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Top Baby Names 1946

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,571,297 · Total Boys: 1,624,010

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	67,467	4.294%
2	Linda	52,710	3.355%
3	Patricia	46,298	2.946%
4	Barbara	45,125	2.872%
5	Carol	34,283	2.182%
6	Sandra	31,694	2.017%
7	Nancy	28,345	1.804%
8	Susan	28,268	1.799%
9	Sharon	27,825	1.771%
10	Judith	22,310	1.420%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Judy	20,478	1.303%
12	Carolyn	19,902	1.267%
13	Donna	19,767	1.258%
14	Betty	19,710	1.254%
15	Karen	19,647	1.250%
16	Kathleen	18,760	1.194%
17	Margaret	18,135	1.154%
18	Shirley	17,869	1.137%
19	Diane	15,835	1.008%
20	Joyce	15,209	0.968%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Janet	14,142	0.900%
22	Janice	14,038	0.893%
23	Dorothy	12,798	0.814%
24	Brenda	12,688	0.807%
25	Elizabeth	11,753	0.748%
26	Gloria	11,686	0.744%
27	Cheryl	11,526	0.734%
28	Joan	11,219	0.714%
29	Marilyn	10,711	0.682%
30	Beverly	10,430	0.664%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Virginia	10,016	0.637%
32	Martha	9,759	0.621%
33	Bonnie	9,510	0.605%
34	Pamela	9,367	0.596%
35	Jane	8,971	0.571%
36	Helen	8,853	0.563%
37	Jean	8,555	0.544%
38	Ruth	8,475	0.539%
39	Frances	8,450	0.538%
40	Ann	8,077	0.514%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Phyllis	8,048	0.512%
42	Diana	7,544	0.480%
43	Peggy	7,400	0.471%
44	Alice	7,363	0.469%
45	Connie	7,215	0.459%
46	Cynthia	6,895	0.439%
47	Elaine	6,803	0.433%
48	Catherine	6,367	0.405%
49	Gail	6,227	0.396%
50	Christine	6,201	0.395%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Doris	5,987	0.381%
52	Suzanne	5,948	0.379%
53	Jo	5,828	0.371%
54	Marie	5,758	0.366%
55	Lois	5,700	0.363%
56	Rita	5,533	0.352%
57	Joanne	5,505	0.350%
58	Ellen	5,237	0.333%
59	Wanda	5,235	0.333%
60	Rose	5,183	0.330%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Sue	5,144	0.327%
62	Jacqueline	5,083	0.323%
63	Kathryn	4,998	0.318%
64	Charlotte	4,970	0.316%
65	Evelyn	4,890	0.311%
66	Geraldine	4,849	0.309%
67	Sally	4,843	0.308%
68	Rebecca	4,840	0.308%
69	Paula	4,725	0.301%
70	Sheila	4,706	0.300%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Darlene	4,662	0.297%
72	Carole	4,621	0.294%
73	Sherry	4,518	0.288%
74	Rosemary	4,486	0.286%
75	Laura	4,478	0.285%
76	Dianne	4,278	0.272%
77	Norma	4,266	0.272%
78	Katherine	4,196	0.267%
79	Kathy	4,179	0.266%
80	Eileen	4,168	0.265%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Anne	4,116	0.262%
82	Sylvia	4,093	0.260%
83	Jeanne	4,045	0.257%
84	Anita	4,027	0.256%
85	Patsy	4,016	0.256%
86	Roberta	4,016	0.256%
87	Anna	3,999	0.255%
88	Maria	3,960	0.252%
89	Marcia	3,946	0.251%
90	Joann	3,945	0.251%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Louise	3,925	0.250%
92	Sarah	3,909	0.249%
93	Lorraine	3,886	0.247%
94	Lynn	3,884	0.247%
95	Maureen	3,684	0.234%
96	Theresa	3,684	0.234%
97	Annie	3,652	0.232%
98	Marsha	3,611	0.230%
99	Glenda	3,568	0.227%
100	Constance	3,419	0.218%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	87,436	5.384%
2	Robert	84,138	5.181%
3	John	79,266	4.881%
4	William	60,030	3.696%
5	Richard	58,871	3.625%
6	David	46,444	2.860%
7	Michael	41,192	2.536%
8	Thomas	38,876	2.394%
9	Charles	38,212	2.353%
10	Ronald	31,856	1.962%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Larry	28,449	1.752%
12	Gary	26,931	1.658%
13	Donald	26,271	1.618%
14	Joseph	24,284	1.495%
15	Kenneth	22,039	1.357%
16	George	21,574	1.328%
17	Dennis	21,446	1.321%
18	Paul	21,063	1.297%
19	Edward	18,585	1.144%
20	Jerry	17,568	1.082%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Daniel	12,867	0.792%
22	Frank	12,667	0.780%
23	Roger	12,410	0.764%
24	Stephen	11,833	0.729%
25	Raymond	11,288	0.695%
26	Terry	10,678	0.658%
27	Gerald	10,034	0.618%
28	Steven	8,878	0.547%
29	Wayne	8,808	0.542%
30	Walter	8,668	0.534%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Lawrence	8,517	0.524%
32	Bruce	8,459	0.521%
33	Harold	8,373	0.516%
34	Douglas	8,334	0.513%
35	Jack	7,802	0.480%
36	Arthur	7,537	0.464%
37	Joe	7,535	0.464%
38	Peter	7,481	0.461%
39	Carl	7,380	0.454%
40	Willie	7,339	0.452%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Henry	7,317	0.451%
42	Jimmy	7,128	0.439%
43	Roy	6,924	0.426%
44	Anthony	6,771	0.417%
45	Billy	6,716	0.414%
46	Danny	6,650	0.409%
47	Johnny	6,612	0.407%
48	Ralph	6,586	0.406%
49	Alan	6,490	0.400%
50	Harry	6,029	0.371%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Fred	6,012	0.370%
52	Albert	6,006	0.370%
53	Bobby	5,771	0.355%
54	Ronnie	5,727	0.353%
55	Howard	5,694	0.351%
56	Gregory	5,672	0.349%
57	Eugene	5,670	0.349%
58	Mark	5,331	0.328%
59	Patrick	5,305	0.327%
60	Timothy	5,152	0.317%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Philip	5,093	0.314%
62	Dale	5,024	0.309%
63	Louis	4,918	0.303%
64	Mike	4,854	0.299%
65	Stanley	4,767	0.294%
66	Russell	4,741	0.292%
67	Leonard	4,702	0.290%
68	Barry	4,624	0.285%
69	Steve	4,568	0.281%
70	Samuel	4,524	0.279%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Ernest	4,395	0.271%
72	Bill	4,354	0.268%
73	Jim	4,337	0.267%
74	Allen	4,294	0.264%
75	Frederick	4,231	0.261%
76	Norman	4,161	0.256%
77	Tommy	4,144	0.255%
78	Jeffrey	4,125	0.254%
79	Don	4,111	0.253%
80	Francis	4,006	0.247%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Glenn	3,892	0.240%
82	Earl	3,831	0.236%
83	Phillip	3,775	0.232%
84	Andrew	3,757	0.231%
85	Eddie	3,745	0.231%
86	Melvin	3,743	0.230%
87	Tom	3,624	0.223%
88	Marvin	3,600	0.222%
89	Clarence	3,568	0.220%
90	Leroy	3,471	0.214%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lee	3,346	0.206%
92	Martin	3,333	0.205%
93	Rodney	3,304	0.203%
94	Alfred	3,238	0.199%
95	Ray	3,170	0.195%
96	Keith	2,860	0.176%
97	Herbert	2,819	0.174%
98	Gene	2,758	0.170%
99	Curtis	2,724	0.168%
100	Clifford	2,616	0.161%

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