The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1944

3,909 different boys’ names were recorded in 1944, covering 1,362,875 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	James	76,951
2	Robert	70,855
3	John	66,616
4	William	52,375
5	Richard	45,643
6	David	37,382
7	Charles	34,662
8	Thomas	31,604
9	Michael	26,717
10	Ronald	25,513
11	Donald	23,468
12	Larry	22,026
13	Joseph	21,176
14	George	20,419
15	Gary	20,058
16	Kenneth	18,093
17	Paul	16,661
18	Edward	16,482
19	Jerry	16,282
20	Dennis	13,676
21	Frank	11,340
22	Raymond	10,635
23	Roger	10,581
24	Gerald	10,023
25	Daniel	9,314
26	Walter	8,159
27	Harold	7,980
28	Stephen	7,793
29	Arthur	7,255
30	Jack	7,253
31	Willie	7,195
32	Lawrence	7,130
33	Joe	7,062
34	Douglas	6,998
35	Henry	6,975
36	Carl	6,825
37	Wayne	6,724
38	Billy	6,545
39	Roy	6,533
40	Peter	6,340
41	Jimmy	6,320
42	Ralph	6,273
43	Terry	5,974
44	Albert	5,855
45	Johnny	5,661
46	Anthony	5,604
47	Fred	5,580
48	Eugene	5,505
49	Harry	5,478
50	Bobby	5,410
51	Bruce	5,262
52	Steven	5,113
53	Howard	5,025
54	Louis	4,678
55	Alan	4,277
56	Leonard	4,183
57	Stanley	4,121
58	Norman	4,065
59	Ernest	4,042
60	Philip	3,992
61	Dale	3,990
62	Samuel	3,946
63	Russell	3,931
64	Patrick	3,881
65	Earl	3,874
66	Bill	3,815
67	Melvin	3,745
68	Jim	3,744
69	Ronnie	3,739
70	Tommy	3,696
71	Francis	3,652
72	Don	3,589
73	Frederick	3,583
74	Clarence	3,575
75	Marvin	3,569
76	Danny	3,511
77	Allen	3,422
78	Leroy	3,410
79	Eddie	3,315
80	Mike	3,084
81	Andrew	3,056
82	Alfred	3,047
83	Phillip	3,002
84	Barry	2,979
85	Lee	2,929
86	Ray	2,904
87	Tom	2,902
88	Glenn	2,849
89	Steve	2,836
90	Herbert	2,773
91	Martin	2,767
92	Timothy	2,754
93	Mark	2,742
94	Bernard	2,619
95	Gene	2,602
96	Theodore	2,574
97	Curtis	2,465
98	Jimmie	2,398
99	Clifford	2,394
100	Warren	2,349
101	Jeffrey	2,325
102	Lloyd	2,311
103	Jesse	2,310
104	Keith	2,293
105	Gordon	2,271
106	Edwin	2,238
107	Victor	2,162
108	Leon	2,151
109	Bob	2,133
110	Floyd	2,096
111	Clyde	2,081
112	Lewis	2,044
113	Vincent	2,029
114	Leslie	1,971
115	Alvin	1,967
116	Brian	1,954
117	Jerome	1,953
118	Harvey	1,951
119	Vernon	1,924
120	Charlie	1,881
121	Franklin	1,817
122	Jon	1,812
123	Rodney	1,781
124	Calvin	1,751
125	Joel	1,714
126	Lester	1,651
127	Gilbert	1,649
128	Jackie	1,642
129	Herman	1,641
130	Benjamin	1,622
131	Johnnie	1,620
132	Leo	1,592
133	Darrell	1,580
134	Dean	1,574
135	Duane	1,561
136	Jay	1,554
137	Chester	1,521
138	Freddie	1,515
139	Jose	1,512
140	Dwight	1,504
141	Allan	1,501
142	Cecil	1,499
143	Tony	1,494
144	Dan	1,488
145	Arnold	1,461
146	Milton	1,457
147	Glen	1,451
148	Lonnie	1,434
149	Manuel	1,400
150	Nicholas	1,361
151	Craig	1,321
152	Gregory	1,305
153	Lynn	1,290
154	Claude	1,289
155	Roland	1,268
156	Randall	1,242
157	Sam	1,212
158	Eric	1,195
159	Wesley	1,169
160	Ted	1,166
161	Neil	1,140
162	Wallace	1,131
163	Dave	1,125
164	Elmer	1,069
165	Hugh	1,064
166	Willard	1,040
167	Jessie	1,033
168	Maurice	1,023
169	Marshall	1,007
170	Christopher	1,001
171	Donnie	983
172	Edgar	976
173	Sammy	973
174	Everett	964
175	Marion	955
176	Garry	929
177	Virgil	928
178	Oscar	910
179	Juan	902
180	Sidney	901
181	Benny	897
182	Earnest	896
183	Alexander	864
183	Nathaniel	864
185	Luther	853
186	Karl	837
187	Morris	828
188	Bennie	820
189	Lyle	813
190	Dick	808
191	Randy	805
192	Stuart	795
193	Guy	783
194	Max	780
195	Matthew	765
195	Clifton	765
197	Hubert	760
198	Otis	759
199	Ben	753
200	Delbert	745

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1944 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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