EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1946

United States · 3,195,328 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary67,471—
#2Linda52,710—
#3Patricia46,297↑1
#4Barbara45,126↓1
#5Carol34,284—
#6Sandra31,692—
#7Nancy28,345—
#8Susan28,267↑2
#9Sharon27,824↓1
#10Judith22,310↓1
#11Judy20,477↑2
#12Carolyn19,902—
#13Donna19,770↑4
#14Betty19,711↓3
#15Karen19,647↑1
#16Kathleen18,760↑3
#17Margaret18,136↓2
#18Shirley17,870↓4
#19Diane15,835↑3
#20Joyce15,209↓2
#21Janet14,142↓1
#22Janice14,039↑2
#23Dorothy12,797↓2
#24Brenda12,690↑5
#25Elizabeth11,753↑1
#26Gloria11,686↓3
#27Cheryl11,526↑5
#28Joan11,218↓3
#29Marilyn10,711↓2
#30Beverly10,430↑7
#31Virginia10,015↓3
#32Martha9,759↓2
#33Bonnie9,510↑2
#34Pamela9,367↑8
#35Jane8,971↑1
#36Helen8,852↓5
#37Jean8,554↑1
#38Ruth8,474↓5
#39Frances8,450↓5
#40Ann8,077↓1
#41Phyllis8,048↓1
#42Diana7,544↑1
#43Peggy7,400↑2
#44Alice7,363↓3
#45Connie7,215↑2
#46Cynthia6,895↑44
#47Elaine6,803↓3
#48Catherine6,367↑2
#49Gail6,227↑3
#50Christine6,202↑12
#51Doris5,987↓5
#52Suzanne5,948↑16
#53Jo5,828↑7
#54Marie5,758↓5
#55Lois5,700↓7
#56Rita5,533↑3
#57Joanne5,506↓4
#58Ellen5,237↑3
#59Wanda5,235↓1
#60Rose5,183↓6
#61Sue5,144↑5
#62Jacqueline5,083↑1
#63Kathryn4,999↑2
#64Charlotte4,970↓9
#65Evelyn4,890↓8
#66Geraldine4,849↓10
#67Sally4,842↓3
#68Rebecca4,840↑17
#69Paula4,724↓2
#70Sheila4,706↑19
#71Darlene4,662—
#72Carole4,621↓21
#73Sherry4,518
#74Rosemary4,486↑5
#75Laura4,478↑2
#76Dianne4,278↓4
#77Norma4,266↓3
#78Katherine4,197↑4
#79Kathy4,179
#80Eileen4,168↓10
#81Anne4,115—
#82Sylvia4,093↑1
#83Jeanne4,045↑15
#84Anita4,027↑16
#85Patsy4,017↓1
#86Roberta4,016↓11
#87Anna3,999↓14
#88Maria3,960↓2
#89Marcia3,946↓1
#90Joann3,945↓10
#91Louise3,925↓13
#92Sarah3,910↓16
#93Lorraine3,886↓6
#94Lynn3,884
#95Maureen3,684
#95Theresa3,684↑1
#97Annie3,651↓28
#98Marsha3,611
#99Glenda3,568↓7
#100Constance3,419

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1James87,438—
#2Robert84,136—
#3John79,267—
#4William60,034—
#5Richard58,870—
#6David46,444—
#7Michael41,194↑2
#8Thomas38,877—
#9Charles38,215↓2
#10Ronald31,858—
#11Larry28,447—
#12Gary26,931↑1
#13Donald26,273↓1
#14Joseph24,284—
#15Kenneth22,042↑1
#16George21,575↓1
#17Dennis21,447↑2
#18Paul21,063↓1
#19Edward18,585↓1
#20Jerry17,567—
#21Daniel12,867↑3
#22Frank12,667↓1
#23Roger12,411↓1
#24Stephen11,832↑2
#25Raymond11,289↓2
#26Terry10,678↑7
#27Gerald10,033↓2
#28Steven8,878↑15
#29Wayne8,807↑6
#30Walter8,668↓3
#31Lawrence8,517↓1
#32Bruce8,459↑16
#33Harold8,373↓5
#34Douglas8,336↓5
#35Jack7,801↓3
#36Arthur7,537↓2
#37Joe7,536↓1
#38Peter7,483—
#39Carl7,380—
#40Willie7,339↓9
#41Henry7,317↓4
#42Jimmy7,128↓1
#43Roy6,925↓3
#44Anthony6,771↑2
#45Billy6,716↓3
#46Danny6,650↑10
#47Johnny6,611↓2
#48Ralph6,587↓4
#49Alan6,490↑3
#50Harry6,027↓3
#51Fred6,012—
#52Albert6,007↓3
#53Bobby5,771—
#54Ronnie5,727↑13
#55Howard5,694↓1
#56Gregory5,672↑40
#57Eugene5,670↓7
#58Mark5,331↑14
#59Patrick5,305↑4
#60Timothy5,152↑10
#61Philip5,093↓3
#62Dale5,024↓1
#63Louis4,918↓8
#64Mike4,854↑5
#65Stanley4,767↓6
#66Russell4,741↓2
#67Leonard4,704↓10
#68Barry4,624↑16
#69Steve4,570↑10
#70Samuel4,523↓9
#71Ernest4,395↓11
#72Bill4,354↓6
#73Jim4,336↓5
#74Allen4,294—
#75Frederick4,231↑2
#76Norman4,161↓11
#77Tommy4,144↓2
#78Jeffrey4,125↑13
#79Don4,110↓6
#80Francis4,006↓4
#81Glenn3,892↑12
#82Earl3,830↓11
#83Phillip3,775↑2
#84Andrew3,758↑2
#85Eddie3,746↓4
#86Melvin3,742↓8
#87Tom3,624↑2
#88Marvin3,600↓8
#89Clarence3,567↓7
#90Leroy3,472↓7
#91Lee3,346↓4
#92Martin3,333↓2
#93Rodney3,304
#94Alfred3,238↓6
#95Ray3,169↓3
#96Keith2,860
#97Herbert2,818↓3
#98Gene2,759↑2
#99Curtis2,723↓2
#100Clifford2,616↓1