100 Most popular boy names of 1944, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1944 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1944.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
76956
5.63
-
2
Robert
70847
5.18
-
3
John
66619
4.88
-
4
William
52370
3.83
-
5
Richard
45644
3.34
-
6
David
37382
2.74
-
7
Charles
34658
2.54
-
8
Thomas
31600
2.31
-
9
Michael
26719
1.96
+1
10
Ronald
25513
1.87
-1
11
Donald
23463
1.72
-
12
Larry
22026
1.61
-
13
Joseph
21175
1.55
-
14
George
20420
1.49
-
15
Gary
20059
1.47
+1
16
Kenneth
18095
1.32
-1
17
Paul
16657
1.22
+2
18
Edward
16480
1.21
-
19
Jerry
16279
1.19
-2
20
Dennis
13678
1
-
21
Frank
11342
0.83
-
22
Raymond
10633
0.78
-
23
Roger
10581
0.77
+1
24
Gerald
10024
0.73
-1
25
Daniel
9314
0.68
-
26
Walter
8159
0.6
-
27
Harold
7979
0.58
-
28
Stephen
7794
0.57
+1
29
Arthur
7256
0.53
+1
30
Jack
7255
0.53
+4
31
Willie
7195
0.53
+5
32
Lawrence
7128
0.52
-
33
Joe
7059
0.52
+2
34
Douglas
6997
0.51
-6
35
Henry
6973
0.51
-4
36
Carl
6823
0.5
-3
37
Wayne
6723
0.49
+4
38
Billy
6543
0.48
-1
39
Roy
6533
0.48
-1
40
Peter
6340
0.46
-1
41
Jimmy
6324
0.46
+1
42
Ralph
6272
0.46
-2
43
Terry
5976
0.44
+6
44
Albert
5854
0.43
-1
45
Johnny
5660
0.41
+7
46
Anthony
5604
0.41
-2
47
Fred
5579
0.41
-2
48
Eugene
5505
0.4
-1
49
Harry
5479
0.4
+1
50
Bobby
5409
0.4
-4
51
Bruce
5262
0.39
-
52
Steven
5111
0.37
+6
53
Howard
5026
0.37
-5
54
Louis
4677
0.34
-1
55
Alan
4277
0.31
+12
56
Leonard
4183
0.31
-1
57
Stanley
4122
0.3
-3
58
Norman
4067
0.3
-2
59
Ernest
4042
0.3
+2
60
Philip
3993
0.29
-3
61
Dale
3989
0.29
-2
62
Samuel
3946
0.29
-
63
Russell
3932
0.29
+10
64
Patrick
3881
0.28
+5
65
Earl
3875
0.28
-5
66
Bill
3815
0.28
-1
67
Melvin
3744
0.27
-4
68
Jim
3742
0.27
+7
69
Ronnie
3738
0.27
+2
70
Tommy
3694
0.27
+7
71
Francis
3649
0.27
-7
72
Don
3588
0.26
-
73
Frederick
3583
0.26
-3
74
Clarence
3578
0.26
-6
75
Marvin
3569
0.26
-9
76
Danny
3512
0.26
+12
77
Allen
3421
0.25
-1
78
Leroy
3408
0.25
-4
79
Eddie
3314
0.24
+1
80
Mike
3084
0.23
+10
81
Andrew
3055
0.22
-2
82
Alfred
3048
0.22
-4
83
Phillip
3002
0.22
-2
84
Barry
2979
0.22
-2
85
Lee
2931
0.21
+6
86
Ray
2904
0.21
-2
87
Tom
2900
0.21
-
88
Glenn
2850
0.21
-3
89
Steve
2836
0.21
+4
90
Herbert
2774
0.2
-4
91
Martin
2768
0.2
-8
92
Timothy
2754
0.2
+7
93
Mark
2742
0.2
+8
94
Bernard
2619
0.19
-2
95
Gene
2602
0.19
-6
96
Theodore
2574
0.19
-
97
Curtis
2463
0.18
+3
98
Jimmie
2399
0.18
-3
99
Clifford
2394
0.18
-5
100
Warren
2348
0.17
+2
101
Jeffrey
2326
0.17
+15
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1944)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html