Name.Baby Names by year 1940s 1945 Most Popular Baby Names of 1945 Social Security has card records for 2,717,547 people born in the U.S. in 1945. Mary was the top girl name (59,278 babies) and James the top boy name (74,464).
Top 100 names of 1945 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1945, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 59,278 #125 2 Linda 41,465 #902 3 Barbara 38,273 #968 4 Patricia 35,844 #1,334 5 Carol 30,389 #2,239 6 Sandra 24,700 #1,207 7 Nancy 21,456 #965 8 Sharon 20,838 #1,250 9 Judith 20,192 #788 10 Susan 19,222 #1,085 11 Betty 18,387 #1,113 12 Carolyn 17,244 #1,222 13 Judy 17,001 #1,872 14 Shirley 16,150 #1,581 15 Margaret 15,685 #112 16 Karen 15,680 #1,279 17 Donna 15,397 #1,962 18 Joyce 13,950 #1,071 19 Kathleen 13,802 #1,150 20 Janet 12,326 #2,778 21 Dorothy 12,323 #421 22 Diane 12,223 #2,607 23 Gloria 11,037 #654 24 Janice 10,781 #2,514 25 Joan 10,394 #1,085 26 Elizabeth 10,343 #17 27 Marilyn 9,534 #760 28 Virginia 9,244 #525 29 Brenda 9,203 #1,525 30 Martha 8,752 #712 31 Helen 8,301 #461 32 Cheryl 8,149 #4,352 33 Ruth 8,046 #173 34 Frances 7,940 #318 35 Bonnie 7,745 #396 36 Jane 7,639 #221 37 Beverly 7,618 #1,016 38 Jean 7,429 #2,117 39 Ann 7,038 #1,076 40 Phyllis 6,530 #11,932 41 Alice 6,359 #65 42 Pamela 6,169 #2,239 43 Diana 6,047 #244 44 Elaine 5,887 #304 45 Peggy 5,839 #8,362 46 Doris 5,820 #2,895 47 Connie 5,337 #3,067 48 Lois 5,148 #1,666 49 Marie 5,084 #617 50 Catherine 5,031 #313
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1945, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Carole 4,842 #10,107 52 Gail 4,832 #8,362 53 Joanne 4,618 #2,607 54 Rose 4,557 #114 55 Charlotte 4,529 #2 56 Geraldine 4,475 #2,438 57 Evelyn 4,377 #8 58 Wanda 4,295 #5,917 59 Rita 4,282 #1,285 60 Jo 4,224 #3,975 61 Ellen 4,189 #1,062 62 Christine 4,077 #1,272 63 Jacqueline 3,989 #558 64 Sally 3,982 #1,150 65 Kathryn 3,971 #729 66 Sue 3,914 #8,860 67 Paula 3,798 #853 68 Suzanne 3,770 #2,387 69 Annie 3,741 #182 70 Eileen 3,637 #654 71 Darlene 3,626 #1,844 72 Dianne 3,611 #5,722 73 Anna 3,607 #107 74 Norma 3,603 #2,002 75 Roberta 3,602 #2,778 76 Sarah 3,592 #90 77 Laura 3,589 #379 78 Louise 3,514 #514 79 Rosemary 3,500 #251 80 Joann 3,465 #3,028 81 Anne 3,407 #619 82 Katherine 3,393 #186 83 Sylvia 3,375 #300 84 Patsy 3,350 #5,917 85 Rebecca 3,331 #349 86 Maria 3,313 #87 87 Lorraine 3,207 #1,043 88 Marcia 3,206 #3,389 89 Sheila 3,178 #2,645 90 Cynthia 3,127 #1,013 91 Kay 3,058 #3,903 92 Glenda 2,963 #5,917 93 Mildred 2,960 #1,962 94 Marjorie 2,929 #1,016 95 Ruby 2,904 #64 96 Theresa 2,895 #1,548 97 Irene 2,883 #651 98 Jeanne 2,861 #4,546 99 Arlene 2,771 #1,631 100 Anita 2,768 #1,341
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1945, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 74,464 #6 2 Robert 69,947 #92 3 John 66,117 #23 4 William 50,218 #9 5 Richard 46,046 #234 6 David 37,110 #35 7 Charles 32,469 #48 8 Thomas 31,874 #34 9 Michael 29,902 #21 10 Ronald 23,665 #637 11 Larry 22,824 #1,084 12 Donald 22,138 #690 13 Gary 21,345 #1,073 14 Joseph 20,823 #29 15 George 19,327 #126 16 Kenneth 18,096 #294 17 Paul 16,995 #262 18 Edward 15,870 #224 19 Dennis 14,990 #707 20 Jerry 14,704 #906 21 Frank 10,874 #513 22 Roger 10,571 #832 23 Raymond 9,858 #394 24 Daniel 9,708 #22 25 Gerald 8,857 #1,204 26 Stephen 8,641 #383 27 Walter 7,574 #251 28 Harold 7,524 #991 29 Douglas 7,394 #807 30 Lawrence 7,163 #518 31 Willie 7,030 #1,315 32 Jack 6,857 #15 33 Terry 6,834 #1,115 34 Arthur 6,802 #87 35 Wayne 6,738 #652 36 Joe 6,625 #991 37 Henry 6,606 #5 38 Peter 6,483 #187 39 Carl 6,314 #1,132 40 Roy 6,183 #525 41 Jimmy 6,159 #846 42 Billy 6,022 #1,068 43 Steven 5,974 #271 44 Ralph 5,785 #1,046 45 Johnny 5,699 #457 46 Anthony 5,686 #46 47 Harry 5,650 #775 48 Bruce 5,615 #536 49 Albert 5,432 #614 50 Eugene 5,167 #943
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1945, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Fred 5,118 #1,932 52 Alan 5,073 #191 53 Bobby 5,052 #1,097 54 Howard 4,768 #1,002 55 Louis 4,480 #249 56 Danny 4,175 #628 57 Leonard 4,125 #637 58 Philip 4,112 #527 59 Stanley 4,058 #863 60 Ernest 4,005 #1,038 61 Dale 3,957 #1,409 61 Samuel 3,957 #18 63 Patrick 3,854 #235 64 Russell 3,806 #345 65 Norman 3,726 #1,196 66 Bill 3,711 #5,208 67 Ronnie 3,651 #1,064 68 Jim 3,625 #3,128 69 Mike 3,592 #1,231 70 Timothy 3,591 #203 71 Earl 3,567 #2,230 72 Mark 3,545 #244 73 Don 3,482 #1,793 74 Allen 3,481 #578 75 Tommy 3,449 #657 76 Francis 3,448 #420 77 Frederick 3,437 #435 78 Melvin 3,408 #958 79 Steve 3,384 #1,609 80 Marvin 3,294 #699 81 Eddie 3,223 #860 82 Clarence 3,196 #1,499 83 Leroy 3,170 #883 84 Barry 3,138 #1,520 85 Phillip 3,081 #651 86 Andrew 3,007 #73 87 Lee 2,942 #725 88 Alfred 2,894 #840 89 Tom 2,893 #2,183 90 Martin 2,823 #335 91 Jeffrey 2,782 #552 92 Ray 2,740 #791 93 Glenn 2,734 #1,443 94 Herbert 2,664 #2,641 95 Victor 2,631 #209 96 Gregory 2,474 #593 97 Curtis 2,393 #984 98 Bernard 2,388 #1,362 99 Clifford 2,384 #1,352 100 Gene 2,373 #2,230
Entered the top 100 in 1945
