Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1944

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1944 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	62,467	4.571	-125	-60,140	1	James	76,951	5.540	-3	-63,426
2	Barbara	39,197	2.868	-928	-38,912	2	Robert	70,843	5.100	-69	-65,703
3	Linda	38,412	2.811	-723	-38,023	3	John	66,610	4.796	-24	-57,491
4	Patricia	36,877	2.699	-909	-36,584	4	William	52,369	3.770	1	-37,853
5	Carol	30,456	2.229	-1,783	-30,343	5	Richard	45,642	3.286	-183	-43,523
6	Sandra	26,023	1.904	-969	-25,754	6	David	37,381	2.691	-16	-27,684
7	Nancy	23,212	1.699	-832	-22,890	7	Charles	34,654	2.495	-45	-28,050
8	Judith	22,430	1.641	-842	-22,112	8	Thomas	31,598	2.275	-41	-24,819
9	Sharon	22,430	1.641	-1,118	-22,214	9	Michael	26,720	1.924	-5	-15,100
10	Betty	19,756	1.446	-1,118	-19,541	10	Ronald	25,511	1.837	-483	-24,933
11	Carolyn	18,669	1.366	-849	-18,357	11	Donald	23,461	1.689	-515	-22,928
12	Judy	17,120	1.253	-1,521	-16,979	12	Larry	22,020	1.585	-694	-21,681
13	Susan	16,330	1.195	-1,066	-16,096	13	Joseph	21,173	1.524	-10	-11,618
14	Margaret	16,318	1.194	-113	-14,006	14	George	20,418	1.470	-113	-17,359
15	Shirley	16,309	1.194	-1,449	-16,159	15	Gary	20,056	1.444	-659	-19,689
16	Karen	15,943	1.167	-619	-15,475	16	Kenneth	18,094	1.303	-210	-16,439
17	Donna	15,172	1.110	-1,550	-15,035	17	Paul	16,653	1.199	-217	-15,028
18	Joyce	14,769	1.081	-929	-14,491	18	Edward	16,475	1.186	-151	-14,207
19	Dorothy	13,380	0.979	-567	-12,863	19	Jerry	16,280	1.172	-582	-15,829
20	Kathleen	13,005	0.952	-874	-12,704	20	Dennis	13,677	0.985	-536	-13,184
21	Janet	12,591	0.921	-1,391	-12,434	21	Frank	11,343	0.817	-371	-10,540
22	Joan	11,922	0.872	-1,705	-11,804	22	Raymond	10,632	0.765	-277	-9,483
23	Elizabeth	11,033	0.807	10	-2,520	23	Roger	10,580	0.762	-613	-10,169
24	Diane	10,710	0.784	-2,449	-10,639	24	Gerald	10,024	0.722	-870	-9,783
25	Gloria	9,967	0.729	-559	-9,446	25	Daniel	9,314	0.671	10	1,859
26	Virginia	9,894	0.724	-514	-9,316	26	Walter	8,161	0.588	-245	-6,858
27	Marilyn	9,737	0.713	-583	-9,243	27	Harold	7,978	0.574	-770	-7,697
28	Janice	9,731	0.712	-1,405	-9,578	28	Stephen	7,792	0.561	-256	-6,556
29	Martha	9,333	0.683	-768	-8,992	29	Arthur	7,254	0.522	-201	-5,612
30	Brenda	8,999	0.659	-982	-8,744	30	Jack	7,254	0.522	2	1,580
31	Helen	8,694	0.636	-382	-7,949	31	Willie	7,191	0.518	-903	-6,967
32	Ruth	8,675	0.635	-233	-7,441	32	Lawrence	7,126	0.513	-466	-6,553
33	Frances	8,484	0.621	-412	-7,769	33	Joe	7,059	0.508	-662	-6,714
34	Bonnie	8,456	0.619	-657	-8,039	34	Douglas	6,997	0.504	-638	-6,626
35	Beverly	8,292	0.607	-1,258	-8,117	35	Henry	6,971	0.502	19	3,678
36	Cheryl	7,972	0.583	-2,862	-7,915	36	Carl	6,822	0.491	-664	-6,480
37	Jean	7,649	0.560	-2,356	-7,574	37	Wayne	6,722	0.484	-736	-6,423
38	Alice	7,102	0.520	-33	-3,459	38	Billy	6,542	0.471	-807	-6,282
39	Ann	7,080	0.518	-944	-6,813	39	Roy	6,530	0.470	-503	-6,016
40	Phyllis	7,024	0.514	-6,935	-7,007	40	Peter	6,340	0.456	-171	-4,528
41	Jane	6,565	0.480	-250	-5,442	41	Jimmy	6,325	0.455	-612	-5,935
42	Doris	6,324	0.463	-1,772	-6,213	42	Ralph	6,272	0.452	-909	-6,055
43	Carole	6,270	0.459	-9,849	-6,260	43	Terry	5,975	0.430	-714	-5,666
44	Pamela	6,203	0.454	-1,540	-6,068	44	Albert	5,853	0.421	-408	-5,196
45	Peggy	6,019	0.440	-5,509	-5,996	45	Johnny	5,661	0.408	-309	-4,732
46	Elaine	5,628	0.412	-588	-5,160	46	Anthony	5,605	0.404	8	2,398
47	Lois	5,530	0.405	-1,646	-5,408	47	Fred	5,577	0.402	-1,603	-5,480
48	Marie	5,297	0.388	-528	-4,767	48	Eugene	5,505	0.396	-814	-5,253
49	Catherine	5,257	0.385	-155	-3,759	49	Harry	5,477	0.394	-571	-5,050
50	Charlotte	4,928	0.361	44	8,012	50	Bobby	5,407	0.389	-774	-5,139

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.