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The most popular baby names of 1945

SSA recorded 2,652,945 births in 1945 across all reported names — 1,307,090 girls and 1,345,855 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1945

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1944.
#NameBirthsvs 1944
1 Mary 59,278 —
2 Linda 41,465 +1
3 Barbara 38,273 -1
4 Patricia 35,844 —
5 Carol 30,389 —
6 Sandra 24,700 —
7 Nancy 21,456 —
8 Sharon 20,838 —
9 Judith 20,192 —
10 Susan 19,222 +3
11 Betty 18,387 -1
12 Carolyn 17,244 -1
13 Judy 17,001 -1
14 Shirley 16,150 +1
15 Margaret 15,685 -1
16 Karen 15,680 —
17 Donna 15,397 —
18 Joyce 13,950 —
19 Kathleen 13,802 +1
20 Janet 12,326 +1
21 Dorothy 12,323 -2
22 Diane 12,223 +2
23 Gloria 11,037 +2
24 Janice 10,781 +4
25 Joan 10,394 -3
26 Elizabeth 10,343 -3
27 Marilyn 9,534 —
28 Virginia 9,244 -2
29 Brenda 9,203 +1
30 Martha 8,752 -1
31 Helen 8,301 —
32 Cheryl 8,149 +4
33 Ruth 8,046 -1
34 Frances 7,940 -1
35 Bonnie 7,745 -1
36 Jane 7,639 +5
37 Beverly 7,618 -2
38 Jean 7,429 -1
39 Ann 7,038 —
40 Phyllis 6,530 —
41 Alice 6,359 -3
42 Pamela 6,169 +2
43 Diana 6,047 +17
44 Elaine 5,887 +2
45 Peggy 5,839 —
46 Doris 5,820 -4
47 Connie 5,337 +4
48 Lois 5,148 -1
49 Marie 5,084 -1
50 Catherine 5,031 -1
51 Carole 4,842 -8
52 Gail 4,832 +4
53 Joanne 4,618 +2
54 Rose 4,557 -2
55 Charlotte 4,529 -5
56 Geraldine 4,475 -3
57 Evelyn 4,377 —
58 Wanda 4,295 —
59 Rita 4,282 -5
60 Jo 4,224 +1
61 Ellen 4,189 +2
62 Christine 4,077 +13
63 Jacqueline 3,989 +1
64 Sally 3,982 -5
65 Kathryn 3,971 +3
66 Sue 3,914 -4
67 Paula 3,798 +15
68 Suzanne 3,770 +10
69 Annie 3,741 +2
70 Eileen 3,637 +3
71 Darlene 3,626 +5
72 Dianne 3,611 +18
73 Anna 3,607 +1
74 Norma 3,603 -8
75 Roberta 3,602 -5
76 Sarah 3,592 -9
77 Laura 3,589 +42
78 Louise 3,514 -9
79 Rosemary 3,500 +20
80 Joann 3,465 -15
81 Anne 3,407 +5
82 Katherine 3,393 -5
83 Sylvia 3,375 —
84 Patsy 3,350 -12
85 Rebecca 3,331 -1
86 Maria 3,313 -6
87 Lorraine 3,207 +6
88 Marcia 3,206 +1
89 Sheila 3,178 +14
90 Cynthia 3,127 +15
91 Kay 3,058 -3
92 Glenda 2,963 -13
93 Mildred 2,960 -12
94 Marjorie 2,929 -9
95 Ruby 2,904 -8
96 Theresa 2,895 —
97 Irene 2,883 -6
98 Jeanne 2,861 +10
99 Arlene 2,771 +2
100 Anita 2,768 -5

Top 100 boys' names in 1945

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1944.
#NameBirthsvs 1944
1 James 74,464 —
2 Robert 69,947 —
3 John 66,117 —
4 William 50,218 —
5 Richard 46,046 —
6 David 37,110 —
7 Charles 32,469 —
8 Thomas 31,874 —
9 Michael 29,902 —
10 Ronald 23,665 —
11 Larry 22,824 +1
12 Donald 22,138 -1
13 Gary 21,345 +2
14 Joseph 20,823 -1
15 George 19,327 -1
16 Kenneth 18,096 —
17 Paul 16,995 —
18 Edward 15,870 —
19 Dennis 14,990 +1
20 Jerry 14,704 -1
21 Frank 10,874 —
22 Roger 10,571 +1
23 Raymond 9,858 -1
24 Daniel 9,708 +1
25 Gerald 8,857 -1
26 Stephen 8,641 +2
27 Walter 7,574 -1
28 Harold 7,524 -1
29 Douglas 7,394 +5
30 Lawrence 7,163 +2
31 Willie 7,030 —
32 Jack 6,857 -2
33 Terry 6,834 +10
34 Arthur 6,802 -5
35 Wayne 6,738 +2
36 Joe 6,625 -3
37 Henry 6,606 -2
38 Peter 6,483 +2
39 Carl 6,314 -3
40 Roy 6,183 -1
41 Jimmy 6,159 —
42 Billy 6,022 -4
43 Steven 5,974 +9
44 Ralph 5,785 -2
45 Johnny 5,699 —
46 Anthony 5,686 —
47 Harry 5,650 +2
48 Bruce 5,615 +3
49 Albert 5,432 -5
50 Eugene 5,167 -2
51 Fred 5,118 -4
52 Alan 5,073 +3
53 Bobby 5,052 -3
54 Howard 4,768 -1
55 Louis 4,480 -1
56 Danny 4,175 +20
57 Leonard 4,125 -1
58 Philip 4,112 +2
59 Stanley 4,058 -2
60 Ernest 4,005 -1
61 Dale 3,957 —
61 Samuel 3,957 +1
63 Patrick 3,854 +1
64 Russell 3,806 -1
65 Norman 3,726 -7
66 Bill 3,711 —
67 Ronnie 3,651 +2
68 Jim 3,625 —
69 Mike 3,592 +11
70 Timothy 3,591 +22
71 Earl 3,567 -6
72 Mark 3,545 +21
73 Don 3,482 -1
74 Allen 3,481 +3
75 Tommy 3,449 -5
76 Francis 3,448 -5
77 Frederick 3,437 -4
78 Melvin 3,408 -11
79 Steve 3,384 +10
80 Marvin 3,294 -5
81 Eddie 3,223 -2
82 Clarence 3,196 -8
83 Leroy 3,170 -5
84 Barry 3,138 —
85 Phillip 3,081 -2
86 Andrew 3,007 -5
87 Lee 2,942 -2
88 Alfred 2,894 -6
89 Tom 2,893 -2
90 Martin 2,823 +1
91 Jeffrey 2,782 +10
92 Ray 2,740 -6
93 Glenn 2,734 -5
94 Herbert 2,664 -4
95 Victor 2,631 +12
96 Gregory 2,474 +56
97 Curtis 2,393 —
98 Bernard 2,388 -4
99 Clifford 2,384 —
100 Gene 2,373 -5

Names that climbed fastest in 1945

Ranked by places gained against 1944, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1945Rank 1944Change
Sharyn girls 241 438 +197
Candace girls 274 410 +136
Marc boys 221 351 +130
Lynette girls 337 449 +112
Terri girls 350 461 +111
Melody girls 405 511 +106
Karla girls 397 488 +91
Laurie girls 285 370 +85
Robin girls 277 358 +81
Laurel girls 298 378 +80
Shelia girls 406 484 +78
Elliott boys 339 410 +71
Van boys 279 349 +70
Jennifer girls 199 263 +64
Janis girls 184 246 +62

Names that fell fastest in 1945

NameRank 1945Rank 1944Change
Marilynn girls 415 348 -67
Clarice girls 507 441 -66
Sherrill girls 510 448 -62
Dewey boys 273 213 -60
Beverley girls 420 364 -56
Francis girls 455 399 -56
Camille girls 361 306 -55
Dorthy girls 411 356 -55
Bernadine girls 423 371 -52
Johanna girls 481 431 -50
Billie boys 347 297 -50
Eula girls 358 309 -49
Maryellen girls 481 432 -49
Winston boys 361 313 -48
Darwin boys 390 343 -47

Names that first appear in 1945

1945 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1945

For these names, 1945 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.