Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1945

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1945 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	59,283	4.404	-125	-56,956	1	James	74,449	5.429	-3	-60,924
2	Linda	41,462	3.080	-724	-41,073	2	Robert	69,937	5.100	-69	-64,797
3	Barbara	38,276	2.844	-927	-37,991	3	John	66,113	4.821	-24	-56,994
4	Patricia	35,839	2.662	-909	-35,546	4	William	50,213	3.662	1	-35,697
5	Carol	30,387	2.257	-1,783	-30,274	5	Richard	46,043	3.358	-183	-43,924
6	Sandra	24,701	1.835	-969	-24,432	6	David	37,098	2.705	-16	-27,401
7	Nancy	21,456	1.594	-832	-21,134	7	Charles	32,462	2.367	-45	-25,858
8	Sharon	20,834	1.548	-1,119	-20,618	8	Thomas	31,869	2.324	-41	-25,090
9	Judith	20,189	1.500	-841	-19,871	9	Michael	29,899	2.180	-5	-18,279
10	Susan	19,222	1.428	-1,069	-18,988	10	Ronald	23,663	1.726	-483	-23,085
11	Betty	18,389	1.366	-1,117	-18,174	11	Larry	22,822	1.664	-695	-22,483
12	Carolyn	17,244	1.281	-848	-16,932	12	Donald	22,135	1.614	-514	-21,602
13	Judy	17,002	1.263	-1,520	-16,861	13	Gary	21,344	1.556	-661	-20,977
14	Shirley	16,149	1.200	-1,450	-15,999	14	Joseph	20,815	1.518	-9	-11,260
15	Margaret	15,683	1.165	-112	-13,371	15	George	19,318	1.409	-112	-16,259
16	Karen	15,678	1.165	-619	-15,210	16	Kenneth	18,093	1.319	-210	-16,438
17	Donna	15,397	1.144	-1,550	-15,260	17	Paul	16,992	1.239	-217	-15,367
18	Joyce	13,951	1.036	-929	-13,673	18	Edward	15,868	1.157	-151	-13,600
19	Kathleen	13,801	1.025	-875	-13,500	19	Dennis	14,990	1.093	-537	-14,497
20	Dorothy	12,326	0.916	-566	-11,809	20	Jerry	14,701	1.072	-581	-14,250
21	Janet	12,326	0.916	-1,391	-12,169	21	Frank	10,871	0.793	-371	-10,068
22	Diane	12,224	0.908	-2,451	-12,153	22	Roger	10,571	0.771	-614	-10,160
23	Gloria	11,036	0.820	-561	-10,515	23	Raymond	9,855	0.719	-276	-8,706
24	Janice	10,783	0.801	-1,409	-10,630	24	Daniel	9,705	0.708	9	1,468
25	Joan	10,395	0.772	-1,702	-10,277	25	Gerald	8,858	0.646	-869	-8,617
26	Elizabeth	10,338	0.768	13	-1,825	26	Stephen	8,639	0.630	-258	-7,403
27	Marilyn	9,534	0.708	-583	-9,040	27	Walter	7,575	0.552	-244	-6,272
28	Virginia	9,241	0.687	-512	-8,663	28	Harold	7,524	0.549	-769	-7,243
29	Brenda	9,205	0.684	-983	-8,950	29	Douglas	7,393	0.539	-643	-7,022
30	Martha	8,749	0.650	-767	-8,408	30	Lawrence	7,165	0.523	-468	-6,592
31	Helen	8,301	0.617	-382	-7,556	31	Willie	7,027	0.512	-903	-6,803
32	Cheryl	8,150	0.605	-2,866	-8,093	32	Jack	6,853	0.500	4	1,981
33	Ruth	8,044	0.598	-232	-6,810	33	Terry	6,833	0.498	-724	-6,524
34	Frances	7,940	0.590	-411	-7,225	34	Arthur	6,800	0.496	-196	-5,158
35	Bonnie	7,745	0.575	-656	-7,328	35	Wayne	6,737	0.491	-738	-6,438
36	Jane	7,639	0.568	-255	-6,516	36	Joe	6,627	0.483	-659	-6,282
37	Beverly	7,619	0.566	-1,256	-7,444	37	Henry	6,603	0.482	21	4,046
38	Jean	7,427	0.552	-2,355	-7,352	38	Peter	6,484	0.473	-173	-4,672
39	Ann	7,037	0.523	-944	-6,770	39	Carl	6,313	0.460	-661	-5,971
40	Phyllis	6,530	0.485	-6,935	-6,513	40	Roy	6,182	0.451	-502	-5,668
41	Alice	6,358	0.472	-30	-2,715	41	Jimmy	6,155	0.449	-612	-5,765
42	Pamela	6,169	0.458	-1,542	-6,034	42	Billy	6,018	0.439	-803	-5,758
43	Diana	6,047	0.449	-141	-4,442	43	Steven	5,975	0.436	-155	-3,953
44	Elaine	5,888	0.437	-590	-5,420	44	Ralph	5,785	0.422	-907	-5,568
45	Peggy	5,839	0.434	-5,509	-5,816	45	Johnny	5,702	0.416	-309	-4,773
46	Doris	5,819	0.432	-1,768	-5,708	46	Anthony	5,685	0.415	8	2,318
47	Connie	5,338	0.397	-2,383	-5,265	47	Harry	5,653	0.412	-573	-5,226
48	Lois	5,147	0.382	-1,645	-5,025	48	Bruce	5,613	0.409	-430	-5,006
49	Marie	5,082	0.378	-527	-4,552	49	Albert	5,430	0.396	-403	-4,773
50	Catherine	5,030	0.374	-154	-3,532	50	Eugene	5,161	0.376	-812	-4,909

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.