100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1946

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 87,431
2 Robert 0 84,134
3 John 0 79,261
4 William 0 60,039
5 Richard 0 58,865
6 David 0 46,437
7 Michael +2 41,179
8 Thomas 0 38,868
9 Charles -2 38,200
10 Ronald 0 31,853
11 Larry 0 28,445
12 Gary +1 26,922
13 Donald -1 26,260
14 Joseph 0 24,279
15 Kenneth +1 22,035
16 George -1 21,572
17 Dennis +2 21,442
18 Paul -1 21,055
19 Edward -1 18,580
20 Jerry 0 17,562
21 Daniel +3 12,867
22 Frank -1 12,663
23 Roger -1 12,413
24 Stephen +2 11,835
25 Raymond -2 11,287
26 Terry +7 10,676
27 Gerald -2 10,026
28 Steven +15 8,878
29 Wayne +6 8,807
30 Walter -3 8,664
31 Lawrence -1 8,516
32 Bruce +16 8,457
33 Harold -5 8,369
34 Douglas -5 8,332
35 Jack -3 7,801
36 Arthur -2 7,537
37 Joe -1 7,536
38 Peter 0 7,482
39 Carl 0 7,380
40 Willie -9 7,332
41 Henry -4 7,315
42 Jimmy -1 7,128
43 Roy -3 6,918
44 Anthony +2 6,771
45 Billy -3 6,715
46 Danny +10 6,650
47 Johnny -2 6,605
48 Ralph -4 6,587
49 Alan +3 6,490
50 Harry -3 6,027
51 Fred 0 6,012
52 Albert -3 6,003
53 Bobby 0 5,765
54 Ronnie +13 5,726
55 Howard -1 5,693
56 Eugene -6 5,671
57 Gregory +39 5,671
58 Mark +14 5,330
59 Patrick +4 5,305
60 Timothy +10 5,152
61 Philip -3 5,093
62 Dale -1 5,023
63 Louis -8 4,919
64 Mike +5 4,854
65 Stanley -6 4,770
66 Russell -2 4,740
67 Leonard -10 4,699
68 Barry +16 4,625
69 Steve +10 4,568
70 Samuel -8 4,521
71 Ernest -11 4,395
72 Bill -6 4,355
73 Jim -5 4,337
74 Allen 0 4,292
75 Frederick +2 4,233
76 Norman -11 4,162
77 Tommy -2 4,144
78 Jeffrey +13 4,125
79 Don -6 4,111
80 Francis -4 4,006
81 Glenn +12 3,894
82 Earl -11 3,831
83 Phillip +2 3,776
84 Andrew +2 3,759
85 Eddie -4 3,747
86 Melvin -8 3,747
87 Tom +2 3,624
88 Marvin -8 3,599
89 Clarence -7 3,567
90 Leroy -7 3,466
91 Lee -4 3,344
92 Martin -2 3,333
93 Rodney +12 3,303
94 Alfred -6 3,238
95 Ray -3 3,166
96 Keith +12 2,861
97 Herbert -3 2,819
98 Gene +2 2,757
99 Curtis -2 2,720
100 Clifford -1 2,616
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 67,468
2 Linda 0 52,711
3 Patricia +1 46,296
4 Barbara -1 45,123
5 Carol 0 34,284
6 Sandra 0 31,692
7 Nancy 0 28,344
8 Susan +2 28,266
9 Sharon -1 27,823
10 Judith -1 22,307
11 Judy +2 20,479
12 Carolyn 0 19,900
13 Donna +4 19,769
14 Betty -3 19,712
15 Karen +1 19,645
16 Kathleen +3 18,760
17 Margaret -2 18,132
18 Shirley -4 17,866
19 Diane +3 15,831
20 Joyce -2 15,211
21 Janet 0 14,142
22 Janice +2 14,037
23 Dorothy -3 12,798
24 Brenda +5 12,689
25 Elizabeth +1 11,752
26 Gloria -3 11,687
27 Cheryl +5 11,525
28 Joan -3 11,219
29 Marilyn -2 10,711
30 Beverly +7 10,430
31 Virginia -3 10,016
32 Martha -2 9,761
33 Bonnie +2 9,507
34 Pamela +8 9,366
35 Jane +1 8,972
36 Helen -5 8,851
37 Jean +1 8,554
38 Ruth -5 8,472
39 Frances -5 8,450
40 Ann -1 8,077
41 Phyllis -1 8,047
42 Diana +1 7,542
43 Peggy +2 7,398
44 Alice -3 7,363
45 Connie +2 7,216
46 Cynthia +44 6,893
47 Elaine -3 6,801
48 Catherine +2 6,366
49 Gail +3 6,228
50 Christine +12 6,203
51 Doris -5 5,987
52 Suzanne +16 5,948
53 Jo +7 5,829
54 Marie -5 5,758
55 Lois -7 5,699
56 Rita +3 5,533
57 Joanne -4 5,504
58 Ellen +3 5,236
59 Wanda -1 5,236
60 Rose -6 5,180
61 Sue +5 5,144
62 Jacqueline +1 5,084
63 Kathryn +2 4,998
64 Charlotte -9 4,969
65 Evelyn -8 4,890
66 Geraldine -10 4,849
67 Sally -3 4,843
68 Rebecca +17 4,840
69 Paula -2 4,727
70 Sheila +19 4,706
71 Darlene 0 4,662
72 Carole -21 4,621
73 Sherry +31 4,518
74 Rosemary +5 4,487
75 Laura +2 4,478
76 Dianne -4 4,278
77 Norma -3 4,266
78 Katherine +4 4,196
79 Kathy +22 4,178
80 Eileen -10 4,170
81 Anne 0 4,116
82 Sylvia +1 4,091
83 Jeanne +15 4,045
84 Anita +16 4,027
85 Patsy -1 4,016
86 Roberta -11 4,016
87 Anna -14 3,998
88 Maria -2 3,962
89 Marcia -1 3,946
90 Joann -10 3,945
91 Louise -13 3,926
92 Sarah -16 3,907
93 Lorraine -6 3,887
94 Lynn +8 3,884
95 Maureen +10 3,684
96 Theresa 0 3,684
97 Annie -28 3,650
98 Marsha +15 3,611
99 Glenda -7 3,568
100 Constance +9 3,418