Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	520
2	Barbara	431
3	Patricia	424
4	Carol	234
5	Linda	215
6	Nancy	209
7	Margaret	202
7	Sandra	202
9	Susan	192
10	Carolyn	187
11	Judith	175
12	Sharon	166
13	Joan	160
14	Joyce	149
15	Elizabeth	134
16	Diane	129
17	Shirley	126
18	Dorothy	115
19	Donna	110
20	Betty	107
21	Janet	101
22	Gloria	96
23	Karen	93
24	Jean	91
25	Kathleen	85
26	Ann	83
27	Martha	82
28	Beverly	74
28	Helen	74
30	Frances	70
30	Pamela	70
32	Judy	67
33	Virginia	65
34	Janice	64
35	Catherine	63
36	Anne	61
36	Carole	61
38	Brenda	59
38	Delores	59
38	Ruth	59
41	Alice	54
41	Cheryl	54
43	Ellen	52
44	Bonnie	51
45	Jacqueline	50
46	Doris	48
46	Jane	48
48	Gail	44
48	Joanne	44
50	Cynthia	43

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	786
2	Robert	669
3	James	631
4	William	599
5	Richard	391
6	Charles	361
7	Michael	321
8	Thomas	297
9	David	275
10	Joseph	235
11	George	225
12	Edward	172
13	Ronald	170
14	Donald	150
15	Paul	144
16	Kenneth	128
17	Frank	99
18	Raymond	94
19	Gary	93
20	Stephen	92
21	Lawrence	80
22	Larry	78
23	Daniel	72
23	Peter	72
23	Walter	72
26	Arthur	69
27	Dennis	67
28	Gerald	65
29	Harry	62
30	Carl	60
31	Harold	57
32	Bruce	54
33	Frederick	53
33	Henry	53
35	Douglas	51
35	Eugene	51
37	Ralph	50
38	Wayne	49
39	Howard	48
40	Philip	47
41	Louis	46
42	Francis	44
42	Roger	44
42	Steven	44
45	Alan	42
45	Albert	42
47	Anthony	41
47	Jerry	41
47	Norman	41
50	Bernard	40