Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in California, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	3,003
2	Mary	2,975
3	Patricia	2,338
4	Barbara	2,186
5	Carol	2,089
6	Sharon	2,058
7	Sandra	1,646
8	Susan	1,596
9	Judith	1,383
10	Nancy	1,374
11	Donna	1,281
12	Judy	1,232
13	Karen	1,177
14	Carolyn	1,033
15	Kathleen	1,008
16	Margaret	942
17	Diane	927
18	Pamela	833
19	Shirley	789
20	Gloria	767
21	Janet	763
22	Cheryl	759
23	Betty	757
24	Marilyn	721
25	Joan	700
26	Virginia	661
27	Janice	620
28	Joyce	586
29	Bonnie	558
30	Beverly	542
31	Diana	518
32	Carole	480
33	Elizabeth	464
34	Dorothy	461
35	Frances	457
36	Helen	452
37	Martha	426
38	Sally	392
39	Jean	391
40	Ann	369
41	Connie	360
42	Alice	350
43	Christine	347
44	Gail	340
45	Darlene	325
46	Ruth	314
47	Maria	309
47	Suzanne	309
49	Dolores	308
50	Roberta	305

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,631
2	John	4,223
3	James	3,907
4	Richard	3,555
5	William	2,895
6	Michael	2,796
7	David	2,590
8	Ronald	1,956
9	Gary	1,943
10	Charles	1,718
11	Thomas	1,562
12	Donald	1,481
13	Larry	1,370
14	Dennis	1,292
15	George	1,126
16	Kenneth	1,119
17	Jerry	951
18	Paul	944
19	Frank	902
20	Edward	852
21	Stephen	781
22	Joseph	701
23	Daniel	668
23	Raymond	668
25	Steven	644
26	Jack	642
27	Jim	596
28	Joe	563
29	Roger	543
30	Mike	538
31	Gerald	537
32	Bill	511
33	Douglas	480
34	Arthur	460
34	Fred	460
36	Terry	435
37	Lawrence	415
38	Bruce	411
39	Don	408
40	Ralph	407
41	Wayne	392
42	Peter	391
43	Steve	384
44	Tom	376
45	Walter	374
46	Alan	368
46	Albert	368
48	Harold	367
48	Roy	367
50	Patrick	354