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Top Baby Names 1945

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,307,094 · Total Boys: 1,345,816

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	59,281	4.535%
2	Linda	41,465	3.172%
3	Barbara	38,274	2.928%
4	Patricia	35,843	2.742%
5	Carol	30,388	2.325%
6	Sandra	24,700	1.890%
7	Nancy	21,456	1.642%
8	Sharon	20,838	1.594%
9	Judith	20,192	1.545%
10	Susan	19,221	1.471%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Betty	18,390	1.407%
12	Carolyn	17,244	1.319%
13	Judy	17,001	1.301%
14	Shirley	16,150	1.236%
15	Margaret	15,685	1.200%
16	Karen	15,680	1.200%
17	Donna	15,398	1.178%
18	Joyce	13,950	1.067%
19	Kathleen	13,802	1.056%
20	Janet	12,326	0.943%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Dorothy	12,323	0.943%
22	Diane	12,223	0.935%
23	Gloria	11,037	0.844%
24	Janice	10,782	0.825%
25	Joan	10,394	0.795%
26	Elizabeth	10,343	0.791%
27	Marilyn	9,534	0.729%
28	Virginia	9,244	0.707%
29	Brenda	9,204	0.704%
30	Martha	8,751	0.670%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Helen	8,300	0.635%
32	Cheryl	8,149	0.623%
33	Ruth	8,046	0.616%
34	Frances	7,940	0.607%
35	Bonnie	7,745	0.593%
36	Jane	7,639	0.584%
37	Beverly	7,618	0.583%
38	Jean	7,428	0.568%
39	Ann	7,038	0.538%
40	Phyllis	6,530	0.500%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Alice	6,359	0.487%
42	Pamela	6,169	0.472%
43	Diana	6,047	0.463%
44	Elaine	5,887	0.450%
45	Peggy	5,839	0.447%
46	Doris	5,820	0.445%
47	Connie	5,337	0.408%
48	Lois	5,148	0.394%
49	Marie	5,085	0.389%
50	Catherine	5,031	0.385%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Carole	4,842	0.370%
52	Gail	4,832	0.370%
53	Joanne	4,617	0.353%
54	Rose	4,557	0.349%
55	Charlotte	4,529	0.346%
56	Geraldine	4,475	0.342%
57	Evelyn	4,377	0.335%
58	Wanda	4,295	0.329%
59	Rita	4,282	0.328%
60	Jo	4,224	0.323%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ellen	4,189	0.320%
62	Christine	4,077	0.312%
63	Jacqueline	3,989	0.305%
64	Sally	3,981	0.305%
65	Kathryn	3,971	0.304%
66	Sue	3,915	0.300%
67	Paula	3,798	0.291%
68	Suzanne	3,770	0.288%
69	Annie	3,739	0.286%
70	Eileen	3,637	0.278%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Darlene	3,626	0.277%
72	Dianne	3,611	0.276%
73	Anna	3,607	0.276%
74	Norma	3,603	0.276%
75	Roberta	3,601	0.276%
76	Sarah	3,593	0.275%
77	Laura	3,589	0.275%
78	Louise	3,514	0.269%
79	Rosemary	3,500	0.268%
80	Joann	3,465	0.265%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Anne	3,407	0.261%
82	Katherine	3,392	0.260%
83	Sylvia	3,375	0.258%
84	Patsy	3,350	0.256%
85	Rebecca	3,331	0.255%
86	Maria	3,313	0.253%
87	Lorraine	3,207	0.245%
88	Marcia	3,206	0.245%
89	Sheila	3,178	0.243%
90	Cynthia	3,127	0.239%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Kay	3,058	0.234%
92	Glenda	2,963	0.227%
93	Mildred	2,960	0.226%
94	Marjorie	2,929	0.224%
95	Ruby	2,904	0.222%
96	Theresa	2,896	0.222%
97	Irene	2,883	0.221%
98	Jeanne	2,860	0.219%
99	Arlene	2,771	0.212%
100	Anita	2,768	0.212%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	74,466	5.533%
2	Robert	69,945	5.197%
3	John	66,118	4.913%
4	William	50,218	3.731%
5	Richard	46,045	3.421%
6	David	37,107	2.757%
7	Charles	32,467	2.412%
8	Thomas	31,873	2.368%
9	Michael	29,902	2.222%
10	Ronald	23,664	1.758%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Larry	22,824	1.696%
12	Donald	22,139	1.645%
13	Gary	21,345	1.586%
14	Joseph	20,821	1.547%
15	George	19,324	1.436%
16	Kenneth	18,098	1.345%
17	Paul	16,994	1.263%
18	Edward	15,871	1.179%
19	Dennis	14,990	1.114%
20	Jerry	14,702	1.092%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Frank	10,874	0.808%
22	Roger	10,570	0.785%
23	Raymond	9,856	0.732%
24	Daniel	9,708	0.721%
25	Gerald	8,857	0.658%
26	Stephen	8,639	0.642%
27	Walter	7,574	0.563%
28	Harold	7,525	0.559%
29	Douglas	7,394	0.549%
30	Lawrence	7,163	0.532%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Willie	7,029	0.522%
32	Jack	6,855	0.509%
33	Terry	6,833	0.508%
34	Arthur	6,801	0.505%
35	Wayne	6,738	0.501%
36	Joe	6,626	0.492%
37	Henry	6,604	0.491%
38	Peter	6,483	0.482%
39	Carl	6,314	0.469%
40	Roy	6,183	0.459%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Jimmy	6,159	0.458%
42	Billy	6,021	0.447%
43	Steven	5,974	0.444%
44	Ralph	5,785	0.430%
45	Johnny	5,697	0.423%
46	Anthony	5,686	0.422%
47	Harry	5,648	0.420%
48	Bruce	5,615	0.417%
49	Albert	5,432	0.404%
50	Eugene	5,167	0.384%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Fred	5,118	0.380%
52	Alan	5,073	0.377%
53	Bobby	5,049	0.375%
54	Howard	4,768	0.354%
55	Louis	4,480	0.333%
56	Danny	4,175	0.310%
57	Leonard	4,125	0.307%
58	Philip	4,111	0.305%
59	Stanley	4,058	0.302%
60	Ernest	4,005	0.298%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Dale	3,957	0.294%
62	Samuel	3,957	0.294%
63	Patrick	3,853	0.286%
64	Russell	3,806	0.283%
65	Norman	3,726	0.277%
66	Bill	3,711	0.276%
67	Ronnie	3,651	0.271%
68	Jim	3,624	0.269%
69	Mike	3,592	0.267%
70	Timothy	3,591	0.267%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Earl	3,566	0.265%
72	Mark	3,545	0.263%
73	Don	3,482	0.259%
74	Allen	3,481	0.259%
75	Francis	3,449	0.256%
76	Tommy	3,448	0.256%
77	Frederick	3,436	0.255%
78	Melvin	3,408	0.253%
79	Steve	3,384	0.251%
80	Marvin	3,294	0.245%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Eddie	3,223	0.239%
82	Clarence	3,196	0.237%
83	Leroy	3,172	0.236%
84	Barry	3,138	0.233%
85	Phillip	3,081	0.229%
86	Andrew	3,007	0.223%
87	Lee	2,942	0.219%
88	Alfred	2,894	0.215%
89	Tom	2,893	0.215%
90	Martin	2,823	0.210%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jeffrey	2,782	0.207%
92	Ray	2,740	0.204%
93	Glenn	2,734	0.203%
94	Herbert	2,664	0.198%
95	Victor	2,631	0.195%
96	Gregory	2,474	0.184%
97	Curtis	2,392	0.178%
98	Bernard	2,389	0.178%
99	Clifford	2,384	0.177%
100	Gene	2,373	0.176%

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