Most Popular Baby Names in 1944

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	James	76,951
2	Robert	70,855
3	John	66,611
4	William	52,373
5	Richard	45,643
6	David	37,379
7	Charles	34,663
8	Thomas	31,603
9	Michael	26,717
10	Ronald	25,514
11	Donald	23,466
12	Larry	22,025
13	Joseph	21,175
14	George	20,419
15	Gary	20,058
16	Kenneth	18,093
17	Paul	16,659
18	Edward	16,481
19	Jerry	16,283
20	Dennis	13,679
21	Frank	11,342
22	Raymond	10,634
23	Roger	10,581
24	Gerald	10,021
25	Daniel	9,314
26	Walter	8,159
27	Harold	7,980
28	Stephen	7,795
29	Jack	7,255
30	Arthur	7,254
31	Willie	7,194
32	Lawrence	7,129
33	Joe	7,062
34	Douglas	6,998
35	Henry	6,975
36	Carl	6,824
37	Wayne	6,722
38	Billy	6,545
39	Roy	6,534
40	Peter	6,340
41	Jimmy	6,320
42	Ralph	6,272
43	Terry	5,976
44	Albert	5,857
45	Johnny	5,661
46	Anthony	5,605
47	Fred	5,580
48	Eugene	5,505
49	Harry	5,479
50	Bobby	5,411

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	62,472
2	Barbara	39,196
3	Linda	38,415
4	Patricia	36,872
5	Carol	30,456
6	Sandra	26,023
7	Nancy	23,217
8	Sharon	22,432
9	Judith	22,431
10	Betty	19,760
11	Carolyn	18,670
12	Judy	17,119
13	Susan	16,330
14	Margaret	16,320
15	Shirley	16,310
16	Karen	15,944
17	Donna	15,173
18	Joyce	14,768
19	Dorothy	13,380
20	Kathleen	13,004
21	Janet	12,592
22	Joan	11,920
23	Elizabeth	11,034
24	Diane	10,710
25	Gloria	9,968
26	Virginia	9,894
27	Marilyn	9,738
28	Janice	9,732
29	Martha	9,336
30	Brenda	8,998
31	Helen	8,696
32	Ruth	8,674
33	Frances	8,487
34	Bonnie	8,456
35	Beverly	8,292
36	Cheryl	7,972
37	Jean	7,650
38	Alice	7,102
39	Ann	7,080
40	Phyllis	7,022
41	Jane	6,564
42	Doris	6,324
43	Carole	6,268
44	Pamela	6,204
45	Peggy	6,019
46	Elaine	5,629
47	Lois	5,529
48	Marie	5,297
49	Catherine	5,256
50	Charlotte	4,928