Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1946

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1946 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	67,467	4.183	-125	-65,140	1	James	87,436	5.298	-3	-73,911
2	Linda	52,710	3.268	-724	-52,321	2	Robert	84,138	5.099	-69	-78,998
3	Patricia	46,296	2.870	-910	-46,003	3	John	79,261	4.803	-24	-70,142
4	Barbara	45,122	2.798	-926	-44,837	4	William	60,038	3.638	1	-45,522
5	Carol	34,284	2.126	-1,783	-34,171	5	Richard	58,868	3.567	-183	-56,749
6	Sandra	31,692	1.965	-969	-31,423	6	David	46,439	2.814	-16	-36,742
7	Nancy	28,344	1.757	-832	-28,022	7	Michael	41,181	2.495	-7	-29,561
8	Susan	28,267	1.753	-1,071	-28,033	8	Thomas	38,867	2.355	-41	-32,088
9	Sharon	27,824	1.725	-1,118	-27,608	9	Charles	38,203	2.315	-43	-31,599
10	Judith	22,308	1.383	-840	-21,990	10	Ronald	31,855	1.930	-483	-31,277
11	Judy	20,479	1.270	-1,522	-20,338	11	Larry	28,446	1.724	-695	-28,107
12	Carolyn	19,900	1.234	-848	-19,588	12	Gary	26,924	1.632	-662	-26,557
13	Donna	19,769	1.226	-1,554	-19,632	13	Donald	26,262	1.591	-513	-25,729
14	Betty	19,712	1.222	-1,114	-19,497	14	Joseph	24,280	1.471	-9	-14,725
15	Karen	19,646	1.218	-620	-19,178	15	Kenneth	22,037	1.335	-211	-20,382
16	Kathleen	18,759	1.163	-878	-18,458	16	George	21,574	1.307	-111	-18,515
17	Margaret	18,132	1.124	-110	-15,820	17	Dennis	21,441	1.299	-539	-20,948
18	Shirley	17,869	1.108	-1,446	-17,719	18	Paul	21,059	1.276	-216	-19,434
19	Diane	15,832	0.982	-2,454	-15,761	19	Edward	18,579	1.126	-150	-16,311
20	Joyce	15,211	0.943	-927	-14,933	20	Jerry	17,562	1.064	-581	-17,111
21	Janet	14,143	0.877	-1,391	-13,986	21	Daniel	12,868	0.780	6	-1,695
22	Janice	14,037	0.870	-1,411	-13,884	22	Frank	12,664	0.767	-370	-11,861
23	Dorothy	12,797	0.793	-563	-12,280	23	Roger	12,411	0.752	-613	-12,000
24	Brenda	12,689	0.787	-988	-12,434	24	Stephen	11,836	0.717	-260	-10,600
25	Elizabeth	11,753	0.729	12	-3,240	25	Raymond	11,284	0.684	-274	-10,135
26	Gloria	11,687	0.725	-558	-11,166	26	Terry	10,676	0.647	-731	-10,367
27	Cheryl	11,526	0.715	-2,871	-11,469	27	Gerald	10,027	0.608	-867	-9,786
28	Joan	11,219	0.696	-1,699	-11,101	28	Steven	8,877	0.538	-170	-6,855
29	Marilyn	10,711	0.664	-581	-10,217	29	Wayne	8,808	0.534	-744	-8,509
30	Beverly	10,430	0.647	-1,263	-10,255	30	Walter	8,665	0.525	-241	-7,362
31	Virginia	10,016	0.621	-509	-9,438	31	Lawrence	8,515	0.516	-467	-7,942
32	Martha	9,761	0.605	-765	-9,420	32	Bruce	8,457	0.512	-446	-7,850
33	Bonnie	9,508	0.590	-658	-9,091	33	Harold	8,370	0.507	-764	-8,089
34	Pamela	9,366	0.581	-1,550	-9,231	34	Douglas	8,333	0.505	-638	-7,962
35	Jane	8,971	0.556	-256	-7,848	35	Jack	7,801	0.473	7	1,033
36	Helen	8,851	0.549	-377	-8,106	36	Arthur	7,537	0.457	-194	-5,895
37	Jean	8,555	0.530	-2,356	-8,480	37	Joe	7,535	0.457	-658	-7,190
38	Ruth	8,473	0.525	-227	-7,239	38	Peter	7,481	0.453	-173	-5,669
39	Frances	8,450	0.524	-406	-7,735	39	Carl	7,381	0.447	-661	-7,039
40	Ann	8,077	0.501	-943	-7,810	40	Willie	7,333	0.444	-894	-7,109
41	Phyllis	8,046	0.499	-6,934	-8,029	41	Henry	7,314	0.443	25	3,335
42	Diana	7,544	0.468	-142	-5,939	42	Jimmy	7,128	0.432	-611	-6,738
43	Peggy	7,398	0.459	-5,511	-7,375	43	Roy	6,917	0.419	-499	-6,403
44	Alice	7,364	0.457	-27	-3,721	44	Anthony	6,772	0.410	6	1,231
45	Connie	7,216	0.447	-2,385	-7,143	45	Billy	6,715	0.407	-800	-6,455
46	Cynthia	6,894	0.427	-647	-6,478	46	Danny	6,651	0.403	-494	-6,135
47	Elaine	6,801	0.422	-587	-6,333	47	Johnny	6,605	0.400	-307	-5,676
48	Catherine	6,366	0.395	-156	-4,868	48	Ralph	6,587	0.399	-903	-6,370
49	Gail	6,228	0.386	-6,528	-6,210	49	Alan	6,489	0.393	-123	-4,245
50	Christine	6,203	0.385	-876	-5,916	50	Harry	6,028	0.365	-570	-5,601

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.