Top Names of 1944
The most popular names recorded in 1944 were Mary for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |