1944
Top Baby Names of 1944
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1944
1
Mary 62,472 2
Barbara 39,196 3
Linda 38,415 4
Patricia 36,872 5
Carol 30,456 6
Sandra 26,023 7
Nancy 23,217 8
Sharon 22,432 9
Judith 22,431 10
Betty 19,760 11
Carolyn 18,670 12
Judy 17,119 13
Susan 16,330 14
Margaret 16,320 15
Shirley 16,310 16
Karen 15,944 17
Donna 15,173 18
Joyce 14,768 19
Dorothy 13,380 20
Kathleen 13,004 21
Janet 12,592 22
Joan 11,920 23
Elizabeth 11,034 24
Diane 10,710 25
Gloria 9,968 26
Virginia 9,894 27
Marilyn 9,738 28
Janice 9,732 29
Martha 9,336 30
Brenda 8,998 31
Helen 8,696 32
Ruth 8,674 33
Frances 8,487 34
Bonnie 8,456 35
Beverly 8,292 36
Cheryl 7,972 37
Jean 7,650 38
Alice 7,102 39
Ann 7,080 40
Phyllis 7,022 41
Jane 6,564 42
Doris 6,324 43
Carole 6,268 44
Pamela 6,204 45
Peggy 6,019 46
Elaine 5,629 47
Lois 5,529 48
Marie 5,297 49
Catherine 5,256 50
Charlotte 4,928 51
Connie 4,796 52
Rose 4,710 53
Geraldine 4,666 54
Rita 4,530 54
Joanne 4,530 56
Gail 4,525 57
Evelyn 4,516 58
Wanda 4,431 59
Sally 4,388 60
Diana 4,311 61
Jo 4,226 62
Sue 4,034 63
Ellen 3,998 64
Jacqueline 3,975 65
Joann 3,974 66
Norma 3,864 67
Sarah 3,856 68
Kathryn 3,855 69
Louise 3,842 70
Roberta 3,744 71
Annie 3,738 72
Patsy 3,729 73
Eileen 3,649 74
Anna 3,635 75
Christine 3,584 76
Darlene 3,532 77
Katherine 3,525 78
Suzanne 3,462 79
Glenda 3,367 80
Maria 3,361 81
Mildred 3,318 82
Paula 3,315 83
Sylvia 3,291 84
Rebecca 3,246 85
Marjorie 3,218 86
Anne 3,208 87
Ruby 3,190 88
Kay 3,170 89
Marcia 3,140 90
Dianne 3,108 91
Irene 3,086 92
Dolores 3,081 93
Lorraine 3,046 94
Juanita 2,960 95
Anita 2,825 96
Theresa 2,817 97
Delores 2,756 98
Loretta 2,746 99
Rosemary 2,744 100
Sherry 2,733 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1944
1
James 76,951 2
Robert 70,855 3
John 66,611 4
William 52,373 5
Richard 45,643 6
David 37,379 7
Charles 34,663 8
Thomas 31,603 9
Michael 26,717 10
Ronald 25,514 11
Donald 23,466 12
Larry 22,025 13
Joseph 21,175 14
George 20,419 15
Gary 20,058 16
Kenneth 18,093 17
Paul 16,659 18
Edward 16,481 19
Jerry 16,283 20
Dennis 13,679 21
Frank 11,342 22
Raymond 10,634 23
Roger 10,581 24
Gerald 10,021 25
Daniel 9,314 26
Walter 8,159 27
Harold 7,980 28
Stephen 7,795 29
Jack 7,255 30
Arthur 7,254 31
Willie 7,194 32
Lawrence 7,129 33
Joe 7,062 34
Douglas 6,998 35
Henry 6,975 36
Carl 6,824 37
Wayne 6,722 38
Billy 6,545 39
Roy 6,534 40
Peter 6,340 41
Jimmy 6,320 42
Ralph 6,272 43
Terry 5,976 44
Albert 5,857 45
Johnny 5,661 46
Anthony 5,605 47
Fred 5,580 48
Eugene 5,505 49
Harry 5,479 50
Bobby 5,411 51
Bruce 5,262 52
Steven 5,113 53
Howard 5,025 54
Louis 4,678 55
Alan 4,277 56
Leonard 4,183 57
Stanley 4,121 58
Norman 4,065 59
Ernest 4,042 60
Philip 3,992 61
Dale 3,990 62
Samuel 3,946 63
Russell 3,931 64
Patrick 3,883 65
Earl 3,874 66
Bill 3,815 67
Melvin 3,745 68
Jim 3,744 69
Ronnie 3,739 70
Tommy 3,696 71
Francis 3,651 72
Don 3,589 73
Frederick 3,583 74
Clarence 3,575 75
Marvin 3,568 76
Danny 3,511 77
Allen 3,422 78
Leroy 3,409 79
Eddie 3,315 80
Mike 3,084 81
Andrew 3,057 82
Alfred 3,047 83
Phillip 3,002 84
Barry 2,979 85
Lee 2,929 86
Ray 2,904 87
Tom 2,901 88
Glenn 2,850 89
Steve 2,836 90
Herbert 2,773 91
Martin 2,767 92
Timothy 2,754 93
Mark 2,742 94
Bernard 2,619 95
Gene 2,602 96
Theodore 2,574 97
Curtis 2,465 98
Jimmie 2,398 99
Clifford 2,394 100
Warren 2,349 About 1944 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1944, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.