Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1945
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1944.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1944 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 74,464 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 69,947 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 66,117 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 50,218 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 46,046 | 0 |
| 6 | David | 37,110 | 0 |
| 7 | Charles | 32,469 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 31,874 | 0 |
| 9 | Michael | 29,902 | 0 |
| 10 | Ronald | 23,665 | 0 |
| 11 | Larry | 22,824 | +1 |
| 12 | Donald | 22,138 | -1 |
| 13 | Gary | 21,345 | +2 |
| 14 | Joseph | 20,823 | -1 |
| 15 | George | 19,327 | -1 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 18,096 | 0 |
| 17 | Paul | 16,995 | 0 |
| 18 | Edward | 15,870 | 0 |
| 19 | Dennis | 14,990 | +1 |
| 20 | Jerry | 14,704 | -1 |
| 21 | Frank | 10,874 | 0 |
| 22 | Roger | 10,571 | +1 |
| 23 | Raymond | 9,858 | -1 |
| 24 | Daniel | 9,708 | +1 |
| 25 | Gerald | 8,857 | -1 |
| 26 | Stephen | 8,641 | +2 |
| 27 | Walter | 7,574 | -1 |
| 28 | Harold | 7,524 | -1 |
| 29 | Douglas | 7,394 | +5 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 7,163 | +2 |
| 31 | Willie | 7,030 | 0 |
| 32 | Jack | 6,857 | -2 |
| 33 | Terry | 6,834 | +10 |
| 34 | Arthur | 6,802 | -5 |
| 35 | Wayne | 6,738 | +2 |
| 36 | Joe | 6,625 | -3 |
| 37 | Henry | 6,606 | -2 |
| 38 | Peter | 6,483 | +2 |
| 39 | Carl | 6,314 | -3 |
| 40 | Roy | 6,183 | -1 |
| 41 | Jimmy | 6,159 | 0 |
| 42 | Billy | 6,022 | -4 |
| 43 | Steven | 5,974 | +9 |
| 44 | Ralph | 5,785 | -2 |
| 45 | Johnny | 5,699 | 0 |
| 46 | Anthony | 5,686 | 0 |
| 47 | Harry | 5,650 | +2 |
| 48 | Bruce | 5,615 | +3 |
| 49 | Albert | 5,432 | -5 |
| 50 | Eugene | 5,167 | -2 |
| 51 | Fred | 5,118 | -4 |
| 52 | Alan | 5,073 | +3 |
| 53 | Bobby | 5,052 | -3 |
| 54 | Howard | 4,768 | -1 |
| 55 | Louis | 4,480 | -1 |
| 56 | Danny | 4,175 | +20 |
| 57 | Leonard | 4,125 | -1 |
| 58 | Philip | 4,112 | +2 |
| 59 | Stanley | 4,058 | -2 |
| 60 | Ernest | 4,005 | -1 |
| 61 | Dale | 3,957 | 0 |
| 61 | Samuel | 3,957 | +1 |
| 63 | Patrick | 3,854 | +1 |
| 64 | Russell | 3,806 | -1 |
| 65 | Norman | 3,726 | -7 |
| 66 | Bill | 3,711 | 0 |
| 67 | Ronnie | 3,651 | +2 |
| 68 | Jim | 3,625 | 0 |
| 69 | Mike | 3,592 | +11 |
| 70 | Timothy | 3,591 | +22 |
| 71 | Earl | 3,567 | -6 |
| 72 | Mark | 3,545 | +21 |
| 73 | Don | 3,482 | -1 |
| 74 | Allen | 3,481 | +3 |
| 75 | Tommy | 3,449 | -5 |
| 76 | Francis | 3,448 | -5 |
| 77 | Frederick | 3,437 | -4 |
| 78 | Melvin | 3,408 | -11 |
| 79 | Steve | 3,384 | +10 |
| 80 | Marvin | 3,294 | -5 |
| 81 | Eddie | 3,223 | -2 |
| 82 | Clarence | 3,196 | -8 |
| 83 | Leroy | 3,170 | -5 |
| 84 | Barry | 3,138 | 0 |
| 85 | Phillip | 3,081 | -2 |
| 86 | Andrew | 3,007 | -5 |
| 87 | Lee | 2,942 | -2 |
| 88 | Alfred | 2,894 | -6 |
| 89 | Tom | 2,893 | -2 |
| 90 | Martin | 2,823 | +1 |
| 91 | Jeffrey | 2,782 | +10 |
| 92 | Ray | 2,740 | -6 |
| 93 | Glenn | 2,734 | -5 |
| 94 | Herbert | 2,664 | -4 |
| 95 | Victor | 2,631 | +12 |
| 96 | Gregory | 2,474 | +56 |
| 97 | Curtis | 2,393 | 0 |
| 98 | Bernard | 2,388 | -4 |
| 99 | Clifford | 2,384 | 0 |
| 100 | Gene | 2,373 | -5 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.