Top Baby Names of 1945
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1945, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1945)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Fred | 5,118 |
| 52 | Alan | 5,073 |
| 53 | Bobby | 5,049 |
| 54 | Howard | 4,768 |
| 55 | Louis | 4,480 |
| 56 | Danny | 4,175 |
| 57 | Leonard | 4,125 |
| 58 | Philip | 4,111 |
| 59 | Stanley | 4,058 |
| 60 | Ernest | 4,005 |
| 61 | Dale | 3,957 |
| 62 | Samuel | 3,957 |
| 63 | Patrick | 3,853 |
| 64 | Russell | 3,806 |
| 65 | Norman | 3,726 |
| 66 | Bill | 3,711 |
| 67 | Ronnie | 3,651 |
| 68 | Jim | 3,624 |
| 69 | Mike | 3,592 |
| 70 | Timothy | 3,591 |
| 71 | Earl | 3,566 |
| 72 | Mark | 3,545 |
| 73 | Don | 3,482 |
| 74 | Allen | 3,481 |
| 75 | Francis | 3,449 |
| 76 | Tommy | 3,448 |
| 77 | Frederick | 3,436 |
| 78 | Melvin | 3,408 |
| 79 | Steve | 3,384 |
| 80 | Marvin | 3,294 |
| 81 | Eddie | 3,223 |
| 82 | Clarence | 3,196 |
| 83 | Leroy | 3,172 |
| 84 | Barry | 3,138 |
| 85 | Phillip | 3,081 |
| 86 | Andrew | 3,007 |
| 87 | Lee | 2,942 |
| 88 | Alfred | 2,894 |
| 89 | Tom | 2,893 |
| 90 | Martin | 2,823 |
| 91 | Jeffrey | 2,782 |
| 92 | Ray | 2,740 |
| 93 | Glenn | 2,734 |
| 94 | Herbert | 2,664 |
| 95 | Victor | 2,631 |
| 96 | Gregory | 2,474 |
| 97 | Curtis | 2,392 |
| 98 | Bernard | 2,389 |
| 99 | Clifford | 2,384 |
| 100 | Gene | 2,373 |