Top Names of 1945
The most popular names recorded in 1945 were Mary for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 59,281 |
| 2 | Linda | 41,465 |
| 3 | Barbara | 38,274 |
| 4 | Patricia | 35,843 |
| 5 | Carol | 30,388 |
| 6 | Sandra | 24,700 |
| 7 | Nancy | 21,456 |
| 8 | Sharon | 20,838 |
| 9 | Judith | 20,192 |
| 10 | Susan | 19,221 |
| 11 | Betty | 18,390 |
| 12 | Carolyn | 17,244 |
| 13 | Judy | 17,001 |
| 14 | Shirley | 16,150 |
| 15 | Margaret | 15,685 |
| 16 | Karen | 15,680 |
| 17 | Donna | 15,398 |
| 18 | Joyce | 13,950 |
| 19 | Kathleen | 13,802 |
| 20 | Janet | 12,326 |
| 21 | Dorothy | 12,323 |
| 22 | Diane | 12,223 |
| 23 | Gloria | 11,037 |
| 24 | Janice | 10,782 |
| 25 | Joan | 10,394 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 10,343 |
| 27 | Marilyn | 9,534 |
| 28 | Virginia | 9,244 |
| 29 | Brenda | 9,204 |
| 30 | Martha | 8,751 |
| 31 | Helen | 8,300 |
| 32 | Cheryl | 8,149 |
| 33 | Ruth | 8,046 |
| 34 | Frances | 7,940 |
| 35 | Bonnie | 7,745 |
| 36 | Jane | 7,639 |
| 37 | Beverly | 7,618 |
| 38 | Jean | 7,428 |
| 39 | Ann | 7,038 |
| 40 | Phyllis | 6,530 |
| 41 | Alice | 6,359 |
| 42 | Pamela | 6,169 |
| 43 | Diana | 6,047 |
| 44 | Elaine | 5,887 |
| 45 | Peggy | 5,839 |
| 46 | Doris | 5,820 |
| 47 | Connie | 5,337 |
| 48 | Lois | 5,148 |
| 49 | Marie | 5,085 |
| 50 | Catherine | 5,031 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | James | 74,466 |
| 2 | Robert | 69,945 |
| 3 | John | 66,118 |
| 4 | William | 50,218 |
| 5 | Richard | 46,045 |
| 6 | David | 37,107 |
| 7 | Charles | 32,467 |
| 8 | Thomas | 31,873 |
| 9 | Michael | 29,902 |
| 10 | Ronald | 23,664 |
| 11 | Larry | 22,824 |
| 12 | Donald | 22,139 |
| 13 | Gary | 21,345 |
| 14 | Joseph | 20,821 |
| 15 | George | 19,324 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 18,098 |
| 17 | Paul | 16,994 |
| 18 | Edward | 15,871 |
| 19 | Dennis | 14,990 |
| 20 | Jerry | 14,702 |
| 21 | Frank | 10,874 |
| 22 | Roger | 10,570 |
| 23 | Raymond | 9,856 |
| 24 | Daniel | 9,708 |
| 25 | Gerald | 8,857 |
| 26 | Stephen | 8,639 |
| 27 | Walter | 7,574 |
| 28 | Harold | 7,525 |
| 29 | Douglas | 7,394 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 7,163 |
| 31 | Willie | 7,029 |
| 32 | Jack | 6,855 |
| 33 | Terry | 6,833 |
| 34 | Arthur | 6,801 |
| 35 | Wayne | 6,738 |
| 36 | Joe | 6,626 |
| 37 | Henry | 6,604 |
| 38 | Peter | 6,483 |
| 39 | Carl | 6,314 |
| 40 | Roy | 6,183 |
| 41 | Jimmy | 6,159 |
| 42 | Billy | 6,021 |
| 43 | Steven | 5,974 |
| 44 | Ralph | 5,785 |
| 45 | Johnny | 5,697 |
| 46 | Anthony | 5,686 |
| 47 | Harry | 5,648 |
| 48 | Bruce | 5,615 |
| 49 | Albert | 5,432 |
| 50 | Eugene | 5,167 |