Year rank 1945

Names picked for kids in 1945

For a girl

1. mary

59280

2. linda

41462

3. barbara

38274

4. patricia

35841

5. carol

30387

6. sandra

24701

7. nancy

21456

8. sharon

20836

9. judith

20191

10. susan

19221

11. betty

18391

12. carolyn

17243

13. judy

17000

14. shirley

16150

15. margaret

15685

16. karen

15679

17. donna

15397

18. joyce

13951

19. kathleen

13802

20. dorothy

12327

21. janet

12326

22. diane

12224

23. gloria

11036

24. janice

10782

25. joan

10394

26. elizabeth

10343

27. marilyn

9533

28. virginia

9245

29. brenda

9204

30. martha

8752

31. helen

8300

32. cheryl

8150

33. ruth

8045

34. frances

7941

35. bonnie

7745

36. jane

7639

37. beverly

7618

38. jean

7427

39. ann

7038

40. phyllis

6530

41. alice

6359

42. pamela

6168

43. diana

6047

44. elaine

5887

45. peggy

5839

46. doris

5819

47. connie

5337

48. lois

5148

49. marie

5084

50. catherine

5031

51. carole

4843

52. gail

4833

53. joanne

4617

54. rose

4557

55. charlotte

4529

56. geraldine

4475

57. evelyn

4377

58. wanda

4295

59. rita

4283

60. jo

4223

61. ellen

4189

62. christine

4077

63. jacqueline

3989

64. sally

3981

65. kathryn

3971

66. sue

3915

67. paula

3798

68. suzanne

3770

69. annie

3739

70. eileen

3637

71. darlene

3626

72. dianne

3611

73. anna

3607

74. roberta

3601

75. norma

3601

76. sarah

3593

77. laura

3589

78. louise

3514

79. rosemary

3500

80. joann

3465

81. anne

3407

82. katherine

3392

83. sylvia

3375

84. patsy

3348

85. rebecca

3331

86. maria

3313

87. lorraine

3207

88. marcia

3206

89. sheila

3179

90. cynthia

3126

91. kay

3058

92. glenda

2963

93. mildred

2960

94. marjorie

2929

95. ruby

2905

96. theresa

2896

97. irene

2883

98. jeanne

2860

99. arlene

2772

100. anita

2768

For a boy

1. james

74460

2. robert

69939

3. john

66117

4. william

50221

5. richard

46046

6. david

37106

7. charles

32467

8. thomas

31869

9. michael

29902

10. ronald

23663

11. larry

22824

12. donald

22141

13. gary

21349

14. joseph

20821

15. george

19321

16. kenneth

18095

17. paul

16995

18. edward

15869

19. dennis

14992

20. jerry

14704

21. frank

10873

22. roger

10572

23. raymond

9856

24. daniel

9707

25. gerald

8859

26. stephen

8638

27. walter

7575

28. harold

7525

29. douglas

7394

30. lawrence

7163

31. willie

7027

32. jack

6855

33. terry

6834

34. arthur

6801

35. wayne

6737

36. joe

6626

37. henry

6605

38. peter

6483

39. carl

6313

40. roy

6183

41. jimmy

6157

42. billy

6019

43. steven

5974

44. ralph

5785

45. johnny

5696

46. anthony

5686

47. harry

5649

48. bruce

5614

49. albert

5434

50. eugene

5166

51. fred

5118

52. alan

5073

53. bobby

5050

54. howard

4767

55. louis

4481

56. danny

4174

57. leonard

4124

58. philip

4110

59. stanley

4059

60. ernest

4004

61. dale

3958

62. samuel

3957

63. patrick

3854

64. russell

3805

65. norman

3725

66. bill

3711

67. ronnie

3651

68. jim

3623

69. mike

3592

70. timothy

3591

71. earl

3566

72. mark

3544

73. don

3484

74. allen

3481

75. francis

3449

76. tommy

3448

77. frederick

3436

78. melvin

3405

79. steve

3384

80. marvin

3293

81. eddie

3223

82. clarence

3194

83. leroy

3174

84. barry

3138

85. phillip

3081

86. andrew

3007

87. lee

2941

88. tom

2894

89. alfred

2893

90. martin

2823

91. jeffrey

2782

92. ray

2739

93. glenn

2731

94. herbert

2663

95. victor

2631

96. gregory

2475

97. curtis

2392

98. bernard

2389

99. clifford

2382

100. gene

2373