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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 Micheal

66,502 recorded births

Leading girl name Sally

82,442 recorded births

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U.S. births

Boy names

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Rank Name Recorded births
101 Micheal 66,502
102 Lee 65,725
103 Dean 65,713
104 Melvin 65,509
105 Jim 65,219
106 Marvin 64,972
107 Victor 64,063
108 Chris 62,978
109 Norman 62,792
110 Francis 62,772
111 Jon 60,978
112 Earl 60,097
113 Jose 59,578
114 Don 58,515
115 Tom 58,058
116 Bill 57,611
117 Bradley 57,086
118 Rick 56,391
119 Ray 55,842
120 Tim 55,446
121 Clarence 54,234
122 Alfred 53,607
123 Jerome 53,094
124 Joel 52,915
125 Calvin 52,765
126 Clifford 52,362
127 Theodore 52,013
128 Dan 51,101
129 Jonathan 51,025
130 Jesse 48,648
131 Bryan 48,247
132 Edwin 47,718
133 Bernard 47,127
134 Greg 47,083
135 Leroy 46,207
136 Glen 45,834
137 Gordon 45,658
138 Warren 45,537
139 Duane 45,309
140 Herbert 43,520
141 Benjamin 43,392
142 Darryl 42,222
143 Rickey 41,103
144 Nicholas 40,871
145 Marc 40,662
146 Alvin 40,321
147 Mitchell 39,464
148 Leon 38,683
149 Lloyd 38,433
150 Gene 38,402

U.S. births

Girl names

100 shown
Rank Name Recorded births
101 Sally 82,442
102 Leslie 80,410
103 Anna 80,184
104 Maureen 79,645
105 Victoria 79,603
106 Sarah 78,666
107 Jill 78,244
108 Doris 77,657
109 Stephanie 75,476
110 Annette 74,947
111 Sue 73,365
112 Marcia 73,338
113 Sylvia 72,480
114 Terry 72,142
115 Evelyn 71,799
116 Beth 71,325
117 Charlotte 71,070
118 Amy 70,846
119 Kelly 70,545
120 Marsha 69,047
121 Jeanne 68,852
122 Eileen 68,112
123 Lois 66,754
124 Renee 66,713
125 Roberta 66,054
126 Colleen 64,469
127 Joann 63,476
128 Lorraine 63,442
129 Yvonne 63,073
130 Julia 62,457
131 Glenda 62,417
132 Andrea 62,172
133 Regina 62,135
134 Dianne 62,040
135 Carla 61,897
136 Charlene 60,085
137 Norma 59,171
138 Constance 57,197
139 Penny 56,041
140 Melissa 55,447
141 Loretta 55,292
142 Gwendolyn 53,538
143 Sheryl 53,311
144 Tracy 52,171
145 Rosemary 51,171
146 Irene 48,513
147 Louise 48,129
148 Geraldine 48,082
149 Lynda 48,030
150 Becky 48,014