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The most popular baby names of 1944

SSA recorded 2,690,098 births in 1944 across all reported names — 1,327,223 girls and 1,362,875 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1944

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1943.
#NameBirthsvs 1943
1 Mary 62,476 —
2 Barbara 39,196 —
3 Linda 38,415 +1
4 Patricia 36,874 -1
5 Carol 30,456 —
6 Sandra 26,024 —
7 Nancy 23,218 +2
8 Sharon 22,433 —
9 Judith 22,431 -2
10 Betty 19,761 —
11 Carolyn 18,670 —
12 Judy 17,119 +1
13 Susan 16,330 +5
14 Margaret 16,320 —
15 Shirley 16,309 -3
16 Karen 15,944 -1
17 Donna 15,173 —
18 Joyce 14,770 -2
19 Dorothy 13,379 —
20 Kathleen 13,004 +2
21 Janet 12,592 -1
22 Joan 11,920 -1
23 Elizabeth 11,034 —
24 Diane 10,710 —
25 Gloria 9,968 +5
26 Virginia 9,895 -1
27 Marilyn 9,738 —
28 Janice 9,733 -2
29 Martha 9,335 —
30 Brenda 8,999 +5
31 Helen 8,696 -3
32 Ruth 8,674 +1
33 Frances 8,487 -2
34 Bonnie 8,456 —
35 Beverly 8,292 -3
36 Cheryl 7,972 +66
37 Jean 7,650 -1
38 Alice 7,102 —
39 Ann 7,081 -2
40 Phyllis 7,022 -1
41 Jane 6,564 +3
42 Doris 6,324 -2
43 Carole 6,268 -1
44 Pamela 6,204 +10
45 Peggy 6,019 -4
46 Elaine 5,629 —
47 Lois 5,529 -4
48 Marie 5,297 -3
49 Catherine 5,256 -1
50 Charlotte 4,928 -3
51 Connie 4,796 +8
52 Rose 4,710 -2
53 Geraldine 4,666 -2
54 Rita 4,530 -2
55 Joanne 4,529 -6
56 Gail 4,526 -1
57 Evelyn 4,516 -4
58 Wanda 4,431 -2
59 Sally 4,388 -2
60 Diana 4,311 +2
61 Jo 4,226 +2
62 Sue 4,034 +10
63 Ellen 3,998 +4
64 Jacqueline 3,975 +1
65 Joann 3,973 -5
66 Norma 3,863 -8
67 Sarah 3,857 +4
68 Kathryn 3,855 +7
69 Louise 3,842 +1
70 Roberta 3,744 -4
71 Annie 3,738 -2
72 Patsy 3,729 -11
73 Eileen 3,649 -5
74 Anna 3,635 -10
75 Christine 3,584 +9
76 Darlene 3,532 -3
77 Katherine 3,525 +1
78 Suzanne 3,462 +8
79 Glenda 3,367 +4
80 Maria 3,361 +23
81 Mildred 3,318 -5
82 Paula 3,315 +11
83 Sylvia 3,292 -6
84 Rebecca 3,246 +3
85 Marjorie 3,218 -6
86 Anne 3,209 -6
87 Ruby 3,189 -5
88 Kay 3,170 -7
89 Marcia 3,140 +7
90 Dianne 3,107 -2
91 Irene 3,087 -6
92 Dolores 3,081 -18
93 Lorraine 3,046 +1
94 Juanita 2,960 -3
95 Anita 2,825 +3
96 Theresa 2,817 +3
97 Delores 2,756 +2
98 Loretta 2,746 -9
99 Rosemary 2,744 -2
100 Sherry 2,733 +23

Top 100 boys' names in 1944

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1943.
#NameBirthsvs 1943
1 James 76,951 —
2 Robert 70,855 —
3 John 66,616 —
4 William 52,375 —
5 Richard 45,643 —
6 David 37,382 —
7 Charles 34,662 —
8 Thomas 31,604 —
9 Michael 26,717 +1
10 Ronald 25,513 -1
11 Donald 23,468 —
12 Larry 22,026 —
13 Joseph 21,176 —
14 George 20,419 —
15 Gary 20,058 +1
16 Kenneth 18,093 -1
17 Paul 16,661 +2
18 Edward 16,482 —
19 Jerry 16,282 -2
20 Dennis 13,676 —
21 Frank 11,340 —
22 Raymond 10,635 —
23 Roger 10,581 +1
24 Gerald 10,023 -1
25 Daniel 9,314 —
26 Walter 8,159 —
27 Harold 7,980 —
28 Stephen 7,793 +1
29 Arthur 7,255 +1
30 Jack 7,253 +4
31 Willie 7,195 +5
32 Lawrence 7,130 —
33 Joe 7,062 +2
34 Douglas 6,998 -6
35 Henry 6,975 -4
36 Carl 6,825 -3
37 Wayne 6,724 +4
38 Billy 6,545 -1
39 Roy 6,533 -1
40 Peter 6,340 -1
41 Jimmy 6,320 +1
42 Ralph 6,273 -2
43 Terry 5,974 +6
44 Albert 5,855 -1
45 Johnny 5,661 +7
46 Anthony 5,604 -2
47 Fred 5,580 -2
48 Eugene 5,505 -1
49 Harry 5,478 +1
50 Bobby 5,410 -4
51 Bruce 5,262 —
52 Steven 5,113 +6
53 Howard 5,025 -5
54 Louis 4,678 -1
55 Alan 4,277 +12
56 Leonard 4,183 -1
57 Stanley 4,121 -3
58 Norman 4,065 -2
59 Ernest 4,042 +2
60 Philip 3,992 -3
61 Dale 3,990 -2
62 Samuel 3,946 —
63 Russell 3,931 +10
64 Patrick 3,881 +5
65 Earl 3,874 -5
66 Bill 3,815 -1
67 Melvin 3,745 -4
68 Jim 3,744 +7
69 Ronnie 3,739 +2
70 Tommy 3,696 +7
71 Francis 3,652 -7
72 Don 3,589 —
73 Frederick 3,583 -3
74 Clarence 3,575 -6
75 Marvin 3,569 -9
76 Danny 3,511 +12
77 Allen 3,422 -1
78 Leroy 3,410 -4
79 Eddie 3,315 +1
80 Mike 3,084 +10
81 Andrew 3,056 -2
82 Alfred 3,047 -4
83 Phillip 3,002 -2
84 Barry 2,979 -2
85 Lee 2,929 +6
86 Ray 2,904 -2
87 Tom 2,902 —
88 Glenn 2,849 -3
89 Steve 2,836 +4
90 Herbert 2,773 -4
91 Martin 2,767 -8
92 Timothy 2,754 +7
93 Mark 2,742 +8
94 Bernard 2,619 -2
95 Gene 2,602 -6
96 Theodore 2,574 —
97 Curtis 2,465 +3
98 Jimmie 2,398 -3
99 Clifford 2,394 -5
100 Warren 2,349 +2

Names that climbed fastest in 1944

Ranked by places gained against 1943, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1944Rank 1943Change
Jennifer girls 263 397 +134
Rick boys 286 399 +113
Laurie girls 370 459 +89
Kerry boys 345 429 +84
Sheryl girls 207 287 +80
Bernadette girls 195 272 +77
Candace girls 410 484 +74
Deborah girls 168 241 +73
Cherie girls 458 531 +73
Sherrill girls 448 519 +71
Cheryl girls 36 102 +66
Dee girls 461 522 +61
Lupe girls 328 388 +60
Lance boys 298 357 +59
Marc boys 351 410 +59

Names that fell fastest in 1944

NameRank 1944Rank 1943Change
Rosalind girls 384 306 -78
Arleen girls 465 388 -77
Rosanne girls 490 414 -76
Marlin boys 407 337 -70
Winifred girls 405 340 -65
Hope girls 487 428 -59
Melanie girls 410 353 -57
Winston boys 313 258 -55
Shelby girls 364 314 -50
Sonia girls 507 457 -50
Colin boys 394 344 -50
Ina girls 380 332 -48
Cecile girls 492 444 -48
Murray boys 407 359 -48
Corinne girls 469 423 -46

Names that first appear in 1944

1944 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1944

For these names, 1944 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.