Top names of 1946

Girls

1Mary67,471– 2Linda52,710– 3Patricia46,297▲ 1 4Barbara45,126▼ 1 5Carol34,284– 6Sandra31,692– 7Nancy28,345– 8Susan28,267▲ 2 9Sharon27,824▼ 1 10Judith22,310▼ 1 11Judy20,477▲ 2 12Carolyn19,902– 13Donna19,770▲ 4 14Betty19,711▼ 3 15Karen19,647▲ 1 16Kathleen18,760▲ 3 17Margaret18,136▼ 2 18Shirley17,870▼ 4 19Diane15,835▲ 3 20Joyce15,209▼ 2 21Janet14,142▼ 1 22Janice14,039▲ 2 23Dorothy12,797▼ 2 24Brenda12,690▲ 5 25Elizabeth11,753▲ 1 26Gloria11,686▼ 3 27Cheryl11,526▲ 5 28Joan11,218▼ 3 29Marilyn10,711▼ 2 30Beverly10,430▲ 7 31Virginia10,015▼ 3 32Martha9,759▼ 2 33Bonnie9,510▲ 2 34Pamela9,367▲ 8 35Jane8,971▲ 1 36Helen8,852▼ 5 37Jean8,554▲ 1 38Ruth8,474▼ 5 39Frances8,450▼ 5 40Ann8,077▼ 1 41Phyllis8,048▼ 1 42Diana7,544▲ 1 43Peggy7,400▲ 2 44Alice7,363▼ 3 45Connie7,215▲ 2 46Cynthia6,895▲ 44 47Elaine6,803▼ 3 48Catherine6,367▲ 2 49Gail6,227▲ 3 50Christine6,202▲ 12 51Doris5,987▼ 5 52Suzanne5,948▲ 16 53Jo5,828▲ 7 54Marie5,758▼ 5 55Lois5,700▼ 7 56Rita5,533▲ 3 57Joanne5,506▼ 4 58Ellen5,237▲ 3 59Wanda5,235▼ 1 60Rose5,183▼ 6 61Sue5,144▲ 5 62Jacqueline5,083▲ 1 63Kathryn4,999▲ 2 64Charlotte4,970▼ 9 65Evelyn4,890▼ 8 66Geraldine4,849▼ 10 67Sally4,842▼ 3 68Rebecca4,840▲ 17 69Paula4,724▼ 2 70Sheila4,706▲ 19 71Darlene4,662– 72Carole4,621▼ 21 73Sherry4,518▲ 31 74Rosemary4,486▲ 5 75Laura4,478▲ 2 76Dianne4,278▼ 4 77Norma4,266▼ 3 78Katherine4,197▲ 4 79Kathy4,179▲ 22 80Eileen4,168▼ 10 81Anne4,115– 82Sylvia4,093▲ 1 83Jeanne4,045▲ 15 84Anita4,027▲ 16 85Patsy4,017▼ 1 86Roberta4,016▼ 11 87Anna3,999▼ 14 88Maria3,960▼ 2 89Marcia3,946▼ 1 90Joann3,945▼ 10 91Louise3,925▼ 13 92Sarah3,910▼ 16 93Lorraine3,886▼ 6 94Lynn3,884▲ 8 95Maureen3,684▲ 10 96Theresa3,684– 97Annie3,651▼ 28 98Marsha3,611▲ 15 99Glenda3,568▼ 7 100Constance3,419▲ 9

Boys

1James87,438– 2Robert84,136– 3John79,267– 4William60,034– 5Richard58,870– 6David46,444– 7Michael41,194▲ 2 8Thomas38,877– 9Charles38,215▼ 2 10Ronald31,858– 11Larry28,447– 12Gary26,931▲ 1 13Donald26,273▼ 1 14Joseph24,284– 15Kenneth22,042▲ 1 16George21,575▼ 1 17Dennis21,447▲ 2 18Paul21,063▼ 1 19Edward18,585▼ 1 20Jerry17,567– 21Daniel12,867▲ 3 22Frank12,667▼ 1 23Roger12,411▼ 1 24Stephen11,832▲ 2 25Raymond11,289▼ 2 26Terry10,678▲ 7 27Gerald10,033▼ 2 28Steven8,878▲ 15 29Wayne8,807▲ 6 30Walter8,668▼ 3 31Lawrence8,517▼ 1 32Bruce8,459▲ 16 33Harold8,373▼ 5 34Douglas8,336▼ 5 35Jack7,801▼ 3 36Arthur7,537▼ 2 37Joe7,536▼ 1 38Peter7,483– 39Carl7,380– 40Willie7,339▼ 9 41Henry7,317▼ 4 42Jimmy7,128▼ 1 43Roy6,925▼ 3 44Anthony6,771▲ 2 45Billy6,716▼ 3 46Danny6,650▲ 10 47Johnny6,611▼ 2 48Ralph6,587▼ 4 49Alan6,490▲ 3 50Harry6,027▼ 3 51Fred6,012– 52Albert6,007▼ 3 53Bobby5,771– 54Ronnie5,727▲ 13 55Howard5,694▼ 1 56Gregory5,672▲ 40 57Eugene5,670▼ 7 58Mark5,331▲ 14 59Patrick5,305▲ 4 60Timothy5,152▲ 10 61Philip5,093▼ 3 62Dale5,024▼ 1 63Louis4,918▼ 8 64Mike4,854▲ 5 65Stanley4,767▼ 6 66Russell4,741▼ 2 67Leonard4,704▼ 10 68Barry4,624▲ 16 69Steve4,570▲ 10 70Samuel4,523▼ 9 71Ernest4,395▼ 11 72Bill4,354▼ 6 73Jim4,336▼ 5 74Allen4,294– 75Frederick4,231▲ 2 76Norman4,161▼ 11 77Tommy4,144▼ 2 78Jeffrey4,125▲ 13 79Don4,110▼ 6 80Francis4,006▼ 4 81Glenn3,892▲ 12 82Earl3,830▼ 11 83Phillip3,775▲ 2 84Andrew3,758▲ 2 85Eddie3,746▼ 4 86Melvin3,742▼ 8 87Tom3,624▲ 2 88Marvin3,600▼ 8 89Clarence3,567▼ 7 90Leroy3,472▼ 7 91Lee3,346▼ 4 92Martin3,333▼ 2 93Rodney3,304▲ 12 94Alfred3,238▼ 6 95Ray3,169▼ 3 96Keith2,860▲ 12 97Herbert2,818▼ 3 98Gene2,759▲ 2 99Curtis2,723▼ 2 100Clifford2,616▼ 1