Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1944
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1943.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1943 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 77,188 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 71,049 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 66,796 | 0 |
| 4 | Mary | 62,729 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 52,511 | 0 |
| 6 | Richard | 45,740 | 0 |
| 7 | Barbara | 39,317 | 0 |
| 8 | Linda | 38,529 | +1 |
| 9 | David | 37,482 | +1 |
| 10 | Patricia | 36,989 | -2 |
| 11 | Charles | 34,804 | 0 |
| 12 | Thomas | 31,704 | 0 |
| 13 | Carol | 30,633 | 0 |
| 14 | Michael | 26,885 | +3 |
| 15 | Sandra | 26,101 | 0 |
| 16 | Ronald | 25,574 | -2 |
| 17 | Donald | 23,528 | +2 |
| 18 | Nancy | 23,281 | +2 |
| 19 | Sharon | 22,530 | -1 |
| 20 | Judith | 22,496 | -4 |
| 21 | Larry | 22,108 | 0 |
| 22 | Joseph | 21,258 | 0 |
| 23 | George | 20,547 | 0 |
| 24 | Gary | 20,125 | +5 |
| 25 | Betty | 19,835 | -1 |
| 26 | Carolyn | 18,739 | -1 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 18,142 | -1 |
| 28 | Judy | 17,176 | +3 |
| 29 | Jerry | 16,822 | -2 |
| 30 | Paul | 16,706 | +2 |
| 31 | Edward | 16,531 | -1 |
| 32 | Shirley | 16,437 | -4 |
| 33 | Susan | 16,385 | +4 |
| 34 | Margaret | 16,360 | -1 |
| 35 | Karen | 15,993 | -1 |
| 36 | Donna | 15,224 | 0 |
| 37 | Joyce | 14,834 | -2 |
| 38 | Dennis | 13,720 | +1 |
| 39 | Dorothy | 13,426 | -1 |
| 40 | Kathleen | 13,031 | +3 |
| 41 | Janet | 12,628 | -1 |
| 42 | Joan | 11,973 | -1 |
| 43 | Frank | 11,380 | -1 |
| 44 | Elizabeth | 11,066 | 0 |
| 45 | Diane | 10,743 | +2 |
| 46 | Raymond | 10,675 | -1 |
| 47 | Roger | 10,608 | +2 |
| 48 | Gerald | 10,061 | -2 |
| 49 | Gloria | 10,004 | +5 |
| 50 | Virginia | 9,933 | -2 |
| 51 | Janice | 9,765 | -1 |
| 52 | Marilyn | 9,760 | -1 |
| 53 | Martha | 9,363 | 0 |
| 54 | Daniel | 9,340 | +4 |
| 55 | Willie | 9,089 | +4 |
| 56 | Brenda | 9,027 | +7 |
| 57 | Helen | 8,732 | -5 |
| 58 | Ruth | 8,706 | -1 |
| 59 | Frances | 8,550 | -3 |
| 60 | Bonnie | 8,517 | +1 |
| 61 | Beverly | 8,360 | -6 |
| 62 | Walter | 8,203 | -2 |
| 63 | Harold | 8,008 | -1 |
| 64 | Cheryl | 7,994 | +133 |
| 65 | Jean | 7,822 | 0 |
| 66 | Stephen | 7,812 | 0 |
| 67 | Arthur | 7,301 | +1 |
| 68 | Jack | 7,274 | +7 |
| 69 | Joe | 7,263 | +4 |
| 70 | Lawrence | 7,162 | +2 |
| 71 | Alice | 7,129 | -2 |
| 72 | Ann | 7,100 | -5 |
| 73 | Phyllis | 7,052 | -2 |
| 74 | Henry | 7,024 | -4 |
| 75 | Douglas | 7,021 | -11 |
| 76 | Terry | 6,888 | +6 |
| 77 | Carl | 6,855 | -3 |
| 78 | Wayne | 6,739 | +2 |
| 79 | Billy | 6,612 | -2 |
| 80 | Jane | 6,583 | +11 |
| 81 | Roy | 6,569 | -3 |
| 82 | Jimmy | 6,363 | +3 |
| 83 | Peter | 6,362 | -4 |
| 84 | Doris | 6,349 | -8 |
| 85 | Ralph | 6,289 | -5 |
| 86 | Carole | 6,285 | -2 |
| 87 | Pamela | 6,227 | +21 |
| 88 | Peggy | 6,031 | -5 |
| 89 | Albert | 5,880 | -3 |
| 90 | Johnny | 5,712 | +10 |
| 91 | Elaine | 5,648 | +2 |
| 92 | Anthony | 5,618 | -4 |
| 93 | Fred | 5,597 | -4 |
| 94 | Bobby | 5,581 | -7 |
| 95 | Lois | 5,562 | -5 |
| 96 | Eugene | 5,530 | -2 |
| 97 | Harry | 5,500 | -1 |
| 98 | Marie | 5,324 | -6 |
| 99 | Bruce | 5,279 | -1 |
| 100 | Catherine | 5,272 | -2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.