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Baby Boomers baby name rankings

Compare the most popular boy and girl names recorded in the United States for babies born from 1946 to 1964.

Leading boy name James

1,571,074 recorded births

Leading girl name Mary

1,125,416 recorded births

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U.S. births

Boy names

100 shown
Rank Name Recorded births
1 James 1,571,074
2 Robert 1,531,022
3 John 1,525,130
4 Michael 1,464,314
5 David 1,395,972
6 William 1,072,636
7 Richard 959,734
8 Thomas 810,381
9 Mark 684,309
10 Charles 658,008
11 Joseph 554,950
12 Steven 547,831
13 Gary 545,098
14 Ronald 504,052
15 Kenneth 485,701
16 Donald 483,182
17 Paul 468,512
18 Larry 439,957
19 Daniel 433,067
20 Timothy 368,727
21 Jeffrey 364,192
22 Stephen 349,884
23 Dennis 349,491
24 Edward 344,518
25 George 333,867
26 Gregory 319,093
27 Kevin 312,718
28 Anthony 267,938
29 Douglas 263,945
30 Jerry 259,194
31 Scott 255,864
32 Terry 250,497
33 Brian 241,658
34 Bruce 227,646
35 Frank 213,447
36 Roger 203,866
37 Raymond 201,261
38 Randy 190,921
39 Peter 185,305
40 Patrick 182,713
41 Christopher 177,322
42 Keith 165,292
43 Lawrence 158,482
44 Wayne 156,811
45 Danny 155,416
46 Gerald 154,511
47 Alan 151,370
48 Carl 145,405
49 Walter 133,427
50 Dale 130,935

U.S. births

Girl names

100 shown
Rank Name Recorded births
1 Mary 1,125,416
2 Linda 1,059,723
3 Patricia 788,717
4 Susan 749,682
5 Barbara 631,943
6 Karen 587,291
7 Deborah 581,917
8 Nancy 497,868
9 Donna 495,454
10 Sandra 491,784
11 Debra 448,106
12 Sharon 435,770
13 Cynthia 423,023
14 Carol 419,509
15 Pamela 394,037
16 Kathleen 387,252
17 Brenda 381,738
18 Diane 353,088
19 Lisa 330,436
20 Elizabeth 308,188
21 Cheryl 305,162
22 Janet 286,084
23 Margaret 276,548
24 Kathy 254,618
25 Carolyn 246,531
26 Janice 231,082
27 Judy 228,761
28 Teresa 218,121
29 Judith 214,414
30 Christine 208,717
31 Laura 205,270
32 Joyce 204,990
33 Denise 204,472
34 Shirley 202,998
35 Betty 198,512
36 Rebecca 190,914
37 Catherine 184,489
38 Julie 181,029
39 Beverly 171,025
40 Theresa 165,301
41 Connie 162,882
42 Lori 162,058
43 Ann 160,663
44 Robin 160,023
45 Gloria 159,841
46 Paula 151,529
47 Joan 151,177
48 Bonnie 150,432
49 Kimberly 149,945
50 Martha 149,469