1945
Top Baby Names of 1945
End of World War II, Baby Boom begins
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1945
1
Mary 59,281 2
Linda 41,465 3
Barbara 38,274 4
Patricia 35,843 5
Carol 30,388 6
Sandra 24,700 7
Nancy 21,456 8
Sharon 20,838 9
Judith 20,192 10
Susan 19,221 11
Betty 18,390 12
Carolyn 17,244 13
Judy 17,001 14
Shirley 16,150 15
Margaret 15,685 16
Karen 15,680 17
Donna 15,398 18
Joyce 13,950 19
Kathleen 13,802 20
Janet 12,326 21
Dorothy 12,323 22
Diane 12,223 23
Gloria 11,037 24
Janice 10,782 25
Joan 10,394 26
Elizabeth 10,343 27
Marilyn 9,534 28
Virginia 9,244 29
Brenda 9,204 30
Martha 8,751 31
Helen 8,300 32
Cheryl 8,149 33
Ruth 8,046 34
Frances 7,940 35
Bonnie 7,745 36
Jane 7,639 37
Beverly 7,618 38
Jean 7,428 39
Ann 7,038 40
Phyllis 6,530 41
Alice 6,359 42
Pamela 6,169 43
Diana 6,047 44
Elaine 5,887 45
Peggy 5,839 46
Doris 5,820 47
Connie 5,337 48
Lois 5,148 49
Marie 5,085 50
Catherine 5,031 51
Carole 4,842 52
Gail 4,832 53
Joanne 4,617 54
Rose 4,557 55
Charlotte 4,529 56
Geraldine 4,475 57
Evelyn 4,377 58
Wanda 4,295 59
Rita 4,282 60
Jo 4,224 61
Ellen 4,189 62
Christine 4,077 63
Jacqueline 3,989 64
Sally 3,981 65
Kathryn 3,971 66
Sue 3,915 67
Paula 3,798 68
Suzanne 3,770 69
Annie 3,739 70
Eileen 3,637 71
Darlene 3,626 72
Dianne 3,611 73
Anna 3,607 74
Norma 3,603 75
Roberta 3,601 76
Sarah 3,593 77
Laura 3,589 78
Louise 3,514 79
Rosemary 3,500 80
Joann 3,465 81
Anne 3,407 82
Katherine 3,392 83
Sylvia 3,375 84
Patsy 3,350 85
Rebecca 3,331 86
Maria 3,313 87
Lorraine 3,207 88
Marcia 3,206 89
Sheila 3,178 90
Cynthia 3,127 91
Kay 3,058 92
Glenda 2,963 93
Mildred 2,960 94
Marjorie 2,929 95
Ruby 2,904 96
Theresa 2,896 97
Irene 2,883 98
Jeanne 2,860 99
Arlene 2,771 100
Anita 2,768 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1945
1
James 74,466 2
Robert 69,945 3
John 66,118 4
William 50,218 5
Richard 46,045 6
David 37,107 7
Charles 32,467 8
Thomas 31,873 9
Michael 29,902 10
Ronald 23,664 11
Larry 22,824 12
Donald 22,139 13
Gary 21,345 14
Joseph 20,821 15
George 19,324 16
Kenneth 18,098 17
Paul 16,994 18
Edward 15,871 19
Dennis 14,990 20
Jerry 14,702 21
Frank 10,874 22
Roger 10,570 23
Raymond 9,856 24
Daniel 9,708 25
Gerald 8,857 26
Stephen 8,639 27
Walter 7,574 28
Harold 7,525 29
Douglas 7,394 30
Lawrence 7,163 31
Willie 7,029 32
Jack 6,855 33
Terry 6,833 34
Arthur 6,801 35
Wayne 6,738 36
Joe 6,626 37
Henry 6,604 38
Peter 6,483 39
Carl 6,314 40
Roy 6,183 41
Jimmy 6,159 42
Billy 6,021 43
Steven 5,974 44
Ralph 5,785 45
Johnny 5,697 46
Anthony 5,686 47
Harry 5,648 48
Bruce 5,615 49
Albert 5,432 50
Eugene 5,167 51
Fred 5,118 52
Alan 5,073 53
Bobby 5,049 54
Howard 4,768 55
Louis 4,480 56
Danny 4,175 57
Leonard 4,125 58
Philip 4,111 59
Stanley 4,058 60
Ernest 4,005 61
Samuel 3,957 61
Dale 3,957 63
Patrick 3,853 64
Russell 3,806 65
Norman 3,726 66
Bill 3,711 67
Ronnie 3,651 68
Jim 3,624 69
Mike 3,592 70
Timothy 3,591 71
Earl 3,566 72
Mark 3,545 73
Don 3,482 74
Allen 3,481 75
Francis 3,449 76
Tommy 3,448 77
Frederick 3,436 78
Melvin 3,408 79
Steve 3,384 80
Marvin 3,294 81
Eddie 3,223 82
Clarence 3,196 83
Leroy 3,172 84
Barry 3,138 85
Phillip 3,081 86
Andrew 3,007 87
Lee 2,942 88
Alfred 2,894 89
Tom 2,893 90
Martin 2,823 91
Jeffrey 2,782 92
Ray 2,740 93
Glenn 2,734 94
Herbert 2,664 95
Victor 2,631 96
Gregory 2,474 97
Curtis 2,392 98
Bernard 2,389 99
Clifford 2,384 100
Gene 2,373 About 1945 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1945, 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.