100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1945

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 74,450
2 Robert 0 69,933
3 John 0 66,118
4 William 0 50,211
5 Richard 0 46,042
6 David 0 37,094
7 Charles 0 32,463
8 Thomas 0 31,870
9 Michael 0 29,899
10 Ronald 0 23,665
11 Larry +1 22,824
12 Donald -1 22,135
13 Gary +2 21,343
14 Joseph -1 20,816
15 George -1 19,319
16 Kenneth 0 18,093
17 Paul 0 16,993
18 Edward 0 15,867
19 Dennis +1 14,991
20 Jerry -1 14,701
21 Frank 0 10,869
22 Roger +1 10,571
23 Raymond -1 9,855
24 Daniel +1 9,706
25 Gerald -1 8,859
26 Stephen +2 8,637
27 Walter -1 7,575
28 Harold -1 7,524
29 Douglas +5 7,392
30 Lawrence +2 7,165
31 Willie 0 7,026
32 Jack -2 6,853
33 Terry +10 6,833
34 Arthur -5 6,801
35 Wayne +2 6,736
36 Joe -3 6,625
37 Henry -2 6,603
38 Peter +2 6,484
39 Carl -3 6,313
40 Roy -1 6,180
41 Jimmy 0 6,155
42 Billy -4 6,018
43 Steven +9 5,974
44 Ralph -2 5,785
45 Johnny 0 5,702
46 Anthony 0 5,686
47 Harry +2 5,654
48 Bruce +3 5,612
49 Albert -5 5,430
50 Eugene -2 5,161
51 Fred -4 5,115
52 Alan +3 5,072
53 Bobby -3 5,050
54 Howard -1 4,767
55 Louis -1 4,480
56 Danny +20 4,175
57 Leonard -1 4,122
58 Philip +2 4,108
59 Stanley -2 4,058
60 Ernest -1 4,003
61 Dale 0 3,958
62 Samuel 0 3,954
63 Patrick +1 3,855
64 Russell -1 3,802
65 Norman -7 3,725
66 Bill 0 3,711
67 Ronnie +2 3,648
68 Jim -1 3,622
69 Mike +11 3,592
70 Timothy +22 3,591
71 Earl -6 3,566
72 Mark +21 3,544
73 Don -1 3,483
74 Allen +3 3,482
75 Tommy -5 3,449
76 Francis -5 3,448
77 Frederick -4 3,435
78 Melvin -10 3,400
79 Steve +10 3,384
80 Marvin -5 3,294
81 Eddie -2 3,222
82 Clarence -8 3,192
83 Leroy -5 3,176
84 Barry 0 3,139
85 Phillip -2 3,081
86 Andrew -5 3,007
87 Lee -2 2,938
88 Alfred -6 2,895
89 Tom -2 2,893
90 Martin +1 2,824
91 Jeffrey +10 2,782
92 Ray -6 2,742
93 Glenn -5 2,732
94 Herbert -4 2,659
95 Victor +12 2,629
96 Gregory +56 2,475
97 Curtis 0 2,393
98 Bernard -4 2,389
99 Clifford 0 2,382
100 Gene -5 2,373
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 59,284
2 Linda +1 41,461
3 Barbara -1 38,276
4 Patricia 0 35,839
5 Carol 0 30,388
6 Sandra 0 24,701
7 Nancy 0 21,456
8 Sharon +1 20,835
9 Judith -1 20,188
10 Susan +3 19,224
11 Betty -1 18,388
12 Carolyn -1 17,242
13 Judy -1 17,002
14 Shirley +1 16,150
15 Margaret -1 15,682
16 Karen 0 15,679
17 Donna 0 15,397
18 Joyce 0 13,951
19 Kathleen +1 13,801
20 Dorothy -1 12,325
21 Janet 0 12,325
22 Diane +2 12,225
23 Gloria +2 11,036
24 Janice +4 10,781
25 Joan -3 10,396
26 Elizabeth -3 10,337
27 Marilyn 0 9,534
28 Virginia -2 9,241
29 Brenda +1 9,205
30 Martha -1 8,748
31 Helen 0 8,301
32 Cheryl +4 8,150
33 Ruth -1 8,044
34 Frances -1 7,939
35 Bonnie -1 7,745
36 Jane +5 7,639
37 Beverly -2 7,619
38 Jean -1 7,427
39 Ann 0 7,037
40 Phyllis 0 6,531
41 Alice -3 6,359
42 Pamela +2 6,169
43 Diana +17 6,047
44 Elaine +2 5,888
45 Peggy 0 5,840
46 Doris -4 5,819
47 Connie +4 5,338
48 Lois -1 5,147
49 Marie -1 5,082
50 Catherine -1 5,030
51 Carole -8 4,843
52 Gail +4 4,831
53 Joanne +1 4,617
54 Rose -2 4,557
55 Charlotte -5 4,529
56 Geraldine -3 4,475
57 Evelyn 0 4,377
58 Wanda 0 4,294
59 Rita -4 4,283
60 Jo +1 4,223
61 Ellen +2 4,188
62 Christine +13 4,078
63 Jacqueline +1 3,988
64 Sally -5 3,981
65 Kathryn +3 3,972
66 Sue -4 3,914
67 Paula +15 3,796
68 Suzanne +10 3,769
69 Annie +2 3,739
70 Eileen +3 3,636
71 Darlene +5 3,626
72 Dianne +18 3,611
73 Anna +1 3,607
74 Norma -8 3,602
75 Roberta -5 3,601
76 Sarah -9 3,592
77 Laura +42 3,590
78 Louise -9 3,514
79 Rosemary +20 3,501
80 Joann -15 3,464
81 Anne +5 3,408
82 Katherine -5 3,392
83 Sylvia 0 3,375
84 Patsy -12 3,347
85 Rebecca -1 3,331
86 Maria -6 3,310
87 Lorraine +6 3,207
88 Marcia +1 3,206
89 Sheila +14 3,178
90 Cynthia +15 3,127
91 Kay -3 3,059
92 Glenda -13 2,962
93 Mildred -12 2,960
94 Marjorie -9 2,929
95 Ruby -8 2,906
96 Theresa 0 2,896
97 Irene -6 2,884
98 Jeanne +10 2,860
99 Arlene +2 2,772
100 Anita -5 2,766