1946
Top Baby Names of 1946
Peak of Baby Boom
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1946
1
Mary 67,467 2
Linda 52,710 3
Patricia 46,298 4
Barbara 45,125 5
Carol 34,283 6
Sandra 31,694 7
Nancy 28,345 8
Susan 28,268 9
Sharon 27,825 10
Judith 22,310 11
Judy 20,478 12
Carolyn 19,902 13
Donna 19,767 14
Betty 19,710 15
Karen 19,647 16
Kathleen 18,760 17
Margaret 18,135 18
Shirley 17,869 19
Diane 15,835 20
Joyce 15,209 21
Janet 14,142 22
Janice 14,038 23
Dorothy 12,798 24
Brenda 12,688 25
Elizabeth 11,753 26
Gloria 11,686 27
Cheryl 11,526 28
Joan 11,219 29
Marilyn 10,711 30
Beverly 10,430 31
Virginia 10,016 32
Martha 9,759 33
Bonnie 9,510 34
Pamela 9,367 35
Jane 8,971 36
Helen 8,853 37
Jean 8,555 38
Ruth 8,475 39
Frances 8,450 40
Ann 8,077 41
Phyllis 8,048 42
Diana 7,544 43
Peggy 7,400 44
Alice 7,363 45
Connie 7,215 46
Cynthia 6,895 47
Elaine 6,803 48
Catherine 6,367 49
Gail 6,227 50
Christine 6,201 51
Doris 5,987 52
Suzanne 5,948 53
Jo 5,828 54
Marie 5,758 55
Lois 5,700 56
Rita 5,533 57
Joanne 5,505 58
Ellen 5,237 59
Wanda 5,235 60
Rose 5,183 61
Sue 5,144 62
Jacqueline 5,083 63
Kathryn 4,998 64
Charlotte 4,970 65
Evelyn 4,890 66
Geraldine 4,849 67
Sally 4,843 68
Rebecca 4,840 69
Paula 4,725 70
Sheila 4,706 71
Darlene 4,662 72
Carole 4,621 73
Sherry 4,518 74
Rosemary 4,486 75
Laura 4,478 76
Dianne 4,278 77
Norma 4,266 78
Katherine 4,196 79
Kathy 4,179 80
Eileen 4,168 81
Anne 4,116 82
Sylvia 4,093 83
Jeanne 4,045 84
Anita 4,027 85
Roberta 4,016 85
Patsy 4,016 87
Anna 3,999 88
Maria 3,960 89
Marcia 3,946 90
Joann 3,945 91
Louise 3,925 92
Sarah 3,909 93
Lorraine 3,886 94
Lynn 3,884 95
Theresa 3,684 95
Maureen 3,684 97
Annie 3,652 98
Marsha 3,611 99
Glenda 3,568 100
Constance 3,419 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1946
1
James 87,436 2
Robert 84,138 3
John 79,266 4
William 60,030 5
Richard 58,871 6
David 46,444 7
Michael 41,192 8
Thomas 38,876 9
Charles 38,212 10
Ronald 31,856 11
Larry 28,449 12
Gary 26,931 13
Donald 26,271 14
Joseph 24,284 15
Kenneth 22,039 16
George 21,574 17
Dennis 21,446 18
Paul 21,063 19
Edward 18,585 20
Jerry 17,568 21
Daniel 12,867 22
Frank 12,667 23
Roger 12,410 24
Stephen 11,833 25
Raymond 11,288 26
Terry 10,678 27
Gerald 10,034 28
Steven 8,878 29
Wayne 8,808 30
Walter 8,668 31
Lawrence 8,517 32
Bruce 8,459 33
Harold 8,373 34
Douglas 8,334 35
Jack 7,802 36
Arthur 7,537 37
Joe 7,535 38
Peter 7,481 39
Carl 7,380 40
Willie 7,339 41
Henry 7,317 42
Jimmy 7,128 43
Roy 6,924 44
Anthony 6,771 45
Billy 6,716 46
Danny 6,650 47
Johnny 6,612 48
Ralph 6,586 49
Alan 6,490 50
Harry 6,029 51
Fred 6,012 52
Albert 6,006 53
Bobby 5,771 54
Ronnie 5,727 55
Howard 5,694 56
Gregory 5,672 57
Eugene 5,670 58
Mark 5,331 59
Patrick 5,305 60
Timothy 5,152 61
Philip 5,093 62
Dale 5,024 63
Louis 4,918 64
Mike 4,854 65
Stanley 4,767 66
Russell 4,741 67
Leonard 4,702 68
Barry 4,624 69
Steve 4,568 70
Samuel 4,524 71
Ernest 4,395 72
Bill 4,354 73
Jim 4,337 74
Allen 4,294 75
Frederick 4,231 76
Norman 4,161 77
Tommy 4,144 78
Jeffrey 4,125 79
Don 4,111 80
Francis 4,006 81
Glenn 3,892 82
Earl 3,831 83
Phillip 3,775 84
Andrew 3,757 85
Eddie 3,745 86
Melvin 3,743 87
Tom 3,624 88
Marvin 3,600 89
Clarence 3,568 90
Leroy 3,471 91
Lee 3,346 92
Martin 3,333 93
Rodney 3,304 94
Alfred 3,238 95
Ray 3,170 96
Keith 2,860 97
Herbert 2,819 98
Gene 2,758 99
Curtis 2,724 100
Clifford 2,616 About 1946 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1946, 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.