The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1945

3,783 different boys’ names were recorded in 1945, covering 1,345,855 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	James	74,464
2	Robert	69,947
3	John	66,117
4	William	50,218
5	Richard	46,046
6	David	37,110
7	Charles	32,469
8	Thomas	31,874
9	Michael	29,902
10	Ronald	23,665
11	Larry	22,824
12	Donald	22,138
13	Gary	21,345
14	Joseph	20,823
15	George	19,327
16	Kenneth	18,096
17	Paul	16,995
18	Edward	15,870
19	Dennis	14,990
20	Jerry	14,704
21	Frank	10,874
22	Roger	10,571
23	Raymond	9,858
24	Daniel	9,708
25	Gerald	8,857
26	Stephen	8,641
27	Walter	7,574
28	Harold	7,524
29	Douglas	7,394
30	Lawrence	7,163
31	Willie	7,030
32	Jack	6,857
33	Terry	6,834
34	Arthur	6,802
35	Wayne	6,738
36	Joe	6,625
37	Henry	6,606
38	Peter	6,483
39	Carl	6,314
40	Roy	6,183
41	Jimmy	6,159
42	Billy	6,022
43	Steven	5,974
44	Ralph	5,785
45	Johnny	5,699
46	Anthony	5,686
47	Harry	5,650
48	Bruce	5,615
49	Albert	5,432
50	Eugene	5,167
51	Fred	5,118
52	Alan	5,073
53	Bobby	5,052
54	Howard	4,768
55	Louis	4,480
56	Danny	4,175
57	Leonard	4,125
58	Philip	4,112
59	Stanley	4,058
60	Ernest	4,005
61	Samuel	3,957
61	Dale	3,957
63	Patrick	3,854
64	Russell	3,806
65	Norman	3,726
66	Bill	3,711
67	Ronnie	3,651
68	Jim	3,625
69	Mike	3,592
70	Timothy	3,591
71	Earl	3,567
72	Mark	3,545
73	Don	3,482
74	Allen	3,481
75	Tommy	3,449
76	Francis	3,448
77	Frederick	3,437
78	Melvin	3,408
79	Steve	3,384
80	Marvin	3,294
81	Eddie	3,223
82	Clarence	3,196
83	Leroy	3,170
84	Barry	3,138
85	Phillip	3,081
86	Andrew	3,007
87	Lee	2,942
88	Alfred	2,894
89	Tom	2,893
90	Martin	2,823
91	Jeffrey	2,782
92	Ray	2,740
93	Glenn	2,734
94	Herbert	2,664
95	Victor	2,631
96	Gregory	2,474
97	Curtis	2,393
98	Bernard	2,388
99	Clifford	2,384
100	Gene	2,373
101	Theodore	2,347
102	Jimmie	2,294
103	Lloyd	2,221
104	Jesse	2,186
105	Rodney	2,185
106	Warren	2,183
107	Bob	2,176
108	Keith	2,165
109	Gordon	2,146
110	Vincent	2,116
111	Leon	2,098
112	Jon	2,043
113	Brian	1,989
114	Floyd	1,986
115	Leslie	1,975
116	Harvey	1,974
117	Edwin	1,948
118	Vernon	1,936
119	Franklin	1,896
120	Alvin	1,861
121	Clyde	1,858
122	Jerome	1,840
123	Lewis	1,836
124	Calvin	1,797
125	Jay	1,760
126	Dwight	1,753
127	Dan	1,726
128	Charlie	1,725
129	Tony	1,639
130	Gilbert	1,625
131	Lester	1,618
132	Jose	1,607
133	Johnnie	1,600
134	Joel	1,597
134	Craig	1,597
136	Dean	1,585
137	Leo	1,582
137	Allan	1,582
137	Duane	1,582
140	Benjamin	1,562
141	Darrell	1,522
142	Jackie	1,493
143	Lonnie	1,463
144	Chester	1,445
145	Freddie	1,427
146	Herman	1,417
147	Arnold	1,407
148	Glen	1,395
149	Randall	1,392
150	Manuel	1,389
151	Nicholas	1,357
152	Cecil	1,355
153	Eric	1,351
154	Milton	1,349
155	Ted	1,238
156	Lynn	1,218
157	Neil	1,210
158	Roland	1,184
159	Claude	1,166
160	Christopher	1,138
161	Sam	1,137
162	Wesley	1,107
162	Randy	1,107
164	Dave	1,077
165	Garry	1,050
166	Juan	1,013
167	Wallace	1,008
168	Donnie	991
169	Elmer	969
169	Marshall	969
171	Hugh	961
172	Willard	957
173	Micheal	951
174	Sammy	949
175	Jessie	940
176	Oscar	939
177	Maurice	913
178	Alexander	891
179	Jonathan	881
180	Edgar	869
181	Nathaniel	853
182	Scott	848
183	Virgil	845
184	Marion	841
185	Sidney	828
185	Everett	828
187	Benny	822
188	Earnest	807
189	Max	803
190	Bennie	793
191	Stuart	788
192	Tim	779
193	Morris	775
194	Lyle	766
195	Guy	759
196	Dick	758
196	Karl	758
198	Matthew	730
199	Clifton	722
200	Carlos	719

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1945 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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