The names of 1944

The ten most popular names given in 1944, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 62,476
  2. Barbara 39,196
  3. Linda 38,415
  4. Patricia 36,874
  5. Carol 30,456
  6. Sandra 26,024
  7. Nancy 23,218
  8. Sharon 22,433
  9. Judith 22,431
  10. Betty 19,761

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1944

US states in 1944