Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1944

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1943.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1943
1	James	76,951	0
2	Robert	70,855	0
3	John	66,616	0
4	William	52,375	0
5	Richard	45,643	0
6	David	37,382	0
7	Charles	34,662	0
8	Thomas	31,604	0
9	Michael	26,717	+1
10	Ronald	25,513	-1
11	Donald	23,468	0
12	Larry	22,026	0
13	Joseph	21,176	0
14	George	20,419	0
15	Gary	20,058	+1
16	Kenneth	18,093	-1
17	Paul	16,661	+2
18	Edward	16,482	0
19	Jerry	16,282	-2
20	Dennis	13,676	0
21	Frank	11,340	0
22	Raymond	10,635	0
23	Roger	10,581	+1
24	Gerald	10,023	-1
25	Daniel	9,314	0
26	Walter	8,159	0
27	Harold	7,980	0
28	Stephen	7,793	+1
29	Arthur	7,255	+1
30	Jack	7,253	+4
31	Willie	7,195	+5
32	Lawrence	7,130	0
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	0
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	0
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	0
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	0
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	+8
94	Bernard	2,619	-2
95	Gene	2,602	-6
96	Theodore	2,574	0
97	Curtis	2,465	+3
98	Jimmie	2,398	-3
99	Clifford	2,394	-5
100	Warren	2,349	+2