100 Most popular boy names of 1946, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1946 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1946.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
87440
5.42
-
2
Robert
84137
5.22
-
3
John
79255
4.91
-
4
William
60035
3.72
-
5
Richard
58873
3.65
-
6
David
46443
2.88
-
7
Michael
41184
2.55
+2
8
Thomas
38870
2.41
-
9
Charles
38208
2.37
-2
10
Ronald
31856
1.98
-
11
Larry
28450
1.76
-
12
Gary
26924
1.67
+1
13
Donald
26267
1.63
-1
14
Joseph
24279
1.51
-
15
Kenneth
22035
1.37
+1
16
George
21578
1.34
-1
17
Dennis
21444
1.33
+2
18
Paul
21062
1.31
-1
19
Edward
18579
1.15
-1
20
Jerry
17563
1.09
-
21
Daniel
12868
0.8
+3
22
Frank
12667
0.79
-1
23
Roger
12410
0.77
-1
24
Stephen
11835
0.73
+2
25
Raymond
11283
0.7
-2
26
Terry
10675
0.66
+7
27
Gerald
10034
0.62
-2
28
Steven
8877
0.55
+15
29
Wayne
8808
0.55
+6
30
Walter
8669
0.54
-3
31
Lawrence
8517
0.53
-1
32
Bruce
8458
0.52
+16
33
Harold
8371
0.52
-5
34
Douglas
8334
0.52
-5
35
Jack
7802
0.48
-3
36
Arthur
7537
0.47
-2
37
Joe
7535
0.47
-1
38
Peter
7482
0.46
-
39
Carl
7380
0.46
-
40
Willie
7339
0.46
-9
41
Henry
7317
0.45
-4
42
Jimmy
7128
0.44
-1
43
Roy
6921
0.43
-3
44
Anthony
6772
0.42
+2
45
Billy
6715
0.42
-3
46
Danny
6650
0.41
+10
47
Johnny
6605
0.41
-2
48
Ralph
6586
0.41
-4
49
Alan
6490
0.4
+3
50
Harry
6030
0.37
-3
51
Fred
6015
0.37
-
52
Albert
6005
0.37
-3
53
Bobby
5766
0.36
-
54
Ronnie
5726
0.36
+13
55
Howard
5694
0.35
-1
56
Gregory
5671
0.35
+40
57
Eugene
5670
0.35
-7
58
Mark
5331
0.33
+14
59
Patrick
5305
0.33
+4
60
Timothy
5153
0.32
+10
61
Philip
5093
0.32
-3
62
Dale
5023
0.31
-1
63
Louis
4916
0.3
-8
64
Mike
4853
0.3
+5
65
Stanley
4767
0.3
-6
66
Russell
4740
0.29
-2
67
Leonard
4701
0.29
-10
68
Barry
4624
0.29
+16
69
Steve
4568
0.28
+10
70
Samuel
4522
0.28
-8
71
Ernest
4396
0.27
-11
72
Bill
4355
0.27
-6
73
Jim
4337
0.27
-5
74
Allen
4293
0.27
-
75
Frederick
4232
0.26
+2
76
Norman
4161
0.26
-11
77
Tommy
4144
0.26
-1
78
Jeffrey
4125
0.26
+13
79
Don
4111
0.25
-6
80
Francis
4005
0.25
-5
81
Glenn
3894
0.24
+12
82
Earl
3831
0.24
-11
83
Phillip
3775
0.23
+2
84
Andrew
3758
0.23
+2
85
Eddie
3746
0.23
-4
85
Melvin
3746
0.23
-7
87
Tom
3624
0.22
+1
88
Marvin
3600
0.22
-8
89
Clarence
3566
0.22
-7
90
Leroy
3467
0.21
-7
91
Lee
3345
0.21
-4
92
Martin
3333
0.21
-2
93
Rodney
3304
0.2
+12
94
Alfred
3238
0.2
-5
95
Ray
3168
0.2
-3
96
Keith
2861
0.18
+12
97
Herbert
2820
0.17
-3
98
Gene
2758
0.17
+2
99
Curtis
2722
0.17
-2
100
Clifford
2615
0.16
-1
101
Theodore
2611
0.16
-
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1946)

Sources

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