Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	62,476
2	Barbara	39,196
3	Linda	38,415
4	Patricia	36,874
5	Carol	30,456
6	Sandra	26,024
7	Nancy	23,218
8	Sharon	22,433
9	Judith	22,431
10	Betty	19,761
11	Carolyn	18,670
12	Judy	17,119
13	Susan	16,330
14	Margaret	16,320
15	Shirley	16,309
16	Karen	15,944
17	Donna	15,173
18	Joyce	14,770
19	Dorothy	13,379
20	Kathleen	13,004
21	Janet	12,592
22	Joan	11,920
23	Elizabeth	11,034
24	Diane	10,710
25	Gloria	9,968
26	Virginia	9,895
27	Marilyn	9,738
28	Janice	9,733
29	Martha	9,335
30	Brenda	8,999
31	Helen	8,696
32	Ruth	8,674
33	Frances	8,487
34	Bonnie	8,456
35	Beverly	8,292
36	Cheryl	7,972
37	Jean	7,650
38	Alice	7,102
39	Ann	7,081
40	Phyllis	7,022
41	Jane	6,564
42	Doris	6,324
43	Carole	6,268
44	Pamela	6,204
45	Peggy	6,019
46	Elaine	5,629
47	Lois	5,529
48	Marie	5,297
49	Catherine	5,256
50	Charlotte	4,928
51	Connie	4,796
52	Rose	4,710
53	Geraldine	4,666
54	Rita	4,530
55	Joanne	4,529
56	Gail	4,526
57	Evelyn	4,516
58	Wanda	4,431
59	Sally	4,388
60	Diana	4,311
61	Jo	4,226
62	Sue	4,034
63	Ellen	3,998
64	Jacqueline	3,975
65	Joann	3,973
66	Norma	3,863
67	Sarah	3,857
68	Kathryn	3,855
69	Louise	3,842
70	Roberta	3,744
71	Annie	3,738
72	Patsy	3,729
73	Eileen	3,649
74	Anna	3,635
75	Christine	3,584
76	Darlene	3,532
77	Katherine	3,525
78	Suzanne	3,462
79	Glenda	3,367
80	Maria	3,361
81	Mildred	3,318
82	Paula	3,315
83	Sylvia	3,292
84	Rebecca	3,246
85	Marjorie	3,218
86	Anne	3,209
87	Ruby	3,189
88	Kay	3,170
89	Marcia	3,140
90	Dianne	3,107
91	Irene	3,087
92	Dolores	3,081
93	Lorraine	3,046
94	Juanita	2,960
95	Anita	2,825
96	Theresa	2,817
97	Delores	2,756
98	Loretta	2,746
99	Rosemary	2,744
100	Sherry	2,733

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	76,951
2	Robert	70,855
3	John	66,616
4	William	52,375
5	Richard	45,643
6	David	37,382
7	Charles	34,662
8	Thomas	31,604
9	Michael	26,717
10	Ronald	25,513
11	Donald	23,468
12	Larry	22,026
13	Joseph	21,176
14	George	20,419
15	Gary	20,058
16	Kenneth	18,093
17	Paul	16,661
18	Edward	16,482
19	Jerry	16,282
20	Dennis	13,676
21	Frank	11,340
22	Raymond	10,635
23	Roger	10,581
24	Gerald	10,023
25	Daniel	9,314
26	Walter	8,159
27	Harold	7,980
28	Stephen	7,793
29	Arthur	7,255
30	Jack	7,253
31	Willie	7,195
32	Lawrence	7,130
33	Joe	7,062
34	Douglas	6,998
35	Henry	6,975
36	Carl	6,825
37	Wayne	6,724
38	Billy	6,545
39	Roy	6,533
40	Peter	6,340
41	Jimmy	6,320
42	Ralph	6,273
43	Terry	5,974
44	Albert	5,855
45	Johnny	5,661
46	Anthony	5,604
47	Fred	5,580
48	Eugene	5,505
49	Harry	5,478
50	Bobby	5,410
51	Bruce	5,262
52	Steven	5,113
53	Howard	5,025
54	Louis	4,678
55	Alan	4,277
56	Leonard	4,183
57	Stanley	4,121
58	Norman	4,065
59	Ernest	4,042
60	Philip	3,992
61	Dale	3,990
62	Samuel	3,946
63	Russell	3,931
64	Patrick	3,881
65	Earl	3,874
66	Bill	3,815
67	Melvin	3,745
68	Jim	3,744
69	Ronnie	3,739
70	Tommy	3,696
71	Francis	3,652
72	Don	3,589
73	Frederick	3,583
74	Clarence	3,575
75	Marvin	3,569
76	Danny	3,511
77	Allen	3,422
78	Leroy	3,410
79	Eddie	3,315
80	Mike	3,084
81	Andrew	3,056
82	Alfred	3,047
83	Phillip	3,002
84	Barry	2,979
85	Lee	2,929
86	Ray	2,904
87	Tom	2,902
88	Glenn	2,849
89	Steve	2,836
90	Herbert	2,773
91	Martin	2,767
92	Timothy	2,754
93	Mark	2,742
94	Bernard	2,619
95	Gene	2,602
96	Theodore	2,574
97	Curtis	2,465
98	Jimmie	2,398
99	Clifford	2,394
100	Warren	2,349