Top Baby Names of 1946
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1946, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1946)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Fred | 6,012 |
| 52 | Albert | 6,006 |
| 53 | Bobby | 5,771 |
| 54 | Ronnie | 5,727 |
| 55 | Howard | 5,694 |
| 56 | Gregory | 5,672 |
| 57 | Eugene | 5,670 |
| 58 | Mark | 5,331 |
| 59 | Patrick | 5,305 |
| 60 | Timothy | 5,152 |
| 61 | Philip | 5,093 |
| 62 | Dale | 5,024 |
| 63 | Louis | 4,918 |
| 64 | Mike | 4,854 |
| 65 | Stanley | 4,767 |
| 66 | Russell | 4,741 |
| 67 | Leonard | 4,702 |
| 68 | Barry | 4,624 |
| 69 | Steve | 4,568 |
| 70 | Samuel | 4,524 |
| 71 | Ernest | 4,395 |
| 72 | Bill | 4,354 |
| 73 | Jim | 4,337 |
| 74 | Allen | 4,294 |
| 75 | Frederick | 4,231 |
| 76 | Norman | 4,161 |
| 77 | Tommy | 4,144 |
| 78 | Jeffrey | 4,125 |
| 79 | Don | 4,111 |
| 80 | Francis | 4,006 |
| 81 | Glenn | 3,892 |
| 82 | Earl | 3,831 |
| 83 | Phillip | 3,775 |
| 84 | Andrew | 3,757 |
| 85 | Eddie | 3,745 |
| 86 | Melvin | 3,743 |
| 87 | Tom | 3,624 |
| 88 | Marvin | 3,600 |
| 89 | Clarence | 3,568 |
| 90 | Leroy | 3,471 |
| 91 | Lee | 3,346 |
| 92 | Martin | 3,333 |
| 93 | Rodney | 3,304 |
| 94 | Alfred | 3,238 |
| 95 | Ray | 3,170 |
| 96 | Keith | 2,860 |
| 97 | Herbert | 2,819 |
| 98 | Gene | 2,758 |
| 99 | Curtis | 2,724 |
| 100 | Clifford | 2,616 |