Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	3,191
2	Mary	3,020
3	Patricia	2,314
4	Barbara	2,222
5	Carol	2,138
6	Susan	1,991
7	Sharon	1,905
8	Sandra	1,653
9	Nancy	1,392
10	Donna	1,307
11	Karen	1,288
12	Judith	1,275
13	Judy	1,201
14	Kathleen	1,180
15	Diane	1,074
16	Carolyn	971
17	Margaret	936
18	Gloria	839
19	Pamela	833
20	Janet	811
21	Cheryl	801
22	Shirley	789
23	Betty	710
23	Janice	710
25	Virginia	702
26	Marilyn	689
27	Diana	672
28	Joyce	612
29	Joan	591
30	Bonnie	532
31	Elizabeth	466
32	Beverly	461
32	Dorothy	461
34	Frances	446
35	Martha	428
36	Helen	419
37	Ann	404
38	Carole	395
39	Gail	390
40	Christine	380
41	Connie	374
42	Kathy	373
43	Jean	371
44	Jane	365
45	Alice	360
45	Victoria	360
47	Sally	346
48	Suzanne	340
49	Catherine	327
49	Darlene	327

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,976
2	John	4,353
3	James	3,964
4	Richard	3,725
5	Michael	3,202
6	William	2,879
7	David	2,825
8	Gary	1,893
9	Ronald	1,677
10	Charles	1,564
11	Thomas	1,561
12	Dennis	1,438
13	Larry	1,389
14	Donald	1,347
15	Kenneth	1,138
16	George	1,105
17	Paul	1,065
18	Stephen	922
19	Edward	896
20	Jerry	873
21	Frank	846
22	Joseph	791
23	Steven	754
24	Daniel	737
25	Mike	651
26	Jack	650
27	Raymond	633
28	Joe	614
29	Jim	581
30	Roger	566
31	Bill	547
32	Douglas	544
32	Terry	544
34	Steve	522
35	Gerald	500
36	Bruce	471
37	Peter	467
38	Arthur	454
39	Wayne	444
40	Lawrence	438
41	Don	416
42	Alan	413
43	Tom	399
44	Bob	398
45	Fred	387
46	Danny	382
46	Ralph	382
48	Anthony	368
49	Patrick	365
50	Harold	363