Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	59,278
2	Linda	41,465
3	Barbara	38,273
4	Patricia	35,844
5	Carol	30,389
6	Sandra	24,700
7	Nancy	21,456
8	Sharon	20,838
9	Judith	20,192
10	Susan	19,222
11	Betty	18,387
12	Carolyn	17,244
13	Judy	17,001
14	Shirley	16,150
15	Margaret	15,685
16	Karen	15,680
17	Donna	15,397
18	Joyce	13,950
19	Kathleen	13,802
20	Janet	12,326
21	Dorothy	12,323
22	Diane	12,223
23	Gloria	11,037
24	Janice	10,781
25	Joan	10,394
26	Elizabeth	10,343
27	Marilyn	9,534
28	Virginia	9,244
29	Brenda	9,203
30	Martha	8,752
31	Helen	8,301
32	Cheryl	8,149
33	Ruth	8,046
34	Frances	7,940
35	Bonnie	7,745
36	Jane	7,639
37	Beverly	7,618
38	Jean	7,429
39	Ann	7,038
40	Phyllis	6,530
41	Alice	6,359
42	Pamela	6,169
43	Diana	6,047
44	Elaine	5,887
45	Peggy	5,839
46	Doris	5,820
47	Connie	5,337
48	Lois	5,148
49	Marie	5,084
50	Catherine	5,031
51	Carole	4,842
52	Gail	4,832
53	Joanne	4,618
54	Rose	4,557
55	Charlotte	4,529
56	Geraldine	4,475
57	Evelyn	4,377
58	Wanda	4,295
59	Rita	4,282
60	Jo	4,224
61	Ellen	4,189
62	Christine	4,077
63	Jacqueline	3,989
64	Sally	3,982
65	Kathryn	3,971
66	Sue	3,914
67	Paula	3,798
68	Suzanne	3,770
69	Annie	3,741
70	Eileen	3,637
71	Darlene	3,626
72	Dianne	3,611
73	Anna	3,607
74	Norma	3,603
75	Roberta	3,602
76	Sarah	3,592
77	Laura	3,589
78	Louise	3,514
79	Rosemary	3,500
80	Joann	3,465
81	Anne	3,407
82	Katherine	3,393
83	Sylvia	3,375
84	Patsy	3,350
85	Rebecca	3,331
86	Maria	3,313
87	Lorraine	3,207
88	Marcia	3,206
89	Sheila	3,178
90	Cynthia	3,127
91	Kay	3,058
92	Glenda	2,963
93	Mildred	2,960
94	Marjorie	2,929
95	Ruby	2,904
96	Theresa	2,895
97	Irene	2,883
98	Jeanne	2,861
99	Arlene	2,771
100	Anita	2,768

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	74,464
2	Robert	69,947
3	John	66,117
4	William	50,218
5	Richard	46,046
6	David	37,110
7	Charles	32,469
8	Thomas	31,874
9	Michael	29,902
10	Ronald	23,665
11	Larry	22,824
12	Donald	22,138
13	Gary	21,345
14	Joseph	20,823
15	George	19,327
16	Kenneth	18,096
17	Paul	16,995
18	Edward	15,870
19	Dennis	14,990
20	Jerry	14,704
21	Frank	10,874
22	Roger	10,571
23	Raymond	9,858
24	Daniel	9,708
25	Gerald	8,857
26	Stephen	8,641
27	Walter	7,574
28	Harold	7,524
29	Douglas	7,394
30	Lawrence	7,163
31	Willie	7,030
32	Jack	6,857
33	Terry	6,834
34	Arthur	6,802
35	Wayne	6,738
36	Joe	6,625
37	Henry	6,606
38	Peter	6,483
39	Carl	6,314
40	Roy	6,183
41	Jimmy	6,159
42	Billy	6,022
43	Steven	5,974
44	Ralph	5,785
45	Johnny	5,699
46	Anthony	5,686
47	Harry	5,650
48	Bruce	5,615
49	Albert	5,432
50	Eugene	5,167
51	Fred	5,118
52	Alan	5,073
53	Bobby	5,052
54	Howard	4,768
55	Louis	4,480
56	Danny	4,175
57	Leonard	4,125
58	Philip	4,112
59	Stanley	4,058
60	Ernest	4,005
61	Dale	3,957
61	Samuel	3,957
63	Patrick	3,854
64	Russell	3,806
65	Norman	3,726
66	Bill	3,711
67	Ronnie	3,651
68	Jim	3,625
69	Mike	3,592
70	Timothy	3,591
71	Earl	3,567
72	Mark	3,545
73	Don	3,482
74	Allen	3,481
75	Tommy	3,449
76	Francis	3,448
77	Frederick	3,437
78	Melvin	3,408
79	Steve	3,384
80	Marvin	3,294
81	Eddie	3,223
82	Clarence	3,196
83	Leroy	3,170
84	Barry	3,138
85	Phillip	3,081
86	Andrew	3,007
87	Lee	2,942
88	Alfred	2,894
89	Tom	2,893
90	Martin	2,823
91	Jeffrey	2,782
92	Ray	2,740
93	Glenn	2,734
94	Herbert	2,664
95	Victor	2,631
96	Gregory	2,474
97	Curtis	2,393
98	Bernard	2,388
99	Clifford	2,384
100	Gene	2,373