EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1944

United States · 2,690,098 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary62,476—
#2Barbara39,196—
#3Linda38,415↑1
#4Patricia36,874↓1
#5Carol30,456—
#6Sandra26,024—
#7Nancy23,218↑2
#8Sharon22,433—
#9Judith22,431↓2
#10Betty19,761—
#11Carolyn18,670—
#12Judy17,119↑1
#13Susan16,330↑5
#14Margaret16,320—
#15Shirley16,309↓3
#16Karen15,944↓1
#17Donna15,173—
#18Joyce14,770↓2
#19Dorothy13,379—
#20Kathleen13,004↑2
#21Janet12,592↓1
#22Joan11,920↓1
#23Elizabeth11,034—
#24Diane10,710—
#25Gloria9,968↑5
#26Virginia9,895↓1
#27Marilyn9,738—
#28Janice9,733↓2
#29Martha9,335—
#30Brenda8,999↑5
#31Helen8,696↓3
#32Ruth8,674↑1
#33Frances8,487↓2
#34Bonnie8,456—
#35Beverly8,292↓3
#36Cheryl7,972
#37Jean7,650↓1
#38Alice7,102—
#39Ann7,081↓2
#40Phyllis7,022↓1
#41Jane6,564↑3
#42Doris6,324↓2
#43Carole6,268↓1
#44Pamela6,204↑10
#45Peggy6,019↓4
#46Elaine5,629—
#47Lois5,529↓4
#48Marie5,297↓3
#49Catherine5,256↓1
#50Charlotte4,928↓3
#51Connie4,796↑8
#52Rose4,710↓2
#53Geraldine4,666↓2
#54Rita4,530↓2
#55Joanne4,529↓6
#56Gail4,526↓1
#57Evelyn4,516↓4
#58Wanda4,431↓2
#59Sally4,388↓2
#60Diana4,311↑2
#61Jo4,226↑2
#62Sue4,034↑10
#63Ellen3,998↑4
#64Jacqueline3,975↑1
#65Joann3,973↓5
#66Norma3,863↓8
#67Sarah3,857↑4
#68Kathryn3,855↑7
#69Louise3,842↑1
#70Roberta3,744↓4
#71Annie3,738↓2
#72Patsy3,729↓11
#73Eileen3,649↓5
#74Anna3,635↓10
#75Christine3,584↑9
#76Darlene3,532↓3
#77Katherine3,525↑1
#78Suzanne3,462↑8
#79Glenda3,367↑4
#80Maria3,361
#81Mildred3,318↓5
#82Paula3,315↑11
#83Sylvia3,292↓6
#84Rebecca3,246↑3
#85Marjorie3,218↓6
#86Anne3,209↓6
#87Ruby3,189↓5
#88Kay3,170↓7
#89Marcia3,140↑7
#90Dianne3,107↓2
#91Irene3,087↓6
#92Dolores3,081↓18
#93Lorraine3,046↑1
#94Juanita2,960↓3
#95Anita2,825↑3
#96Theresa2,817↑3
#97Delores2,756↑2
#98Loretta2,746↓9
#99Rosemary2,744↓2
#100Sherry2,733

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1James76,951—
#2Robert70,855—
#3John66,616—
#4William52,375—
#5Richard45,643—
#6David37,382—
#7Charles34,662—
#8Thomas31,604—
#9Michael26,717↑1
#10Ronald25,513↓1
#11Donald23,468—
#12Larry22,026—
#13Joseph21,176—
#14George20,419—
#15Gary20,058↑1
#16Kenneth18,093↓1
#17Paul16,661↑2
#18Edward16,482—
#19Jerry16,282↓2
#20Dennis13,676—
#21Frank11,340—
#22Raymond10,635—
#23Roger10,581↑1
#24Gerald10,023↓1
#25Daniel9,314—
#26Walter8,159—
#27Harold7,980—
#28Stephen7,793↑1
#29Arthur7,255↑1
#30Jack7,253↑4
#31Willie7,195↑5
#32Lawrence7,130—
#33Joe7,062↑2
#34Douglas6,998↓6
#35Henry6,975↓4
#36Carl6,825↓3
#37Wayne6,724↑4
#38Billy6,545↓1
#39Roy6,533↓1
#40Peter6,340↓1
#41Jimmy6,320↑1
#42Ralph6,273↓2
#43Terry5,974↑6
#44Albert5,855↓1
#45Johnny5,661↑7
#46Anthony5,604↓2
#47Fred5,580↓2
#48Eugene5,505↓1
#49Harry5,478↑1
#50Bobby5,410↓4
#51Bruce5,262—
#52Steven5,113↑6
#53Howard5,025↓5
#54Louis4,678↓1
#55Alan4,277↑12
#56Leonard4,183↓1
#57Stanley4,121↓3
#58Norman4,065↓2
#59Ernest4,042↑2
#60Philip3,992↓3
#61Dale3,990↓2
#62Samuel3,946—
#63Russell3,931↑10
#64Patrick3,881↑5
#65Earl3,874↓5
#66Bill3,815↓1
#67Melvin3,745↓4
#68Jim3,744↑7
#69Ronnie3,739↑2
#70Tommy3,696↑7
#71Francis3,652↓7
#72Don3,589—
#73Frederick3,583↓3
#74Clarence3,575↓6
#75Marvin3,569↓9
#76Danny3,511↑12
#77Allen3,422↓1
#78Leroy3,410↓4
#79Eddie3,315↑1
#80Mike3,084↑10
#81Andrew3,056↓2
#82Alfred3,047↓4
#83Phillip3,002↓2
#84Barry2,979↓2
#85Lee2,929↑6
#86Ray2,904↓2
#87Tom2,902—
#88Glenn2,849↓3
#89Steve2,836↑4
#90Herbert2,773↓4
#91Martin2,767↓8
#92Timothy2,754↑7
#93Mark2,742
#94Bernard2,619↓2
#95Gene2,602↓6
#96Theodore2,574—
#97Curtis2,465↑3
#98Jimmie2,398↓3
#99Clifford2,394↓5
#100Warren2,349