Top Names of 1946
The most popular names recorded in 1946 were Mary for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 67,467 |
| 2 | Linda | 52,710 |
| 3 | Patricia | 46,298 |
| 4 | Barbara | 45,125 |
| 5 | Carol | 34,283 |
| 6 | Sandra | 31,694 |
| 7 | Nancy | 28,345 |
| 8 | Susan | 28,268 |
| 9 | Sharon | 27,825 |
| 10 | Judith | 22,310 |
| 11 | Judy | 20,478 |
| 12 | Carolyn | 19,902 |
| 13 | Donna | 19,767 |
| 14 | Betty | 19,710 |
| 15 | Karen | 19,647 |
| 16 | Kathleen | 18,760 |
| 17 | Margaret | 18,135 |
| 18 | Shirley | 17,869 |
| 19 | Diane | 15,835 |
| 20 | Joyce | 15,209 |
| 21 | Janet | 14,142 |
| 22 | Janice | 14,038 |
| 23 | Dorothy | 12,798 |
| 24 | Brenda | 12,688 |
| 25 | Elizabeth | 11,753 |
| 26 | Gloria | 11,686 |
| 27 | Cheryl | 11,526 |
| 28 | Joan | 11,219 |
| 29 | Marilyn | 10,711 |
| 30 | Beverly | 10,430 |
| 31 | Virginia | 10,016 |
| 32 | Martha | 9,759 |
| 33 | Bonnie | 9,510 |
| 34 | Pamela | 9,367 |
| 35 | Jane | 8,971 |
| 36 | Helen | 8,853 |
| 37 | Jean | 8,555 |
| 38 | Ruth | 8,475 |
| 39 | Frances | 8,450 |
| 40 | Ann | 8,077 |
| 41 | Phyllis | 8,048 |
| 42 | Diana | 7,544 |
| 43 | Peggy | 7,400 |
| 44 | Alice | 7,363 |
| 45 | Connie | 7,215 |
| 46 | Cynthia | 6,895 |
| 47 | Elaine | 6,803 |
| 48 | Catherine | 6,367 |
| 49 | Gail | 6,227 |
| 50 | Christine | 6,201 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | James | 87,436 |
| 2 | Robert | 84,138 |
| 3 | John | 79,266 |
| 4 | William | 60,030 |
| 5 | Richard | 58,871 |
| 6 | David | 46,444 |
| 7 | Michael | 41,192 |
| 8 | Thomas | 38,876 |
| 9 | Charles | 38,212 |
| 10 | Ronald | 31,856 |
| 11 | Larry | 28,449 |
| 12 | Gary | 26,931 |
| 13 | Donald | 26,271 |
| 14 | Joseph | 24,284 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 22,039 |
| 16 | George | 21,574 |
| 17 | Dennis | 21,446 |
| 18 | Paul | 21,063 |
| 19 | Edward | 18,585 |
| 20 | Jerry | 17,568 |
| 21 | Daniel | 12,867 |
| 22 | Frank | 12,667 |
| 23 | Roger | 12,410 |
| 24 | Stephen | 11,833 |
| 25 | Raymond | 11,288 |
| 26 | Terry | 10,678 |
| 27 | Gerald | 10,034 |
| 28 | Steven | 8,878 |
| 29 | Wayne | 8,808 |
| 30 | Walter | 8,668 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 8,517 |
| 32 | Bruce | 8,459 |
| 33 | Harold | 8,373 |
| 34 | Douglas | 8,334 |
| 35 | Jack | 7,802 |
| 36 | Arthur | 7,537 |
| 37 | Joe | 7,535 |
| 38 | Peter | 7,481 |
| 39 | Carl | 7,380 |
| 40 | Willie | 7,339 |
| 41 | Henry | 7,317 |
| 42 | Jimmy | 7,128 |
| 43 | Roy | 6,924 |
| 44 | Anthony | 6,771 |
| 45 | Billy | 6,716 |
| 46 | Danny | 6,650 |
| 47 | Johnny | 6,612 |
| 48 | Ralph | 6,586 |
| 49 | Alan | 6,490 |
| 50 | Harry | 6,029 |