Top Baby Names of 1944
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1944, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1944)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Bruce | 5,262 |
| 52 | Steven | 5,113 |
| 53 | Howard | 5,025 |
| 54 | Louis | 4,678 |
| 55 | Alan | 4,277 |
| 56 | Leonard | 4,183 |
| 57 | Stanley | 4,121 |
| 58 | Norman | 4,065 |
| 59 | Ernest | 4,042 |
| 60 | Philip | 3,992 |
| 61 | Dale | 3,990 |
| 62 | Samuel | 3,946 |
| 63 | Russell | 3,931 |
| 64 | Patrick | 3,883 |
| 65 | Earl | 3,874 |
| 66 | Bill | 3,815 |
| 67 | Melvin | 3,745 |
| 68 | Jim | 3,744 |
| 69 | Ronnie | 3,739 |
| 70 | Tommy | 3,696 |
| 71 | Francis | 3,651 |
| 72 | Don | 3,589 |
| 73 | Frederick | 3,583 |
| 74 | Clarence | 3,575 |
| 75 | Marvin | 3,568 |
| 76 | Danny | 3,511 |
| 77 | Allen | 3,422 |
| 78 | Leroy | 3,409 |
| 79 | Eddie | 3,315 |
| 80 | Mike | 3,084 |
| 81 | Andrew | 3,057 |
| 82 | Alfred | 3,047 |
| 83 | Phillip | 3,002 |
| 84 | Barry | 2,979 |
| 85 | Lee | 2,929 |
| 86 | Ray | 2,904 |
| 87 | Tom | 2,901 |
| 88 | Glenn | 2,850 |
| 89 | Steve | 2,836 |
| 90 | Herbert | 2,773 |
| 91 | Martin | 2,767 |
| 92 | Timothy | 2,754 |
| 93 | Mark | 2,742 |
| 94 | Bernard | 2,619 |
| 95 | Gene | 2,602 |
| 96 | Theodore | 2,574 |
| 97 | Curtis | 2,465 |
| 98 | Jimmie | 2,398 |
| 99 | Clifford | 2,394 |
| 100 | Warren | 2,349 |