Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	67,471
2	Linda	52,710
3	Patricia	46,297
4	Barbara	45,126
5	Carol	34,284
6	Sandra	31,692
7	Nancy	28,345
8	Susan	28,267
9	Sharon	27,824
10	Judith	22,310
11	Judy	20,477
12	Carolyn	19,902
13	Donna	19,770
14	Betty	19,711
15	Karen	19,647
16	Kathleen	18,760
17	Margaret	18,136
18	Shirley	17,870
19	Diane	15,835
20	Joyce	15,209
21	Janet	14,142
22	Janice	14,039
23	Dorothy	12,797
24	Brenda	12,690
25	Elizabeth	11,753
26	Gloria	11,686
27	Cheryl	11,526
28	Joan	11,218
29	Marilyn	10,711
30	Beverly	10,430
31	Virginia	10,015
32	Martha	9,759
33	Bonnie	9,510
34	Pamela	9,367
35	Jane	8,971
36	Helen	8,852
37	Jean	8,554
38	Ruth	8,474
39	Frances	8,450
40	Ann	8,077
41	Phyllis	8,048
42	Diana	7,544
43	Peggy	7,400
44	Alice	7,363
45	Connie	7,215
46	Cynthia	6,895
47	Elaine	6,803
48	Catherine	6,367
49	Gail	6,227
50	Christine	6,202
51	Doris	5,987
52	Suzanne	5,948
53	Jo	5,828
54	Marie	5,758
55	Lois	5,700
56	Rita	5,533
57	Joanne	5,506
58	Ellen	5,237
59	Wanda	5,235
60	Rose	5,183
61	Sue	5,144
62	Jacqueline	5,083
63	Kathryn	4,999
64	Charlotte	4,970
65	Evelyn	4,890
66	Geraldine	4,849
67	Sally	4,842
68	Rebecca	4,840
69	Paula	4,724
70	Sheila	4,706
71	Darlene	4,662
72	Carole	4,621
73	Sherry	4,518
74	Rosemary	4,486
75	Laura	4,478
76	Dianne	4,278
77	Norma	4,266
78	Katherine	4,197
79	Kathy	4,179
80	Eileen	4,168
81	Anne	4,115
82	Sylvia	4,093
83	Jeanne	4,045
84	Anita	4,027
85	Patsy	4,017
86	Roberta	4,016
87	Anna	3,999
88	Maria	3,960
89	Marcia	3,946
90	Joann	3,945
91	Louise	3,925
92	Sarah	3,910
93	Lorraine	3,886
94	Lynn	3,884
95	Maureen	3,684
95	Theresa	3,684
97	Annie	3,651
98	Marsha	3,611
99	Glenda	3,568
100	Constance	3,419

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	87,438
2	Robert	84,136
3	John	79,267
4	William	60,034
5	Richard	58,870
6	David	46,444
7	Michael	41,194
8	Thomas	38,877
9	Charles	38,215
10	Ronald	31,858
11	Larry	28,447
12	Gary	26,931
13	Donald	26,273
14	Joseph	24,284
15	Kenneth	22,042
16	George	21,575
17	Dennis	21,447
18	Paul	21,063
19	Edward	18,585
20	Jerry	17,567
21	Daniel	12,867
22	Frank	12,667
23	Roger	12,411
24	Stephen	11,832
25	Raymond	11,289
26	Terry	10,678
27	Gerald	10,033
28	Steven	8,878
29	Wayne	8,807
30	Walter	8,668
31	Lawrence	8,517
32	Bruce	8,459
33	Harold	8,373
34	Douglas	8,336
35	Jack	7,801
36	Arthur	7,537
37	Joe	7,536
38	Peter	7,483
39	Carl	7,380
40	Willie	7,339
41	Henry	7,317
42	Jimmy	7,128
43	Roy	6,925
44	Anthony	6,771
45	Billy	6,716
46	Danny	6,650
47	Johnny	6,611
48	Ralph	6,587
49	Alan	6,490
50	Harry	6,027
51	Fred	6,012
52	Albert	6,007
53	Bobby	5,771
54	Ronnie	5,727
55	Howard	5,694
56	Gregory	5,672
57	Eugene	5,670
58	Mark	5,331
59	Patrick	5,305
60	Timothy	5,152
61	Philip	5,093
62	Dale	5,024
63	Louis	4,918
64	Mike	4,854
65	Stanley	4,767
66	Russell	4,741
67	Leonard	4,704
68	Barry	4,624
69	Steve	4,570
70	Samuel	4,523
71	Ernest	4,395
72	Bill	4,354
73	Jim	4,336
74	Allen	4,294
75	Frederick	4,231
76	Norman	4,161
77	Tommy	4,144
78	Jeffrey	4,125
79	Don	4,110
80	Francis	4,006
81	Glenn	3,892
82	Earl	3,830
83	Phillip	3,775
84	Andrew	3,758
85	Eddie	3,746
86	Melvin	3,742
87	Tom	3,624
88	Marvin	3,600
89	Clarence	3,567
90	Leroy	3,472
91	Lee	3,346
92	Martin	3,333
93	Rodney	3,304
94	Alfred	3,238
95	Ray	3,169
96	Keith	2,860
97	Herbert	2,818
98	Gene	2,759
99	Curtis	2,723
100	Clifford	2,616