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Top Baby Names 1944

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,327,215 · Total Boys: 1,362,864

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	62,472	4.707%
2	Barbara	39,196	2.953%
3	Linda	38,415	2.894%
4	Patricia	36,872	2.778%
5	Carol	30,456	2.295%
6	Sandra	26,023	1.961%
7	Nancy	23,217	1.749%
8	Sharon	22,432	1.690%
9	Judith	22,431	1.690%
10	Betty	19,760	1.489%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Carolyn	18,670	1.407%
12	Judy	17,119	1.290%
13	Susan	16,330	1.230%
14	Margaret	16,320	1.230%
15	Shirley	16,310	1.229%
16	Karen	15,944	1.201%
17	Donna	15,173	1.143%
18	Joyce	14,768	1.113%
19	Dorothy	13,380	1.008%
20	Kathleen	13,004	0.980%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Janet	12,592	0.949%
22	Joan	11,920	0.898%
23	Elizabeth	11,034	0.831%
24	Diane	10,710	0.807%
25	Gloria	9,968	0.751%
26	Virginia	9,894	0.745%
27	Marilyn	9,738	0.734%
28	Janice	9,732	0.733%
29	Martha	9,336	0.703%
30	Brenda	8,998	0.678%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Helen	8,696	0.655%
32	Ruth	8,674	0.654%
33	Frances	8,487	0.639%
34	Bonnie	8,456	0.637%
35	Beverly	8,292	0.625%
36	Cheryl	7,972	0.601%
37	Jean	7,650	0.576%
38	Alice	7,102	0.535%
39	Ann	7,080	0.533%
40	Phyllis	7,022	0.529%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Jane	6,564	0.495%
42	Doris	6,324	0.476%
43	Carole	6,268	0.472%
44	Pamela	6,204	0.467%
45	Peggy	6,019	0.454%
46	Elaine	5,629	0.424%
47	Lois	5,529	0.417%
48	Marie	5,297	0.399%
49	Catherine	5,256	0.396%
50	Charlotte	4,928	0.371%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Connie	4,796	0.361%
52	Rose	4,710	0.355%
53	Geraldine	4,666	0.352%
54	Joanne	4,530	0.341%
55	Rita	4,530	0.341%
56	Gail	4,525	0.341%
57	Evelyn	4,516	0.340%
58	Wanda	4,431	0.334%
59	Sally	4,388	0.331%
60	Diana	4,311	0.325%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Jo	4,226	0.318%
62	Sue	4,034	0.304%
63	Ellen	3,998	0.301%
64	Jacqueline	3,975	0.300%
65	Joann	3,974	0.299%
66	Norma	3,864	0.291%
67	Sarah	3,856	0.291%
68	Kathryn	3,855	0.290%
69	Louise	3,842	0.289%
70	Roberta	3,744	0.282%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Annie	3,738	0.282%
72	Patsy	3,729	0.281%
73	Eileen	3,649	0.275%
74	Anna	3,635	0.274%
75	Christine	3,584	0.270%
76	Darlene	3,532	0.266%
77	Katherine	3,525	0.266%
78	Suzanne	3,462	0.261%
79	Glenda	3,367	0.254%
80	Maria	3,361	0.253%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Mildred	3,318	0.250%
82	Paula	3,315	0.250%
83	Sylvia	3,291	0.248%
84	Rebecca	3,246	0.245%
85	Marjorie	3,218	0.242%
86	Anne	3,208	0.242%
87	Ruby	3,190	0.240%
88	Kay	3,170	0.239%
89	Marcia	3,140	0.237%
90	Dianne	3,108	0.234%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Irene	3,086	0.233%
92	Dolores	3,081	0.232%
93	Lorraine	3,046	0.230%
94	Juanita	2,960	0.223%
95	Anita	2,825	0.213%
96	Theresa	2,817	0.212%
97	Delores	2,756	0.208%
98	Loretta	2,746	0.207%
99	Rosemary	2,744	0.207%
100	Sherry	2,733	0.206%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	76,951	5.646%
2	Robert	70,855	5.199%
3	John	66,611	4.888%
4	William	52,373	3.843%
5	Richard	45,643	3.349%
6	David	37,379	2.743%
7	Charles	34,663	2.543%
8	Thomas	31,603	2.319%
9	Michael	26,717	1.960%
10	Ronald	25,514	1.872%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Donald	23,466	1.722%
12	Larry	22,025	1.616%
13	Joseph	21,175	1.554%
14	George	20,419	1.498%
15	Gary	20,058	1.472%
16	Kenneth	18,093	1.328%
17	Paul	16,659	1.222%
18	Edward	16,481	1.209%
19	Jerry	16,283	1.195%
20	Dennis	13,679	1.004%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Frank	11,342	0.832%
22	Raymond	10,634	0.780%
23	Roger	10,581	0.776%
24	Gerald	10,021	0.735%
25	Daniel	9,314	0.683%
26	Walter	8,159	0.599%
27	Harold	7,980	0.586%
28	Stephen	7,795	0.572%
29	Jack	7,255	0.532%
30	Arthur	7,254	0.532%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Willie	7,194	0.528%
32	Lawrence	7,129	0.523%
33	Joe	7,062	0.518%
34	Douglas	6,998	0.513%
35	Henry	6,975	0.512%
36	Carl	6,824	0.501%
37	Wayne	6,722	0.493%
38	Billy	6,545	0.480%
39	Roy	6,534	0.479%
40	Peter	6,340	0.465%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Jimmy	6,320	0.464%
42	Ralph	6,272	0.460%
43	Terry	5,976	0.438%
44	Albert	5,857	0.430%
45	Johnny	5,661	0.415%
46	Anthony	5,605	0.411%
47	Fred	5,580	0.409%
48	Eugene	5,505	0.404%
49	Harry	5,479	0.402%
50	Bobby	5,411	0.397%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Bruce	5,262	0.386%
52	Steven	5,113	0.375%
53	Howard	5,025	0.369%
54	Louis	4,678	0.343%
55	Alan	4,277	0.314%
56	Leonard	4,183	0.307%
57	Stanley	4,121	0.302%
58	Norman	4,065	0.298%
59	Ernest	4,042	0.297%
60	Philip	3,992	0.293%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Dale	3,990	0.293%
62	Samuel	3,946	0.290%
63	Russell	3,931	0.288%
64	Patrick	3,883	0.285%
65	Earl	3,874	0.284%
66	Bill	3,815	0.280%
67	Melvin	3,745	0.275%
68	Jim	3,744	0.275%
69	Ronnie	3,739	0.274%
70	Tommy	3,696	0.271%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Francis	3,651	0.268%
72	Don	3,589	0.263%
73	Frederick	3,583	0.263%
74	Clarence	3,575	0.262%
75	Marvin	3,568	0.262%
76	Danny	3,511	0.258%
77	Allen	3,422	0.251%
78	Leroy	3,409	0.250%
79	Eddie	3,315	0.243%
80	Mike	3,084	0.226%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Andrew	3,057	0.224%
82	Alfred	3,047	0.224%
83	Phillip	3,002	0.220%
84	Barry	2,979	0.219%
85	Lee	2,929	0.215%
86	Ray	2,904	0.213%
87	Tom	2,901	0.213%
88	Glenn	2,850	0.209%
89	Steve	2,836	0.208%
90	Herbert	2,773	0.203%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Martin	2,767	0.203%
92	Timothy	2,754	0.202%
93	Mark	2,742	0.201%
94	Bernard	2,619	0.192%
95	Gene	2,602	0.191%
96	Theodore	2,574	0.189%
97	Curtis	2,465	0.181%
98	Jimmie	2,398	0.176%
99	Clifford	2,394	0.176%
100	Warren	2,349	0.172%

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