Name.Baby Names by year 1940s 1944 Most Popular Baby Names of 1944 Social Security has card records for 2,755,635 people born in the U.S. in 1944. Mary was the top girl name (62,476 babies) and James the top boy name (76,951).
Top 100 names of 1944 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1944, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 62,476 #125 2 Barbara 39,196 #968 3 Linda 38,415 #902 4 Patricia 36,874 #1,334 5 Carol 30,456 #2,239 6 Sandra 26,024 #1,207 7 Nancy 23,218 #965 8 Sharon 22,433 #1,250 9 Judith 22,431 #788 10 Betty 19,761 #1,113 11 Carolyn 18,670 #1,222 12 Judy 17,119 #1,872 13 Susan 16,330 #1,085 14 Margaret 16,320 #112 15 Shirley 16,309 #1,581 16 Karen 15,944 #1,279 17 Donna 15,173 #1,962 18 Joyce 14,770 #1,071 19 Dorothy 13,379 #421 20 Kathleen 13,004 #1,150 21 Janet 12,592 #2,778 22 Joan 11,920 #1,085 23 Elizabeth 11,034 #17 24 Diane 10,710 #2,607 25 Gloria 9,968 #654 26 Virginia 9,895 #525 27 Marilyn 9,738 #760 28 Janice 9,733 #2,514 29 Martha 9,335 #712 30 Brenda 8,999 #1,525 31 Helen 8,696 #461 32 Ruth 8,674 #173 33 Frances 8,487 #318 34 Bonnie 8,456 #396 35 Beverly 8,292 #1,016 36 Cheryl 7,972 #4,352 37 Jean 7,650 #2,117 38 Alice 7,102 #65 39 Ann 7,081 #1,076 40 Phyllis 7,022 #11,932 41 Jane 6,564 #221 42 Doris 6,324 #2,895 43 Carole 6,268 #10,107 44 Pamela 6,204 #2,239 45 Peggy 6,019 #8,362 46 Elaine 5,629 #304 47 Lois 5,529 #1,666 48 Marie 5,297 #617 49 Catherine 5,256 #313 50 Charlotte 4,928 #2
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1944, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Connie 4,796 #3,067 52 Rose 4,710 #114 53 Geraldine 4,666 #2,438 54 Rita 4,530 #1,285 55 Joanne 4,529 #2,607 56 Gail 4,526 #8,362 57 Evelyn 4,516 #8 58 Wanda 4,431 #5,917 59 Sally 4,388 #1,150 60 Diana 4,311 #244 61 Jo 4,226 #3,975 62 Sue 4,034 #8,860 63 Ellen 3,998 #1,062 64 Jacqueline 3,975 #558 65 Joann 3,973 #3,028 66 Norma 3,863 #2,002 67 Sarah 3,857 #90 68 Kathryn 3,855 #729 69 Louise 3,842 #514 70 Roberta 3,744 #2,778 71 Annie 3,738 #182 72 Patsy 3,729 #5,917 73 Eileen 3,649 #654 74 Anna 3,635 #107 75 Christine 3,584 #1,272 76 Darlene 3,532 #1,844 77 Katherine 3,525 #186 78 Suzanne 3,462 #2,387 79 Glenda 3,367 #5,917 80 Maria 3,361 #87 81 Mildred 3,318 #1,962 82 Paula 3,315 #853 83 Sylvia 3,292 #300 84 Rebecca 3,246 #349 85 Marjorie 3,218 #1,016 86 Anne 3,209 #619 87 Ruby 3,189 #64 88 Kay 3,170 #3,903 89 Marcia 3,140 #3,389 90 Dianne 3,107 #5,722 91 Irene 3,087 #651 92 Dolores 3,081 #2,564 93 Lorraine 3,046 #1,043 94 Juanita 2,960 #2,778 95 Anita 2,825 #1,341 96 Theresa 2,817 #1,548 97 Delores 2,756 #5,722 98 Loretta 2,746 #606 99 Rosemary 2,744 #251 100 Sherry 2,733 #5,410
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1944, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 76,951 #6 2 Robert 70,855 #92 3 John 66,616 #23 4 William 52,375 #9 5 Richard 45,643 #234 6 David 37,382 #35 7 Charles 34,662 #48 8 Thomas 31,604 #34 9 Michael 26,717 #21 10 Ronald 25,513 #637 11 Donald 23,468 #690 12 Larry 22,026 #1,084 13 Joseph 21,176 #29 14 George 20,419 #126 15 Gary 20,058 #1,073 16 Kenneth 18,093 #294 17 Paul 16,661 #262 18 Edward 16,482 #224 19 Jerry 16,282 #906 20 Dennis 13,676 #707 21 Frank 11,340 #513 22 Raymond 10,635 #394 23 Roger 10,581 #832 24 Gerald 10,023 #1,204 25 Daniel 9,314 #22 26 Walter 8,159 #251 27 Harold 7,980 #991 28 Stephen 7,793 #383 29 Arthur 7,255 #87 30 Jack 7,253 #15 31 Willie 7,195 #1,315 32 Lawrence 7,130 #518 33 Joe 7,062 #991 34 Douglas 6,998 #807 35 Henry 6,975 #5 36 Carl 6,825 #1,132 37 Wayne 6,724 #652 38 Billy 6,545 #1,068 39 Roy 6,533 #525 40 Peter 6,340 #187 41 Jimmy 6,320 #846 42 Ralph 6,273 #1,046 43 Terry 5,974 #1,115 44 Albert 5,855 #614 45 Johnny 5,661 #457 46 Anthony 5,604 #46 47 Fred 5,580 #1,932 48 Eugene 5,505 #943 49 Harry 5,478 #775 50 Bobby 5,410 #1,097
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1944, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bruce 5,262 #536 52 Steven 5,113 #271 53 Howard 5,025 #1,002 54 Louis 4,678 #249 55 Alan 4,277 #191 56 Leonard 4,183 #637 57 Stanley 4,121 #863 58 Norman 4,065 #1,196 59 Ernest 4,042 #1,038 60 Philip 3,992 #527 61 Dale 3,990 #1,409 62 Samuel 3,946 #18 63 Russell 3,931 #345 64 Patrick 3,881 #235 65 Earl 3,874 #2,230 66 Bill 3,815 #5,208 67 Melvin 3,745 #958 68 Jim 3,744 #3,128 69 Ronnie 3,739 #1,064 70 Tommy 3,696 #657 71 Francis 3,652 #420 72 Don 3,589 #1,793 73 Frederick 3,583 #435 74 Clarence 3,575 #1,499 75 Marvin 3,569 #699 76 Danny 3,511 #628 77 Allen 3,422 #578 78 Leroy 3,410 #883 79 Eddie 3,315 #860 80 Mike 3,084 #1,231 81 Andrew 3,056 #73 82 Alfred 3,047 #840 83 Phillip 3,002 #651 84 Barry 2,979 #1,520 85 Lee 2,929 #725 86 Ray 2,904 #791 87 Tom 2,902 #2,183 88 Glenn 2,849 #1,443 89 Steve 2,836 #1,609 90 Herbert 2,773 #2,641 91 Martin 2,767 #335 92 Timothy 2,754 #203 93 Mark 2,742 #244 94 Bernard 2,619 #1,362 95 Gene 2,602 #2,230 96 Theodore 2,574 #4 97 Curtis 2,465 #984 98 Jimmie 2,398 #3,658 99 Clifford 2,394 #1,352 100 Warren 2,349 #240
Entered the top 100 in 1944
