Popular baby names of 1944

In 1944, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (62,476 babies) and James for boys (76,951). Social Security records show 2,690,098 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,243 girls' names and 3,909 boys' names.

1944 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 24.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 34.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Cheryl, Maria, Sherry.
New in the boys' top 100: Mark, Warren.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943
1	Mary	62,476	–
2	Barbara	39,196	–
3	Linda	38,415	↑1
4	Patricia	36,874	↓1
5	Carol	30,456	–
6	Sandra	26,024	–
7	Nancy	23,218	↑2
8	Sharon	22,433	–
9	Judith	22,431	↓2
10	Betty	19,761	–
11	Carolyn	18,670	–
12	Judy	17,119	↑1
13	Susan	16,330	↑5
14	Margaret	16,320	–
15	Shirley	16,309	↓3
16	Karen	15,944	↓1
17	Donna	15,173	–
18	Joyce	14,770	↓2
19	Dorothy	13,379	–
20	Kathleen	13,004	↑2
21	Janet	12,592	↓1
22	Joan	11,920	↓1
23	Elizabeth	11,034	–
24	Diane	10,710	–
25	Gloria	9,968	↑5
26	Virginia	9,895	↓1
27	Marilyn	9,738	–
28	Janice	9,733	↓2
29	Martha	9,335	–
30	Brenda	8,999	↑5
31	Helen	8,696	↓3
32	Ruth	8,674	↑1
33	Frances	8,487	↓2
34	Bonnie	8,456	–
35	Beverly	8,292	↓3
36	Cheryl	7,972	new
37	Jean	7,650	↓1
38	Alice	7,102	–
39	Ann	7,081	↓2
40	Phyllis	7,022	↓1
41	Jane	6,564	↑3
42	Doris	6,324	↓2
43	Carole	6,268	↓1
44	Pamela	6,204	↑10
45	Peggy	6,019	↓4
46	Elaine	5,629	–
47	Lois	5,529	↓4
48	Marie	5,297	↓3
49	Catherine	5,256	↓1
50	Charlotte	4,928	↓3
51	Connie	4,796	↑8
52	Rose	4,710	↓2
53	Geraldine	4,666	↓2
54	Rita	4,530	↓2
55	Joanne	4,529	↓6
56	Gail	4,526	↓1
57	Evelyn	4,516	↓4
58	Wanda	4,431	↓2
59	Sally	4,388	↓2
60	Diana	4,311	↑2
61	Jo	4,226	↑2
62	Sue	4,034	↑10
63	Ellen	3,998	↑4
64	Jacqueline	3,975	↑1
65	Joann	3,973	↓5
66	Norma	3,863	↓8
67	Sarah	3,857	↑4
68	Kathryn	3,855	↑7
69	Louise	3,842	↑1
70	Roberta	3,744	↓4
71	Annie	3,738	↓2
72	Patsy	3,729	↓11
73	Eileen	3,649	↓5
74	Anna	3,635	↓10
75	Christine	3,584	↑9
76	Darlene	3,532	↓3
77	Katherine	3,525	↑1
78	Suzanne	3,462	↑8
79	Glenda	3,367	↑4
80	Maria	3,361	new
81	Mildred	3,318	↓5
82	Paula	3,315	↑11
83	Sylvia	3,292	↓6
84	Rebecca	3,246	↑3
85	Marjorie	3,218	↓6
86	Anne	3,209	↓6
87	Ruby	3,189	↓5
88	Kay	3,170	↓7
89	Marcia	3,140	↑7
90	Dianne	3,107	↓2
91	Irene	3,087	↓6
92	Dolores	3,081	↓18
93	Lorraine	3,046	↑1
94	Juanita	2,960	↓3
95	Anita	2,825	↑3
96	Theresa	2,817	↑4
97	Delores	2,756	↑2
98	Loretta	2,746	↓9
99	Rosemary	2,744	↓2
100	Sherry	2,733	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943
1	James	76,951	–
2	Robert	70,855	–
3	John	66,616	–
4	William	52,375	–
5	Richard	45,643	–
6	David	37,382	–
7	Charles	34,662	–
8	Thomas	31,604	–
9	Michael	26,717	↑1
10	Ronald	25,513	↓1
11	Donald	23,468	–
12	Larry	22,026	–
13	Joseph	21,176	–
14	George	20,419	–
15	Gary	20,058	↑1
16	Kenneth	18,093	↓1
17	Paul	16,661	↑2
18	Edward	16,482	–
19	Jerry	16,282	↓2
20	Dennis	13,676	–
21	Frank	11,340	–
22	Raymond	10,635	–
23	Roger	10,581	↑1
24	Gerald	10,023	↓1
25	Daniel	9,314	–
26	Walter	8,159	–
27	Harold	7,980	–
28	Stephen	7,793	↑1
29	Arthur	7,255	↑1
30	Jack	7,253	↑4
31	Willie	7,195	↑5
32	Lawrence	7,130	–
33	Joe	7,062	↑2
34	Douglas	6,998	↓6
35	Henry	6,975	↓4
36	Carl	6,825	↓3
37	Wayne	6,724	↑4
38	Billy	6,545	↓1
39	Roy	6,533	↓1
40	Peter	6,340	↓1
41	Jimmy	6,320	↑1
42	Ralph	6,273	↓2
43	Terry	5,974	↑6
44	Albert	5,855	↓1
45	Johnny	5,661	↑7
46	Anthony	5,604	↓2
47	Fred	5,580	↓2
48	Eugene	5,505	↓1
49	Harry	5,478	↑1
50	Bobby	5,410	↓4
51	Bruce	5,262	–
52	Steven	5,113	↑6
53	Howard	5,025	↓5
54	Louis	4,678	↓1
55	Alan	4,277	↑12
56	Leonard	4,183	↓1
57	Stanley	4,121	↓3
58	Norman	4,065	↓2
59	Ernest	4,042	↑2
60	Philip	3,992	↓3
61	Dale	3,990	↓2
62	Samuel	3,946	–
63	Russell	3,931	↑10
64	Patrick	3,881	↑5
65	Earl	3,874	↓5
66	Bill	3,815	↓1
67	Melvin	3,745	↓4
68	Jim	3,744	↑7
69	Ronnie	3,739	↑2
70	Tommy	3,696	↑7
71	Francis	3,652	↓7
72	Don	3,589	–
73	Frederick	3,583	↓3
74	Clarence	3,575	↓6
75	Marvin	3,569	↓9
76	Danny	3,511	↑12
77	Allen	3,422	↓1
78	Leroy	3,410	↓4
79	Eddie	3,315	↑1
80	Mike	3,084	↑10
81	Andrew	3,056	↓2
82	Alfred	3,047	↓4
83	Phillip	3,002	↓2
84	Barry	2,979	↓2
85	Lee	2,929	↑6
86	Ray	2,904	↓2
87	Tom	2,902	–
88	Glenn	2,849	↓3
89	Steve	2,836	↑4
90	Herbert	2,773	↓4
91	Martin	2,767	↓8
92	Timothy	2,754	↑7
93	Mark	2,742	new
94	Bernard	2,619	↓2
95	Gene	2,602	↓6
96	Theodore	2,574	–
97	Curtis	2,465	↑3
98	Jimmie	2,398	↓3
99	Clifford	2,394	↓5
100	Warren	2,349	new

Every name given in 1944

All 9,152 names Social Security recorded for 1944, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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