Top 200 Boy Names of 1946

James was the most common U.S. boy name in 1946 with 87,436 births. The list ends at 859 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1946
Rank	Name	Births
1	James	87,436
2	Robert	84,138
3	John	79,266
4	William	60,030
5	Richard	58,871
6	David	46,444
7	Michael	41,192
8	Thomas	38,876
9	Charles	38,212
10	Ronald	31,856
11	Larry	28,449
12	Gary	26,931
13	Donald	26,271
14	Joseph	24,284
15	Kenneth	22,039
16	George	21,574
17	Dennis	21,446
18	Paul	21,063
19	Edward	18,585
20	Jerry	17,568
21	Daniel	12,867
22	Frank	12,667
23	Roger	12,410
24	Stephen	11,833
25	Raymond	11,288
26	Terry	10,678
27	Gerald	10,034
28	Steven	8,878
29	Wayne	8,808
30	Walter	8,668
31	Lawrence	8,517
32	Bruce	8,459
33	Harold	8,373
34	Douglas	8,334
35	Jack	7,802
36	Arthur	7,537
37	Joe	7,535
38	Peter	7,481
39	Carl	7,380
40	Willie	7,339
41	Henry	7,317
42	Jimmy	7,128
43	Roy	6,924
44	Anthony	6,771
45	Billy	6,716
46	Danny	6,650
47	Johnny	6,612
48	Ralph	6,586
49	Alan	6,490
50	Harry	6,029
51	Fred	6,012
52	Albert	6,006
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	4,702
68	Barry	4,624
69	Steve	4,568
70	Samuel	4,524
71	Ernest	4,395
72	Bill	4,354
73	Jim	4,337
74	Allen	4,294
75	Frederick	4,231
76	Norman	4,161
77	Tommy	4,144
78	Jeffrey	4,125
79	Don	4,111
80	Francis	4,006
81	Glenn	3,892
82	Earl	3,831
83	Phillip	3,775
84	Andrew	3,757
85	Eddie	3,745
86	Melvin	3,743
87	Tom	3,624
88	Marvin	3,600
89	Clarence	3,568
90	Leroy	3,471
91	Lee	3,346
92	Martin	3,333
93	Rodney	3,304
94	Alfred	3,238
95	Ray	3,170
96	Keith	2,860
97	Herbert	2,819
98	Gene	2,758
99	Curtis	2,724
100	Clifford	2,616
101	Theodore	2,612
102	Bernard	2,605
103	Brian	2,585
104	Jimmie	2,565
105	Warren	2,536
106	Lloyd	2,496
107	Bob	2,493
108	Craig	2,471
109	Jesse	2,467
110	Vincent	2,425
111	Gordon	2,410
112	Edwin	2,380
113	Leon	2,338
114	Jerome	2,286
115	Jay	2,197
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	1,976
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	1,751
139	Jackie	1,729
140	Johnnie	1,723
141	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	1,572
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	Guy	977
186	Nathaniel	977
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	883
198	Virgil	881
199	Carlos	867
200	Lyle	859