Year rank 1944

Names picked for kids in 1944

For a girl

1. mary

62470

2. barbara

39195

3. linda

38413

4. patricia

36875

5. carol

30456

6. sandra

26024

7. nancy

23216

8. sharon

22432

9. judith

22431

10. betty

19759

11. carolyn

18668

12. judy

17120

13. susan

16330

14. margaret

16320

15. shirley

16310

16. karen

15944

17. donna

15172

18. joyce

14767

19. dorothy

13381

20. kathleen

13004

21. janet

12592

22. joan

11922

23. elizabeth

11034

24. diane

10710

25. gloria

9968

26. virginia

9894

27. marilyn

9738

28. janice

9732

29. martha

9334

30. brenda

8998

31. helen

8697

32. ruth

8675

33. frances

8487

34. bonnie

8456

35. beverly

8291

36. cheryl

7972

37. jean

7650

38. alice

7102

39. ann

7080

40. phyllis

7023

41. jane

6565

42. doris

6325

43. carole

6269

44. pamela

6204

45. peggy

6020

46. elaine

5628

47. lois

5529

48. marie

5297

49. catherine

5255

50. charlotte

4928

51. connie

4795

52. rose

4709

53. geraldine

4666

54. joanne

4530

55. rita

4529

56. gail

4526

57. evelyn

4516

58. wanda

4429

59. sally

4388

60. diana

4311

61. jo

4225

62. sue

4034

63. ellen

3998

64. joann

3974

65. jacqueline

3974

66. norma

3865

67. sarah

3857

68. kathryn

3855

69. louise

3842

70. roberta

3744

71. annie

3739

72. patsy

3729

73. eileen

3649

74. anna

3634

75. christine

3584

76. darlene

3532

77. katherine

3524

78. suzanne

3462

79. glenda

3367

80. maria

3361

81. mildred

3318

82. paula

3315

83. sylvia

3291

84. rebecca

3245

85. marjorie

3218

86. anne

3208

87. ruby

3189

88. kay

3170

89. marcia

3140

90. dianne

3107

91. irene

3087

92. dolores

3080

93. lorraine

3045

94. juanita

2959

95. anita

2825

96. theresa

2817

97. delores

2756

98. loretta

2746

99. rosemary

2744

100. sherry

2733

For a boy

1. james

76955

2. robert

70851

3. john

66613

4. william

52372

5. richard

45641

6. david

37382

7. charles

34661

8. thomas

31599

9. michael

26717

10. ronald

25513

11. donald

23465

12. larry

22026

13. joseph

21175

14. george

20420

15. gary

20058

16. kenneth

18094

17. paul

16657

18. edward

16480

19. jerry

16280

20. dennis

13679

21. frank

11342

22. raymond

10632

23. roger

10581

24. gerald

10022

25. daniel

9314

26. walter

8158

27. harold

7978

28. stephen

7794

29. jack

7255

30. arthur

7254

31. willie

7194

32. lawrence

7128

33. joe

7059

34. douglas

6997

35. henry

6973

36. carl

6824

37. wayne

6723

38. billy

6542

39. roy

6534

40. peter

6340

41. jimmy

6322

42. ralph

6272

43. terry

5976

44. albert

5855

45. johnny

5663

46. anthony

5604

47. fred

5579

48. eugene

5505

49. harry

5479

50. bobby

5409

51. bruce

5262

52. steven

5112

53. howard

5025

54. louis

4677

55. alan

4277

56. leonard

4183

57. stanley

4122

58. norman

4066

59. ernest

4042

60. philip

3993

61. dale

3989

62. samuel

3946

63. russell

3931

64. patrick

3882

65. earl

3874

66. bill

3815

67. melvin

3744

68. jim

3743

69. ronnie

3739

70. tommy

3694

71. francis

3649

72. don

3588

73. frederick

3583

74. clarence

3577

75. marvin

3569

76. danny

3512

77. allen

3422

78. leroy

3408

79. eddie

3315

80. mike

3084

81. andrew

3056

82. alfred

3047

83. phillip

3002

84. barry

2979

85. lee

2930

86. ray

2904

87. tom

2900

88. glenn

2850

89. steve

2836

90. herbert

2774

91. martin

2768

92. timothy

2754

93. mark

2742

94. bernard

2619

95. gene

2602

96. theodore

2574

97. curtis

2464

98. jimmie

2399

99. clifford

2394

100. warren

2349