifford -5 2,395
100 Warren +2 2,347
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 62,466
2 Barbara 0 39,195
3 Linda +1 38,411
4 Patricia -1 36,876
5 Carol 0 30,456
6 Sandra 0 26,023
7 Nancy +2 23,212
8 Judith -1 22,432
9 Sharon -1 22,429
10 Betty 0 19,758
11 Carolyn 0 18,670
12 Judy +1 17,118
13 Susan +5 16,329
14 Margaret 0 16,318
15 Shirley -3 16,308
16 Karen -1 15,943
17 Donna 0 15,174
18 Joyce -2 14,769
19 Dorothy 0 13,380
20 Kathleen +2 13,005
21 Janet -1 12,591
22 Joan -1 11,921
23 Elizabeth 0 11,033
24 Diane 0 10,709
25 Gloria +5 9,967
26 Virginia -1 9,894
27 Marilyn 0 9,737
28 Janice -2 9,731
29 Martha 0 9,333
30 Brenda +5 8,998
31 Helen -3 8,694
32 Ruth +1 8,675
33 Frances -2 8,485
34 Bonnie 0 8,456
35 Beverly -3 8,292
36 Cheryl +66 7,972
37 Jean -1 7,649
38 Alice 0 7,102
39 Ann -2 7,080
40 Phyllis -1 7,023
41 Jane +3 6,565
42 Doris -2 6,323
43 Carole -1 6,270
44 Pamela +10 6,203
45 Peggy -4 6,018
46 Elaine 0 5,628
47 Lois -4 5,529
48 Marie -3 5,296
49 Catherine -1 5,257
50 Charlotte -3 4,928
51 Connie +8 4,795
52 Rose -2 4,710
53 Geraldine -2 4,665
54 Joanne -5 4,529
55 Rita -3 4,529
56 Gail -1 4,526
57 Evelyn -4 4,514
58 Wanda -2 4,429
59 Sally -2 4,390
60 Diana +2 4,311
61 Jo +2 4,225
62 Sue +10 4,035
63 Ellen +4 3,998
64 Jacqueline +1 3,974
65 Joann -5 3,973
66 Norma -8 3,863
67 Sarah +4 3,859
68 Kathryn +7 3,855
69 Louise +1 3,840
70 Roberta -4 3,744
71 Annie -2 3,741
72 Patsy -11 3,729
73 Eileen -5 3,649
74 Anna -10 3,634
75 Christine +9 3,583
76 Darlene -3 3,532
77 Katherine +1 3,524
78 Suzanne +8 3,463
79 Glenda +4 3,366
80 Maria +23 3,363
81 Mildred -4 3,318
82 Paula +11 3,314
83 Sylvia -7 3,290
84 Rebecca +3 3,247
85 Marjorie -6 3,217
86 Anne -6 3,211
87 Ruby -5 3,190
88 Kay -7 3,170
89 Marcia +7 3,139
90 Dianne -2 3,106
91 Irene -6 3,087
92 Dolores -18 3,078
93 Lorraine +1 3,044
94 Juanita -3 2,959
95 Anita +3 2,826
96 Theresa +4 2,817
97 Delores +2 2,756
98 Loretta -9 2,747
99 Rosemary -2 2,744
100 Sherry +23 2,734