The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1946
4,018 different boys’ names were recorded in 1946, covering 1,624,023 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 87,438 |
| 2 | Robert | 84,136 |
| 3 | John | 79,267 |
| 4 | William | 60,034 |
| 5 | Richard | 58,870 |
| 6 | David | 46,444 |
| 7 | Michael | 41,194 |
| 8 | Thomas | 38,877 |
| 9 | Charles | 38,215 |
| 10 | Ronald | 31,858 |
| 11 | Larry | 28,447 |
| 12 | Gary | 26,931 |
| 13 | Donald | 26,273 |
| 14 | Joseph | 24,284 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 22,042 |
| 16 | George | 21,575 |
| 17 | Dennis | 21,447 |
| 18 | Paul | 21,063 |
| 19 | Edward | 18,585 |
| 20 | Jerry | 17,567 |
| 21 | Daniel | 12,867 |
| 22 | Frank | 12,667 |
| 23 | Roger | 12,411 |
| 24 | Stephen | 11,832 |
| 25 | Raymond | 11,289 |
| 26 | Terry | 10,678 |
| 27 | Gerald | 10,033 |
| 28 | Steven | 8,878 |
| 29 | Wayne | 8,807 |
| 30 | Walter | 8,668 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 8,517 |
| 32 | Bruce | 8,459 |
| 33 | Harold | 8,373 |
| 34 | Douglas | 8,336 |
| 35 | Jack | 7,801 |
| 36 | Arthur | 7,537 |
| 37 | Joe | 7,536 |
| 38 | Peter | 7,483 |
| 39 | Carl | 7,380 |
| 40 | Willie | 7,339 |
| 41 | Henry | 7,317 |
| 42 | Jimmy | 7,128 |
| 43 | Roy | 6,925 |
| 44 | Anthony | 6,771 |
| 45 | Billy | 6,716 |
| 46 | Danny | 6,650 |
| 47 | Johnny | 6,611 |
| 48 | Ralph | 6,587 |
| 49 | Alan | 6,490 |
| 50 | Harry | 6,027 |
| 51 | Fred | 6,012 |
| 52 | Albert | 6,007 |
| 53 | Bobby | 5,771 |
| 54 | Ronnie | 5,727 |
| 55 | Howard | 5,694 |
| 56 | Gregory | 5,672 |
| 57 | Eugene | 5,670 |
| 58 | Mark | 5,331 |
| 59 | Patrick | 5,305 |
| 60 | Timothy | 5,152 |
| 61 | Philip | 5,093 |
| 62 | Dale | 5,024 |
| 63 | Louis | 4,918 |
| 64 | Mike | 4,854 |
| 65 | Stanley | 4,767 |
| 66 | Russell | 4,741 |
| 67 | Leonard | 4,704 |
| 68 | Barry | 4,624 |
| 69 | Steve | 4,570 |
| 70 | Samuel | 4,523 |
| 71 | Ernest | 4,395 |
| 72 | Bill | 4,354 |
| 73 | Jim | 4,336 |
| 74 | Allen | 4,294 |
| 75 | Frederick | 4,231 |
| 76 | Norman | 4,161 |
| 77 | Tommy | 4,144 |
| 78 | Jeffrey | 4,125 |
| 79 | Don | 4,110 |
| 80 | Francis | 4,006 |
| 81 | Glenn | 3,892 |
| 82 | Earl | 3,830 |
| 83 | Phillip | 3,775 |
| 84 | Andrew | 3,758 |
| 85 | Eddie | 3,746 |
| 86 | Melvin | 3,742 |
| 87 | Tom | 3,624 |
| 88 | Marvin | 3,600 |
| 89 | Clarence | 3,567 |
| 90 | Leroy | 3,472 |
| 91 | Lee | 3,346 |
| 92 | Martin | 3,333 |
| 93 | Rodney | 3,304 |
| 94 | Alfred | 3,238 |
| 95 | Ray | 3,169 |
| 96 | Keith | 2,860 |
| 97 | Herbert | 2,818 |
| 98 | Gene | 2,759 |
| 99 | Curtis | 2,723 |
| 100 | Clifford | 2,616 |
| 101 | Theodore | 2,612 |
| 102 | Bernard | 2,605 |
| 103 | Brian | 2,585 |
| 104 | Jimmie | 2,565 |
| 105 | Warren | 2,537 |
| 106 | Lloyd | 2,496 |
| 107 | Bob | 2,493 |
| 108 | Craig | 2,471 |
| 109 | Jesse | 2,468 |
| 110 | Vincent | 2,425 |
| 111 | Gordon | 2,410 |
| 112 | Edwin | 2,380 |
| 113 | Leon | 2,339 |
| 114 | Jerome | 2,286 |
| 115 | Jay | 2,196 |
| 116 | Dan | 2,194 |
| 117 | Jon | 2,168 |
| 118 | Lewis | 2,154 |
| 119 | Leslie | 2,138 |
| 120 | Victor | 2,130 |
| 121 | Floyd | 2,124 |
| 122 | Clyde | 2,065 |
| 123 | Randall | 2,064 |
| 124 | Allan | 2,061 |
| 125 | Harvey | 2,058 |
| 126 | Alvin | 2,047 |
| 127 | Joel | 1,999 |
| 128 | Calvin | 1,975 |
| 129 | Tony | 1,972 |
| 130 | Vernon | 1,966 |
| 131 | Darrell | 1,905 |
| 132 | Dean | 1,886 |
| 133 | Jose | 1,859 |
| 134 | Eric | 1,820 |
| 135 | Charlie | 1,787 |
| 136 | Lonnie | 1,775 |
| 137 | Dwight | 1,754 |
| 138 | Gilbert | 1,750 |
| 139 | Jackie | 1,729 |
| 140 | Johnnie | 1,721 |
| 140 | Franklin | 1,721 |
| 142 | Duane | 1,712 |
| 143 | Glen | 1,677 |
| 144 | Nicholas | 1,675 |
| 145 | Lester | 1,669 |
| 146 | Benjamin | 1,655 |
| 147 | Leo | 1,647 |
| 148 | Randy | 1,637 |
| 149 | Chester | 1,620 |
| 150 | Christopher | 1,599 |
| 151 | Freddie | 1,591 |
| 152 | Herman | 1,590 |
| 153 | Arnold | 1,571 |
| 154 | Lynn | 1,530 |
| 155 | Scott | 1,522 |
| 156 | Milton | 1,507 |
| 157 | Manuel | 1,491 |
| 158 | Ted | 1,490 |
| 159 | Cecil | 1,404 |
| 160 | Dave | 1,398 |
| 161 | Neil | 1,343 |
| 162 | Garry | 1,313 |
| 163 | Claude | 1,306 |
| 164 | Sam | 1,304 |
| 165 | Donnie | 1,275 |
| 166 | Roland | 1,264 |
| 167 | Wesley | 1,248 |
| 168 | Micheal | 1,238 |
| 169 | Wallace | 1,209 |
| 170 | Sammy | 1,193 |
| 171 | Tim | 1,134 |
| 172 | Juan | 1,128 |
| 173 | Jonathan | 1,102 |
| 174 | Hugh | 1,088 |
| 175 | Marshall | 1,077 |
| 176 | Maurice | 1,058 |
| 177 | Willard | 1,057 |
| 178 | Elmer | 1,046 |
| 179 | Kevin | 1,035 |
| 180 | Stuart | 1,031 |
| 181 | Jessie | 1,020 |
| 182 | Oscar | 1,017 |
| 183 | Sidney | 1,010 |
| 184 | Benny | 1,003 |
| 185 | Karl | 998 |
| 186 | Nathaniel | 977 |
| 187 | Guy | 976 |
| 188 | Alexander | 964 |
| 189 | Marion | 945 |
| 190 | Terrence | 939 |
| 191 | Everett | 935 |
| 192 | Morris | 916 |
| 193 | Edgar | 909 |
| 194 | Matthew | 892 |
| 195 | Kent | 888 |
| 196 | Bennie | 885 |
| 197 | Gerard | 884 |
| 198 | Virgil | 881 |
| 199 | Carlos | 867 |
| 200 | Lyle | 859 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1946 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.